Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-04-23
NEIGHBORHOuD NEWS.

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ton county, Nd, on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad, and was buried at
townsville, Md, on Sunday.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, through Mr.. w. M. Gle
ments, master of transportation,
have made arrangements for the err
ection of several new buildings at
the popular excursion grounds on
Byrne's Island at Harper's Ferry.
The structures to be built are a
dancing pavilion 80 by rs feet,
spacious dining hall, 20 by 100 feet
and an ornamental music stand. A
portion OF the river will have dam
across it,so as to form sort of lake,
on which visitors can enjoy the
pleasure of boating, and participate
in the exciting sport Of bass fishing,
that species of the finny tribe being
very plentiful in the Potomac.
Hagerstown Fair Grounds are be-
ing beautified by the planting of
trees throughout the enclosure.
The public schools of Washington
county, Md, have all closed.
Big Lick (Va.,) Presbyterian
church has extended call to Rev.
w. c. Campbell of Harper's Ferry.
The Hagerstown Herald says:
"There is a fine opening here for
a butter and cheese factory, and we
understand that a number of our
business men are ready to furnish
all the capital required. Here is an
excellent chance for a reliable man
of experience.
Five colored men are now serving
as jurors at the present term of the
Allegany county. Md, Court. Two
on the grand Jury-the other three,
on the petit jury.
There is rumor hereabouts, says
the Middletown Valley Register, that
the B. & 0. Railroad Company has
had an engineer prospecting the
mountain peaks at the High Knob
and the elevations on the Keller and
Lighter properties south of the turn
pike, with view Of establishing a
summer resort that will rival Pen
mar on the Western Maryland Rail-
road.
Hon. F. j. Kimball, President of
the S. V. r.. r., has made contri-
button of 500 to the Hagerstown
Light Infantry, of which Col. H..
Kyd Douglas is commander. This
voluntary gift was duly appreciated
and Col. X. was at once appropriate
ly const ituted an honorary member
of the volunteers.
DR.. Loring, of Massachusetts,, who
it is understood, is to be the next
commissioner of agriculture, has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver the
annual address at the Shenandoah
Valley Agricultural Society at Win
chester, Va, on the 18th of next
October.
Bycicle riding is favorite sport
with the boys of Winchester.
The Winchester Times says:
One night last week man enter
ed Mr.. Jacob Snaps stable, at the
"Wheatheld Inn" on the Martins
burg pike, for the evident purpose of
stealing horse. He was frighten-
ed off by the dogs, but carried one of
Mr.. Snaps brides with him. He
then went two miles further, to Mr..
Hugh S. Lupton's where he sue
ceeded in getting horse. He was
but bungling thief, however, for
he made noise enough to awaken
some one about the premises, and
Mr.. l.. at one went in pursuit. He
succeed in overtaking him in the
neighborhood of Bunker Hill, and
the thief finding he was about to be
captured, abandoned the horse and
took tothe fields. Further pursuit
was impracticable owing to the
darkness, and he made his escape.
The Winchester Times says that
while the early fruit in that section
may have been injured by the hard
winter, that the standard and
more common varieties haveat no
time been far enoughahead to be
injured.
The Winchester Times has the
following:
Notwithstanding the care with
which they were gathered, the plow