Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-08-07
STATE NEWS.
There are AS school children re-
siding in Charleston.

A Berkeley Springs man buys. a
glass Of beer purely for the sake of
the pretzel.
There is scarcity Of go cd butter
in the Cumberland market, and the
article commands good prize es.
The wheat crop III the Kanawha
Valley, has been badly injured by the
rains.
Parkersburg has hotel keeper
whose name is Poor What would
travellers call his house.
William Redden, of Raleigh county
recently caught Il large bear in a
trap. He proposes to tame it.
The Assessors books for Parkers-
burg show valuation Of 81 ,103, 12l,
personally, - ,260 $50 realty.
r. :. Brown, cf Jackson county,
claims to have sold eighty-five farms
within two years, to settlers from
Ohio.
May-apple root is advertised for,
by merchant in Writ county. He
wants 1000 pounds. Where's the
root digger.
State Senator Berkshire is on a
trouting expedition in Preston county
He is now casting his fly in Snowy
creek.
Preston county has increased her
rate of taxation ten cents on the one
hundred dollars over last year. Is
this democr-a...
Hon. J. NJ. McWhorter, formerly
State Auditor, is a candidate for SUI
perintendant of Schools in Green
brier county.
The Writ Mentor states that Frank
Hannamam, near Newark, i'll that
county, with four hands, cut fifteen
acres in one day with scythes.
At Huntington, West Virginia on
Tuesday night, an empty store room
of Walker Brothers and large build
ing belonging to Mr.. Smith We're
burned. Loss $1,000.
Mn. J. II. Dis Debar, formerly
State Immigrant Agent, propoees to
plant a German colony in Preston
county, if the court allows him two
or three hundred dollars.
The Richie Gazette refuses to in
sert legal notices without sure
guarantee of early payment. He says
hitherto he has not received one dol
dar in ten for all which he has pub
Hshed.
The people of Morgan county are
excited over mad dog stories. A ge-
neral slaughter of CANNES in the
county is expected to take place.
Pole-raising is engaging the atten-
tion of the people of Morgan county.
We don't know what it all means,
unless they imagine this is the year
of the Presidential campaign.
The local editors of the Wheeling
papers are throwing "mud at each
other. Contemplate puppy" and
such like pet names, is mighty inter
esting reading to those who are pay
ing IS cents per week for it.
A heavy hail-storm visited a por-
ton of Hampshire county last week.
Hail stones as large as a hens egg
are said to have fallen, and consider
able damage was done to the crops.
The Parkers5urg Inquirer asserts
that sexton of one of the churches
in that city, had his boots stolen
while asleep, recently. That must
have been an awakening sermon to
the rest of the congregation.
Wilson Harms, of Parkersburg,
whose father was General 5. D..
Harms, the pioneer of oil develop
ment in West Virginia, shot himself
on the 10th instant. Melancholy
from an aimless life, is the supposed
cause.
Mooreield, Hardy county, West
Virginia, has George Washington.
who is member OF the board OF
trustees of randolph Macon College,
Virginia. We presume he owns a
little hatchet, and will attend the
Centennial at Philadelphia.
The county court of Braxton
county has offered a reward of $500
for the murderers of Jemima Green.
A petition, signed by many citizens
and officers, will be sent to Governor
Jacob, asking him to also offer re-
ward for the perpetrators of the out
rage and murder,
Inc 1olloWIng Is given as a list OF
aged citizens in Lincoln county:
Thomas Hawkins, of Main Mud
81; James Ballard, of Hamlin, 81
James IIager, of Middlefork of Mud
So; Nicholas Messenger, Falls OF
| Guyandotte, So; Leonard Burchett
Ten Mile of Guyandotte, 81; Thomas
Eagleston, of Middle Fork of Mud,
90. JampS McDill of tho poC
Farm, 104; Silas Cooper, of Main
Mud, 10Y. Average, 92s years. Sure.
ly that must be healthy country.
The Register says that young SOL
of Mr.. George Needy, caught bass
with hook and line, at Dam No. 4
near Shepherdstown, which weighed
eight pounds and one ounce. The
little boy, in order to keep himself
from being pulled into the river by
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