Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-31
MEIGHB0RING NEWS.

] From the beloherdst0,ca Register.
Mr.. John FL. Duke, of this place
while in Washington last week, as
cended to the top of the Washington
Monument. We suppose he wa
nearer Heaven then than he ever was
before.
The following notice has been hand.
ed us for publication Near Billmyer's
Mill, on December %, 1884, by Rev
Mr.. Luck, of Martinsburg, Mr.. Caesar
Pinetop to Miss Fanny Roundtop.
A revival of great interest is being
held in the Colored Baptist Church OF
Shepherdstown. The pastor, Rev,
w. j. Barnett, has been holding ser
vices every night, assisted by Rev. b.
f. Fox.
The largest shipment of cattle that
ever left Charlestown was that of last
Saturday, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Mr.. VIM. Beall shipped
eight and Mr.. Daniel Getzendanner
one acknowledgements amounted to
IS, 900. Democrat.
Joseph Hill, the celebrated lamp
lighter of Shepherdstown, knows the
value of good name. His three
children are named, Salem Alonzo
Jordan Hill, Nathaniel Abraham
Garfield Hill, and John Landon RAN
dOlph Hill. If these children survive
it will be a miracle.
A dispatch from Hagerstown to the
Baltimore Sun states that case of
smallpox three miles west of Hagers-
town has caused a commotion in that
locality. The person affected is a
young lady who contracted the di-
sease on the cars between Hagers-
town and the West. Every precau-
ton has been taken to prevent the
spread of the disease.
Mr.. Joseph Welshans, for a num-
Der ofyears postmaster at Shepherds
town. has resigned his position, and
his daughter, Miss Ella Welshans,
has been appointed by the Post-office
Department to fill the vacancy. Miss
Ella has for several years past assum-
ed the active duties of the office, and
consequently is thoroughly acquainted
with her duties. Mr.. Welshans re-
signed owing to his becoming very
advanced in years.
Our Martinsburg exchanges are COM
planning of the dangerous crossing of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad al
Flagg's Mill, near Martinsburg, and
are urging the necessity of watch
man at that point. We agree with
our contemporaries on this point
Part of theatime the tracks are filled
with cars which hide approaching
trains from sight, and the roar of the
water of the creek prevents persons
from hearing the noise of the cars
1t is indeed dangerous point, and
few will make the crossing who are
NOT obliged to. The railroad compa-
ny should have Waterman there.
A few mornings since, during the
opening exercises at Shepherd College,
an incident occurred which was not
down on the bills. The school was
singing the hymn,
"Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
And send some message from above,' y
when there was crash through the
ceiling, rattle and bang Of plaster
upon the floor, and the startled teach
ers and scholars looked up and saw a
No. boot and one limb ola boy Wild
ly paving the air. Several notes OF
the hymn were lost, and the tune was
sadly demoralized, on account of the
disturbance. An investigation snow
ed that one of the boys had been up
in the loft above the school-room, and
in stepping across the joists made a
nlis-step and went through the plas-
tering, as above described. We don't
know who was most startled noch,
or the teachers or the scholars.