Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-04-03
Iarch Both, 1886.
LEEToWN NEWS.

LEE OWN NEW
AT the Parsonage of the NJ. P.
Church, at Middleway, last Thursday
evening the 25 at 6 O'Clock was the
scene of brilliant wedding. The
contracting parties were Mr.. Nuten
Carper and Miss Eliza Triggs, daugh-
ter of Mr.. John Triggs. Rev. II. c..
Bruner officiated. Having been duly
Joined in the holy bonds or matrimo-
ny, the happy couple repaired to
the home of the bride where hospi-
table supper was given by her parents
to number of their friends in honor of
their daughters marriage. Friend
Nuten, it is said that it takes a big
stock of love and good sense to launch
over the breakers into smooth open
matrimonial sea. We know that you
possess these qualities, hence we pre-
dict that you will have no trouble of
convincing your little wife," with
out wounding her, that you have for
ever won not only her heart but her
judgment; and that her " / wills" and
81 wont's" which you at one time
acknowledged to be both law and Cos
pei are no longer her ways but yours.
There is a person in our village
who has received several letters of
late, with the title Mrs. prefiXed to
them, indicating that certain gentle
man here has wife. In behalf of the
gentleman, 1 am requested to say
such is not the case. For further in
formation apply to N. R. R.
Weare sorry to note that Mr.. Thos.
Vanmetre who has been much trou-
bled very late, with the erysipelas in
one of his legs has to resort to the use
of crutches.
Moving is in order. Among the
changes in this vicinity we note the
following: E. G. Watson who has
been farming Mrs. Elizabeth Bowers
farm has moved on his own farm and
Mrs. Bowers, who has been living
with S. III. Watson, will occupy her
own property. S. H. Watson and
Josiah Watson, Jr., have moved to
Martinsburg. VIM. Coats of our burg
will move on the Wilmington proper
ty, which he purchased recently, in
Egypt. Floyd Watson who has been
farming the Rutherford property near
Kearneysville has rented the late M.
Helms farm near this place. John
Shaull, present occupant of one of DR..
Balches' house will move in the League
property of our burg. H. G. Evans,
of Ganotown, Berkeley Co., w. Va,
has moved to his home property near
Leetown. We welcome you Temp
lar.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowers is visiting
friends i'll Martinshnrg.
Quite a number of fish have been
caught in the Opequon during the re-
rent rains.
A small tenant house on the Hite
farm near Leetown, belonging to Elias
Havelly, was destroyed by fire one
night last week. Mr.. Haverly was
from home at the time but it is sup
posed that the fire originated from a
spark from the stoves. No insurance.
Our friend Chas. NJ. Watson, drum
mer for Bayer & Keedy, of Hagers-
town, Md, was in our town this week
looking up the interest of his business.
She was not at home last Sunday
night, was she J. w. G.? No she was
visiting friends at Bunker Hill. Miss
Ella Welsh of Middleway is visiting
the Misses Stuckey of Bunker Hill.
Sales are about over so the champi-
on auctioneer, j. w. Chapman has
resumed his former avocation and is
now the "boss" huckster-man.
Lewis G. and William Lucas, hav-
ing spent several weeks in the noun
tain counties drumming for firms in
BALTIC. passed through our town last
1 Saturday en- route for home.
David Bowers is making dog hides
speciality. The highest cash price
will be paid for them. X.
March 3lst. 1886.