Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-28
ShepherdStoWn News.

Miss Annie Ridenour, of this coun-
ty, has been promoted from 5000 to
81 900 in the Pension Department at
Washington.
Mr.. Newton Vanmetre found out a
few days ago that he is not as young
as he used to be. In running after a
COW he jumped over a fence, and not
being as springy in the joints as he
was some years ago he slipped and
fell dislocating his shoulder.
DIR. T. G. Stotler and Mr.. NJ. Turn
er last Monday killed one of the larg-
est owls we have ever seen in this
section. 1t was a splendid specimen
of the great horned owl, and it meas
ured 1 feet p inches from tip to tip
of its outspread wings. His owlship
will probably be stuffed and preserv-
ed.
A party of Shepherdstown gentle
men shot 80 rabbits in the Scrabble
woods last Monday.
S. NJ. Bloom, Esq, of Hagerstovn,
spent Wednesday with Mr.. Towner
Schley at Rockland, near town, help
ing Mr.. Schley celebrate his "-th 4"
birthday. 1T is needless to say that
Mr.. Bloom enjoyed the Virginia hos.
pitality.
Mrs. Ann d. Strider, who moved
from Jefferson county to the West
many years ago, died in Nokomis, H.
linois, October 30th, aged 70 years, 8
months and IL days.
Mr.. Thomas w. l.. Long, who was
native of Winchester, Va, and a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Geo. w. Chase,
of Shepherdstown, died suddenly in
a Masonic Lodge room in Chicago last
week.
Busy DEATH.-Ida May Arthur,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, l..
Arthur, died at the home of her par
ents in ShepherdstOwn last Friday af.
ter short illness of membranous
Group, aged three years and two
months. In the hope that the child's
life might be saved, Drs. Reynolds,
Butler and Tanner performed an oper-
alton by which silver breathing tube
was inserted in its throat, but the re.
lief was only temporary. This is the
fifth fatal case of membranous Group
in this vicinity within the past few
weeks, and very naturally parents
feel greatly alarmed, especially as
fatal cases heretofore have been of the
rarest occurrence. The disease seems
to be prevalent throughout the coun-
try, and many deaths from it in the
cities are reported.
Mr.. Samuel Schumacher Shelter
died at his home in Staunton, Va, on
Thursday of last week, after long
period of ill-health, aged AZ years
! Mr.. Shelter was born in Jefferson
county, his father being Rev. J. r
Smeltzer, paster of the Lutheran
Church at Shepherdstown He was 3
professor in Shepherd College in thi.
place from 1874 to 1879, and had &
large circle of friends here. He mar
ried Miss Eichelberger, from thi:
county, when he lived here, who sur
wives him, with two children. MIR
Smeltzer practiced law in Staunton
and was mayor of that city a few
years ago.
A VALUABLE FARM SoLD.-Mr
and Mrs. r. ID. Lamar have sold theil
valuable farm at Moler's Cross Roads
81 miles from Shepherdstown, to Mr.
George S. Knott, of that vicinity
The farm is very fine one of abou
200 acres, well improved, and the lane
is level and clean of rocks. The prict
paid was within fraction of $50 al
acre. Mr.. Lamar will move to San
; Diego, California, with his family
about the goth of December, where h
expects to go into lemon and orang
culture Observation-Disclosures.