Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-09-19
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 1885
STATE NEWS.

State Senator Stark w. Arnold,
of Buckhannon, nephew OF Stonewall
Jackson, who was elected as a Re-
publican in Democratic district last
year. has been licensed to preach as
a local minister in the M. E. Church.
w. j. Lucadoe, Charleston mer
chant, purchased a $3.50 team OF
horses. The first day his teamster
had them out, they frightened at
railroad train and plunged down the
leyee into the river, and were drown
ed.
The Braxton Democrat says that
from High Knob, on the farm OF
John G. Morrison, in that county,
an observer can see objects in twelve
different counties in the State. To
the north can be seen Gilmer and
Lewis; east, Upshur, Randolph and
Webster; south, Clay, Nicholas,
Favette, Greenbrier and POcahont-
as and west, Calhoun and Roane.
From this point the range of vision
is greater than that from Powell's
Mountain in Nicholas county.
A few days since I. N. Vanmetre,
of Hardy county, picked upnear the
/" Trough a famous fishing locality,
and the place where battle of no
little renown once took place be-
tween the Indians and whites, an
ancient axe. People who have seen
it think it is one of the tomahawks
furnished by the British to the In
dams, while others pronounce it to
be the axe of a pioneer. Anyhow
it is over century old and is high
ly priced by Mr.. Vanmeter, who has
m ania for relics.
1t is said that Lewis county boasts
of man 70 years of age who has
never tasted drop of whiskey, tobac-
co, butter, beef, mutton or wild meat,
never sued man or was sued. He
has seen men stealing his corn and
bacon, and had such an aversion to
law that he never prosecuted them.
He makes no profession of religion,
owns a good farm, does not owe a
dollar, and is highly esteemed by all
his neighbors and acquaintance.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. H.
A correspondent has just returned
from Sycamore Creek, Clay county,
this State. where contagious disease
has been raging during the past six
weeks. Up to date one hundred
cases had been reported to the Local
Board of Health. Twenty five had
proved fatal up to last evening
The sickness is confined to terri
tory ten miles square on Sycamore
Creek and tributaries. Most Of the
deaths were among young persons,
more particularly children of teuder
years, and as to the latter the disease
was fatal in every instance.
The disease is diphtheritic dyson
terry, and is attributed to various
causes. The first case spread from
two parties who came into the dis
trict from Coal Valley. The disease
then spread from parties who helped
to bury children with the disease.
After returning home the disease
broke out in. that neighborho cd.
Wherever the disease broke out it
was found that the person used i'm
pure water. The sanitary condition
of the neighborhood is bad. The
people are not provided with disin,
fectants. The disease is abating,
however, and the last cases were
mild. Four new cases were reported
yesterday. The infected district was
quarantined, and every effort will be
made to confine the disease to the
district. Medicine has been sent the
localBoardofHeal ,whosephysicians
are in the infected district. The
disease is not spreading.