The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-02-26
Middlehrook Items.
[ Reported for the vIRcINIAS.


Middlebrook and ricinity glide along so
smoothly that there is scarcely anything
to break the monotony, hence we do not get
many items OF sufficient general interest
to Justify report. Middlebrook itself is
still looking up. Messrs Fox, Tucker &
Woodruff are now getting in the lumber
for their machine shops, and we hope at no
distant day to have them in successful oper
alton. Messrs. Steele. i.osin and Fauver
have located their steam saw mill and will
soon be ready to furnish bill Of lumber
for almost any purpose it may be needed.
Our streets have been recently lit up, and
could we now get theY McAdamized and
walks paved, which could all be done with
very little cost, above the abor, as we have
all the material necessary and convenient,
we would then have a village that we could
almost venture to brag on.
Marriage. Thursdays mail brought us
intelligence OF the marriage of Miss AIDE
liza Brown, one of Middebrook's fairest
daughters, to Mr.. Ivy, which took place
on the 18th inst., at Coushatta, Red
River Parish, Louisiana. She went there to
visit a relative about twelve or eighteen
months ago, and when we parted with her
said, Farewell to you for short time, but
to single blessedness forever and just
I so it is. This is the second daughter of Mrs.
Brown that has gone to Louisiana to visit
relatives and married there. We hope this
will not cause general exodus of the young
ladies OF Augusta county to the State OF
louisiana.
Pcrsonal.-Mr. Andrew Ellinger, one of
our most respected farmers, left this neigh
borhood last week, and removed to Abe
marie. He goes to the Cox's Tavern farm,
about mile from Greenwood depot.
One of your citizens, Mrs. j. w. Baande.
burg. has been quite i'll with facial erysipe-
las, but we are glad to learn she is now max.
ing very nice recovery. She has been
sick at her fathers, Mr.. D. +. Clemmer, who
has also been confined to his house with
scatica for several weeks, but is now inn
proving. His second daughter, Miss Alice,
has also been suffering, with general ma
laise, during which her throat has been COW
cred over 18th uiptheritic oxidation. She
too, is now getting along very we'll. Capt.
r. NJ. Firth, of this place, is now very i'll,
and not expected to recover.
| Dead.-Dr. Chas. B. Berry, OF Dallas, Tex,
died at his fathers, Mr.. Jas. Berry's, on Satur-
day night, about o'clock. He had typhoid fe.
yer in Texas, had recovered sufficiently to
come home, when dropsy set in, and is sup
posed to have affected his brain, as he was
taken on Friday with spasms, which termin-
ated his life on Saturday. He was buried
on Monday at New Providence Church With
Masonic honors. The remains of Mr.. Abram
Troxell, who removed from this neighbour
hood to the old Robert Craig farm. near
Craigsville, several years ago, were brought
back and buried at St. Marks Church on
Thursday
Droaened.-Mr. Archibald Withrow of
Brownsburg, was found drowned in Walk.
er's Creek, first fording above Little,s dstil-
lefy, on Thursday. He was seen to mass
along the road about II a. M, and not seen
again until about 3 p. m.,, when he was
found, with his head and shoulders Immersed
in water, about eighteen inches deem, and
life extinct.