Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-09-12

the canal at Williamsport, last Satur
day morning He was doing sons
work on the boar when be was seizes
with an attack Of vertigo and fell on
/ erboard. His home was at William
/ sport. He was 81 years and is SIR
vived by wife and four children.
! r. H. cookus. of Romney, caught
in the South Branch a fine bass, and
when dressing the fish noticed large
dark lump in the stomach The for
nation he found to be hard gristle,
inside Of which was good. sized fish
hook, which had rusted away until il
was not larger than a fine needle, in
dicating that it has been there for a
long time.
Chas. Brenner, tramp, was arrest
ed last Friday morning for stealing a
coat at the home of Mr. Burkholder,
on east John street, and given hear
ing in.the afternoon by Justice Harri-
son, who remanded him to Jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
He also had an umbrella and hat in
his possession which was taken from
the home of Louis Bell, colored.
Those who dig coal shonld not for
get that William Jennings Bryan vot-
ed while member OF the Ways and
Means committee in Congress to place
West Virginia's greatest product, coal,
on the Tree list. Our own governor,
McCorkle, knows that, and he knows
with what persistence he stood out
against giving any concession to this
great interest -Charlestown Mail.
Saturday night young man from
Hagerstown was arrested by Police
men Johnson and Creque near the
corner of John and Church streets. He
had been in a quarrel with David Eu-
banks in Gandy's restaurant on King
street, where he drew a revolver, and
when he left the place the officers fol-
lowed him to where he was captured.
Monday morning he was tried before
Mayor Henshaw and fined $50.
At Harpers Ferry, last Friday even
ing, the house occupied by Pleasant
Field, colored, was burned to the
ground, in which his seven ear-old
son was locked and burned. The par
ents, as was their custom, locked the
their child in the house in the morn
ing and went to their work. The par
ents say they locked it in the house
because they had no other way to take
care of the child during working
hours.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad COM
pany made Keyser an offer to estab-
tablish large car shops there, pro-
vided the town would furnish $40, 600.
A public meeting was held and the
amount secured, and an agreement
signed and forwarded at once. Col.
Thomas B. Davis endorsed the scheme
and says the $40, 900 will be forthcom-
ing as soon as the railroad company
complies with its part. The shops
are to cost $40, 600 and will employ
not less than 100 men.
Tuesday morning, at 10 O'Clock,
our young friend Frank Minor took
unto himself wife. The bride was
Miss Valley V. McCloy, of West King
street. Rev. Forrest Prettyman, OF
the NJ E. church, South, performed
the ceremony in the presence OF a few
relatives and intimate friends OF
the contracting parties at the brides
home, wherea reception was afterward
held. The newly married couple left
via the B. & O. railroad on train No.
5 for Pittsburg and other points.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at 4 80 Wednesday afternoon in st.
Joseph's Catholic church. Miss Jose
phine Shea, a pretty and accomplished
young lady, of Boyd street, this city,
and Mr. lanes Goheen, of Washing
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Goheen, of near this city, were the
contracting parties. The church was
nicely decorated with flowers by
/ friends of the young people, of which
they have large number. Rev. II.
| J. McKeefry, pastor of the church,
performed the marriage ceremony IN
an interesting manner, after which
the happy couple left for Boston. Or
their return they will reside in Wash.
ington.
A romantic double wedding occdr-
red at Berkeley Springs last Friday