Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-12-25
NEIGHB0RlHG NEWS.
/ From the CAar9esto,ss Papers. /

Mr.. Marine 7. Krepps, an old citi-
zen of Bolivar, and an employee of
the B. & D. r. r., had one of his legs
broken by the falling of a heavy piece
of timber being used in the construc-
ton of the new depot at Harper's
Ferry, last Wednesday.
Mr.. Maurice Kahn, of this place,
aged about 81 years, dropped dead
whilst passing along Main Street, in
front of Messrs. Cooke & Washing
toms store, about 2 o'clock last Fri
day. He had just brought his sons
dinner into him, Involving a walk of
some distance, and was going down
street after some medicine for him.
self, when he was seen to sink and
fall. He was taken into Messrs.
Cooke & Washington's store, and ex-
pired Immediately. The deceased
was worthy, industrious citizen, and
had been for years consistent MEM
Der of the Catholic Church. His sud-
den demise is a sad bereavement to a
large household, who have the sincere
sympathy of the community in thier
dire affiiction. By a strange ooinci-
dence the death of Mr.. Kahn occurred
just about the time the funeral of Rev.
Webster Eichelberger (who died SINH
iarly two days previously was passing
along the street.
A colored male baby, about five or
six months old, was found lying under
the porch of Mrs. A. Hughes, on
West Main street, between S and 8
O'Clock last Saturday night. A col
ored woman with baby got off the
sOuth.bound S. V. train here and in
quired for the residence of Mr.. Charles
Parker, and was subsequently found
that the woman had gone to Mr.. Par
ker's witha child. She was thereup-
on committed to Jail by direction of
the Mayor, and the child placed in the
hands of Davy Jackson, colored, for
temporary care. The woman whose
name was Fannie Washington, it
seems, is from about Newtown, Fred
erick county, Va, and knew Mrs.
Parker before she moved here hence
went to her home to seek shelter for
the night. She had come from Wheel
ing on the B. & o. r. r. to Shenan-
doah Junction, and thence via the S.
V. r. Z. to Charlestown, and aban-
doned her infant here. She said she
could not take care of it, and Davy
Jackson and his wife being willing to
take the child, the woman was releas-
ed from custody yesterday morning
and permitted to depart.
Deputy Sheriff Morgan brought
over from Shepherdstown, and COM
mitted to Jail, last Saturday night, a
negro named Thomas Washington,
charged with stealing horse, saddle
and bride and other articles, from
Mr.. John H. Myers, of Frederick
county, Va. He will be held to an
sWer requisition from Governor Lee.
Mrs. Milly Jenkins, who was prob
ably before her death the oldest per-
on in Charlestown, died at the resi-
dence of her son-in-law, Mr.. John
Potts, in this place, on Monday of
last week, after brief illness, aged,
as We understand, about SO years
Her husband died in 1861, leaving six
sons in the Confederate army. Messrs.
VIM. R. Lewis and Fontaine Jenkins,
are son of the deceased.
In the Circuit Court last week, Louis
Summons and Harrison Morgan were
appointed additional trustees of the
Free Will Baptist Church at Kear-
neysville. Motion Cole, colored, who
pleaded guilty on a former day of the
term to felony, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for one year. The Court
decreed that the Harper's Ferry
Bridge, heretofore in the hands of
Receiver j. Garland Hurst, be turned
over to the Bridge Company.
Last Wednesday about O'Clock p.
M, Rev. Webster Eichelberger drop
ped dead in his yard in Smithfield.
AS pastor of the Lutheran churches
at Smithfield. and at Stones Chapel,
he had on Sunday preached at Kable-
town, and after visiting few people
by the way, he returned home Tues
day evening, well, bright and happy.
Wednesday morning his wife left him
reading his Bible and went out to pay
some visits. A little before the mo-
ment of his death he went to the wood
pile to saw some wood, and while in
the act he fell dead. On Friday his
funeral was preached in the Union
Church at Smithfield by Rev. DIR.
Gilbert, pastor of the Lutheran Church
in Winchester, an old college mate
and friend, and addresses were made
by Revs. DIR. Holland, of Martinsburg,
and Mr.. Moser, of Shepherdstown,
both ministers of the Lutheran church.
These speakers all testified to the
faithfulness, conscientiousness and
zeal of the "good man full of faith
and of the Holy Spirit"
Mr.. Eichelberger was graduate of
Gettysburg College, had spent a good
many years teaching in Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Maryland, and New
York, had been pastor of the Luth-
eran churches in Eastern Hampshire
Co., and of those in Jefferson and
Clarke. In all these positions he was
faithful, laborious and jealous, and
highly esteemed in love forhis works
sake. He was in his fifty-second
year, and leaves a devoted wife and
little son of 10 years old,
besides most affectionate sisters and
brothers to mourn their loss. His
remains were brought to Charlestown
and buried in Edge-Hill Cemetery.
He was good man, we'll beloved,
and his family have our sincerest
sympathy.
AT the residence of her son William,