The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-03-19
Death of Chapman +. kinney.

place. For several years he had been II
delicate health. and about year or eigh-
teen months ago, had slight attack OF
paralysis. Sunday night he complained Of
a severe pain in his head and an oppres-
sion in his breast. He retired as usual
between9 and 10 o'clock. He occupied
the room alone. and 1t is not known pre-
cselv at what hour his death occurred.
The indications were that early in the
morning he had gotten up and attempted
to reach the door,Sfel in the act, and eX-
PRED. A coal bucket and 4 small table,
which stood between his bed and the door,
were thrown over, and his body still warm,
was discovered lying near the door DR..
Walker. the city coroner. was summoned,
and reached the conclusion that death re-
suited from apoplexy.
Mai Kinney was son Of the late Mich
olas G.. Kinney, one of our most prominent
and public spirited citizens in his life, and
for many years clerk of the Circuit Court
OF Augusta county, and brother OF Ches-
ley Kinney of Stribling Springs. DIR. N.
G. Kinney of Deerliehl and Major, .Jno. NJ.
and f. g. Kinney, of this place. In the
early manhood of Maj Kinney he was en-
gagged in the mercantile business in Staun-
ton. lii 1854 he received the appoint
ment of army sutler ut Fort Waschita,
Indian Territory, where he remained UNI
til about 1859, when he emigrated to Den
yer city. He remained in that place I'M
til hostilities between the States broke out
when he went South and was appointed
to the staff of Gen. Armstrong, in Gen.
Van Dorns Division. Army of the Ten
nessee. He served in that capacity, with
the rank of Major, until the close of the
war He then returned to Virginia and
spent short time among his friends, after
which lie was located in st. Louis, con-
Quoting hotel about twelve months
From st. Louis he went to Montana Ter
ritory, and successfully engaged in the
banking business. He also served in the
Senate of the Territory and was chosen
Chairman of the Finance Committee. He
Was ttloO 4 VI lliC 1NAlihOA ) :
Amasslng q neat little fortune, he, in con-
nection with friend invested largely in
the mercantile trade. freighting his own
goods and furnishing the traders in va
rious portions of Montana and adjacent
Territories. The panic of 1873 found him
with an immense stock of goods which
had been purchased in the Eastern cities
at flush times prices. The collapse of
business generally and the shrinkage of
values affected his means severely and
about the same time his health COM
menced failing. He shortly after this
gathered the remnants OF his effects and
returned 10 Virginia, and purchased a
farm in the Northwestern portion OF the
county. His physical strength was not
equal to the eXactions of the farm, and he
abandoned that pursuit. He visited the
Eureka Springs, i'll Arkansas and eXpe
rienced much relief from the waters of
that marvellous sanatariium, He planed
various large enterprises and invented sew
eral business schemes of large possibili-
ties, but circumstances Were not fayora
bic to carrying them into effect. His
health rapidly failing he quietly settled
down with his aunt and adopted mother,
the lato Mrs. Matilda Craig, until her
death, and occupied her residenee in this
place, until death relieved him Of his suf-
fering in tie sudden manner above stated.
Maj Kinney was aged about Sc years
and unmarried. He was Il gentleman of
many estimabe qualities, fine business ca
pacities and varied inflammation, 4 no.
bier soul never stirred humanity. Brave,
generous, true in his friendships and an
selfish in his kindnesses, his checkered and
adventurous career was marked by many
actsof herOism and disinterested friendship
bringing out in bold relief hismanly man
hood. His later years were years of suf-
ering, which he bore with philosophic com
pnsure. never complaining, but meeting
the ills of life in a quiet submissive spirit,
and passing from its turmois amid rene
niscences Of his boyhood days and asso-
Citations, to join the innumerable caravan
which has passed to the realms of shade.
Peace be with thee, departed friend, and
may thy deeds Of charity and kindness so
lavishly administered to others bloom into
perpetual graces beyond the river.
THE RocKBREpGE ALDaF C4sE.-4n
the Court of Appeals. at Richmond, on
Thursday last-Judge Lewis delivering the
opinion-the case of Frazier rs. Hendren,
trustee. and others, was decided, on APP
pealfr DEGREES Of theCircuitCourt of Au-
gusta county. Thissettles litigation which
has been pending in the courts for many
yeags, and which has excited more than
ordinary interest among members of the
legal profession. According to the Dis
patch 8 report the questions decided were:
l. That G. R. Mason was merely NOM
inal purchaser of the Rockbridge Alum
Springs property at the sale thereof in
lime. 1870, and is therefore not liable in
any aspect of the case to any of the parties
tothe suit,
2. That the vendors lien in favor of
Campbell's estate was waived and extin-
guished by the acceptance in discharge of
the Rockbridge Alum Springs Company.
8. That the liens of John 7. Randolph,
Orson Adams, receiver. and others, were
lost by their acceptance of the stock and
bonds of the company in satisfaction
thereof.
4. That in default of the payment by
the company of the hen decreed in favor
of James A. Frazier, the property to be
resold to pay the same.
5. That the judgments recovered against
James A. Frazier, and William Frazier as
as his surety, known as the Hendren judg-
ments. and which now enure to the bene-
fit of the Rockbridge Alum Spring Com
pany, were properly allowed by the Circuit
Court as equitable offsets to the lien in
favor of James A. Frazier and
6. That the decree on the former appeal,
imposing costs on the appellees generally,
MANY of whom were not contesting the
claims of the appellant, must be corrected
so as to decree the costs against the appel
lees. William Frazier, and Hendren, trus-
tee.
The decree of the Circuit Court was ac-
cordingly affirmed.
Judge Lacy dissented.
Judge Hinton did not sit in this case.
The offsett of the decision is that Jas.
A. Frazier's lien of about $4,000 was
adjudged to be the first lien on the Rock
bridge Alum Springs property, to the ex-
clusion of Campbell, Randolph and all
other claimants. Commissioners were
al,