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ALEXANDER WILSON.

Born in Palsy, Scotland, July 9Th,
1766-emigrated to the United States
July 14th, 1894 settled in the coun-
ty of Berkeley, now in West Vir-
ginia, shortly after his arrival, as a
weaver. His residence here was
marked 10y great poverty, and does
not seem to have left very pleasant
impressions on his mind, if we may
judge by the following lines extract
ed from one of his poems
Farewell to Virginia-to Berkeley adieu,
Where, like Jacob, our days have been
evil and few,
So few - they seemed really but one
heightened curse,
And so bad that the Devil only could
have sent worse.
He was man of uncOnquerable
resolution and energy, and of enthu-
siastic devotion to natural science.
He had completed the seventh VOL
ume of his great work on ornitholi-
gy before he died, and was engaged,
when seized with his last illness, i'll
collecting the materials for the
eighth volume. Of the many active
men whase biographies are before
the public, there is not perhaps one
whose life presents such heroic res
olution in the pursuit of science.
He died August %, 1913, and was
buried in Philadelphia.
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HORATIO GATES,

A Major General in the army of the
United States. He was native of
England. He was with Braddock at
the time of his defeat, 1755, and was
shot through the body. He then
purchased an estate in Berkeley
county, Virginia, where he resided
until the commencement of the
American war in IT'S, when he was
appointed by Congress Adjutant
General, with the rank of Brigadier
General. The success which atten-
ded his arms in the capture Bur-
goyne in October, 1777, filled Amer
lea with joy. Congress passed vote
of thanks, aud ordered medal Of
gold to be presented to him by the
President. August 10th, 1880, he
was defeated by CORVALLIS at Cam
den. He was superseded by General
Greene, but in 1882 restored to his
command. After peace, h. retired
to his farm, called ''Traveler's Rest"
in Berkeley county, where he re-
manned till 1870, when he went to
reside at New York. He died on
the 10th of April, 1906, aged II years.
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RAWLEIGH COLSTON,


was born in England ; married Eliz-
abeth Marshall, sister of Chief JUS
tice John Marshall; purchased a
large estate upon the Potomac River
in the county of Berkeley, upon
which he erected handsome man
sion. He. in conjunction with his
brothers-in law, John and James
Marshall purchased from hedeviees
OF Thomas Lord Fairfax, all their
proprietary rights in the North
ern Neck Of Virginia. Lord Fair
fax being an alien at the period Of
our revolution, land the State OF Vir-
ginia treating him as such, and alien
creditors and landholders having &C.
quired rights under the treaty of
peace of 1888, and jays treaty of
l764, much perplexity and difficulty
existed in this and other counties
embraced in the Northern Neck as
to their land titles. These difficulties
were adjuted by a compromise be-
tween those purchasers and the Com
monwealth of Virginia, made
on the 10th of December 1896,
by which the State confirmed the
title of all persons claiming under
Fairfax to the lands which had been
specifically appropriat d or reserved
by Lord Fairfax or HI ancestors for
his or their use tn purchasers re-
linquishing their title to all the
waste and unappropriated lands in
the Northern Neck. Under this
compromise, patents were issued
without controversy for all lands not
then covered by patents from Lord
Fairfax.
Mr.. Colston was a man of literary
tastes, and of large commercial in
formation, and took an active inter-
est in the cause of religion. On the
18th of June, 1914, he was elected
president of a Bible Society then or.
ganized in the county of Berkeley,
and his address to the public in sup
port Of that cause, published in the
Martinsburg Gazette, OF that period,
is q document marked by literary
ability and deep christian feeling.
He died in 1928, and was buried at
HoneywoOd, his county seat, in this
county.
He left large family of sons and
daughters, among whom were Ed
ward COlsLon, a representative in
Congress from this district; Maya
lady of extraordinary beauty and &C
complishments, married to John
Hanson Thomas of Maryland, "a law
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Falling Waters.

The schools in this district are
all having a fair attendance this
winter, and are getting along
well.
The farmers who have corn and
fodder out are making good use
of the fine weather to get il
housed.
We have been so used to getting
not less than % cents for butter
and eggs in your market, that
many of our people who took their
marketing to town last Saturday
were much disappoin ted at the
price.
The young men of this neigh
borhood have pretty generally
Sworn off, They will pretty
generally have the same thing to
do next New Years.
Capt. Maxwell, who is running
the mill at this place, is turning
out as good brand of family
flour as can be had in the county.
Our community is comparative
ly healthy, although a death is
now and then reported. The last
was the death of Mrs. David
Dodd, which took place last Satur-
day. She was an estimable lady,
we'll liked by all her neighbors
and acquaintances. She was con-
sistent christian, and has gone
10 be forever with the blest.
PAT.
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CHARLES d. STEWART.

For nearly half century this gen.
tleman held the Office of deputy
Sheriff of this county. Each success
sive senior magistrate as he attained
the Sheriffalty, was pleased, as the
law then stood, to farm out for a
fixed compensation the discharge of
its duties to one so distinguished for
his honesty and humanity as Charles
d. Stewart. Few men ever passed
through so protracted an official SER
vice with so little complaint of his
conduct. He was prompt in the
execution of process, tender, yet
firm and decided, and he admins
tered his charities so quietly and
silently that his left hand scarcely
knew what his right had bestowed.
He died of the cholera in 1854.
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Hedgesville.

The protracted meeting under
the auspicies of the M. Il. Church,
which began on Saturday last is
still In progress. Rev. Mr.. Leech
of your city, delivered two inter-
esting discourses to large and al
tentive audiences.
The school which for some time
has been closed, reopened on Tues
day last, under the tutorship Of q
gentleman from Williamsport, Md.
Mr.. John Criswell Of the firm of
Daniel Miller & Co made our viii
lage flying visit on Tuesday, in
the interest of the house he repre-
sents.
Mr.. j. III. Miller and wife took
their departure for Bunker Hill
on the 9Th met, returning the fol-
lowing day, well pleased and ben
Gifted by their trip.
Mrs. Dodd, wife of David Dodd,
died at her residence in the FALL
ing Water district, on the 5th
inst, and was Inferred at Falling
Waters Cemetery, Rev. Mr.. Gill
more making the funeral Grafton.
Mr.. Samuel Harrison and wife
of Little Georgetown, we are sorry
to learn are both ill, but trust q
kind Providence may soon restore
them to health.
We are glad to hear of the con-
tinued increase in membership
and prosperity of the M. e. Church
South, under the able pastorship
of rev. Mr.. Mercer.
j. B. Clary. the enterprising
merchant of n. M. Station, tho
having come among US as strang-
or, is driving thriving trade in
everything pertaining to his line.
The Bishop Of the Diocese of w.
Virginia, will hold services in Mt.
Zion Episcopal Church on the eve
ming Of the 9th inst.
REPORTERS.
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BERKELEY COUNTY.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
BY HON. CHAs. j. FAULKNER =

We begin this week our promised
history of Berkeley county, with
some short sketches of noted men
who were born within its borders,
and who, to a greater or lesser ex-
tent, are identified with its past his
tory. We will continue these per-
sonal sketches from week to week
until we are through with them,
when other interesting matter in
relation to the history of the county
will follow.
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DIR. RICHARD NJ SHERRY

Was born in the county of Berkeley
upon the farm known as Retire
ment," near LeetOwn, on the 2Sth
of May, 1892, and was the eldest son
of Richard and Anastatia McSherry,
who both lived and died on that es-
tate. He was educated at an acad-
envy at Fredericktown, Maryland,
then at Hagerstown, and lastly at
Georgetown College, d. c., where
he went through a full course of in
struction. He commenced the study
of medicine under DIR. Samuel J.
Dreamer, a graduate of Edinburg,
and a very accomplished physician
residing at Charlestown. From
thence he went to Philadelphia, and
entered the Office of Prof. Nathaniel
Chapman, of the University of Penn
sylvania, at which University he
graduated in medicine in 1916.
Meantime, while attending the lee
lures, the war of 1872 broke out, and
he joined company from his native
county, and marched to encounter
our British invaders and upon tie
death of the medical officer attached
to the command, he was commits
stoned in his place, and served as
surgeon in the army until the end
of the war. In 1916, he commenced
the practic of his profession in Mar
tinsburg, and enjoyed an extensive
q lucrative practice until 1871, when
he withdrew from the practice. He
was married in January, 1917, to
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Miss Ann G. King, daughter of Mr..
George King, Georgetown. whose
family were of the early Maryland
colonists He died in Baltimore at
the residence of his son. on the Goth
of December, 1878, and his remains
were inferred in the Catholic ceme-
terry of Martinsburg
No man enjoyed more enviable
reputation than DIR. McSherry. AS
physician he stood in the first rank
of his profession, and by constant
study, kept progress with the adj
vance OF medical science. His mild
and amiable temper bland and cour-
teous department to all, made him a
general favorite. His reading ex-
tended beyond the scope of his pro-
fessional studies, and his familiarity
with history and general literature,
made him at all times an agreeable
companion. He was kind and char
liable, and bore throughout life a
reputation of unsullied integrity.
JOHN MYERS.
Born in the county of Berkeley,
about the year 1865, and lived all his
life in the mountainous districts of
the county. He was a man of strik-
ing appearance, about six feet, four
inches in height, with no superf1uous
flesh, and with a countenance indi-
eating great natural intelligence and
intrepid daring. His whole life was
spent in. hunting bears, deer and
other game of the forest. He was
universally known by the name of
"Hunter John Myers" The chase
was his pastime and his means of
support. His rifle was unerring in
its aim, and rarely did wolf, bear,
or deer escape him. There was a
savage wildness in his features
which indicated very clearly how lit
tie he had mingled in the haunts of
civilized life. If he was not the
original from which the novelist Coo
per painted his celebrated character
of Natty Bumppo,o Leather Stock
ing, he has by the force of his imagi-
nation delineated with extraordina-
ny accuracy, the hunter of Berkeley.
Myers, like Leather Stocking stands
half way between savage and civil
lied life; man with all the fresh
ness of nature about him, and whose
like is only to he seen at this day,
amidst the wild and unbroken forests
of the west. He died about the year
1885.
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Gray squirrels are 40 trouble-
some in Connecticut that the
farmers nave Invited sportsmen
20 exterininase them and they are
being externinated In great mum
beis. A party Of three recently
bagged 10S squirrels III a day.
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1t is generally understood that
the postage on letters will be re-
duced to two cents. and in antici-
patton of this the Postmaster Gen
eral is preparing tor the manufac-
ture Of two cent stamps.
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yer of great genius and promise, who
died in early life, and Susan, married
to Benjamin Watkins Leigh, one OF
Virginia's distinguished sons.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
A Boy Crushed.

His Neck BrOken-EIevatOr Accident in
 Ans0nia.
 John Barry, aged 14 years, was killed at the Ansonia Brass Copper company's works yesterday morning. He twas employed in the cable and screw wire department in the fourth story and in carrying waste down on the elevator he engaged in ''fooling'' with boy named Fogarty and jumped into the elevator in such fashion that his body was caught as the elevator was rising and crushed between the machine and the second floor. The elevator was stopped by the belt being thrown off, owing to the obstruction of the boys body to it's progress. The hands in the room rushed to the scene and the ma- chinery was stopped, but it took over five minutes to extricate the boys remains, and boards had to be sawed in two to do it. The boys neck was broken. His lifeless body was taken out and conveyed to the home of his heart broken parent. He was son of widow, Mrs. Margaret Barry, residing on Prospect street. His father died not long ago. The Fogarty boy said that he did ali he could to stop the elevator. The company 7 is not to blame as it was against the rules to jump on the elevator while in motion and a fine of 25 cents is a standing penalty for yio- Iation of the rule.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
Picntcs and Excursions.

Various New Haven PGrtfes-s1crsd
 Heart Ptcnic-Y. m. c. A. Trip
 The Congregational church and Sunday school of PIainville came to this city yester- day morning and went of on the Derby rail- road to High Rock for their annual picnic. There were about three hundred in the party.
 The Church of the Sacred Heart had it's annual picnic yesterday, going to Roton Point, summer resort near NorwaIk, on the steamer Elm City. The party was quite a large one, numbering over six hundred.
 Trinity M. B. church has its annual ex- cursion and picnic to day at High Rock Grove. They take band of music along and large number of people are going, in cluding many friends from other churches.
 The excursion of the young people of the Church of the Messiah takes place on Friday of next week to Roton Point and promises to be very successful and enjoyable affair.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
Potato Thtevea Arra.,a,,.

The clements seemed to favor people of predatory habits last night, and at a late hour Gabriel Gabelin and Henry Sutter wrapped themselves in the darkness of their thievish proclivities and hied themselves on potato grabbing excursion to the prolific farms of Orange But little did they wot that two pairs of vigilant eyes were watching their movements and that said eyes belonged to Officers Streitand Meigs, who, divining the purpose of their uncomfortable trip. laid in wait for their return. The off cers were rewarded for their vigil, for after few hours they spied their game, returning laden with several bushels of potatoes which they had dug under the cover of darkness in the land of some industrious farmer near the toll gate in Orange
 The midnight potato diggers were arrested and brought to the station house, when it being found that they were occu. pying the last house in Congress avenue near West bridge against the wishes of Mir: Charles Webb, the owner. the officers secured the keys of the house and proceeded on a tour of discovery in hopes of finding further fruits of the misdirected energy which induced them to venture out into the country in such dreary weather aa last nights.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
Personal.


 Mir. Philapdo Armstrong and party left on Wednesday for a two weeks visit at the White Mountains.
 Mrs. John H. Benham and Miss Belle w. Benham, of WhitneyviIle, left on Monday for Saratoga where they remain three weeks. MT. c. B. Damn, shipping clerk of the Damn Folding Chair company, leaves to-day for visit in western States.
 President Dawson of the Water company and wife leave to-day for stay at Alburgh Springs, N. Y.
 MT. l.. B. Hinman, wife and daughter are at Alburgh Springs for stay of a week or two. "4
 Ex-Mayor Robertson and family start soor for Middlebury, Vt., and the White Noun tains.
 Messrs. Ed. P. and B. R. Merwin, the merchant tailors, took their corps of em- pIoyes in SmedIey's taIly-ho to Savin Rock and furnished them with one of the best sup pers the house affords The affair was muel enjoyed. MT. Ed. P. Merwin and son ar- rived homo from Europe on Saturday last.
 Mir. Sylvanus Butler and family started fol Michigan yesterday to be absent four weeks Rev. MT, Banks, pastor of the Third Con gregational church, Guilford, leaves to-day for Williston, Vt., for months vacation.
 MT. Charles A. J. Ayerill, formerly of this city, has been chosen professor of the Rum- ford Institute, Washington. Ct.
 Ex-Governor Bigelow and wife are in Sara. toga-
 City Editor Bogart of the New York Sun il visiting in this city.
 John M. Utley, son of the late Origen Ut ley of MiddIetown, is very sick in New York city and not expected to recover
 Simeon Smith, MiddletoWn's missing man. has returned home. He had been wandering around the State.
 MT. Ralph H. Park, of the publishing firm of Ralnh E. Park & O., Hartford, is con- fined to his house on account of illness.
 The family of MT. David Mayer, the Hart fovy7 siarnond merchant, will leave for the Tgland View House at Stony Creek on Friday and viii gpend the vacation there.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
"WI[SON|A" AND PHYSICIANS. New Article in the Series Every
 Friday.

At the conclusion of our last paper, allusion was made to forthcoming discussion of the affinity ex tablished by Hahnenann. and, as we hope to show, the active powers of magnetic currents in curing ousiy By strict Interpretation of the principle of life. as laid down by him in his "organon." Hahne- force" "wiihout this" he says "it is incapable of preservation, tkis aterial essence aIone animates it, It ts tnmsterial existence force 'sui gene- and to 1t is due the performance of those vital
 By this. we express the whole thought upon which mark that he calls this principle of life a vital force" not vital forces and it is because of this organic functions In the words of one of his ardent followers, 'The vital force of Hshnemann prestdes their fuln1ment it is unit and speciAc and must not be confounded with the psychological force intellectual and moral, This force is an existence indeed it cannot be conceived of otherwise 1t is # has the power of creating, of Wstching over and keeping in harmonious operation. It's permanenoe dergoes implies itg essential exstence it is pre- c1sey the distinctive difference between life and the transient, variable always different, but life is like itself always and does not cease to act single permanent, even to the very instant of the occur renee of death It does not vary in it's 1t does not soach. but 1t is special and an iase
 The reader who IS familiar with the H3E1ous sIaee- ries in medicine that have sprung up from time to times have had their day, and vanished In turn VIII mont who as discipIe of the school of ParAcelsas. manifsstly inclined to modern materiAhan- Ae equally ignored the sod1sm of Hoffman. the sptfft- ualiam of stahl, the humoralism of sylvius de la Boe, the dua1ism of Brown, the spasm of Cullen and the irritation of Brouasais
 In our next we propose to make an analysis or Ghe ssvita foFCe of HAhnemann, and endeavor to reach tangible definition of It's nature, powers, &c.
 TO BE CONTINUED AUGUST 10.
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Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
HYmanaRl.

The wedding of John E. ". West, M. D., of New York city, a graduate of Yale Med ical school this year, and Miss Elizabeth A. McLinn, daughter of ex-Oouncilman Charles McLinn, the college joiner, took place yes terdsy morning at Il o'clock at the residence of MT. McLinn, No. 69 High street. Rev. Mir Babcock, rector of the Church of the Ascension, oficiated. It was the first fash ionable wedding of colored persons this year, and was private, only the immediate relatives being present. The bride was dressed in a the marriage Mir. and Mrs Thompson started for New York and in the afternoon took pas. sage on Q steamer for Paris, France, where the young physician will finish his medical studies They will return within two years, making New York city their home probably, The groom is a young man of promise. Hii wife has enjoyed high reputation socially among New Haven's colored residents. Both are wished uninterrupted happiness by many friends.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03
IO':AL HENA.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention.
 F. M Brown & Co.'s establishment will b. closed to day; open to morrow.
 The county commissioners yesterday mad' their monthly inspection of the county jai
 The damage done by the washouts by the recent rain storm in the city is nearly all re pA;f:-ed.
 The stock :! the Frary Cutlery company Bridgeport. has been increased from $50, 900 to $25O, ,OO0. The 18th annual State temperance olcnlc will be held in Fenwick Grove, Saybrook, oh Thursday of next week. The Masonic Mutual Benefit association or Wostville has voted in four new members The total membership is 179.
 An assignment was made yesterday by Mr. o. E. Kay, printer, and Mir. H. F. Hub bard was nominated for trustee
 Two elm trees were blown down yesterday, one corner of Wooster and Hamilton streets, and the other in front of 73 Chapel street.
 Twenty two shares of the Second National bank stock, New Haven, were sold at auc- tion in Nov York yesterday at $157 per share.
 ~~~ O-----o is rapidly approaching completion. The spire will be finished in few weeks, It will be B handsome church
 MT. E I Atwater, of McAlister & War rens, and bis sister, Miss Lizzie B. Atwater, leave to-day for the White Mountains to be absent about two weeks
 There will be grand fremen's celebration at Winsted to day. Some of the fremen from this city, among them Fire Marshal and Assistant Engineer Kennedy, will attend.
 Thomas S. Dillon, who tried to end his life on Thursday night by taking strychnine, was still better yesterday and is expected to recover. He is attended by Dr. 0. V. R Creed.
 The months mind mass for the late Father Walsh was celebaAted at St. Roses church, Meriden, yesterday morning. Priests were present from all over the State, and the ser" vices were very impressive.
 The Putnam Phalanx, of Hartford, has voted to accept the invitation of the Tenth Separate company formerly Company E) oi Newburgh, 10 visit that place as their guests October IS, on the occasion of the centennial celebration
 Fourteen yachts will participate in the an- nual cruise of the New Haven Yacht club, which will commence tomorrow. The Thimble Islands will be the rendezvous. The fleet will remain there over Sunday, starting away eastward Monday. The trip will occu- py a week, the fleet going as far east as Ed gartown, Mass.
 The work of laying the extension track of the CsntervilIe horse railroad has progressed down Elm street as far as opposite the Yale Theological Seminary. The work will be finished next week probably. The extension terminates at Church street, and the cars will run to Chapel street over the Whitney vile horse railroad track.
 Petitions are being circulated in Bridge port asking that the back taxes of the Howe Machine company may be remitted. This is asked on the ground that it is concession necessary to the continuance of the company in Bridgeport. The company has been a large factor in the growth of the city, and has paid its money freely into the town and city 6rpasutiHS