Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-26
N~ElGHBoRING NEWS.

The area of forest land in West Vir
ginia is estimated at 447, 600, 900 acres
and it is disappearing at the rate O
25, 000, 900 acres a year.
Mrs. Beaver, wife of Daniel Beaver,
OF Page county, Va, committed sui
eide recently by jumping from the
garnet window of her husbands resi-.
dence. Her mind had been impaired,
A tall clock made.in Hagerstown
by William Reynolds in 1889, former.
ly belonging to the late F. C. B,
Wines, has been purchased by the
bank of Nevada In San Francisco, and
will have d prominent place in the
bank building in that city.
Mr.. John Jobe, brother of VIM.
lobe, Esq, of Brucetown, Va, died
in Colorado, on the 23d ult., at an adj
vanced age. He was a native of Der.
kelley county.
Mr.. e. w. Rouse, a deal mute from
Georgia, is now visiting friends in
Hagerstown. He is sixty-three years
of age, and is n of a family of six
teen children, the eldest being seven
ty-eight and the youngest forty-fve.
His brothers and sisters have families,
and they all reside in Texas. He has
a brother who is afflicted like himself,
also six cousins, and one nephew and
four Understanding in all thirteen
deaf mutes who are related. The
family is a remarkable one for num-
bers, age and affliction.-Glo6e
A big drove of turkeys, numbering
four hundreds and fifty, passed through
Shepherdstown on Wednesday. They
were being driven to Baltimore to be
served up at Christmas dinners.
It is not true that Santa Claus will
not put anything into a stocking in
which there isa hole. Last Christmas
a Shepherdstown belle found a ball of
yarn and a darning needle in hers.
At a special meeting of the Virginia
Chassis of the Reformed Church held
recently at Woodstock, Va, Revs. s.
l.. Whitmore, j. A. Hoffheins and
B. F. Bausman were authorized as a
committee to organize a mission con-
gregation at Charlestown and Ripon
and make necessary arrangements to
erect a church at C%harlestown.
Mr.. Zeph. Bane, living near Charles
town, killed a hog this week that
weihged 502 pounds. He killed twen-
three hogs that averaged 276 pounds
each. Mr.. Weise, of Shepherdstown,
butchered a porker last week that
weighed 416 pounds, and Mr.. Presley
Marmaduke one that weighed 41O.
'Tater Hill is still ahead.
The untidy, dirty appearance of a griz-
ely beard should never be allowed.
Buckingham Dye for the whiskers will
readily change their color to a brown or
black, at discretion, and thus keep up
your reputation for neatness and good
looks.
A SUPREME COURT DECISION
Among the cases decided by the SUI
preme Court of Appeals of West Vir-
ginia in Charleston recently was the
case of William Leigh VS.. VIM. Rip
pie, &c. Mr.. Ripple was a justice of
the peace for Falling Waters district,
in Berkeley county, and as such he
demanded that Major Leigh should
take the iron-clad test oath before re-
covering on a distress warrant, and
upon Leigh's refusal, the justice quash-
ed a warrant. The decision of the
Court of Appeals holds that for such
unauthorized action the justice and
securities were liable on his official
bond.
The defendant, VIM. Ripple, and
one OF his surities, Jacob Ropp, have
both died, as has also the senior coun-
sci, Hon. G. J.. Faulkner, since the
trial of the suit.
WEDDING.-Mr. Charles M. Arm
strong, 0 of Rev. James E. Arm
strong, of this place, was married in
Baltimore on Wednesday to Mrs.
Halle Magruder. The ceremony was
performed by the father of the groom
at the residence of the brides father,
Isl St. Paul street. Mr.. Armstrong is
a successful lawyer of Baltimore, and
the bride is a daughter of the well
known and wealthy marble contrac-
tor, Mr.. Hugh Sisson. The bridal pres
ents were costly and numerous. The
bridal couple are now taking a trip
through the South. The family of
Rev. Armstrong were in Baltimore
attending the wedding.
RoBBERY.-Last Monday evening
the residence of Mr.. Dennis NJ. Schop-
pert was entered by some thief and
robbed of sixty-fve dollars in cash.
Mr.. Schoppert and his wife were both
absent at the time, and the thief un-
locked the front door, walked in, and
helped himself to the money. which
was in a bureau. IIe then left the
house and locked thedoor behind him.
There is no clue to the party, but it is
sincerely to be hoped that he may yet
be apprehended.
Words fail to express my gratitude"
says Mr.. Selby Carter, of Nashville. Tenn.