Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-03-23
3 MARTINsBURG HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH g. 1889
From Winchester Leader

From Winchester Leader.
A telegram, announcing that Mr..
Z. w. Childs was accidentally shot
and killed on Wednesday at his home
in Butler, Mo-, reached relatives IN
this county, where he formerly re-
sided. And yesterday his brother-in-
law, G. E.. Clevenger, Esq, in COM
pany with Jessie Childs daughter Of
the deceased), who has been visiting
in the neighborhood of Stephenson
for several months, started for the
sad home in Missouri.
Gen. J. F. Boyd. Sup't of the @. v.
Railroad, was in our city on Wednes-
day. The General, we think, is more
attached to Virginia than once upon
time when he dug out of Libbey
prison and ''shook off the dust of his
feet as testimony against" that place.
We presume the oldest fire com
pany in Virginia is the Friendship OF
Alexandria, organized in l774. Her
first engine was bought by General
Washington, who is supposed to have
been connected with the company.
Winchester has been selected as the
place for holding the 59th session OF
the Va. annual conference United
Brethren Church.
DEATHs.--Mr Carson, mother of
Rev. Thos. E. Carson, pastor of the
NJ. E. Church South in this city, died
at her home in Baltimore, Tuesday
morning, aged about So years.
Mrs. Jane Jackson, aged Sc years.
departed this life on the 7th, near
Marlboro, at the residence of her
brother, E. T. Hancock.
Departed this life at the residence
of her husband in this city, last Fri
day morning, after brief illness of
pneumonia, Mrs. Amanda X. Orrick,
aged So years, wife of Robert Orrick,
one of our most enterprising and
leading colored citizens and local
preacher.
80 minutes was the time given r.
P. Sanders to leave the city on Tues
day, after serving one night in the
public drunkenness, tried, and found
guilty. Being of migratory nature,
and not having money to paysa fine
of 50 and costs, the Police Justice SEN
sibly concluded to give him his
walking papersn rather than furnish
him lodging and board at the Corpo-
ration's expense. So he was ordered
to "get," and he 'sgot."
The remains of VIM. S. Sumption,
who died of consumption at Denver,
Colorado, on the 9th inst, arrived
here last Monday night, the 10th, and
were taken to the residence of his
father, John w. Sumption, near Well
town. Interment took place at Hope
well on Wednesday, the large con-
course of friends evidencing the high
esteem in which the young man was
held.
FRIGHTFuL AND FATAL.--On
Thursday evening of last week ter
rible accident occurred at Main, about
miles northwest of this city, which
resulted in the death of Charles Price,
aged Is years, whose parents reside in
Martinsburg, w. Va. Young Price
has been staying with Mrs. Martin,
his grandmother. Having hooked
some dynamite that was being used
for blasting on the new railroad, he
and lad named Charlie Braithwaite
concluded to have some fun expert
menting with the dangerous explo-
sive. Accordingly, on the afternoon
mentioned, the. two Charles went to
the woods where young Braithwaite
had job of cutting wood for James
Spence, and bored large hole in a
pine tree measuring a foot or more in
diameter Into the auger-hole dyn-
amite cartridge was placed then a
strip ofcalico, that had been saturated
with oil and sprinkled with powder,
was used as fuse. Everything be-
ing ready, the match was applied, and
before Price, who was the principal
actor in the sad drama. had gotten
two steps away, the explosion occur
red, tearing the base of the tree to
fragments and jarring windows a quar-
ter ola mile distant. Charlie Price
was struck in the stomach and fright
fully lacerated, but he Immediately
started towards Charlie Braithwaite,
not far off, who told him to lie down
till he came back. Young B. hasten
ed to summon DR.. Janney, who soon
arrived but in the meantime the
wounded boy. with his bowels pro-
truding, walked about 400 yards to
the residence of VIM. Braithwaite,
from where he was afterward carried
to James Martins. 1t is said he had
to hold his entrails in with his hands
while walking to the house. The &C.
cident happened about P. NJ. and he
lived till O'Clock next morning, APP
parently in good spirits, contending
that he would get well. His brother
Lewis arrived from Martinsburg
early Friday morning, but his parents
did not reach there till after his
death. Interment at the Apple Pie
Ridge burying ground on Saturday,
Rev. DIR. White officiating.