Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-06-17
Neiahborinq News.

The shops of the Shenandoah Vale,
Road at Shepherdstown, have beef
removed to the Shenandoah Irol
Works, Page County, Va.
The last Legislature of Yves
Virginia passed law making it .
burglary to break car open and rol
it, and making it felony to stone :
train.
District Deputy Grand Master, Geo
w. Feidt, of Martinshurg, paid an of
fetal visit to Malta Lodge, No. 80, A
f. & A. NJ, of this place, last Friday
night.-Sprrit.
From the Harper's Ferry Messenger
we learn that Rev. James III. Carey
colored, lately of Shepherdstown, has
opened an institution of learning fOl
colored boys and girls at Kingston
n. C.
Miss Minnie Conklyn, aged IA years
daughter of James H. Conklyn, O
Jefferson County, w. Va, who acci
dentally shot herselfwitha pistolabou1
ten days ago, died from her injuries
last Tuesday.
The Executive Committee of the Y
M. G. A. of Maryland and West Vir
ginia has designated Charlestown, land
October 18th, as the place and time
for the annual Convention of the AS.
sociation for three or four days ses.
sion.
The State Medical Society of West
| Virginia held their annual conven.
| ton in Wheeling last week. DIR. Jas
E. Reeves delivered the Annual ad.
dress. DIR. n. ID. Baker, of Martins
burg, was elected to represent the So.
ciety before the Virginia Medical As
ISOLATION.
Rev. j. Lester Shipley, of this place
has been appointed by Bishop Nc
| Tyere member of the Visiting Com.
mittee to the Valley Female College
Winchester. The appointment of Mr.
Shipley, says the Times, gives general
satisfaction to friends and patrons Of
the College.-Spirit.
Mrs. George Henson, of Bunker Hill
Berkeley County, whose severe Hines.
we have previously noticed, died or
Sunday week. She was some years
ago resident of this town, and a sis.
ter of Mrs. Hiram O'Bannon and the
late Mrs. VIM. johnson and Mrs. P
Henson. She was a lady universally
esteemed, and her death will leave an
aching void in the hearts of a large
circle of mourning kindred and
friends. Register.
STATE GRANGE.-The next meet.
ing of the w. Va. State Grange will
be held in this place, in October. Ar
effort will be made to secure the camp
grounds for the occasion, as the atten
dance will probably number upward.
of six hundred delegates and alter
mates, and will last several days
These meeting partake something O.
county fair Occasion-farmers hav
ing their best products, and dealers
their agricultural machinery and in
plements on exhibition and trial.
MouadsuiNe Reporter.
Major B. Henry Schley, aged 4e
years, eldest son of the late Col. Ed
Schley, died at his residence in Fred
erick, Md, on Tuesday evening last
the 9th inst, after lingering illness
of consumption. He was one Of the
most prominent and highly esteemed
citizen of the city, and because Of his
many admirable traits of character
was very popular with all who enjoy
ed his acquaintance. At the outbreak
of the war he organized the first vol
unteer company in Frederick County
and from that time forth he served il
the First Maryland Regiment under
command of Gen. Kenly, until the
close of the conflict, having participant
ed in nearly all the sanguinary engage
ments of the Army Of the Potomac
He was a member Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and well-knowr
member also of the Masonic fraterni
ty.
Major Schley was brother to Mrs
Laura Chapline, widow of the late
I. Chapline Of this town.-Register.
A delegation presented by Hon
John B. Hoge, of West Virginia, con