Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-01
News from ShepherdstoWn.

~ new public school was opened at
Shenandoah Junction last week with
Mr.. Joseph Bell as teacher.
A flock of wild geese passed over
Shepherdstown the other day going
South, which would indicate, if the
sign holds good, that winter is COM
ing at last.
Mr.. James n. Corbin, father of Mrs.
Charles G. Littleton, of this county,
will celebrate, by dinner, on the
2Sth instant, his one hundredth birth
day.
a three-y ear-old son of Mr.. William
Rice, living near town, fell out of a
wagon a week or two ago and broke
both bones of his right arm. DIR. r. S.
Grove rendered the medical aid.
Our friend and countyman DIR. C.
F. Updike, has located for the practice
of his profession at Duffields, Jefferson
County, w. Va, in which we are in.
formed, he is succeeding remarkably
well. - Warren Sentinel.
DR.. r. G. Grove, of this place, re-
Gently removed from under the arm
of daughter of Mr. Calvin Munson.
of Swan Pond, a large fatty tumor,
that had gradually been growing larg-
er for some time. When removed it
was about the size of q goose egg.
1t is q rather a difficult matter for a
weekly paper to keep up with the
Maryland Legislature and its treat
ment of the canal question. The plan
to lease the canal to railroad compa-
ny has been under discussion during
the past week. On Tuesday of this
week a proposition was submitted to
the Legislature by syndicate of in
fiuential business men of Cumberland
and Baltimore, who offer to maintain
the canal as waterway and will give
more for it than the railroad company
offered. This new bid was rather a
surprise to the Legislature, and at this
time it cannot be foretold how it will
be received. 1t seems to fact, how
ever, that the Legislature is almost
entirely under the influence of the
people who are advocating the rail-
road interests.
A Boom at Kearneysville.
If all reports are true, our neigh
boring village of Kearneysville is
about to enjoy boom of no mean ex-
tent. Messrs. A. j, Morris & Co., of
Avondale, Pa, have bought from Mr..
B. S. McIntire, at S75 per acre, eigh-
teen acres of land north of and imme.
dIately adjoining the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Kearneysville. They
propose to go into the business of get
ting out rock for various purposes. to
be shipped to the eastern cities. 1t is
said they will put up several stone
crushers, to be run by steam power,
and will at once put about hundred
men to work. An engine-house and
a powder magazine are to be built,
and an artesian well to be sunk. The
industry is to be pushed vigorously,
and the outlook for lively business is
promising.
There seems, however, to be anoth.
er side to the question. There are
some doubters who assert that the
above purchase of land, which has
really been made, is only sharp trick
engineered by the B. & o. to obtain a
desirable site for new station build
ing that they could not otherwise OBJ
tain. 1t has long been a desire of the
railroad company to build a new sta
ton, but they have been unable on
account of various conflicting inter
ests, to obtain just the site they
wanted. Whatever may be the pur-
pose of the present scheme, 1t is prob
able that it will result in some per.
manent improvement to Kearneys
vile.