Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-06

Waters where the time was pleasant
ly spent pienicing and fishing by
young and old. A large number went
to Pen Mar and other points on pleas
ure bent There was nothing going
on here except the athletic events of
the Y M. c. A.. as noted elsewhere
in this paper. With this exception the
town was unusually quiet for Fourth
of July.
Fire works.
At night there were numerous dis
plays of fireworks at private houses,
not so much in honor of the day itself
as something to amuse the children
In the absence of a proclamation
from the Mayor, some fellows kept up
ear-splitting fusillade of cannon
crackers till late hour at night on
Queen street between Martin and
Burke Otherwise the town was com
paratiyely quiet at night.
Boy Badly Hurt.
John, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Young, East Burke street,
came nearly losing his eyesight or his
life, for that matter, by villainous
cannon cracker on the glorious"
Fourth. The lad had lighted the giant
cracker. but it did not explode as soon
as he thought it ought to. so he in
nocently blew his braeth on the fuse
to hurry up matters a little. At that
instant this DEVILS invention exploded
in the boys face, shockingly lacera-
ting his nose and face and nearly
blowing his eyes out. That he did not
lose his eyesight is little short of
miracle, and he may yet lose the sight
of one eye. The accident occurred
Thursday forenoon near the little
boys home. He was carried home
and DR.. Sponseller hurriedly sent for.
And still, in enlightened America, is
the manufacture and sale of this death
dealing, body-maiming and nerve-rack-
ing explosive permitted.
Girl Burned.
Marie Rohrer, little daughter of
Mrs. Ruth Rohrer, East Liberty street, |
had her hand badly burned Thursday
afternoon while putting off fire
crackers and other forms of 4th of
July explosives. She was holding a
Cricket in her hand and the thing
went off at the wrong time, of course, |
severely burning the PLAN She suf- |
fered much pain last night from the |
accident.
DRINKS.
AS might be expected. some fellows
had to get drunk on the Fourth and
the police gathered in a half dozen or
so of DRINKS at night and locked them
up.
Shooting ARRAY at spenoers.
A shooting and cutting ARRAY occur
red at Spencer's saloon, across the
Potomac from Harpers Ferry, be-
tween 3 and o'clock on the after
noon of the Fourth. Some drunken
negroes and Italians got in a fight
with a result John Welton, color
ed fellow of Harpers Ferry, shot an
Italian in the breast, perhaps fatally
wounding him. The injured man was
taken to his boarding house at Mill |
vile, above Harpers Ferry. In the
bloody mixup an Italian stabbed
Goose" Braxton, a B. & o. colored
detective, in the side and head. The
badly injured man was taken to the
hospital in Charles Town. Warrants
were issued for the arrest of the bal
ance of the fighting bunch.
Had His Nose Broken.
Two young men from North Mar
tinsburg, namely, Harry Sperrow, of
Williamsport avenue, and Samuel
Beard, of Albert street, got into
drunken fight in Owen & Pines liv-
cry stable yard about $50 O'Clock
Thursday night with the result that
Beard struck Sperrow and broke his
nose. Beard was arrested and locked
up, and is still in the cage awaiting
developments. Sperrow was taken to
the Kings Daughters Hospital, by adj
vice of DIR. Clay, where he arrived in
an exhausted condition from great loss
of blood, He is getting along alright
today.
Man Shot On River.
Mr.. B. f. Irwin (familiarly known
as "Buz" Irwin West John street, was
shot in the head Thursday afternoon
by small rifle in the hands of I'M
nown young men This Fourth of July
incident occurred near the mouth Of
the Opequon creek while Mr.. Irwin
and party were taking a motorboat
ride in the Potomac river, below Fall
ing Waters. The boat carried flag
at the stern and fellow on the West