Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-27
HEIeHBoRIHG NEWS.

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8 building lots, IS by 80 feet each, on
L Street near 26th. Price S4,l3l.
Water has been turned into the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and navi-
cation will soon be resumed. The
strike of the coal miners will serious
ly interfere with business.
An imported English fox hound,
valued at $3.50, the gift of a friend to
Col. III. Kyd Douglas, of Hagerstown,
was poisoned last week. This is the
third dog he has lost in this manner
during the last two years.
Should the proposed scheme OF
leasing the Chesapeake and Ohio Can
al for term of not more than thirty
years be accomplished, the town of
Williamsport will, in all probability,
become an important shipping point.
The effect of the lease would prob
ably be to cause the construction of a
railroad from the coal regions to that
place and connecting with the Wes-
tern Maryland, thus establishing a
competing line to Baltimore. Will
Transport would then be the point at
which coal would be transferred from
cars to boats and shipped TO Alexan-
dria by canal, the railroad and canal
being operated by transportation
company. This, it appears, is the
complete Developments of the idea
of leasing the canal.
The Western Maryland Railroad
Company has organized an orchestra,
which will be known as the Blue
Mountain Orchestra" The must
clans have been carefully selected
from the very best in Baltimore.
Two large blocks of marble quar-.
ried in Tennessee, and weighing about
twelve aud half tons each, passed
ed through Shepherdstown few days
since over the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad. They were consigned to a
New York firm.
Simon Fisher, brakeman on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was fa-
tally injured at Sandy Hook Friday
night. He was on the car of q
freight train next to the caboose, and
another train coming up behind
struck the caboose, managing Fisher
so badly that he died on Saturday.
A Miss Murray, residing near Clear
Spring, Washington county, Md, on
Monday attempted to commit suicide
because her beau left the neighbor-
hood to go West. She declared she
did not wish to live after his depar-
ture, and took ratsbane, which threw
her into violent spasms. The prompt
efforts of the family physician saved
her life.
One day last week Mr.. William d.
Bennett and Miss Nina NJ. Kelley,
both of Hampshire county, West Va,
were married by Rev. John B. Hall,
of Paw Paw, on the bank of the Pc.
tomac river below high water mark,
or in other words, on the boundry
line between Maryland and West
Va, the contracting parties not car
ing to be in any other state of happi-
ness.
A PLEASANT REMINDER.-The
following extract is from a letter re-
ceived few days since from one OF
Col. Morgan's cid soldiers of accompany
Cd" First Virginia Cavalry. He
often receives kind and compliment
tary letters from the members of his
old command, and is very much graft
fed and pleased that he should be
thus kindly remembered so long af-
ter the war:
ABINGDON, VA, March s, 1886.
Dear Colonel.-Many members of
old Company 3d." LIST Va. Cavalry,
remember you very kindly, and de-
sire to know how you are getting
along in the world. / remember with
pride noble and generous deed done
by you on the bloody field of Gettys-
burg in dismounting from your horse,
putting Sergeant Landrum of Com
pany cd" who was woundedl on
him and sending him to the hospital
Capt. Litchfield and Lieut.. Litchtield
are living here. Lieut.. Edmondson
lives in Washington City. Our cam.
paigns are often talked over, and al
low me tosay that you that are remem-
bered with pride and pleasure by
your old soldiers. / am the soldier
to whom you delivered your horse al
Gettysburg for Sergeant Landrum.
Very Truly and Respectfully,
l.. Il. Cosby.
Messrs. Harry l.. Randall and
Shannon Hollida, of Berkeley coun
ty, started last Tuesday for Ohio
where they expect to go into bust
ness. We wish the boys success.
Mr.. A. Spotswood cambridge, o.
"The Bower" this county, has OBJ
tanned position in the bridge de
partment of the engineering corps o
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa FL
Railroad, and will be permanently
located in Topeka.
REsIGNED.-Mr. Vincent NJ. Lu
cas- of this county. who some months
ago was appointed postal clerk on thu
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Baltimore and Grafton, has beer
obliged to resign his position on &C
count of i'll health.