Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-01-15
OUR NEIGHBORS.


last Friday night, after protracted
illness. He was "a years of age.
The Morgan Mercury says, Mr..
Isaiah Speelman, of Timber Ridge
district, passed through Berkeley
Springs last week with asled load of
seven hundred rabbits, which he
shipped to Baltimore.
The additional lock which was to
be built at Williamsport, on the line
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal /,
this winter, will not be constructed.
The cold weather closed the canal
before the necessary material could
be procured. The past year was a
very prosperous one for the canal
compared with the years since 1875.
The revenue exceeds that of last year
by about $125, 900, while the amount
of coal shipped is nearly 100, 900 tons
more. The earnings of the Basin
wharf for the year were SIS 1856. The
average tonnage of each boat carry
ing coal during the year was 1872
tons.
The Winchester Times says: We
are sorry to learn from responsible
source, that the statement recently
published in this paper, copied from
the Shepherdstown Register, that the
contract for the work on the M. s.
w. extension had been awarded,
was premature. We are assured that
responsible and experienced railroad
builders in Frederick county are
ready and anxious to contend for the
honor of building that portion OF the
road which lies within the limits of
the county, and that when PROPOSE
tions are invited for the work, they
do not intend to be underbid.
The Morgan Mercury says:
On Tuesday night December 2sth,
large brown horse was taken from
Siler's alley, in this place, belonging
to Constable Andrew Fisher. Mr..
Fisher secured the country over for
several days, but could hear nothing
from his horse. On Tuesday night
a telegram was received here from
Mr.. VIM. Geyer, livery man in
Martinsburg, stating that J. Wesley
Vanorsdall, of this county, had sto-
len a horse and sleigh from him, and
asked that he be arrested. So bright
and early Friday morning, Constable
Fisher repaired to the house Of Mr..
Washington Whisner, about three
miles from town, and where he,
Vanorsdall, was in the habit of stay
ing, and sure enough upon entering
the house, he found Wesley comfor-
;ably seated behind the stove hug
giug his girl, who is a Miss Bait.
Wesley refused to leave his darling
and SO "a scuffle ensued, but by the
assistance of Mr.. Whisner and Mr..
VIM. Miller, who happened to come
in, they succeeded in getting him
tied and brought him to town, where
he was kept in custody until after
the mail came in, when a card was
received from Mr.. Geyer stating that
he had got his horse and sleigh. He
also stated that Vanorsdall had tried
to cross the Potomac river to get in
to Maryland both at Williamsport
and Little Georgetown, but failed at
both places, so he returned to Mar
tinsburg where he deserted the horse
and sleigh, and then came to this
county. AS there was no further
charge against him, he was released.
But on the same evening, Constable
Fisher received word that his horse
was in Geyer's stable at Martins
burg, where Vanorsdall had left him,
30 he Immediately arrested Vanors-
dali again and locked him up in Jail
where he will remain till Saturday,
when he will have hearing before
Squire Blakely. 49, ..s IN n
Constable Fisher returned home
from Martinsburg last Sunday with
the stolen horse.
= We take the following news items
from the Spirit Of Jefferson of the
18th inst: .T An 2W
The ceiling Of the machinery de-
partment of the Halltown Paper
Mill caught fire from the chimney,
about s O'Clock on New Years Eve,
and a portion of the roof was de-
stroyed, and the building otherwise
damaged to the amount of about
$3.50. nma 80 e
Five persons were baptised, and
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