Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-06-26
HElGHB0RlNG NEWS.
From The iMepherdsto,rn Register.)

The matrimonial market seems to
have gotten down to very low ebb
IN Shepherdstown. Girls, can't you
wake the boys up?
| A Cumberland firm has been award
ed the contract for the lumber to be
used in the repairs to Dam No. 6.
About 10000 feet will be required.
Among the patents granted by the
commissioner of patents this week
was one to VIM. III. Karicofe, of Lee
town, tor a corn harvester, and to w.
P. Lew, of Charlestown, for boiler
sweepers.
Mr.. George Keedy, while digging
ground for hedge fence, on his farm,
between Keedysville and Sharpsburg,
unearthed an unexploded she'll, that
fell at that point during the battle of
Antletam. The shell weighed TWEEN
ty-five pounds when found to be in
good condition.
The Baptists of Berryville, Va,
have almost completed new church
building.
AT the last Circuit Court Judge
Faulkner held that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company can not be
sued before justice, because being a
resident corporation and not having
its principal office here, process cannot
be served.
Mr.. A. G. Hendricks, of Shenandoah
Junction, has made another inven-
tion. This time it is buggy wheel
composed entirely of metal. The hub
is of brass, the spokes are of bessemer
steel, arranged like those of bicycle,
and the tire and rim is of iron. 1t is
said to be most ingenious affair, and
we hope Mr.. Hendricks may have his
expectation Of" great thing" realized.
Harvest is here. Some few farmers
expect to begin to cut around the edg-
es tomorrow, and on Monday it is
expected that nearly all of them will
be into it. The crop is very good
one, aud the only drawback at all is
slight quantity hurt by the fly. This
is only in few localities. Many far
mers confidently expect a yield of
from 25 to 80 bushels per acre. The
price of wheat remains low.
CoMMUNIcATED.-In your issues of
June LIST and 9Th 1 see statements
made in reference to our County
bonds. / entertain the highest respect
for our County Commissioners, yet
think fuller statement would be
more satisfactory to the tax payers.
First, permit me to quote from Chap
ter 81, Section 8, Acts of 1881: The
County Court of said county is hereby
authorized to appoint an agent, whose
compensation shall not except one
third of one per cent" &c. Now, in
addition to one third of one per cent,
follows an item of S147.74 for expens-
es. Then, in your issue of June lst,
for printing and agents expenses
81, 100. The printing, of course, is
correct; but how much for printing,
and how much for expenses, is not
stated. But the most astonishing
charge follows (expense of funding
county bonds, five thousand dollars).
Why, sir, it would have been infinite
ly better for the tax payer if not
single bond had been funded. Instead
of costing one third of one per cent, it
has cost us Six Grover Six per cent,
without one shadow of Law to justify
it. If the court could not fund for the
amount allowed by the act, it should
not have attempted it, but waited for
further legislation. Then, again, how
is it that it took $4,000 worth of FIVE
per cent. bonds to fund S103,40 ofsix
per cent? 1t is true that several
thousand dollars is allowed for accrued
interest, yet why should that be, when
a levy was made and collected every
year to pay the whole interest on all
the bonds. Then why is it he fell in
debt S5,495.35? Why did he not re-
deem that amount of bonds? 1t may
be said that one third of one per cent.
was not sufficient but ifso no action
should have been taken. But no one,
/ presume, will say that over five
thousand dollars not authorized by
law was necessary. | hope we may
have an itemized amount, showing
how and by whom this amount of the
peoples money was thrown away, and
who was the fortunate person or per-
sons who secured it. An answer to
these questions will be anxiously
looked for by THE TAx-PAYERs.