Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-12
N%EIGHBORlNG NEWS.
From The Shepherdstoacn Register

Wednesday was the twenty sixth
anniversary of the hanging of John
Brown at Charlestown. Many of oul
citizens remember that occasion very
distinctly.
HEAVY DAMAGEs.-The case Of
Peter +. Leapley and his wife, Grace
b. Leapley, VS.. the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, a suit for DANA
ges laid at $40, 200, and which occupied
the attention of the Circuit Court at
Hagerstown for two days, was con-
cluded Saturday evening with a YER
dict against the company for So, 900.
RIGHT.-The town council of Car.
Isle, Pa, has requested the chief OF
police of that city to keep all streets
and alleys clear of congregations OF
boys, especially after dark. This is a
move in the right direction, and Shep-
herdstown should not be behind in
doing well.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
President John NJ. Hood, of the
Western Maryland Railroad, has fur
nished to the stockholders of the COM
pany the statement of operations for
the year ended September 80, 1885.
The gross earnings were as follows /:
From passengers. $243, 326. 88; freight
and express, $3O4, 6O7 .93 milk and
marketing, $33,699.o5 mails, S27, 322.-
So; miscellaneous sources, $40, 259. 66.
Total, $~619,217.27.
The operating expenses, including
rental of IIillen Station and cost of
operating the Baltimore and Cumber-
land Valley Railroad, were $685., O81,-
80; the net earnings were 1922, 1856 SO;
the expenditures in betterments, We're
SOL ,124.56.
The total decrease in earnings as
compared with 1884, was SAG, IT'S; to-
tai decrease in expenses, S20,66S.0 S /;
decrease in net earnings, S26, 1903
There were moved during the year
672,316 passengers and s 5,4s5 tons of
freight. The decrease in earnings
from passengers was $25, 965. 34 ; from
freight and express, S3S, 1851 20. De-
preston in general business and fail
ure of the wheat crop in the section
served by the road caused the decrease
in business.
EPIDEMIC.-An epidemic of whis-
key drinking seems to have broken
out among the young men of Shep-
herdstown. For the past three weeks
drunkenness has prevailed to an alarm
ing extent, and it is said that on Sat
urday night there we're no less than
twenty-eight young men drunk or
very much under the influence of liq-
uor. This is a rather humiiiating state
ment, forgenerally there is not a more
temperate community in the State
than this one. These young men all
have intelligence enought to know that
they are bringing ruin upon them
selves, dlshonor upon their families
and disgrace upon the community.
Last spring the people of this town
voted for license-now they are reap
ing their reward. .
MeSsrs. Editors.-I see that Mr.. Will
son has at last made a change of post
masters at Duffields. He first had a
boy appointed, and one who was not
acceptable to the majority of the pat
rons Of the Office, and then made a
change by getting j. S. Melvin ito re-
sign his position as State Senator, and
had him appointed.
NJ. Wilson has failed to comply
with his promise to give the office to
the gentleman who had signers of his
petition a majority of the patrons of
the Office. J.. S. Melvin had no pc
tition ; it was in his sons name, and
had not a majority of the patrons to
sign it.
Mr.. Wilson had a man appointed
who did not represent the patrons of
the Office. We cannot understand Mr..
Wilson's actions we would like to
have an explanation. CITIZEN.