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gletary, Wm.' L. Tallev. John j.
Kennedy, w. NJ. Smith. VIM. Jones.
Dick Jones, John Harper. Pete
Foster. VIM. N. Crawford, John
Crawford. P. Welsh. e. G. Mitchell,
j Nj. Wilson, Jake Lloyd.
On motion, the prayer OF the
petitioners was granted, and the
injunction asked for 10y Messrs.
Poitev-nt & Favre was made per-
pelual, the Police Jury confessing
Judgment. without expense. cost OF
damages to the parish.
The following. resolutions were
then adopted:
Resolred, That ". B. Cook. Sher.
if of this parish. is hereby in
structed to at once call upon the
law firm of White & Saunders, of
No. - Commercial alley, in the
city of New Orleans, and secure
their services 10 assist the Hon.
John Wadswolth in prosecuting
the appeals from the honorable the
Second Justices Court, to the Su-
preme Court, in the matter of the
town OF Madisonvilie vs.. the Par
ish OF st. Tammany, relative to the
payment of the licenses and parish
taxes of the town of Madisonville.
and also to defend the appeal taken
by the said town of jacksonville
from the decision of the onolable
the Eighteenth Judicial District
Court, both appeals being made
returnable to the Supreme Court,
GU the second Monday of Febru
airy, 1886
Resolved, That the Police Jur,
hereby ratif.s and approves Of the
nc ion "f the said W. b. Cook,
Sheriff, in securing the services oil
n ISIS White a. Saunders. and
raliiie> any agreement entered int"
10y him with tue Sid law finn +
White Il Saunders.
LeSoired, That W. T. Cook, Shel
III, lie amt he Is hereby authorized
TO securs the services of Jamcs
T.y lor, to insp,c. the new Court
house, and r..he all Necessary ie-
pairs.
The following road commission
.rs report was read and approved:
To the honorable President AMI Mem
bells of the Police Jury:
We. the Undersigned road com
missioners of the Iii. nth and Mini.
wards of the lall h If s.. Tam
many. La, do hereby certify tia,
we have surveyed the shortest nnu
most direct route, and To lie leas
damage to public and priv .te prop
erty, III our Judgment, from Siid-ii
to John Tnliy's place, intersectlns
the West Peal River road.
Sigued }. J. RRakErlELD.
FRANK WILLIAMS.
+. +. ROBERT,
GEO. Nj. CRAWFORD
Absent Commissioners - JOIN
Pow. neglect alter notice; join
Porter absent without notice.
On motion. the above report war.
received and commissioners dis
charged.
A communication from road
hands on the Covington and Co.
lnmhia road was land over TILL next
meeting.
TEe'f,ilowing bills were then read
and approved:
To W. Is. Cook, Sheriff. DIR:
20 feeding Juhns Batisie. %
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

The Police Jury met last Tues
day. The proceedings will be found
on this page.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

Jurors drawn for the first week oft .
March tenn. A. D. 1856, commencing
Monday. March cad:
G X Heiser 26 Alex. Bush
H @ Parker ~ NJ Zeitvogel
3 Chas ] Pichon % r VI Davis
4 F Ribaya 90 Emanuel TAYLOR
WIN Mckinney 3U W IL Fitzmaurics
+ Jno W risdale 81 Jake Talley
Vim Desmond 80 NJ u Blackwell
8 Albert Garcia 80 Il Galat.,s
Bnck Jenkins 81 Emile Welch
10 Len Dorsey 35 Dan W Davis
IL III Simmons SO VIM Radon
IL Adolph Cousin 81 o q Strattman
i3 Emile vogel 50 john Fitzgerald
IA James Rourn 80 NJ Sharp
Is Zac. Phillips al Jackson Loyd
l6 John Carroll Al ] l. Dicks
IL Paul Flot AZ John A Barker
10 WIN Bossier 43 Theo Dendinger
10 K Quave Al W q Hu'chison
20 Dutscn 45 Martinlale
~ ID Carpenter As Henry Kellar
y Jesse Jenkins Al Willis Jen kins
2; Jno d Tally AZ Victor Planche
"A N Fendieson 40 Jno X Haas
% II Thompson 5U Tnos T. Crawford
hereby certify the above to be q true
and correct list of jurors drawn by the
Jury Con missioners, on the 18th dav of
january 1886, to serve for the first week
of the March term, 1856, of the shove
named court.
Witness my hand and seal officially.
this 18th day of January, 1856.
WM. G. MoKGAN, Clerk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
VENIRE.

The State of Louisiana. Parish of st.
Tammany-Eighteenth Judicial Dis
trict court
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

See list Of jurors, in another COL
umn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

Jurors drawn for the first week oftls
March term. A. D. 1856. commencing
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-18

operation, which supplies all the wa
ter needed for domestic purposes,
from a large and fresh spring, and
the pipes extend all over town. 1t
is also safe protection against fire,
and IN such emergencies is handled
by a splendidly equipped fire depart.
ment.
The social and religious organiza-
ton of the town is of the highest
standard,-frst-class school huild
ing, good systems and able teachers;
churches of every denomination,
with Jealous pastors; mostly new
church buildings; strict courts good
corporation authorities !; law and
order maintained two well practiced
bands; several halls for amuse-
ments, large and accommodating
hotels, and everything demanded by
the progress of the age.
In a business point of view, Mar
tinsburg compares favorably with
Northern and Southern towns OF its
size. All business, trades and pro-
LESSONS are prosperously represent
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MARTINsBURG.

Martinsburg is the county seat of
Berkeley County, w. Va, and is the
third city in size in the State, having
a population of nearly 5000, taking
in all its surroundings. Martinsburg
was founded in 177S, and named
after Rev. d. Martin, the nephew
and heir of Lord Fairfax. Tt stands
on high ground and has a solid lime
stone foundation that can vie with
time ltselfin durability. Martinsburg
is the terminus of the LIST Division of
the B. & o. r. r., LA miles from
Baltim ore, about 80 from Washing
ton, 20 from Winchester, 10 from
Harper's Ferry, 96 from Harrisburg,
22 from Hagerstown and 70 from
Cumberland. 1t is the business and
trade centre for a large territory of
country, and offers special advan-
tages and inducements for manufac-
turing enterprises. The Tuscarora
Creek passes through the town, and
is strong enough to furnish water
power for any purpose. 1t is the
terminus of the Cumberland Valley
r. r., a direct line to New York,
Philadelphia and Northern cities,
and South over the Shenandoah
Valley to New Orleans, whilst the
b. & o. connects the East and the
West from Baltimore to San Fran
cisco. The B. & o. Machine Shops
are situated here, and several hun
dred hands are employed in them and
in the various departments of the
road. The pay is good and many
thousands of dollars are paid out
monthly. The Hannis Distillery,
one of the largest in the country, is
located here, and number of hands
are engaged in various capacities.
Fifty barrels day can be manufac-
tured, and as high as $4,000 barrels
of whisky are kept in storage.
Martinsburg is well provided for
the welfare of its citizens and the
safety Of person and property. The
Holly system of Water Works is in
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Politically, the county is nearly
equally divided. The offices are
more or less divided up at each cleo
ton. A close struggle is made on
both sides, but the best feeling pre-
walls and only the best men are
chosen. Party organization is not
kept up except at election times.
Mr.. Alex. Parks, very prudent pol
itician and a wellknown business
man, is chairman of the Democratic
Committee. The Republican orga-
nization is presided over by Mr.. Jos.
L. Ahern, an Irishman and rail
road employee. The Democratic pa
per, the Statesman, is conducted by
W. B. Colston, Esq.,, the present
Postmaster. The former Postmas-
ter under the Republican admins
tration. was Hon. Geo. F. Evans, of
THE HERALD. He resigned in the
fall of 1885, and his resignation was
accepted to take effect Jan. LIST, 1886,
when Mr.. Colston took charge, and
has filled the Office very acceptably,
The Statesman was founded by Mr.,
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THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.
MARTINsBURG CHURCHES.


Trinity Episcopal Norborne Par
ish is as old as Berkeley Co. The
first Episcopal Churches were bull
at Bunker Hill, Shepherdstown,
Charlestown and Hedgesville. The
old church, which stood at the en-.
trance to Norborne Cemetery, Mar
tinsburg, was built shortly after the
Revolution. About 1880, the build
ing became unsafe, and the present
lot on West King street, was pur-
chased and church built. A. beau
titul model structure was built on
its site, through the efforts of the
present pastor, Rev. Robt. d. Roller,
in 1928. The church has a long
line of prominent pastors: running
back prior to the revolution.
Reformed Church.-The early Re-
formed and Lutheran settlers started
a union church in 1856. Many able
pastors served this congregation. In
1916, the German Reformed mem
bers purchased lot and erected the
present building on East Burke
Street. The present jealous pastor,
Rev. j. A. Hoffheins has served the
congregation since 1875.
Lutheran Church.-Thc old union
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The President found thousands of
offensive partisans IN Office, and
these men were removed to give
place to honest democrats-in the
spirit of civil service reform.-Rick.
m0nd State.
Before the reform rot of the Mug
wump hypocrites corrupted their
Democratic allies, the State would
have been ashamed of such sickening
cant as that. The offensiveness"
of the persons turned out consisted
in the fact that they were Republi-
cans. Had they been removed as
such there would have been no com.
plant, although such removal would
have been a palpable breach of faith.
But the pretense of removal for
cause.-the cause being offensive
partisanship-was the meanest, the
most despicable, dirty dodge ever
tried by any school of political pros
titutes. AS such it has gone into
history. 1t is but justice to the
Democratic party to make record of
the fact, that a great majority of
Democrats were too decent TO in
dorse that detestable device of
demagogueS.-V Valley VirginiGn.
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The people of the towns and coun-
ty are social with each other and
liberal in their views. There is no
extreme IN religion or politics. The
population is made up of different
political and religious elements, from
different States, and all live togeth.
er and work together in mutual help
and good feeling. An objection to
settling in many southern towns, adj
vanced by those who have Travelled
and observed for themselves, is that
business and political matters are
controlled for selfish purposes, to
the injury and disadvantage of those
who are unwilling to be governed by
such means. This may have been
the case right after the war, when
one side was DISTINGUISHED, and po
litical business Adventures made
the South the Mecca of their opera.
tions; but such things are being
broken up in their strongholds, the
larger cities, where "rings" most
fougished in late years. Capital,
merit and energy are sure to win
success against all opposition. The
people are free and intelligent and
think and act for themselves. Self.
seeking men may appear to succeed
for a time, but discerning public
soon asserts its rights.
Not only is the climate healthy,
with the finest water from mountain
springs, but the scenery is grand
and varying.
The Blue Ridge or South Noun
tains extend East and South as far
as the eye can reach, and the North
Mountain, a spur of the Allegheny
Range, closes in the Valley on the
West. Along the historic Potomac
flows the canal on one side and the
railroad skirts it's banks on the 9th.
er. Pleasure boats ply on its quiet
bosom from Williamsport to Potom-
&C Isle, five miles below Falling Wa
tiers. Groves and woods border the
river, and fine farms dot the inland.
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Eichelberger, during the war, and
continued by his sons up to within
few years ago. The veteran jour-
nalist of the Statesman, Mr.. d. S.
Eichelberger, died a short time ago.
The Republicans of this end of the
State had no paper for a long time,
and were more or less dependent in
politics. THE HERALD was started
in 1881 as conservative Republi-
can paper, by Messrs. A. S. Goulden
and John T. Reilly. In 1886, Mr..
Reilly purchased Mr.. Goulden's in-
terest and associated with himself
Mr.. Geo. f. Evans, one of the lead
ing Republicans in this end of the
State. The HERALD gained ground
rapidly, and by prudent, conserva-
tive management, received the sup
port of the best people, irrespective
of politics. 1t has the largest circu-
lation in this end of the State. and
the best home advertising patronage.
MARTINSBURG.
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FARMING INTEREsTs.-The real
estate valuation of Berkeley County
is 81, 295,945; and personal property
to the amount of $1,212,5S4. The
population of The County is 1880.
Number of farms, 1000. Improved
land, 116,0S1 acres. Value of land,
S4,472,236. These figures are taken
from the census of 1880, since which
great increase and improvements
have been going on in every way.
There is the best quality of limestone
land in the county. Lodges of lime
stone extend above the surface i'll
many places. There is much room
for improvement in clearing land,
draining and building. Good and
well improved land here brings a
fair price as it does everywhere, say
from $40 to $50 per acre. Many
farms contain from 800 to 500 acres.
and are too large for successful farm
ing. There is land that can be
bought from 800 to $50, that will
make good farms. We would not
recommend land that sells much low
err; it can be bought cheap, and
some of it might be brought into
value, but it is best to pay more and
get better quality. In the North,
where land brings from 500 to 5000
per acre, there are many men who
reason correctly by saying that with
the same money twice the amount OF
land can be purchased in Southern
States. The way prices are now, it
is better to have less land and Guilt
vate it closer. In raising crops in
Berkeley the same can be grown as
in the richest counties in Pennsyl.
vania; wheat, rye, corn, barley, pc
tatoes average as much to the acre
here as there with less labor. Fruit
of all kinds is raised, especially ap
Piles, peaches and grapes; there are
plenty of wild fruits and berries
Hay, both timothy and clover, hard
" ever fails. There is good dea
of heavy woodland. Fresh mountain
streams pass through the yallies ant
empty into the Potomac, which Dor
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ders the county on the north and

ders the county on the north and
east.
The County is divided into seven
Districts or Observation-Disclosures
burg, Falling Waters, HedgesyiIle,
Arden, Mill Creek, Gerardstown and
Opequon, each of which has one or
more voting places. There are a
number of towns and villages in the
county, with Post-offices, Schools,
Churches, and the usual business and
professions. The mail facilities are
very convenient. The following
places are IN direct communication
with Martlnsburg, the County seat !:
Bedington, Falling Waters, Hedges
vile, Vanclevesville, Glengary
Darkesville, Bunker Hill, Gerards-
town, Shanghai, Jones Spring, Little
Georgetown, Oakton, Tomahawk,
Ganotown, North Mountain, Cherry
Run. A great deal of money is
spent IN keeping the roads in good
repair for travel.
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Martinsburg Fire Department was Or
ganized in 1870. Officers G T. Difen-
derfer. Chief Marshal G. 0 Lambert.
Assistant = G Curtis, Commander I,
II G Mcdowell, Treasurer G Thorn
as, Secy Engineer, II Shaffcr Day
id Westall Assistants. George I Shat
fer, David Fitz Number Of Members,
40, The Company is equipped with a
Silsby engine has four Reels, with e.
900 feet of hose, has recently purchased a
new Reel for 4th Ward, Firemen have
been recently equipped with fine dress
uniforms and belts.
BERKELEY COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge OF the Circuit Court--T Thirteenth
District-Chas. j. Faulkner. Clerk Of
the Circuit Courts. II. Martin. Pros.
ecuting Attorney-A. s. Hughes. Sheriff
Robert Lamon. Deputy Sheriffs-W.
T. Noll, Charles II. Hollis and Geo. l..
Sencindiyer. Dep. Sheriff and Jailer-
John Dumford. Commencement
term of Circuit Court. Second Tuesday
| in January, April and October. County
Court of Berkeley. Blackburn Hughes.
President Jacob n. Seibert and VIM.
Kilmer, Com'rs. Clerk of County Court
&C. w. Doll. Court End Monday in
March, June, September and December.
Commissioners in Chancery-John T.
Picking, w. j. Colston and G. w. Doll.
Surveyor of Lands--Geo. w. Vanmeter.
Deputy Surveyor of Lands--James w.
Robinson. Assessor LIST District David
Dodd. I'd Chas. II. Miller. Commission
er Of School Lands-Wm. b. Colston.
General Receiver-Henry j. Seibert-
Coroner-Frank D. Staley. Sealer OF
| Weights and Measures--C. w. Boyer.
County superintendent Of Free Schools,
| H. s. Butts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-18

The Republican Convention for
the Third Congressional District of
W. Va, assembled at Anderson on
Thursday last, and by unanimous
vote nominated Judge Jas. FL.
Brown, of Kanawha county, for Con-
gress. He is an able, upright and
conscientious man, of great personal
popularity and sound on all of the
public questions of the day. His
nomination has been endorsed by
the Greenback Convention of that
district. We look for the election of
Judge Brown as a gain of one, at
least, for West Virginia in the Re-
publican strength in the next Con-
gress.- Valley V0giaiaa.
We look for Flick's election as a
gain of two from this State, and
Hutchinson will come in No. 3.
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er, Esq. Among others, Messrs. d.
W. Shaffer, l.. NJ. Bender, John
Fitz, Drs. Baker and McSherry, the
Sisters home, E. G. Williams, Snod.
grass and Fiery's, and many others
that we can't just mention from
memory. The churches all have
credltable parsonages; and the
school buildings are very substan-
tial and we'll fitted up. Among the
leading business and public build
ings, are the Court House, City Hall
and Market House, the Churches,
st. Clair and Continental, Grantham
Hall, Wilson's block, Peoples Bank,
National Bank, sc.
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ed. There is a great deal of mer-
chandizing in the town and county.
There are large mills, foundry, ma
chine shops, boiler works, grain ell
evator, spoke works, phosphate fac.
tories, lead pencil factory, dlstillery,
planning mills, chair factory, tannery,
gas works, water works, and other
enterprises, of which our advertising
columns speaks more fully. Besides
churches and schools, we have a
young ladies' academy, several mu-
sic and art schools, and the higher
branches and fine arts taught by the
Sisters of st. Joseph's School.
THE PROFESSIONS.
The Berkeley bar is a credit to
the State as a body of lawyers. The
sketch oil G. J. Faulkner, ESQ.,,
Judge of the Courts of Berkeley,
Jefferson and Morgan, will be found
elsewhere in this paper. Among
the elder members of the bar are.
Messrs. E. s. Troxell, E. Boyd
Faulkner, W. Fl. FL. Flick, Black.
burn Hughes, M. I. Ingles, Geo. w.
Feidt, L. M. Shaffer; among the
younger members are P. A. Rohr-
baugh, A. S. Hughes, e. J. Simpson,
D. G. Westenhaver, Stuart w. Walk
er. Medicine is also ably represent
ed by Drs. j. w. McSherry, N. D.
Baker, J. B. Snodgrass, VIM. Car
penter, S. N. Myers, J. B. Hedges,
L. A. L. Day, J. j. Best, and Wolf
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BY MISS LIZZIE CARPENTER.
BERKELEY COUNTY

BERKELEY COUNTY
Is the northern terminus of the far
famed Shenandoah Valley, which
compares in natural fertility and
resources with its equally famous
neighbor across the Potomac,-the
Cumberland Valley. The surface of
the country is mountainous in the
western part of the county, but
smooth and well cleared and cult
waited in the eastern section. Coal,
iron ore, limestone, are found,
and forests Of the most valuable
wood abound. This was part of
the old Dominion before the war.
The new State was created June Goth,
1888, taking in all the western part
Of Virginia, from the Shenandoah
and Potomac to the Ohio. Berkeley
County was formed in 1772, from
Frederick Co. Jefferson was taken
from Berkeley in 1901, and Morgan
in 1920. Berkeley County is full of
historic interest; from Colonial times
to the present. The earliest settlers
came about 1882. Lord Fairfax's
grant covered most of the land from
the Blue Ridge to the North Noun
tains. Washington in his day own
ed large tracts and is more or less
connected with the early history of
the Valley.
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PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

Martinsburg has quite a number
of fine business houses and hand
some residences, views of a few of
which we have been kindly permit
ted to give. For historic interest
and the beauty of its surroundings,
/" Boydville,n the home of the late
Hon. G. J. Faulkner, is the most
prominent. Judge @. J. Faulkner
is now completing very attractive
house. Mr.. John Abel's home is a
neat and handsome place and finely
located. The residence of p. A.
Rohrbaugh, Esq, in the suburbs of
the town, is pleasant home, among
shaded trees, with fine lawn and
fountain, and a fish pond in the
grove. So is that of II. A. Fraz-
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There is some comment in Wash
ington city over the apathy Of the
Administration in regard to the suf-
fering of the people in shattered
Charleston. In the afflicted city the
hearthbroken inhabitants sit with
sad faces in the parks with no roof
to cover their heads while the Pres
ident energies from the solitude of
the forests, hears the news of the
disaster, expresses surprise that
such thing could happen, and then
with bulky Indifference renews the
pleasures Of his summer vacation. 1t
is simply heartless.-.EG.
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The Riverside Glass Works at Wells
burg, w. Va, were destroyed by fire
last week. There was large stock
of finished work on hand, which is a
total loss. 1t is estimated that the
entire loss will reach $4,000 on
which there is $4,000 insurance.
There are about 800 men and boys
thrown out of employment.
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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual
rates; also, BUSINESS and SPECIAL LOCALS.
ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING done neatly
and cheaply at THE HERALD Printing ONCE
40 No paper discontinued until all arrearage,
rre pdid. "a
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school and part of the "Kruzen
property near the center of the city
was purchased for that purpose for
81 800.
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The public schools of the city were
first organized in 1865, but were not
IN full operation as such until 1866
They started at the outset as graded
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SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SOCIETIES,

LEADING MEN. &C., &c.