Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-02-24
NEIGHB0RHOOD NEWS.

town.
Mr.. William South, the patentee
of the "Boss Self-dumping Rake"
has entered into an arrangement
with the Shepherdstown Manufac-
turing Company for the manufacture
of his rake upon an extended scale.
The first corporation election in
Shepherdstown under the amended
charter will be held the second
Monday in March, the 18th. The
officers to be elected are Mayor, Re-
corder and five CouncilmeR.
The farm of Mr.. Adrian w.
Lemen, on Rocky Marsh, west of
Shepherdtown, known as the Walker
tract, containing sixteen acres, has
been bought by Mr.. VIM. Fletcher
Kearney for 5000.
at congregational meeting of
the Elk Branch Presbyterian Church
at Dufields, Messrs. Nelson T.
Snyder, j. S. Melvin, James NJ.
Engle, James B. Osbourn, L. Ogle
Like, John d. McGarry and VIM. j.
Moler, were elected trustees of said
church, and subsequently appointed
by Judge Faulkner, of the Circuit
Court.
We copy the following items from
the Winchester IEaceS, of Wednes-
day last:
In this county, more than four
months ago, we are told, a grain of
parched coffee lodged in the wind
pipe of "a child. The case puzzled
the doctor, who treated it for
bronchitis, but the child coughed
up the grain of coffee a few days ago,
and is now well.
A carload of shoats was received
here, Thursday, by Messrs. Gaines,
of Clarke county, who purchased
them in the West to help supply the
the deficiency caused by the cholera
last summer. They were in
excellent order, and the venture will
no doubt prove profitable one.
County offices seem to be going
a.begging. AT least no one has as
yet announced himself publicly as a
candidate for one of the''soft Places
in the gift of the voters this spring.
Mr.. j. J. Jobc, the we'll known
wooden manufacturer, has sold to
Mr.. G. r. Hardesty eighteen head of
fat cattle, averaging l,400 pounds
each. One them, it is said, weighs
a ton.
The oyster supper given by the Ia
dies of the Market St. M. E. Church
was "A success the sum realized was
about $3.50.
Mrs. Catharine Lauck, one of our
Oldest citizens died at her residence
in this city, on Friday night last.
Mrs. Lauck was member Of the
NJ. E. Church for a number Of years,
and her funeral sermon was preach
ed by Rev. Mr.. France in the NJ. E.
Church, on Sunday last, to a large
audience. She was in the 18th year
of her age.
VIM. T. Stewart, E. p. II. Harri-
son, Jas. McKown and Silas Mar
tin, of Martinsburg, paid flying
visit to our city on Monday.
The 50th anniversary of the Or
ganiZation of the Union Fire Com
pany was celebrated by demonstra-
ton st the Court House Hall Friday
night last-just fifty years from the
time the company was instituted at
the Town Hall, on February 10th,
1888.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Taylor, widow
of the late Bushrod Taylor of Win
chester, lady of great benevolence,
greatly beloved as well for her char
tiles as for her social and Christian
graces, died at the residence of Mr..
Algernon Sullivan III New York
City, and her remains were inferred
in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winches
ter, on Friday last. She was i'll her
SD year.
From the Charlesto Free Press:
a Harper's Ferry correspondent
of the Spirit of jefferson says: I'VE
have had quite a number of cases
of scarlet fever in and about town,
every one of which baffl d the skill
of our best physicians aud proved
fatal"
Judge Faulkner has been holding
Court since Tuesday week and much
business has been transacted though
only IA few jury cases have been
tried. Three petty criminal cases
were disposed of-one conviction
and two acquittals.
The Porter Factory and Mansion
House, including twenty acres of
ground, has been purchased by Mr.
John j. lobe of Messrs. w III. TRAY
ers and Il. w. Bedinger, Commits
sioners, for the sum of S.
A colored boy, Henry Roberts, por'
ter at the store of Mr.. j. Ran, Rod
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