Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-06-26
OUR NEIGHBOURS.

shepherlstown wants to organize
military company.
The Shenandoah Baptist Union
will meet in Winchester on Wednes-
day next.
The crops b Allegliany county,
Md, it Is reported, VIII he up 10 the
average.
The grasshoppers are destroying
the young clover III some parts Of
Morgan county.
Berkeley Springs is 10 have new
school building at q cost Of S5,997--
as per contract let.
The rate Of taxation this year III
Washington county, Md, is fixed at
IS SIG cents on the 800.
The Parkersburg Times misses an
issue to let the office boys attend a
horse race. Considerate, that.
Owing to the moral status Of our
city, our magistrates are enjoying a
half holiday - Cumberland Times.
The Times Editor must be out OF
town.
The Town Council of Hagerstown
are issuing orders to the citizens to
rat,airs fbai,. paya,oa,,te
The Authorization Furnace, in the
lower part of Washington co., Md,
has been closed indefinitely.
The Young Mems Christian Asso
citation of Shepherdstown will hold
weekly meeting of prayer, commence
ing tomorrow.
The Episcopal Church in Shep-
herdstown was struck by lightning
last Saturday, but was not material
" damaged
The Hagerstown 15cice-a- Week has
been enlarged and otherwise greatly
improved. Dir. NJ. A. Berry, of Ha-
gerstown, has been admitted to the
firm, and the paper will hereafter be
Democratic in politics.
The barn of Nh. Simon Long, near
townsville, Washington CO., Md,
was destroyed by fire on Sunday last.
About 600 bushels of wheat, 800 bar
rels of corn, 20 tons of hay, two wa
CONS, gears of every description, and
many other articles We're destroyed.
The Bedford (Pa.) Inquirer says
that lad of ii years of age, son of
Mr.. Jacob Smith, of Woodbury., Bed
ford county, was struck by lightning
during the storm that ragged over that
part of Pennsylvania on last Satur-
day, and, it is supposed, was instant
| ly killed.
The Hagerstown Ne,rS says: ''The
late refreshing rains have had fine
effect on the growing crops and veg
| citation of all kinds. The wheat has
been much benefited thereby, as also
| the oats. Fields of wheat that a
month since presented the appear
ance of total failure have come out
wonderfully. The corn is doing well
so far"
The Keyser CIV. Va Tribune says /:
"We have been furnished an incom-
plete list of the descendants of Jos.
Dixon, perhaps the oldest man in
West Virginia, and one of the most
remarkable of his generation. He is
now in his 106th year, and compare
lively an active man. A member of
the family undertook to procure for
us a full list of the old mans chill
dren, grandchildren, &C., but in
forms us that owing to the difficulty
in finding where all the descendants
had settled, the account is somewhat
deficient. However, we venture the
assertion that this old Patriarch of
Elk District, in Mineral county, has
a record for multiplying and replen-
iShing the earth few can compare
with. Jos. Dixon's children number
ID, his grandchildren 80, great-grand
children 1877, great-great-grand chill
dren 6. Total descendants 500, with
several branches to hear from. Who
can beat it We believe if Mr.. Dix
on would consent to go, Well take
him to the great Centennial celebra-
ton of our National Independence,
to be held in Philadelphia, July 4th
1876.