Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-28
ShepherdstOwn Register

party of thieves undermined the stone
wall of Mr.. David Hawn's meathouse,
below town, and getting inside stole
every particle of bacon that Mr.. Hawn
possessed. The same night they Wis
tied the granary of Mr.. John Allen
Link and stole about ten bushels of
wheat. tt
A COOP DAY FOR CooNs.-Last
Monday was a pretty good day for
coons, and Messrs George McBee and
Thomas Callahan, who live on Mr..
George Cross farm, caught whole
family of them. For along time past
the coons have been living high ON
chickens that they stole from the
farm, and all efforts to trap them were
unsuccessful. But their doom was
sealed on Monday, when the men re-
ferred to surrounded the entire family
and killed two and captured three
alive. We suppose the coons will be
used to start q c ircus on Rocky Marsh.
A FORTUNATE EsCAPE.-Monday's
thunder-storms muttered and rum
bled all over this neighborhood, some
times gently and again fierce and
heavy. In the afternoon there was
a very severe storm west of town, and
a bolt of lightning struck the fine new
barn of the farm occupied by Mr..
Frank l.. Billmyer. The lightning
ran over the barn in two different
directions, leaving its traces upon the
shingles. But strange to say, no fire
resulted, and the electricity passed
off harmlessly. Mr.. Billmyer had
two wheat crops in the barn, lot of
hay, his farming machinery, and
other property. He thinks it was a
most fortunate escape from great loss.
The same afternoon there was an
unusually heavy rain below town, and
Mr.. David Hawn informs us that the
fall of water was greater than he has
ever seen tneTo.
A WINDFALL.-Mr. John S. Grove
who at one time taught school in
Shepherdstown, and who is G brother
of DIR. X. G. Grove, of this place, has
fallen heir to a nice little fortune.
Mr.. Grove has been living in Frost
burg, Md, where he was great fav-
orite of Miss Margaret Steyer. an eld-
erly lady of some means. When she
died a short time ago it was found
that she had left three wills. The
first divides her property among her
relatives and various others other
legacies and requests. The second will
was in the shape of codicil to the first
and revokes several of the former leg.
acies and leaves three-fourths of her
estate to John S. Grove. The last
will that has been found so far was
made January IL, 1886, in which she
gives her friend John S. Grove, the
sum of 81 600; Hannah Humberston
$500; Flora Thunderstorm, $500
Margaret S. Grace, her name-sake
$500; Rachael Dorsey colored, $500
She then gives and bequeaths to Johr
S. Grove all the rest and residue O
her estate of every kind and descrip-
ton, revoking all other wills and test
aments heretofore made by her. This
will has been filed, but the relative:
will make an effort to contest it in the
courts. Tho estate is valued at $40,
600, or upwards.
DRUsEs COME TO THIS COUNTRY
Three Druses, an isolated and pecu
liar sect-who have lived for genera
lions near Mount Lebanon, were
among a lot of Syrians landed a
Castle Garden Saturday. They were
fine looking, intelligent men. TIVE
were farmers and the third shoe
maker. They left the garden fo
Baltimore. The number of the rae,