Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-16
THE PEOPLE OF STANTON.
What They Are Doing and Where
ThcN Are Going.

1bcy Are GOlnS.
STANTON, VA. July 15-(special)-
montgomery Hail." the handsome subur-
ban home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dwight
Peck, was thronged with guests this
week. on the occasion Of an entertainment
in honor Of Miss Lavinia Peak, Of Hamp-
ton.
Montgomery Hall" is one of the old
Virginia estates, and its lawn is not a
misnomer, for its maple crested hills cover
acres and acres. Seasonable refreshments
were served.
Among those who drove out from Staun-
ton were Miss Olivia Trout, Miss Eliza
beth Jones, Miss Eunice Thomas Of Rich
mOnd, Miss Margaret Cochran. Miss Ella
Ransom, Mss Emma Hoge. Miss Bessie
Mccoy. Miss Sallie Fauntleroy. Miss
Helen Baxter. OF Philadelphia; Miss Bes-
sic BrunsOn, of Charleston, 5. c.; Miss
Clothilde Ganjot, Of West Virginia; Miss
Elsie Hamilton, Miss Janet Bell; Miss
Sue Lewis, Of Charleston. w. Va; Miss
Daisy Yarbrough. of Richmond; Miss
Jessie Bowling Miss Anna Woodward,
Miss Kate Hoge, Miss Virginia May, Miss
Eugena Bumgardner, and Miss Annabel
Timberlake. and Mr.. Joseph Denny, Mr..
A. Taylor Weller, Mr.. Edward Booker,
Mr.. Robert Brooke, Mr.. Hugh Trout. Mr..
William b. Trout; Mr.. Craig Ansley. Of
University Of Virginia; Mr.. William Pill
son, Mr. Wallace Mcfarland. Dir. Finley
Plson. Mr.. Alexander W. Blackley, Mr..
J. William Laird. Mr.. Nicholas T. Cooke.
Mr.. Thomas Bowling. AR. William Kable,
Mr.. Fielding Olivier, Mr.. Thomas Hogs
head, Mr.. Stewart olivier. Mr.. Harry
Hogshead Mr.. Peyton Cochran Mr. Fl.
Jordon Hoge, Mr.. Tayloe Blackford, Mr..
Gideon Undertake. Mr.. John ID. Crowle,
Jr Mr. Eugene Summerson, Mr.. Frank
Bell. Mr.. Wayt Undertake, and Mr.
Frank h. Webb. Jr.
ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Dunbar Murray mee
Kinney have returned frcm their we'd
ding journey. They went to Toronto,
Niagara Fails, and Watkins Glen. and
are now at home, on north Market
street.
Mrs. j. T. Parr has returned from a
visit to friends at Cumberland, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip IL. Trout are at
Cold Sulphur Springs.
Hon. J. Alexander Craig. of Goshen,
member Of the House Of Delegates from
Rockbridge, was in town this week.
Mr. Harry y. Cootes has been spending
a
Professor and Mrs. Louis Esenberg
have gone to Loudoun county 10 visit
friends. Professor Eisenberg will go to
New York 10 spend a fortnight.
Miss Florence Dickinson has as her
guest Miss Marcella Lorentz, Of Balu-
more.
Mr.. Edwin 3. snead OF Richmond, Is
spending the week here, visiting his
daughter Miss Louise Snead.
The Rev. f. J. Prettyman is attending
the Epworth League Convention at sa-
lem
The Rev. Robert c. Jet is in Ports
mouth. attending the conservation Yer
vices Of his brother-in-law, the Rev. J.
+. Funston, who has been made Bishop
Coadiutor Of Montana.
Messrs. l.. H. Barclay. editor OF the
Lexington Gazette, and A. p. Rowe, Jr..
editor of the Fredericksburg Free Lance
were i'm town this week, en- route for the
meeting OF the Virginia Press Associa-
tion.
Mr.. J. Robert Gregory has qualified as
Superintendent Of the city POor-House.
A leave Of absence for thirty DAYS has
been granted Chef-Of-Police j. If.
Waters. who is in i'll health, and officer
Simrson will in the interim, be acting
Chief Of Police.
Mrs. O. c. Luxford has gone 10 Rich
mond to join her husband; thence she
will go with Mr. Luxford TO West Point.
where they will make their home in III
ture.
HERE AND THERE.
Mr.. w. Mcdonald Lee, former Staun-
tonian. and now editor Of the Irvington
Va) Citizen. was in town few days
ago. meeting many old friends.
Miss Fife Woods, Of Fort Defiance. has
gone TO Columbia Hospital. Washington
city. TO study the theory and practice OF
the professional nurse.
Miss Bessie Riley left few days ago
to visit Miss Mollie Haines. at Roanoke.
Mrs. ID. NJ. Pipes, of Jackson, La, is
here 10 spend the summer with her
parents. Major and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Yost.
Miss Annie Johnson has been promoted
10 the position of chief operator OF the
Mutual Telephone System.
Mr.. Lewis Wake, OF Portsmouth. who
has been visiting his sisters. the Misses
Wake. on north Jefferson street, has
returned TO his home.
Mr.. Charles Kiracofe spent severa! days
here this week.
Captain Alexander Hartman, who. du-
rino the illness OF his brother, Captain