The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-22
Waynesboro Items.


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.Mortalty-On last Thursday, the 18th inst
after brief illness from pneumonia Alex
ander Bush died at his home near this place
Mr.. Bush was aged about 80 years, and was
well known in your city as a huckster
The remains of Mr.. J Ballard Smith were
buried in the cemetery in this town, on last
Sunday. the 18TH Mr.. Smith had been sick
but about week with pneumonia, having
taken his bed on the 10th inst and died on the
morning of the 18th. He was member Of
the Presbyterian church in this town, and his
funeral sermon was preached by the Rev.
Frank McCutchen. The church was uncom.
fortably filled on the occasion, ard we have
understood that there were many who could
not find seats and were compelled to stand
during the service. Mr.. Smith had but re-
Gently settled up his business matters and with
drawn from the firm of Smith & Patterson, OF
which he had been senior member The firm
since 1882, haye owned and run the large
Merchant FIGURING Mill at this place previous
to that and up to 1876 they were engaged in
the mercantile and grocery business here.
A consiierate assassin "A young negro man
by the name of Jack Baldwin u native OF this
town, has been living in Roanoke, in this
State, for some time past. A short time since
he engendered some bad blood towards another
negro man of the same place, and it seems de-
cided in his own mind that nothing short OF
his enemy's life would satisfy his enmty.
Baldwin accordingly armed himself and on
last Wednesday. the l4th inst about o'clock
p m. an opportunity presented itself for him
to satiate his venom against his adversary
which he embraced 10y shooting him through
the heart while his back was towards
him. Haying sense enough to appreciate the
cowardliness of the act, and consideration
enough to know that he would suffer the ex-
treme penalty of the law for the crime, Bald
win no sooner saw his enemy in the cold en-
brace of death than he directed ball from
the same weapon towards his temple. which
by slight pressure of his finger on the trigger,
he sent crashing through his own brain. and
IN less time than it takes us to write This the
two lay together dead in the same room. Ed
win Baldwin, who is blacksmith in the EN-
ploy' CT Messrs. Mccormick s. Wilson, of this
place, was notified by telegraph of his sons
crime and death and went to Roanoke after
Thursday evening.
A shooting affair not so se77ouS.-T wo colored
coopers by the name Of Copeland and John.
son, il the employ of ] A. Patterson of this
time, caused by the.ofensiye remarks made on
several occasions by Copeland about johnson.
The latter has borne these reflections with
out 'resenting them at all until on Tuesday
morning, the 18th inst. On the evening before,
Copeland had made remarks of nature that
offended johnson and on Tuesday morn
ing us johnson entered the cooper shop, he
saw loaded pistollying on u bench, and with
out enquiring whose it was he picked it up
and remarked to Copeland, who was just then
engaged in building flour barrel, that he
was ''going to try that Showing the pistoD
to-day" Copeland enquired who he was go
ing to try it on" YOU" answered Johnson,
and with that he let fire and Copeland sought
protection behind another workman in the
shop But Johnson let fireagain each time miss
ing his man, although it was in evidence be-
fore the Mayor that they were not more than
ten feet apart. The other hands in the shop
lnterfered and stopped the matter, A warrant
was however procured and johnson was
locked up until Wednesday, when he had a
hearing before Mayor Jones, who, after hear
ing The evidence and judging from it that
Johnston had no idea of hurting Copeland, as
he was sufficiently near TO do SO if he had
been so disposed, dismissed them both with
fines and costs
Remoral-Some time during January of this
year in one of our items to your paper we
spoke, under the head of I'm Prospective of
the arrangements that Mr.. Joshua w Harris
had entered into for the extension of his shop
at this place While these arrangements had
wrote. but which we were not aware of, they
had so far advanced that there was hardly any
room left 10 doubt OF their full completion.
Man proposes, God dsposes," was never more
fully verified than in Ibis case. just at the
time when Mr.. Harris was expecting a letter
from the gentleman in Tennessee that would
conclude the former arrangements, he was
made the recipient of the news of his death.
This disappointment together with other turns
that affairs assumed just about the same time,
!, - !. a
operate. His attention was directed to a
water power in the neighborh0od OF Green
vile, in this county, which he has rented and
moved 10. He with his family left on last
Thursday, the 18th inst He will continue at
his new location to build his patent running
gear. Mr.. Harris is a straightforward bust
ness man-endeavoring to fulfill just exactly
what ..he promises. We regret his de-
parture, for hardly any community can afford
to lose men like Mr. Harris who by their en-
terprise contribute in building up the town.
There are many in this place and vicinity who
will most cordially join us in commencing
Mr.. Harris to the citizens of the community
in which he has taken up his new home, as
IlIdu Ill CNcly why "oi1Ay VI ohclI COullutuCC
and encouragement,
Desperate cdSe.-We hape noticed in the col
umns of your paper on several occasions arti-
cles deprecating the emigration of young men
from This State to the West. For our part we
do not blame them. Listen TO this Several
days since we heard a young mechanics good
workman, ask citizen of our town for Job
of work that he saw the citizen would have to
have done in short time. The citizen refused
said 1T amt worth while" After trying
every means in the way of argument to obtain
the job, the mechanic said, well, / must have
work now, if give you one dollar and fifty
cents and furnish all the material and DO the
work for nothing Will you let me do ii -
was asked how he expected to make anything
by paying Mr.. TO let him do Tie work.
why" he replied, some person else will see
me at work and they will just think, well I'll
get that man to do my work but if don't get
the first job of work / certainly will never get
the second" Now that is the reason the Vlr-
ginia mechanic is leaving this State and every
mothers son OF them should leave and 90
where their talents and skill can be appre-
ciated, for Virginians as u general rule do not
appreciate ortry ioappreeiate their mechanics.
They look upon them as a kind of machine
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