Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-28
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
From. The .ShspAerdsto,cn Register.

From me iSfiepftefdstOtcn ISegiStef.
Coal OIL.-The United States Geo
logical surveying party for West Vir-
ginia is now in the neighborhO0d of /
The chiefof the party |
has advised the company prospecting |
for oil in that city to bore down in the !
Narrows or cleft in Wills mountain,
and gives the opinion that at depth |
of 500 feet the Gordon sand or oil bed |
will be reached. He says that the
basin between the Blue Ridge and
Alleghanies is probably as rich in oil
az the Pennsylvania basin, and that
shaft sunk 1900 feet anywhere be-
tween Wills mountain and near Har-
per's Ferry will bring up oil. The
anti-clinal axes are on Willis noun
tain and the Blue Ridge, many miles
east and west of the Potomac.
TEMPERANCE CAMPMEETING-T The
temperance campmeefing at Shenan-
doah Junction has been in full blast
this week, and will not break up until
next Monday. The Baltimore Sun of
Monday last contained an excellent
report of the campmeeting, from
which we take the following extract:
1.-THE camp has been pitched in a
pleasant oak grove, about half mile
from the junction. There are only IS
tents, and these are intended as places
of refuge in case of sudden storm.
Accommodations for visitors from
Baltimore and other distant points
have been made. Among the Balti-
more visitors are VIM. Daniel, Alex
ander and Applegarth, Col. Hoy, VIM.
Sherwood and Robert Mclaughlin.
The committee in charge of the camp
are John Aglionby. Davenport Wilt
shire, Alton d. Osborn, G. j. Roberts,
VIM. Fawcett, and d. l.. Rench. 1t
is distinctly temperance feeling of
the Eastern Pan Handle" that is,
Berkeley and Jefferson counties. The
fight ofthe temperance people in West
Virginia is to secure from the Legisla-
ture submission of the prohibit0ry
amendment to the votes of the people,
and unless the candidates of the par
ties pledge themselves to vote for and
work for such a submission, the tenn
perance people are determined to run
legislative candidates of their own.
1t IS the true object of the camp to
rally the temperance speakers from
Baltimore and elsewhere to get up
such strong temperance sentiment
as will be decisively felt in the COM
ing campaign fall. The attendance
has been very satisfactory so far. AT
least thousand people were present
on Saturday at the opening of the
camp, at which there was creditable
parade by the Shepherdstown Good
TemplarS from Shepherdstown, Lee
town and Zoar, Sons of Temperance
from Duffields, and Fire Companies
from Charlestown. Headed by the
Shepherdstown Band, they marched
through the camp. Mr.. John Aglion-
by, who is the chairman of the execu-
tive committee, stated the object of
the meeting, aud promised that enter
tainment would be furnished by the
Frederick Band, by recitations, sing
ing, and principally by addresses by
VIM. Daniel, Revs. J. B. Stitt, F. NJ.
Ellis, w. HI. Haper, of Baltimore !;
Rev. f. Nj. Woods, of Martinsburg |;
Rev. Rumsey Smithson, Alexandria !;
Judge Snyder, of Hagerstown, Col.
Hoy, c. S. Mosher, Vim. Sherwood,
John L. Thomas and others.
'Sunday morning prayers were
conducted by the Y. M. G. A. At
eleven O'Clock there was preaching by
Rev. John Lefevre, now of Charles
town, w. Va, but formerly assistant
pastor of the Associate Reformed
Church of Baltimore. He preached a
sermon on the text, God My Banner
There is no covered tabernacle, the
s,@f l. 1,
oaks forninga canopy through which
only an occasi0nalray of sunshine can
intrude. Timber seems plentiful, for
the audience sits, in lieu of pews or
benches, ON huge timbers, four and
five inches thick. Hence there is GER
tainly no danger of these rustic seats
swapping in twain. Quite good
chorus was in attendance on the SER
vices from Duffields aud Browns
Crossing, led by S. P. Humrickhouse,
cornetist, of Shepherdstown. In the
afternoon Mr.. John l.. Thomas made
another address. He spoke of the
prohibition question as a national
issue, and its right to be classed
among the great issues. In the even
ing addresses were made by Mr.. Dam
iel, Col. Hoy and Mr.. Silverwood.
Much good is expected to result
from this camp-meeting. In West Vir-
ginia, Al of the,54 counties are already
under prohibition. In this State the
county authorities have the right to
grant or refuse license, and in these Al
counties they have refused. Neither
Jefferson nor Berkeley county is under
prohibition, and it is for this reason
that such active measures as this
camp-meeting have been adopted for
the Eastern Pam andle.n
BURGLARS ABoUT.-There were
burglars in Shepherdstown Wednes-
day night. An attempt was made to
enter the residence of Geo. NJ. Beltz.
hoover by boring four holes into the
window shutter, but the thief was
frightened away, evidently, for he
departed without making any further
effort. Fooled here, the burglar or
burglars then went up the street and
entered the residence of the editor,
MI. III. L. Snyder, through the parlor
window. He went through the house,
carefully taking lot of papers out of
a secretary and emptying the side
board of its silverware, which, how
ever, he failed to carry off. He then
went up stairs. and while trying the
doors aroused the family. When he
discovered this he Immediately left,
taking nothing with him, so far as we
know. Fortunately all the valuable
silverware and other articles worth
anything were safely locked up else
where, and the burglar got nothing
for his pains. The work of the bur-
glar looked like that of professional.
A SUDDEN DEATH.-Last Monday
morning Mr.. James P. Cook, who re-
sides near Unionville, this county, was
engaged in threshing wheat at Mr..
Raleigh Moier's. While at work he
said he felt badly, and would go and
rest awhile. Helaid down in a she'd
near by, and when, ashort time after.