The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-11-23
staunton News
From the indicator.

Staunton News
From tie yindicator.
Mr.. James A. Frazier has been APP
pointed postmaster at kockbridge Alum
Springs in place of w. j. Cosby, deceas
ed
Maj S. NJ Yost is spending a few days
at West Baden Springs, Ind, having
gone there for the benefit OF his health
THE MEDALS EoR THE sToNEwALL BRIG
ABE VETERANS.
AS the medals donated by citizens of
Paris, France, to be given the veterans
of the Stonewali Brigade, having never
been dc livered. and have been discov-
cred in the possession OF a party up
North, held as collateral for debt, the
StonewaIl jackson Camp of Stanton
has resolved TO take steps to get them,
and. if gotten to hold them for distrlbu>
ton to the veterans.
POST OFFICE ToB BE REMOVED.
Postmaster General Bissel has given
the required ninety days notice to Mr.
J. M. SeEeTer, t'u tee for Mrs. Florence
Deakin, owner OF the property, that the
government will give up the building on
New street now occupied as Post Office
A store room under the new Hoover
House on Main street, has been secured
for the post office, which will be removed
there between now and December lst,
and remain there until the new govern
ment building is completed. Postmas-
ter W. T. McCue yesterday received
official authority to move the office.
AN UNFORTUNATE FAMILY.
Last March Mr.. John W. Clinedinst,
while residing in Roanoke, was forced to
leap from the upper story of his house
which had taken fire. He struck the.
electric light wire receiving a shock
which nearly cost him his life, and he
had his right leg and hip broken, besides
being badly cut and burned. His wife
was so baly burned that she died in a
few hours. His daughter after being
badly burned took the same leap her
father did and received severe injuries.
Both father and daughter are just now
sufficiently recovered to go on crutches.
The family is well known in Staunton,
having lived in the brick house On New
street, opposite the engine house, for
some years. Mr. Clinedinst was a mem
Der of the Muhlenburg Rifles of Wood.
stock, 10th Va. infantry during the civil
war.
MINISTER AND ORGANISE DISAPPEAR.
Rev. Charles M. Bragg of Baltimore
NJ E. Conference, who has many friends
in Staunton and also at Covington, Allie
ghany, where he was at one time an
editor, has been since last March pastor
of the Calvary M. E Church, South in
Baltimore. On Monday last he disap-
| peared leaving a letter to his wife say
| ing: Il am ruined man. am going
away and will not return Tell the
Miss Iantha Phelps, aged seventeen
years, the organist of Calvary church,
disappeared, LAYING a letter saying: II
am going away and will not return .
Mr.. Bragg leaves a wife, the daughter
of prominent minister of the M. E.
| Church, South, and two sons and three
daughters, the oldest ten years of age.
Mr.. Bragg's first charge in Baltimore M
E. Conference was at Ronceverte, w
Va.
SUICIDE OF YOUNG MAN.
| Charles W. Warwick, son of ex-Judge
! Warwick of Highland. nephew of the
| late Jacob Warwick of near Staunton
and who has many relatives in Augusta
county, killed himself at 3 O'Clock Mon
day morning at the Rockbridge Alum
Springs, where he was visiting his
brothes -in-law, Mr.. James A. Frazier
and his wife. He did not come down
to breakfast Monday morning and on
search being made he was found lying
dead with pistol ball through his head
in a room adjoining the one he hal beer
occupying during the night. He left q
note saying: Il killed myself at :
O'Clock this morning. He left five let
| e., lot M.
Frazier. in which he said that he haG
dressed for the grave and did not want
his clothing disturbed; that he wanted
to be buried at the Warm Springs with
nobody present at his intement save the
| driver of the hearse. He was only thirty
two years of age and was young man
of culture and refinement and was en-
gagged to be married on December 9th
No cause can be assigned for his self
destruction.
Miss Camp, who was to have been mar
ried to Mr.. Warwick on December 9th
arrived at Warm Springs on Wednesday
been called to Virginia by the news Of
hisitragsc cath. Mr. WARWICK left his
entire estate valued at $1OOcc, to hi,
two single sisters.
From Yost's Weekly
Nj H. 7. Nelson, the accomplished
Teller of the Allegheny Bank at Clifton
Forge, was in the city Tuesday.
The Baltimore s. Ohio officials have
decided to continue the north and south
bound midday trains on the Valley
road, the discontinuence of which had
been contemplated. This action was
taken in Difference to the request of the
public along the line, to whom the
trains in question are great conve-
nience. 1t speaks well for the B. s. O.,
when, as In this instance, it shows q
disposition to accommodate it's patrons
even at a pecuniary disadvantage to
itself.
From the Argus.
| Chas. E. Van Pelt, of Staunton, re
Gently in the job printing business here
has assumed charge of the job Office OF
the Charlottesville Prcgress Charley
is an artist in his line and will show the
Central City people some pretty print
ing.
On Sunday Capt. John McQuaide re,
ceived letter from his friend Hon
Harry Smythe, U. s. minister to Hayti
written at Port All prince SAVING HI