Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-07
Shepherdstown News.

SAsS fa.~A NSsC - - Wv W..
Mrs. Margaret Miller, OF this place,
widow OF the late Jacob Miller, has !
just been granted a government PEN
sion of eight dollars month. She
also received SAL back pay.
Mr.. Frank w. Muzzey and family
left Shepherdstown on Tuesday for
California, where they expect to spend
the ensuing winter.
Mrs. Boyd Fl. Keller left for Rich
moud, Va, on Monday, from which
place she will SION remove TO Balti- ,
more. She left her little daughter,
Alma, in Mrs. j. F. Keller's care I'M
I'll she gets settled in Baltimore.
Mr.. Cindarilla NJ. Hanke, mother.
in-law of Mr.. James NJ. Engle, died
suddenly of apoplexy at her home In
Washington on the 18th, aged 50
years.
A very pleasant party was given al
the home of Senator Charles II. Knott.
near Shepherdstown, last Friday even
ing, in honor of Miss Annie Robin.
son, of Mineral county, who is the
guest of Miss Mary Knott.
A fatal staboing ARRAY occurred last
week at Brunswick. Two colored
men by the name of Brooks, and
hrotharS ey0f into "a E.rl,k o,-ar soma
unimportaut matter. Hot words led
to blows, and finally one stabbed the
other with knife, the wound result
ing in his death u few days later.
The Hagerstown Globe says that
the fsir management paid out for
races the sum of S3,9s6. The race en-
trance fees amount to Sl.0l0. The
amount paid out in live stock preni-
ums was S2,43S. The usual percent
age deducted from these premiums
was f2I4. Myrtle Peek IS combination
was paid $500. The Decoma Broth.
ers received sl25 for their exhibition.
Myrtle Peek will not be secured for
next year. The total receipts of the
fair Were about $4,000 and there Will
be a surplus Of between $4,000 and
$4,000 when all the expenses are paid.
Thirty years ago son of Mr.. Ed
win c. Engle came in from Ohio to
4 pay his father visit. lie brought
with him some hickory nuts, or she'll
barks of particularly good variety,
and Mr.. Engle planted one of them.
1t grew-but mighty slow-and MIR.
Engle waited for the time when he
could gather the shel!barks. This
yeai for The INST time the tree had
nuts on ii, perhaps two dozen.
/ A BIG BLACK SNAKE.-Allth the past
summer and spring there has been
talk of mOnstrous big black snake
that made himself at home in the
fields of Mr.. Lemen and Mr.. Bill
myer. along the Shepherd pike. His
track was frequently seen in the dust
of the road, and there were other evil
dences that he was in existence. Few
persons have seen him, though, for
he seemed to be averse to an inter.
view. Not long since. however, he
was seen by three or four colored
men, who unfortunately were unable
to kill him. They got good view
of him, and they say that he was as
thick as mans leg at the knee, aud
so black that he glistened. His length
could not be ascertained, but they are
positive he was not less than ten feet
long. He was lying, when they saw
him. at the edge OF the road, near the
stack-yard in MIR. Lemen's field. The
snake was seen on another occasion
crossing the road with rabbit in his
mouth.
Two AGED PERSONS DEAD.-Mr.
Charles Huyett, lifelong resident
Of this vicinity, and farmer who
has lived for many years about three
miles northwest of town, died last
Friday morning, in the 10Th year of
his age. lie was buried in Elmwood
Cemetery last Sunday, Rev. Charles
Ghiselin preaching the funeral SER
mon in the Presby terrain Church. MIR.
Huyett, who was man of blameless
character and possessed of the respect
and confidence Of all who knew him,
was for forty-one years an elder in
the Presbyterian Church Of Shep-
herdstown. With nineteen other
persons he joined the church forty.
seven years ago, under the ministra-
ton Of the late lamented DR.. IIar-
grave, and he is the last survivor of
the twenty. Besides a widow, he
leaves a family Of grown sons and
daughters.
Miss Christine Staley, an aged mai.
den lady, was found dead in her bed
at her home in Shepherdstowu last
( Saturday morning. ISIS Tenie,"
as she was always called, had spent
the whole Of her long life in Shep-
herdstown, and of late years had lived
alone a somewhat eccentric life. She
was about 81 years old. She was bur
led in the Reformed Cemetery Sun
day afternoon, Rev. Geo. @. Ever
hart officiating.
Near Shepherdstown, Oct. q, Fam
ME. infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Mcdonald, aged two years.
In Washington, Oct. q, Charles
Rouzee, grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w. Chase. Of Shepherdstown
aged years and months.
THE ADVENTURE oE HowAD AND
Miss WooDs.-Last Monday after
noon Mr. William Inward and Miss