Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-08-25
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From the Shepherdstoam Register. |
Miss Emma X. Kearns, of Martins
burg, is visiting the family of Mr..
VIM. P. Miller, near Swan Pond.
Thieves broke into the store of w.
B.. Hill at Harper's Ferry one night
last week and robbed it of S25 worth
of goods.
John Snyder caught two very large
carp last week from the Potomac
River near Dam No. 4. One of the
fish weighed III and the other u
pounds. Mr.. Snyder sold them to
Henry Shepherd, Esq.
A hog weighing about $50 pounds
fell into well on the farm Of Mr.. j !.
j. Hilleary which contained about A
feet of water and remained there from
Saturday to Wednesday. 1t was alive
when rescued - free Press.
Mr.. ]. E. Rench has had enough OF
soldering, and after nearly twelve
years of service has obtained his dis.
charge from the regular army. He
will fill position IN the Washington
police department, having recently
obtained a position there. Mr.. Rench
visited his home folks in Shepherds
town the first of the week.
ENGINEER JAMES BELLS SAD
DEATH.-Mr. James HI. Bell, of Bal
timore, son-in-law of Mrs. Catherine
Baldwin, of Shepherdstown, met
with a sad death on Wednesday night
of last week. Mr.. Bell had been in
the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company for sixteen years,
and recently has been running pas
senger engine between Baltimore and
Philadelphia. Wednesday night Mr..
Bell had taken his train into the
Philadelphia depot, and was running
the engine back to the round-house
on the opposite side Of the Schuylkill
river. Seeing no warning lights as
he crossed the bridge he thought the
track was all right. The draw of the
bridge was open. however. and a
binding storm prevented any of the
train men from seeing the gap until
the engine plunged suddenly into the
water beneath. Besides the engineer
and fireman, there were two appren-
tice boys on the locomotive. One of
these was caught under the engine as
it fell and was instantly killed, while
the other was rescued, badly injured.
The fireman jumped as he fell, and
was not hurt. Mr.. Bell fell with the
engine. and one OF his legs was brok-
en- and fatal internal injuries received.
He and the two persons were rescued
from the water by men in boats who
happened to be near, and all were
taken to the hospital as soon as pos
sible. Mr.. Bell only lived about an
hour and a half. He suffered great
agony. and could not talk connected
ly, though he constantly murmured !:
L didn't see the lights. 1t was net
my fault" Shortly after midnight
he died. The unfortunate mans wife
was almost heart-broken when she
was told of the accident, and just as
she was going to meet him word
came that he was dead. Besides his
wife he leaves four children. A sad
feature of the affair was the grief of
his daughter, Miss Hattie Bell. She
was visiting in Shepherdstown, and
on Thursday attended the Sunday
School picnic at the Big Spring. in
happy ignorance of the fact that her
father had just met fearful death.
She was notified of the sad occurrence
by telegram on Thursday evening,
and at once went home. Mr.. Bell
was 40 years old.
A RAILROAD FIREMAN SHOT,
Last Saturday S. f. Hacker, of Hag-
erstown, fireman on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad, was shot while in
the performance of duty on passenger
locomotive. The train had Just left
Ashby Station, about 40 miles south
of Shepherdstown, and was passing a
cornfield, when the report of gun
was heard, simultaneous with which
Mr.. Hacker, who was sitting on one
side of the cab of his engine, was seen
by the engineer, to step forward, stag
ger and fall. The train was stopped
and upon investigation it was found
that Mr.. Hacker had been shot in the
side, the ball passing through two
inches of wood, forming the arm rest
to the cab. The injured man was
taken to his home in Hagerstown.
The wound is serious one, but not
necessarily fatal, and at present the
injured man Is resting as easy as could
be expected. 1t just so happaned that
officer George Wassen was on the
train which was shot into. He made
search of the cornfields and arrested
one, Geo. W. Wilmington, young
man residing at abby, who acknowl-
edged to have done the shooting with
the rife found in his possession. No
of the shooting was