Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-22
HEIGHBORING NEWS.
From the Gharlestoacn Papers.J

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From the Gharlestoacn Papers
Mr.. James M. Ransom had two
valuable horse killed by B. & @.
freight train, last Thursday night.
Mr.. A. II. Herr, one of the most
respected citizens of Georgetown, D.
c., and formerly of Harper's Ferry,
died on Sunday morning.
Mr.. Tip Ashby, fireman on the B. &
Q. r. r., Ia native and former resi-
dent of Harper's Ferry, was run over
and killed at Mt. Airy, last Saturday
night.
FEARFUL HAIL SToRM.-The most
destructive hailstorm within the rec
objection of the present generation
visited this locality about O'Clock on
last Saturday afternoon. An ugly
black cloud arose suddenly in the west
and moved rapidly eastward Before
the storm broke the cloud parted, one
portion spending its greatest fury
upon the farms of Mr.. Jos. Grantham,
Maj. Jas. Law Hooff and others in that
locality, several miles west of town,
and the other striking heaviest upon
the farms of Messrs. w. F. Hemp and
Jacob Starry, mile or so north of
Charlestown, and taking southeas-
tern course through the farms of Col.
Francis Yates, Mr.. Samuel J. Boyd
and others toward the Shenandoah
river. The hail fell furiously for
about five minutes, accompanied by
torrents of rain. The larger hailstones
measured three inches in circumfer-
ence, and the smaller ones were about
the size of an ordinary marble. The
velocity of the storm was terrific and
the destruction left in its wake will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
From such information as we have
been enabled to hastily gather before
going to press on Monday, we learn
that Mr.. Joseph T. Grantham has
sixty acres of wheat destroyed and
loses heavily. Mr.. Jas. Law. Hooff
has one hundred acres of wheat and
a large amount of of grass completely
moved off, his corn and some Of tds
finest trees and garden destroyed, and
all his rail fencing running north and
south blown away. Is pasturing his
wheat. and says $4,000 would not
make him whole again. Mr.. Geo. FL.
Beckwith loses twelve or fifteen acres
of wheat, Mrs. Anna S. Brown and
John A. Washington thirty-five or
forty acres, Mr.. Robert Earl about
twenty-five acres of wheat and forty
five trees of his best timber, Mr.. VIM.
Ramey twelve or fifteen acres of
wheat, the Baylor farm much dam
aged, and Maj. r. V. Shirley loses
large quantity of timber. The crops
of w. f. Hemp and Messrs. Jacob
Starry (landlord) and Joseph Grand
staff (tenant) are completely lost, and
their fencing is nearly destroyed. The
new barn of Mr.. Hemp, not quite
completed, was slightly moved by the
storm. Mr.. Starry's timber also suf-
fered heavily, and that the storm at
this point was terrific may be imagin-
ed from the fact that heavy farm
wagon was swept clear across the
barn-yard by the furious wind.
AT Flowing Spring five little girls
had barely escaped from the storm
into the house of Mr.. Otty, when a
large willow was torn up by the roots
and blown across the spot where they
We're playing, but a moment previ-
iOuS.
Mr.. Samuel j. Boyd estimates that
at least half of his wheat crop is gone.
Mrs. Hannah Buffers orchard is very
much damaged and wheat crop Sc
riously injured. Mr.. Jno. II. Col
ston's wheat upon the lands of Mrs.
Hunter and Judge Green is very much
damaged. Messrs. Thomas Frazier,
s. w. Wysong, VIM. ID. Briscoe, Mrs.
Margaret E. Crane, James M. Ran
son, James M. Browns heirs, Col. A.
Boyd. John Ii. Hall, John w. Gard
ner, Craven Trussell and probably a
good many others, lose heavily.
All the early gardens in Charles
town were pretty well destroyed and
now present sorry aspect. Hun
dreds of panes of glass we're broken,
among them twenty large ones in the
Sadler's building, twenty-nine (also
large ones) in Mr.. Geo. w. Armen-
trout's new dwelling, thirty-three at
the Baptist Church, forty-eight at
Mrs. Rebecca Hunters, seventeen in
Mr.. Nimrod Trussell's new house,
twenty-six at Mr.. John McNight's, a
large number at the Shenandoah Val
ley depot, Mr.. A. Miley's and Mrs.
Towards, and lesser numbers Tor
perhaps as many and even greater) in
various houses all over town. 1t takes
nearly two boxes of glass to replace
Mess. Weirick & Weller's loss in their
different buildings, and in the Spirit
office eleven glass were smashed in
less than minute. Mr.. John T. Col
ston had about twenty-five young
goslings on his pond, and they were
all killed by the hail.
The hail was followed by heavy
fall of rain for several hours after
ward.
Henry Raglan, a colored man, cut a
copper coin from a log on the farm of
Col. Francis Yates which bore the in
scription: 1749, Britannia: Gus II.
Mr.. ]. Haun died at his residence in
Washington City, Monday, May 3rd.
He married Miss Mary Donovan
formerly of this place.
Mrs. Mary E. Rutherford, widow of
the late Thomas Rutherford, died at
the residence of her son-in-law, Mr..
McMechen, in Brooklyn, New York,
on Monday evening last, in the 72nd
year of her age. She leaves a son,
Mr.. r. d. Rutherford; and five
daughters Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. McMechen, Mrs. Ais
quith and Mrs. Packet, and numerous
grand children to cherish her memory.
The funeral from the late residence
of the deceased in Charlestown, Goth.
Neuralgia, rheumatism, erysipelas,
tumors, swellings, sore throat, toothache
and all other pains and aches are prompt