Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-21
NEEGHBORHOOD NEWS.

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Morgan county, Mr.. John J. Hetzel.
a candidate for the legislature, re-
ceived 1877. This speaks well for Mr..
Hetzel's popularity at home.
A four-days convention of the Y.
NJ. C. A. of Maryland, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia,
was held in CharlestoWn last week,
and there was large attendance.
Mr.. Henry Shepherd has contrib
uted $50 towards uniformilg the
new fire company recently organ ized
at Shepherdstown. The new uni
forms will be obtained in few days.
Mr.. Chris. Beck, son of Mr. Chas.
Beck, Of Summit Point, Jefferson
county, and a brakeman on the S. V.
r. r., was severely injured by a
freight train running off the track,
near East Liberty, on Sunday last.
DR.. o. G. Mix has sold his "Clay
Hill" farm through V. M. Firor's
agency, to J. Irvine Sechrist of
Washington City, D. c., for $40 900.
Mr.. Secrist is a young man and will
not live on the place himself. So
says the Spirit Of Jefferson.
At a recent competitive examina-
ton for the Miller Scholarship at the
University Of Virginia, in which
there were eleven competitors, the
first scholarship was awarded to T..
Perry Lippitt, son of DR.. w. f. Lip
pitt, of Charlestown.
Four VOTES of quite advanced
years were registered in the Indian
Spring district, Washington county,
Nd. They were John j. Breish,
aged so years, Daniel Martin, s.
years of age, his brother, John Mar
tin, IS last July, and Samuel Mar
low, 50 last March. They are all
Democrats.
The Herald opd Torch says there is
a great deal of sickness in Hagers-
town and the county just now. The
physicians are all actively engaged.
Dyptheria prevails in town, and ma
laria everywhere. The absence of
frost no doubt conduces to the very
general prevalence of malaria. 1t is
an i'll wind that blows nobody any
good. The doctors, at least, are
happy.
The little stone church along the
Western turnpike "a short distance
from Clearspring, Md, called St.
Paul's, is probably the oldest church
in that county. Reformed and Luth.
eran congregations have wOrshipped
in it for over a hundred years. 1t
was built in l747, time when the
Indians still swarmed through the
valley and the face of the country
was extensively covered with timber.
The Rev. w. Goodrich, is the excel.
lent and we'll beloved pastor of this
congregation. In its archives are to
be found the history of the church
and the biography Of every pastor
from its foundation to the present
time.
In Hagerstown, bold but unsuc-
cessful attempt was made at noon,
Tuesday, Oct. 18th, to rob the IIa-
gerstown Bank. At the dinner hour,
while there was no one in the bank
but Cashier J. II. Kausler, man en-
tered and asked change for q large
bill. While Mr.. Kausler was enga--
ged in accommodating this man, an
other entered and rapidly passed be-
hind the counter towards the vault.
His movements, however, were OBJ
served by the cashier, who attempted
to grab the man, when he started
towards the door of the bank, closely
followed by Cashier Kausler. At
this juncture third man entered,
making the inquiry of Mr.. Kausler
"if that man referring to the one
going OUT had attempted TO steal
anything 2" To this the cashier re-
piled, Eyes, and you are one of
Them" when the two took to their
heels and ran. Both men ran down
the street, followed by the fourth
party with a two horse carriage, into
which the runaways jumped and
were rapidly driven out of town. In
the confusion that followed, the first
man that had entered the bank, qui-