Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
GerardStoWn News.

We are glad to hear that MI Jas.
w McKown is recovering from his
recent indisposition,
An infant child of Mr.. L. Q. Homer
was inferred i'll the Presbyterian Gene
terry last Sunday afternoon.
Our west end neighbor, Mr.. John w.
West, met with painful accident one
day last week He was fixing some
thing about the cornice of his new
dwelling house, when part of the
scaffold slipped out of place AMI he
fell distance of about fourteen feet to
the ground. He was badly stunned by
the fall, but fortunately no bones were
broken. We are glad to hear he IS
rapidly improving.
The Presbyterian congregation al
Dufields has extended a unanimous
call to Rev. Robert Woodwork, who
is now pursuing his theological stu
dies.
A little baby, the child of NJ. a.
Rife, of Roanoke, Va, buried at Hin
ton eleven years ago, was disinterred
last week and was found to have turned
to stone, making perfect stone statue
of the child
SUDDEN DEATH.-We are panied to
hear of the death OF our aged friend,
Mr. Daniel Hastings, who died sud
denly, of hemorrhage, yesterday, at
Shenandoah Junction, whittier he had
gone to take the train to come home.
The funeral will take place at Darkes-
vile.
A SAD EvENT.-One day last week
Mrs. Sarah Pole, wife of Mr. William
Pole, Sr, of Baltimore. came on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. DR.. J. P. Garter
of this place. Her health has become
impaired and it was hoped that a
change to the country would prove
beneficial. But such hopes proved futile
After her arrival here she was taken
with acute pneumonia and continued
to fail until about six o'clock this
morning, when she peacefully passed
away.
In MEMoRIAM.-Wheu such men as
Samuel McKown die, the communities
in which they have lived may feel
bereaved indeed. The deceased was
the youngest son of him whose full
name he bore, and the last member OF
that large family consisting of 4 sons
and 4 daughters so we'll known in this
section for many years. His death was
the first one in his own home circle,
formed 4o years ago by his marriage
| with Miss Sarah Morgan, daughter Of
the late Jepthah Morgan, and only sis
ter of the editor of this paper, who wa.
left an orphan at the early age OF SIX
years and raised as one of their owr
children He leaves a widow, three
daughters and one son, with eleven
grandchildren to mourn the loss of as
kind and indulgent 4 husband ant
ather as ever sustained these sacred
relations.
The years of his earthly pilgrimage
extended beyond the allotted three
score and ten as he had almost arrived
at the 18th milestone on the journey o
life. Longevity was not unusual in
his family. His grandfather and
great grand father-natives of ireland
but among the early settlers in this
country-lived to a green old age, the
latter, Andrew McKown, reaching the
rare length OF III years. His own
father, after passing through the hard
ships Of soldier i'll the Revolutionary
war, and witnessing the surrender Of
Corvallis at Yorktown, died at his
home near this village i'll his 7Atl
year.
From his early childhood Mr.. Nc
Kown was trained i'll the tenets of the
! Christian religion and know the Scrip,
lures from his youth up He was a
constant reader of the Bible and made
practice OF reading it through at least
once a year.--GcyQ1HstoaH Times.