Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-10
JAN. 10, 1885.
NEIGHBoRIHG NEWS.

From the Morgan Merclry.l
T. III. B. Dawson, Agent, this week
sold the Joshua Miller farm on Sleepy
Creek TO Mr.. John NJ. WolffOr g, 900.
This is one of the most desirable farms
in the county, and Mr.. Wolf was
fortunate to get SO good a bargain.
Sheriff Buzzard has vacated the jail
per end of the town. Sheriff Willard
is now installed in the office. Mr..
Buzzard made a most excellent SEer-
iii, as evidenced by the good will to-
wards him, and the people of the
county are to be congratulated upon
having 30 worthy u successor as Mr..
Henry Willard.
Mr.. VIM. n. Buzzard, late Deputy
Sheriff of this county has gone to
Martinsburg to assume the duties of
clerk and book keeper for Mr.. Camp
bell Janney, who is engaged in the
sale of agricultural implements, &c.
We are sure Mr.. Janney will have no
cause to complain of his selection, as
Will in every way is qualified to fill
the position.
At meeting of the Town Council
held ON December 18th communities
tion was presented from Mr.. G. Mason
Pendleton stating that he would be
absent for several months, and on
motion a resolution was offered de-
claring the Office of Mayor vacant.
Whereupon the Council proceeded to
an election to ill the vacancy. Hon.
John F. Dill, memberof the present
Council, was placed in nomination
and unanimously elected to the I'M
expired term of Mayer Pendleton.
We congratulate the people upon the
choice, as Mr.. Dill is in every way
qualified to fill the position. We re-
greet to loose the service of Mr.. Z.
Mason Pendleton as our Mayor as he
mas always given satisfaction. No
appointment was made to fill the
vacancy in the Council created by Mr..
DIPS promotion.
We take pleasure in announcing to
the public the opening of the st. Elmo
Hotel by Mrs. F. S. Catlett.
We regret to announce that Mr..
John o. Sh0cky, an employe at the
annery in this place, met with very
,erious accident on the 22d ult. Mr..
Shockey's hand was accidentally
'aught between post and a wheel on
the rolling machine, drawing the arm
IN and decorating the flesh and sinews
from the hand to the elbow. This is
\ very serious thing to Mr.. Shockey,
he having large family to support
and winter upon them.
Old Morgan County has never been
acking in the production of her soil,
minerals, &C., but we have now to
note the big boy of Allen District.
Mr.. Matthias Widmyer, Jr., is the
proud father, and well he may be, of
boy five months old which weighs
"A pounds.
Dairy-men and stock raisers all buy
Days Horse and Cattle Powder. For
listemper, hidebound. loss of appetite.
nd general debility it is without peer
the market. Price twenty five cents
.,er package of one pound, full weight.
From the Shepherdstous Register.
Rev. S. w. Owen, pastor of ST.
.ohu's Lutheran Church, at Hagers-
own, was presented with one hun
lred dollars in gold on Christmas
light by his congregation.
Mr.. VIM. M. Entler, a native of this
lace, has sold his newspaper, the Nc
arthur (Ohio) Democrat Enquirer,
,nd has purchased the Transcript, at
springfield, Ohio. The change was
made last week.
The balloon ascension last Saturday
light under the management of Mr..
mo. III. Duke was a great success
The balloon. which was a large and
handsome one, sailed straight up into
he air, discharging brilliant fireworks
Is it assembled. 1t arose to a consider
,ble height, and then struck Decline
III the direction of the North Pole.
The venerable colored man passed
away quietly on Wednesday morning
,ast, in the 8lst year of his age. He
will be remembered by many visiting
This place in years past as the polite
md attentive dining-roOm servant
1T the Entler Hotel. Everybody
knew Uncle jake" and every one
lad kind word for him at all times.
He was ever faithful, kind and polite,
and not visitor to the hotel in days
gone by failed to recognize his true
merits and reward him as he deserv-
ed. He was faithful member of the
Lutheran Church at this place, and
always had his regular seat in the
church. He was one of the old-time
servants that knew his place and
always appreciated the kindness that
was shown to him, and could never
ne induced to forsake his white friends
for untried ones of loud professions
and promises of things that were to
be.
Mr.. Louis Kogelschatz and wife, of
Martinsburg, paid visit to this place
last week, stopping with Mrs. KS
mother, Mrs. James Fayman.
Intelligence has been received here
of the death of Mrs. Mary Lambright
Rathman, which occurred at Newton,
n. ", on December Goth, 1884, Mrs.
Rathnan was the daughter of Mr..
the editors OF this paper. She will be
remembered by many here as young
lady whose beauty of face and figure
was correct likeness of her bright
and cheerful disposition and pleasant
manner. Her death at the age of
about thirty two years was great
shock to her friends here, as they were
not aware that she had been i'll. We
extend our SINGER and heartfelt SYM
pathy to her bereaved parents, who
are almost heart-broken. May they
find consolation in the word and prom
Uses of Him who doeth all things for
the best.