Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-14
LEET0WN NEWS.

lie road, in ONE places, almost i'm
passable, and consequently a maca-
damized revolution is needed. Our
turn pike from Leetown to Smithfield
is in first-class condition. An expert
driver might be able to pass over it,
in day time, by careful driving with
out an accident, but dare not try it at
night unless you are perfectly we'll
acquainted with the road for your life
would be in danger. 1t seems to be
fashion nowadays, Oh our pike, to
have a lot of stone hauled out and
piled up in the middle ofthe pike and
left lay five or six months to the an
can be broken and spread. We pre-
sumo this to be a Maryland fashion.
But be this as it may, one thing GER
tain these huge piles ofstone are there
and you a get over them just
about as well as as you can get
around them, and to make either
route at night without an accident
would be a miraculous escape and
prove the skill of the driver. Bring
along your ten cents for toll all the
same.
The freshet, too, has made the ford
at Sulphur Spring extremely danger
Il on the Berkeley side, but we have
been informed that the Berkeley au.
thorities will repair it in the near fu-
ture ; immediate action on their part
is necessary to prevent an accident to
anyone crossing that is not acquainted
with the ford.
A fine large barn and corr house,
belonging to Mr.. Daniel Getzendan-
ner nea Kearneysville and a thresh-
ing machine, self-binder and other
farming implements therein belong
ing to his son Charles, was destroyed
by fire last Thursday night. The fire
was supposed to have originated from
the hand of IN incendiary. The vii
lain was kind enough to take a horse
out that he found in the barn and
hitch it to the fence neal by before he
perpetrated the crime. The loss was
partly covered by insurance of 81, 800.
The second month of the Wright's
school closed with an enrolment of26
scholars and All average daily atten-
dance of IS. Those present every day
during the month were Emma Rams
burg, Samuel Price, Robert Snyder,
Marshal Ramsburg and Harry Sny-
der.
Miss Annie Watson is visiting rel
atives near Hamburg, Shenandoah
Co., Va.
Miss Alice Duble, who has been
visiting friends in this vicinity, has
returned to her home, Wickliffe,
Clarke Co.
Floyd Watson has rented of the late
Meredith Helm for the sum of 1920
per year.
Our friend Roland Hill, of Shep-
herdstown who was taken with the
Texas fever last spring, and went thith-
err, returned to his home a few days
ago to the joy of his many friends.
James Davis, les Darkesville, met
with an accident a few days ago by
falling from a cart, receiving painful
injuries about the shoulders.
The West Virginia Good Templar,
a paper published by j. B. Morgan of
Gerardstown, Berkeley Co., w. Va,
and one that should be in the hands of
every temperance worker, contained
an item last week touching the proba-
bility ofthe nuptials of our friend N.
r. r. The young gentleman denied
the veracity of the statement, but
when he left here Saturday and was
not found at his post of duty Monday
morning, his friends had began to
think the scale has turned and an
elopement had followed; however he
made his appearance later in the day
and attributed his delay to the inclem-
ency ofthe weather. Plausible reason.
but we fear the time is approximating
when he cannot screen himself behind
such fimsy excuses.
Nov. II, 1885. X.