Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-04-26
News from Shepherdstown.


The smoke-house of Jos. Potts, i
Berkeley County, was broken into on
night, recently, and lot of bacon stol
en- therefrom.
i Col. Geo. Sehley, a prominent law
yer of Hagerstown, and president o
the First National Bank of that city
died last week, aged 70 years.
Times ought to be prosperous il
Shepherdstown. Everybody seems t
have plenty of work-that is, every
body that wants work.
Here, too.
Some unknown rascal in Harper
Ferry has a penchant for breaking
window glass. Last week two larg'
show windows in front of Connor':
saloon were smashed.
The Abingdon (Va.) Vi,gh1idn an
nounces that Mr.. Thos. Fl. Mason, late
managing editor of the Charlestowr
Democrat, will become the editor ant
manager of that paper, which ha:
been sold to q joint stock company
it'll the view of establishing il
Abingdon first-class publishing
house.
Miss Mary Sheetz, lifelong resi-
dent of Shepherdstown, died at hel
home in this place last Saturday night
She was the last of a family that was
born and raised in ShepherdstowD,
her brother, Mr.. Jacob S. Sheetz, hav.
ing died just three weeks previous.
The deceased had for many years been
faithful and consistent member OF
Lutheran Church, and the funeral
services were held there on Monday
afternoon. The pastor being absent
in New York State, the services were
conducted by Rev, Z. Fl. Jones, OF
Sharpsburg. The interment was 10
Elmwood Cemetery. The age CT the
deceased was Y years, months and
q days.
An interesting ghost story comes
from the neighbOring town of Sharps-
burg, in Maryland. One day last
week an aged citizen of that place
died and was buried. Saturday even
ing about dusk, so the story goes, as
his daughters and the housekeeper
were sitting in room at their home
they saw the supposed dead man
standing at the window looking In.
One of the women fell in dead faint,
while the others ran out of the house
screaming. The attention of several
men on the street was directed to the
house by the commotion, and it is
said that they too saw the figure at
the window. AS they looked it van
ished away into the air. The affair
created considerable excitement, and
Sunday morning the grave was ex-
Nothing had been disturbed, so the
general belief is that it was genuine
ghost. The family moved out of the
house early Monday morning.
A friend from Kearneysville sends
US the following clipping from the
Religious Herald, of Richmond Va:
Editors Herald Mooney, the
Moderator of the Lavaca River AS
ISOLATION, says: "l have living with
me a bright little orphan boy named
William Henry Fisher, whose father
died in Shepherdstown, Va. His
mothers name was Elizabeth King.
She moved to Harris County, Texas,
about six years ago and died there
last fall. l found the little boy in
Houston last winter in pitiable con-
dition, and brought him home with
me. He thinks he has an uncle near
Shepherdstown, W. Va. l find no
man of the name given in Virginia.
Bro. Mooney is an excellent man, and
will be glad to hear something about
the antecedents of his little friend.
Address John l.. Mooney, box 105,
Gonzales, Texas. J. B. HARDwICKE.
Henry Fischer, the boy referred to,
is remembered here by persons who
had taken an interest in him. Some
six years ago the family came to this
vicinity from Pennsylvania. They
were extremely destitute. They
lived for while in the cabin ola canal
boat. and then moved into one of the
small houses at the foot of Staley's
hill a mile or two east of town. The
father died there. Shortly afterWard
the people here raised money to send
the widow and Henry and his little
sister to friends in the South, and
that was the last heard from them.
Henry was bright aud interesting
little fellow, and we hope he may get
along well. We know of no relatives
of his here.
The Secretary of War has trans
mitted to Congress a statement pre-
pared by the quartermaster-g general
giving list of claims for the use and
occupation of church and school prop.
erty by the government during the
late war. Up to the present time
claims of this character aggregating
$l02,270 have been paid, and others
amounting to S247,797 have been re-
jected or remain unpaid. The records
of the quartermaster-g Office
show that among the latter class of
claims are the following from West
Virginia:
West Observation-Disclosures. Martins
burg, 81, 275 rent and damages Pres
byterian, French Greek, destroyed,
amount of claim not stated; NJ. E.
Church parsonage, Harper's Ferry,
S7S5 damages Presbyterian, Hardy
county, $4,000, destroyed; Methodist
Episcopal, Harper's Ferry, claim not
stated Mt. Olive Baptist, Phillippi,
$3.50 damages; German Evangelical,
Martinsburg, destroyed, amount of
claim not stated; Presbyterian, Bev-
erly, $4,000 rent and damages; Meth
odist Episcopal, New Creek, $1,000,
destroyed by Confederates Trinity
Episcopal, Martinsburg, claim not
stated; Mill Creek, Randolph county,
amount not stated; Mingo Flats, Ran
dolph county, amount not stated ;
Baptist, Fayette county, 1921 dam
ages; Burlington Free, Mineral, 1895
rent ami damages; st. Joseph's
(Catholic), Martinsburg, S395rent and
damages Methodist Episcopal, Web.
ster, 1920, rent; st. Marks P. E.,
Kanawha, 1885, rent and damages ;
Protestant Episcopal, Harper's Ferry,
$500, rent and damages; st. Johns,
Charlestown, 81, 1924 damages.
The Valley Convocation of the
Episcopal Church is in session in
Trinity Church, Shepherdstown, this
week. Previous to the beginning OF
the business sessions divine worship
was held Tuesday evening, with 6
sermon by Rev. w. T. Roberts, O
Harrisonburg, and on Wednesday
morning, with the sermon by Rev. G
B, Bryan, of Wildwood. A bushes!
meeting was held Wednesday after
noon, when the following ministers
answered to the roll-call: Revs. w
T. Roberts, Harrisonburg; p. P
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