Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-10-03

freight train jumped the track at ~
dar Cliff, near Cumberland, Tuesday
morning, doing no little amount Of
damage. Several cars were also de-
rallied and the track spread and dam
aged. The riggers crew from Cum
berland repaired the result Of the mis-
hap Trainmaster Reister, Of this
city, while overseeing the work had
a foot badly mashed by a large hy-
draulic jack falling on it. He was
brought to this city on the acconmo-
dation train.
John Coleman, OF Jefferson county,
while returning from the Bryan meet
ing Wednesday afternoon attempted
to cross a swollen tributary to the
Opequon when his buggy and horse
were washed away. The horse was
drowned and the buggy recovered
next morning badly damaged. Mr..
Coleman was washed from the buggy
but managed to catch some hanging
limbs from a big tree from which posi-
ton he was rescued by several men
who heard his cries for help. He
spent the night at a residence on this
side of the creek and next morning
secured another horse and drove to his
home.
A meeting of wheelman was called
at eight o'clock Monday night in the
Sherihps office by the local consul,
Charles Weaving. for the organiza-
ton of a sound money club. About
fifty names were enrolled and the fol-
lowing officers elected: Charles
WEAVING, president; Geo. w. Van
metre, secretary; +. W. Vanhorn, cap
tain; Thos. Pearson, first lieutenant;
John Henshaw, second lieutenant.
The organization will be known as
the Sound Money Wheel Club, OF
Martinsburg." 1t is the intention of
the club to do all in their power for
sound money, and we trust they will
do much good.
Mrs. Anna +. Dyche, wife of Mr..
Jas. B. Dyche, ST., died at 100 o'clock
Sunday morning at her home on West
King street. She had been quite Ill
-. o..o4.,a oaJ laa4b urao not nm
expected. Mr.. and Mrs. Dyche with
their family, moved to this city from
Cumberland in June, 1852, where Mr..
Dyche is employed as an engineer,
on the b. & o. She was a kind
christian lady, and many friends
by her pleasant nature. Her age was
81 years, 10 months and 27 days. A
husband, four sons and six daughters
survive her. A short service was
held over the remains at the home
Monday night by Rev. Price, OF the
First M. T. Church, aftenwhich they
were taken to Cumberland, where the
funeral services were held at ? O'Clock
Tuesday evening, from the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Walker.
A heavy rain storm passed over this
section Tuesday, raising the streams
to immense proportion. A strong
wind accompanied the rain u%prooting
trees and tearing down fences, etc.
The greatest damage was done to the
Old Homestead cannery where a por-
ton of the west end of the building
was blown in.
Traffic on the B. & O. railroad was
greatly INSTRUCTED Wednesday and
Thursday by trees and telegraph poles
being blown across the tracks. The
bridges at Green Spring and South
Branch were partly washed away.
The Potomac river, which had been
very low, raised so high that it joined
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal i'll one
solid stream. Lumber, trees, chicken
coops and the like hoated down the
river. The Tuscarora at this point
registered near its highest water
mark. The main street of Harper's
Ferry was under several feet of water
and cars were placed on the tressling
along the Shenandoah river at that
place to keep it from washing away.
The Presbyterian church was the
f scene of a pretty "green and white"
wedding at $50 o'clock Wednesday
evening, when Miss Mary Boyd, the
/ accomplished daughter of Senator
Chas. J. Faulkner, was united in holy
matrimony to Mr.. Edgar N. Carter,
of Fort Bridger, Wyoming. A great
many invitations were sent out and
no one was admitted without present
ing the invitation at the gate, thus
; keeping the immense crowd from en-