Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-03-14

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Mr.. John f. Keller, Of Shepherds
town, has been granted a patent for
an Improvement in the mechanism Of
his grain drill.
1t is said that the young men Of
Shepherdst0wn do not need dash
boards to their sleighs. They justput
up their feet. which answer the pur-
pose admirably.
State Senator J. s. Melvin had his
pocket picked of his pocket book, con-
tanning $26, his railroad ticket and
some papers. while coming home
from Wheeling last Saturday.
Mr.. Albert T. Hill had his sheep
fold raided by dogs last Saturday
night, causing considerable damage to
his flock. He succeeded in killing one
of the dogs and one dog got away un-
hurt. Farmers. look out for sheep
dogs.
The many friends in this neighbor-
hood of Rev. J. s. Lefevre, assistant
at DIR. Leyburn's Associate Reformed
Church, Baltimore, will regret to
learn that his health is not very good.
He has been granted leave of absence
for two months, and has gone to
ThOmaston, Georgia, where he will
endeavor to recuperate.
ROSE FLEMING CoFFINBARGER.-
1t is with painful feelings that we re-
cord the death of this worthy lady
On the 9th of March, 1884, Rose Flen-
ing, one of the twin daughters of
Joseph s. Fleming of this place, was
married to George Coffinbarger, a
young farmer of this vicinity, and on
the End instant she died of typhoid
pneumonia, leaving an infant about
month old, husband, her devoted
twin sister, other sisters, brother,
her parents and numerous friends to
mourn her untimely death. The fun
eral services were held in the Luther
an Church, of which she was a MEM
Der, and were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. ID. M. Moser, aud the re-
mains were inferred in Elmwood
Cemetery on Wednesday evening last,
followed to their last resting place by
a very large number of relatives and
friends. Mrs. Coffinbarger was educat-
ed at Shepherd College and graduated
In 1879 and Is the fifth one of the
Alumni of that institution that has
died since leaving the school. She
was quiet, difiident, and retiring in
her manners and will long be missed
by her relatives and friends, who have
the sympathy of the whole communi-
ty in their sad bereavement.
The extraordinary popularity of Aver s
Cherry Pectoral is the natural result of
its use by intelligent people for over forty
years. 1t has indisputably proven itself
the very best known specific for all colds,
coughs, and pulmonary complaints.
A STRANGER AMID THE SCENES
OF HIS BoYHooD.--On Monday morn
ing last, tall, gray-headed and gray
bearded man, apparently about 70
years of age, arrived at our town and
stopped at the Entler Hotel. 1t was
soon observed that he was looking for
familiar sights, and pretty soon he
started for Seibert's barber shop,
which he said was :" Dan Cameron's
old tailor shop" From the inquiries
he made about old people long since
dead, it was inferred that 1t had been
a long time since he was a citizen of
this place. He was loath to give his
name and was evidently stranger In
his early home. He remembered the
names of many who were his COM
panions sixty years ago, but none of
the faces of the living were recognized
by him. While strolling along Ger
man street he recognized "Sheetz's
Hotel" Lanes Corner" John T..
Cookus' store" (Rickard's), in which
he was once a clerk, "Selby's store
Harper's store, I" and B. F. Towner's.
He pointed out the spot where
Adam Licklider's shop and residence
were, now occupied by large preten-
tious three story brick building, and
called attention to Schindler's corner,
Earnest Keplinger's and Old DIR. John
Briscoe's residence, where DIR. Mar
shall now resides, and added, I" I was
raised In that house and was a very
bad boy" The tall, slender, joviaI,
mischievous boy, is now the vener-
able man John Thomas Briscoe. He
is native of Aldie, Loudoun county,
Virginia, but was raised from child
by old Doctor John Briscoe. He has
been living for thirty years or more
in Warren county, Indiana he re-
Gently removed to Denver, Colorado.
He left here about fifty years ago, and
among the boys of his day he names
John Keplinger, Jacob Sheetz, DIR.
John Reynolds, Joseph Welshans and
William Weise. He started from
home to attend the Inauguration Of
Cleveland, but concluded to stop here
and at Charlestown to hunt up the ac-
quaintances and friends of his boy
hood, instead of going to Washington
City.