Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
H~EIGHBORlNc NEWS.
/ From the Mepherdstoscn Reqistt

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A newspaper is like a toothbrush
In that every one should use his own
and not borrow his neighbours.
DIR. VIM. s. Stonebraker, a respect
ed resident of Washington county,
Nd, died last Saturday at the age of
68 years.
Mrs. Catharine Julius, aged .103
years, died at her home in Hagers-
town last Tuesday. Her mind was
clear to the last.
In one night last week, so we have
been informed, over one thousand
cells we're caught in a fish-pot at Har-
per's Ferry, in the Potomac river.
Mr.. Vincent NJ. Lucas, ofthis vicin-
ity, has been appointed postal clerk
on the route between Baltimore and
Grafton, Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road.
Our esteemed friend, Mr.. S. Thorn
burg Kearney, had one of his fingers
cut off a few days ago by the fertilizer
attachment ola grain drill. We are
sorry to hear of the accident.
The biggest eel that the editor of
this paper ever saw was one taken
from the fishpot near Shepherdstown
last Thursday night. 1t weighed ~
pounds, and was a wicked-iooking
creature.
Frank T. McFaden, of Harper's
Ferry, a member of the senior class of
Hampden-Sydney College, is Editor
in-Chief of the Hampden-Sydney
Magazine.
During the storm on Monday night
oflast week the observatory on Qui-
rauk, at Pen-Mar, vas blown down.
The structure is a complete wreck,
but will be rebuilt in time for the
opening of the excursion a next
year.
The project for building a branch
railroad from the line of the Balti-
more and Ohio to Berkeley Springs
has fallen through, owing to the fail
ure OF the Morgan county people to
subscribe for the necessary amount
OF stock. Seems to us that the man
in that county who recently fell heir
to a million and a-half dollars might
build the road. He could easily af-
ford it..
TURNED UP AGAIN.-The question
has frequently been asked: What has
become of Ed. Randall, the would-be
evangelist, who painted Scriptural
texts all over the fences and rocks in
this neighbcrhood some years ago.
The following paragraph from the
Richmond Dispatch probably answers
the questions
"Mr. Randall, formerly of Martins
burg, w. Va, who is laboring as a
missionary to prisoners in jails. and
penitentiaries, conducted religious
services in the city Jail Wednesday.
Cluverius was among his listeners,
and after the services Mr.. Randall
shook hands with the distinguished
prisoner and talked to him at some
length. Cluverius was calm and cool.
He invited the missionary to call
again."
HARD LUCK.-Mr. William Butler,
who met with such a serious loss two
weeks ago by having his dwelling
house destroyed by fire, met with an
other eve loss on Sunday night.
Three of his horses were struck by a
train on the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road and killed. Mr.. Butler had a
number of horses in a field, one of
which was hobbled to prevent it from
jumping. Sunday night some one
caught the hobbled horse and rode it.
as was shown by its condition the
next morning. The bars of the field
were left down and a mare and two
colts strayed on the railroad track and
were killed. The horses were worth
not less than $500, and this loss is es-
pecially severe on Mr.. Butler at the
present time.
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE I?
All the farmers in this neighbor-
hood have finished seeding, and under
the influence of the seasonable rains
and sunshine the wheat is already
coming up nicely. The farmers say
that the present season is one of the
mostfavorable they have ever known.
The ground was in fine condition
when the wheat was put in, and the
weather since has been all that could
be desired. A very large acreage has
been sown in this county, and we
sincerely hope that the expectations
of a big crop will be abundantly re-
allied next year.
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