Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-24
N%ElGHB0RING NEWS.
Iron the Ghepherdstoscss Register

IRON the Ghepherdstoacn Register.
In n night this week over foul
hundred eels we're caught in the fish
pot below town.
"Aunto Annie Seibert, an aged
and well-known colored woman Of
Shepherdstown, died last week.
A colored man started in a boat fol
the fshpot below the Cement Mill
the other night, but it was SO dark and
fOggy he lost his way and became be-
Wildered. He finally landed on a
rock in the river, and by shouting
for help for an hour or SO, some one
on shore heard him and came, with q
lantern. When he got his bearings
he waded ashore, pulling the boat af
ter him.
A telephone company has been or
ganized at Winchester, Va, and will
be in operation in a few weeks. 1t is
the intention to extend the line to
Berryville, and we hope it may then
come down this way.
Public opinion in Charlestown is al
most entirely against the establish
ment of a skating rink there, but the
projectors are going ahead with it,
nevertheless. The contract for the
building has been given out, and no
doubt neighbors will ere long be
reveling in the delights (?) Of this
heightened entertainment.
The Shepherd Fire Department of
this place can't see how it is that they
didn't get the lantern offered by the
Martinsburg Fair Association last
week to the fire company having the
largest number of men in line. The
Shepherd was the only visiting COM
pany there, and they think they surely
must have taken the prize. But they
didn't get the lantern. Probably it
was an over sight.
A TOUCHING INsTANCE.-A touch
ing instance ofinsect affection has been
sent to us. The writer says 81 found a
cockroach struggling in a bowl of wa
ter. took half a peanut shell for a
boat. / put him in it, gave him two
wooden tooth-picks for oars, and left
him. The next morning / visited
him, and he had put a piece of white
cotton thread on one ofthe toothpicks,
and set the toOkpick on end as a sig
nal of distress. He had a hair on the
other toothpick, and there that cock
roach sat a fishing. The cockroach,
exhausted, had fallen asleep. The
sight melted me to tears. / had new
er to chew leather to get a soul / was
born with one. / took that cockroach
out, gave him a spoonful of Cruel and
left. The animal never forgot my
kindness, and now my house is chuck
full of cockroaches."
A BANQUET.-The Shepherd Fire
Department of this place received a
big cake at the Martinsburg fair last
week for being the best looking visit
ing fire company present There was
no other), and on Thursday night the
boys held a banquet. The City Coun-
invited guests and the fire de-
partment were present, and the cake
was cut and the wine opened amidst
great applause. Several speeches
were made, and all went merry as a
marriage bell. A resolution of thanks
was offered to Mr.. Thomas Lee for
the supply of wine, and
the meeting adjourned. The boys
were filled with enthusiasm and wine
and cake.
Mr.. John Wolfe, living near Me-
chanicstown, Md, was visited by a
lady one day last week, who inform
ed him that she wished to make him
a present of a pair of horses. A few
days afterward a colored man brought
the horses, remarking that he had
come IT'S miles withthem. No other
could be obtained, and
Mr.. Wolfe is in a state of perplexity
. houf tho maffar