The farm of John Moler, sold by Geo. M. Beltzhoover, special commissioner, last Saturday, was bought by Michael Brown, of the cement mill vicinity. He paid $30 per acre for it. The farm contains 83 acres, and is located near Bakerton.
[Shepherdstown Register.]
Evidence Category: Spirit of Jefferson
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Moler farm purchased by Michael Brown
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Superintendent Brett & Moore married.
Mr. Samuel W. Brett, superintendent of the Bakerton Lime Works, and Miss Fannie B. Moore, attractive daughter of County Commissioner T. B. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents, at Halltown in this county, December 20th, Rev. Dr. A. C. Hopkins officiating. After partaking of an elegant repast, the happy couple left on the 7:40 B. & O. train on a trip to Baltimore and New York. The bridal presents were numerous and tasteful. Among those present from elsewhere were Mr. Daniel Baker and wife and Mrs. Kirk, of Baltimore, Miss Brett, of Knoxville, Md.; Miss Atkinson, of Maryland; and Dr. James Logic and family and Mrs. A. C. Hopkins, of Charles Town.
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Marriage Announcement: Harmon & Kidwiler
In Martinsburg, September 27, 1893, by Rev. C. S. Trump, Mr. J. Frank Harmon, of Martinsburg, and Miss Emma A. Kidwiler, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.
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Harpers Ferry B&O Tunnel Blasting
Work on the B. & O. tunnel at Harper’s Ferry is being rapidly pushed forward by Messrs. Thorne & Co., contractors. The report of the heavy dynamite blast is heard for miles around. The flock of half-wild goats, which for years have frequented the mountainside, have become accustomed to the noise. Both ends of the tunnel are now faced off and the workmen are well into the mountain’s side.
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Jones, Contract with Baker & Bro.
Our enterprising young countyman Mr. Chas. E. Jones has purchased eight hundred acres of land in Morgan county, opposite Hancock. One hundred and fifty acres of it is good river bottom, and the remainder in timber, upon which he has about fifty laborers engaged in cutting wood, for which he has large contracts with Messrs. Baker & Bro., at Bakerton in this county.
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John Howard Searching For Owner of Pocket Bible
Capt. John Howard, mineralogist for the Charlestown M., M. & I. Co., and who during the late war was an officer in the 7th Md. Regiment, U. S. army, has shown us a pocket bible which he secured during the fight at High Bridge, two days before the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox, and which belonged to a Confederate soldier. The former owner, the captain says, was a gallant fellow and stood his ground to the last, only retreating when finally compelled to do so by overpowering odds. Inside the back of the book is written “A present by William Croson to John McMichael,” and between the leaves are a lock of hair, (probably that of a sweetheart,) and a gilded card bearing the following verse:
TRUE AFFECTION.
Emblem fair to you I send,
Token of affection true,
Showing where my feelings tend,
Like the magnet unto you.
Worlds may pass away and perish,
Every feeling die away;
But the constant love I cherish
Never, never shall decay.Capt. Howard would like, if the former owner be alive, to return him to this relic. The captain’s address is Charlestown, Jefferson county, W. Va.
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Our Iron Ores.
Our Iron Ores.
Under the caption of “West Virginia Iron,” the Wheeling Intelligencer says:
In the eastern part of the State the greatest possibilities at present are in the vicinity of Charlestown and Martinsburg, where large territories have recently been purchased with a view to developments in the near future. In a letter from Captain John Howard, late of the Coal and Iron Company of Pennsylvania, he says of the strata of iron in this section of the State, and in Jefferson county, W. Va., and Clarke county, Va., in particular, that the outcrop is on the Potomac river, about eight miles from Charlestown. At this point the ore was mined in colonial days, and from time to time since to supply the furnaces in that vicinity. The mine is now being worked, the shipments being about 1,000 tons a month. This ore is brown hematite. Other mines have recently been opened in this vicinity.The same strata makes its appearance about two and a half miles from Charlestown, where the surface soil is full of wash ore. There is an immense deposit of iron at this point.– One and a half miles south of this deposit is the Maltby Ore Bank, referred to in Maury’s report in the following language:
“In Jefferson county, on the east bank of the Shenandoah, is located Malthy’s ore mine. This is one of the most valuable mines in West Virginia and gives promise of an abundant supply of excellent quality.”
Cold short hematite ore is here in great abundance, and in conjunction with ore (red short hematite) mined on the west side of the river was used by the Lockhart furnace, located here, in manufacturing iron of a superior quality as late as 1858, and more recently has been extensively worked by Mr. C. S. Malthy, of Baltimore. Mr. Clarke in the letter referred to above, says that in Pennsylvania these valuable ores, located in the same iron belt, are becoming exhausted and are now being shipped from Jefferson county to furnaces in that section.
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Fatal Train Accident Caused By Bovine
A train of empty cars, in charge of conductor Rodrick, with John McAbee engineer, Charles Rosenberg fireman, and William Caton brakesman, was thrown from the track near Edinburg, on the Valley Branch of the B. & O. R. R., on Thursday night last, by a cow, with a fearfully fatal result to the crew above named, only one of the four now being left alive. The brakesman was instantly killed, the fireman died in a few minutes after the accident, and the engineer died Friday evening.
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Fatal Affray at Harpers Ferry (Patrick Hagan, dead)
FATAL AFFRAY AT HARPERS FERRY —
Patrick Hagan Shot and Instantly Killed by Capt. George Chambers.–This community was startled on Monday evening last by the intelligence that Patrick Hagan, an Irish citizen of our neighboring town of Harper’s Ferry, had been shot and instantly killed by Capt. George Chambers, a well known citizen of this county. The facts in the case, as far as we are able to judge from the many conflicting rumors, are that Hagan, on Monday afternoon, entered the liquor saloon of Capt. Chambers, when an altercation from some cause ensued, and Hagan was ejected from the establishment. Chambers then returned into the house and secured a revolver, when he came out and grabbed Hagan with one hand and with the other fired three shots at him, two of which took effect, and either of which would have been fatal. Hagan expired within five or ten minutes after he was shot. After some time had elapsed Chambers, who had made no effort to escape, was arrested by Sheriff Tearney, and was brought before Justice Avis of Harper’s Ferry for a hearing on Wednesday, when he waived an examination and was committed to jail. As there was only sufficient evidence heard before the coroner’s inquest held over the body of Hagan to show that he came to his death at the hands of Chambers, and as there has been no other sworn testimony elicited by any tribunal authorized to hear the case we forbear comment on the matter. Suffice it to say that it is a most deplorable affair, and has created considerable excitement in all parts of the county, various versions of the shocking tragedy having gone afloat. For the present, Madam Rumor is busily engaged at her old occupation, and we await the action of the Grand Jury in the matter, ere we can arrive at a truthful conclusion as to the measure of guilt of the alleged criminal– whether it be murder, manslaughter, or a lesser crime.
“Capt. Chambers” as the Free Press says, “is by birth a Marylander, though for a number of years a resident of Harper’s Ferry,– at one time editor of a paper at that place, and subsequently in the upper Valley. He is a man of intelligence, of quick impulses, the husband of a most estimable lady and the father of a family of interesting children.”
The victim of this unfortunate occurrence was a native of Ireland, and had settled at Harper’s Ferry many years ago. At the time of his death he resided on a farm near the town, and is said to have been a generally well disposed man and a good citizen. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and has a son who is a priest at Norfolk, Va. Another, Neal Hagan, was bugler of the 12th Va. Cavalry, C. S. A. during the late war.
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Death of Charles Davies
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Death of Charles Davies.
Mr. Davies, a well-known lawyer, died Tuesday at his home, 1915 Sixth street northwest, Washington City, after a short illness, aged 83 years. Mr. Davies was a native of Ireland and came to the United States when a young man. He lived in Harpers Ferry for some years, and was a prominent practitioner at the Jefferson county bar. For the past twenty-seven years he had been a clerk in the Pension Office. Mr. Davies was a man of unusual mental gifts and great literacy knowledge and culture, having written several books of fiction, His abilities were [….] in the lecture field, and when [….] one that enlisted his [….] great power — [… ? member] of the Epis[copal …] ber of the […]