Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-06-05
OUR NEIGHBORS.


the sheep on Apple Pie Ridge, in
Frederick county, Va.
At the recent municipal election
in Winchester, Mayor Clark, the
present incumbent, was reelected.
Leonard Wagner, of Hagerstow,
who sailed for Germany on the "a
day of April, died during the voyage
over on the steamship Herman.
Mrs. T. J, Jackson, the widow of
the late Stonewall Jackson, and her
only child, Miss Julia Jackson, have
been invited to unveil the monu-
ment to the Maryland dead, at Win
chester to-day.
Hancock, Md, has "Sixty Day
Club" composed of gentlemen who
have taken a solemn obligation to
abstain from the use of intoxicating
drinks and tobacco.
Mayor Read, of Cumberland, has
closed "a contract with the Holly
Manufacturing Company for the
Improvement of the water works
including pumping engines with
capacity of two million gallons every
twenty-four hours.
The Shepherdstown Register learns
that Mr.. o. t. Kemp, of Harper's
+ cry, who has charge of the Bridge
department of the B. q o. r. r. at
that place, is building a Flying Ma
chine, and he expects to have it ready
for trial trip by the 4th of July.
He has engaged the services of Prof.
Lemen to make the first trip from
Maryland heights to Loudoun
heights. 1t is said by all who have
seen it to be a grand piece of work
manship.
The Winchester Times says: The
Wincheter Fire Department has re-
ceived an invitation to join fire.
mems parade at Martinsburg, Sep
TENDER 18th. We hope they will go,
and reciProcate by inviting their
| friends to join them in a grand dem
onstration during our Agricultural
Fair the third week in October.
The Cumberland Leader says:
The little son of Mr.. VIM. Deetz,
of this city, found a petrifed frog on
the McKaig property, on the Balti-
more pike near this city, Monday
| last, which is one of the most re-
markable curiosities of the kind we
have ever seen. The specimen is
perfect with the exception Of one
eye, which, unfortunately,is missing.
1t is a dark stone color, and large
size. The specimen is now in the
possession of Mr.. o. &. Gephart of
this place. HFtzt fE
| STRANGE DISCOVERIES IN A
BANK-A MYSTERY SOLvED.-An
examination of old packages in one
of the vaults of the Mechanics Ma
tlonal Bank of Baltimore, where
they had been locked up years ago,
has brought to light property which
has long been lost sight OF by the
original owners. In one of the boxes,
the key to which was in the bank,
were discovered $4,000 in first
mortgage bonds on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad, with the interest
coupons for the past fifteen years at
tached, making the aggregate Of the
property about $40 900. These bonds
it has been ascertained, belonged to
the Hagerstown Md Bank, of
which Governor Hamilton is now
the president. In dealings between
the two banks the bonds were de-
posted with the Mechanics Bank
fifteen years ago as collateral. The
then president of the Hagerstown
Bank, Hon. James Dixon Roman,
| died; the cashier was superseded and
that bank: lost trace of the trans
action. The disappearance of the
bonds, however, always remained an
unpleasant mystery, which is now
happily cleared up, and the bank
adds $4,000 more to its surplus.
The securities are ranked as about
the best.-Bdltimor Sun.
The Hagerstown Bank which is
thus in luck, was the one of which
the late VIM. M. Marshal was Cash
Ter, and the manner of his dismissal
was regarded by many as not being
very creditable to the officers of that
institution. Subsequently the funds
! of the bank were found to be little
short, and unpleasant insinuations
were INDUCED in by some against
the reputation of Mr.. Marshall. Now
that the memory of that honest and
upright official is indicated, and
the bank has an unexpected addi-
ton to the funds, they would do
themselves credit by dividing the