Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-08-29
NEIGHBoRInG NEWS.
From the lShepherdsto.cn Rsgist.

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4 From the Ssephsrdstoaca Register
Mr.. John Hurt, well-known citi
zen of Sharpsburg, Md, died last
week, at the age of IS years. He was
at one time boss on the canal.
i The town council of HagerstCwn
has passed aud ordinance compelling
the various railroad companies center.
ing there to place gates and fagmen
on all the streets which their tracks
cross.
| Mr.. Louis Kogleschatz and wife, of
Martinsburg, spent few days in
town this week, visiting the family of
Mr.. Jas. d. Fayman.
| Miss Annie and Lucy Schoppert, of
this place, are visiting friends and re-
latives in Martinsburg.
Misses Addie and Ella Dodd, of
Falling Waters, visited the Misses
Poffinberger this week.
Miss Jennie Dolwick, of Martins
burg, is visiting the family of Mr..
John +. Keller, In town.
The horse stolen from Rev. C. l..
Keedy, of Hagerstown, couple of
weeks ago, was found wandering
along the tow-path the other day
near WilliamspOrt. 1t is supposed
that the animal had been abandoned
by the thief.
The white marble goblet fountain
In the public square at Hagerstown
has been demolished, in order to sub
stitute rockery, over which the wa
ter will be allowed to fall gracefully
and pass off through the drain pipe,
as formerly.
We are informed that colored
man was shot in the face with load
of salt few nights ago by Mr.. J. P.
Kerfott, near Kearneysville. The
colored gentleman was engaged in
the chicken business at the time.
The BIG SPRING.-Mr. w. T.
Lemen has had the famous old "Big
Spring. on his place, near the river,
walled up and cleaned out, and it is
now one of the finest springs in this
neighborhood. 1t is clear and
sparkling fountain about ten feet
square and four feet deep. The beau
tiful lawn surrounding it has also been
much improved, making the most
desirable picnic grounds we know of.
Through the kindness of its owner
many persons have been enjoying the
pleasures of the place this summer.
STABBING AFFRAY.-A reported
stabbing ARRAY comes to us from
Kearneysville. Mr.. John Musgrove
undertook to guard some pear trees
belonging to Mr.. B. S. McIntire, for
which he was to receive some of the
pears. Monday morning Musgrove
accused Frank Miller, a young man
eighteen years of age, ofstealing some
of the pears. Miller thereupon stab
bed Musgrove with a pocket-knife in
the left breast, over the heart, infiict-
ing serious if not fatal wound.
Musgrove thinks he will die.
DRowNED.-Mr. Lee Renner, a res
ident of Sharpsburg. Md, was drown
ed in the Potomac river, short dis
lance above Shepherdstown, last Sat
urday night. Renner had been in
Shepherdstown on Saturday evening,
and by ten O'Clock he had become
very drunk. He was accompanied by
Mr.. Jack Grove, also of Maryland,
who managed TO get him as far as the
lock house of the canal, on the opposite
side of the river. Grove could not
persuade Renner to go any further, so
started up the tow-path alone. About
midnight Renner also started up the
tow-path, and this was the last seen
of him alive. Not appearing the
next day, his friends began search
for him, which resulted in finding his
body in the river little way above
the lock. He had fallen down the
bank of the canal into the river and
had been drowned without struggle.
Justice Robert Grove, of Sharpsburg,
summoned coroner's jury and held
an inquest, a. verdict of accidental
drowning being rendered. The de-
ceased was about 48 years of age, and
unmarried.