Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-02-23
THE NEWS AROUND US.



From the Shepherdstown Register.
1t is said that the wheat is looking
well after its long Imprisonment I'M
der the snow and ice.
There were recorded in the Coun-
ty Clerks office of this county last
year 46S deeds and 10 wills, and 106
marriage licenses issued.
Mr.. VIM. L.. Reinhart has sold the
new house built by him last summer,
together with ten acres OF land, near
Moler's X Roads, to Mr.. Geo. w.
Moler, for ST 800.
The usual annual election Of cor
poration officers for Shepherdst0wn
Mayor, Recorder and Eve Council
men--will be held the second Mon
day In March, the 10th pr0ximo.
Mrs. Nancy Bowers, Il character
who was known probably to every
boatman on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, died at her home at
Me,cersville, Nd. last week. She
was reared in "A hard school, and
though she had tough characters to
deal with she was generally able to
take her own part either In q battle
with the tongue or with weightier
weapons. 1t Is said she was liberal
and charitable to the needy. Her
age was ~ years.
From the Free Press:
The Fargo (Dakota) Argus has
gained its $50 900 case. Mr.. James
ID. Butt. OF Harper's Ferry, was
counsel on the winning side.
Malta Lodge, No. SO, A. r. u A.
Masons OF this place have sent $751;
so to the flood sufferers OF the Ohio
Valley Considering the financial
ability OF Malta this Is munifcent
contribution.
Last week two men, named Hawks,
were crossing the Shenandoah In q
skiff, near Pipertown, and collided
with drifting log, the boat over
turned-the men escaped but lost a
containing $40.
1t Is a noticeable coincidence that
the two men who erected the Scaffold
upon which John Brown and his as
sociates were hung in 1859-6O, and
who, shortly thereafter, utilized the
same material in the construction Of
a porch to 4 dwelling house on the
corner OF Lawrence and Liberty
streets, now the property Of Col. Jno.
M. Coyle, have just removed the
same preparatory to the erection Of
a new porch. This material has
been carefully put away by Col.
Coyle, aud may be regarded by many
as valuable for conversion into relies,
inasmuch as it can be duly certified
as the identical timber which COM
posed the scaffold upon which John
Brown and six of his associates ex-
plated their guilt. John Browns
memory is revered by fanatics, and
others who do not know better, as
Freedoms Martyr" but when we
recall his bloody career In Kansas,
and his subsequent murderouS pro-
ceeding at Harper's Ferry especial
ly his slaughter of an honest, ami
able and industrious cOlOred man
who had not given the slightest pro-
vocation, we feel justified In pro-
claiming him culprit. who met the
just penalty Of the law. He was
ably prosecuted before q just Judge,
and was ably defended, and kindly
and considerably treated and the
timber which we now note as part Of
the platform upon which he made
his last appearance in life IL q mute
testimonial Of the law-abiding char
acter OF our people.
We may be excused when referring
to John Brown for remarking that
his first victim at. Harper's Ferry
was an honest, industrious, inoffen-
sive free black man--and Freedom
may shrek as much Is it pleases IN
the face Of that fact.