Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-08-21


Peaches are selling IN Hagerstown
at 81 per bushel.
Irish potatoesare selling III Hagers-
town at fifty cents per hushel.
The fancy mask ball at the Berkc-
ley Springs hotel. promises to be Il
lively affair.
A number OF young men FROM
Shepherdstown, out Of employment.
have started out to seek their for
tunes in other climes.
The Berkeley Springs people are
again stirred up over the idea Of 4
Railroad to that place, from Alpine
Station, on the b. q q. r. r..
The Morgan county people are get
| ting tired of the expenses attending
litigation, and arbitrations are of fire.
quent occurrence in the county.
Some fifteen or twenty mad dogs
have been killed in Morgan county
during the past two weeks, and the
mad dog excitement IN that section
is still high.
The common council Of Charles
town, has adopted a resolution finin0
all absent members, ana officers. ST 100
for each absence, g and no excuse ia
be received.
| The Charlestown people will make
extra efforts to render their town at
tractive to summer visitors from tic
cities. Quite u number are sojourn-
ing there this summer,
a grand Masonic picnic Is to come
OF at Berry's woods, near Williams
port, on Wednesday, the 18th. & cor
dial invitation is extended to all to
come and enjoy the occasion.
The Winchester 1yness records Tie
death Of DIR. Hugh III. Mc(fuire, at
his residence I'M that place OH The 9th.
In the 10Th year Of his age. He leaves
two sons prominent IA the profession
OF medicine and geryvDrs. Hum
ter and VIM. r. MEG lliIe, the former
wen-knoWn as the Medical Director
of the armies Of Stonewall Jackson
and his successors.
| The. Shepherdstown Register says:
Mr.. Lewis Lambert, who has been
| following the occupation. Of the
"tonsorial art ! la this town, for
some years past, has removed to
Martinsburg and opened a barber
shop in that city. Mr.. Lambert is
an Industrious and worthy young
man, and we hope the citizens Of that
town will extend to him u lihera
| patronage.
The new market house III Haeers-
town has eighty-four butcher and
vegetable stalls. They have been
rented out at public auction to the
| highest bidder. The butcher stalls
We're rentedfm one year from Au-
gust 18th, and the vegetable stalls to
April 4, 1876. The amount realized
from the rental is $1y350. Pretty.
good interest orrthe Investment, we
should say. Ish't there just q small
| essen which might be studied with
much profit by our people.
The editor of the Hagerstown Re-
porter d -Adtertiser w;ls at the u. D.
Camp-meeting last Sunday. lie WAS
tired, and took q seat on Il pile OF
leaves. lie had scarcely sat down
when he bounced up like d rubber
ball and at Il single leap went oyer
a six-rail fence, leaving d piece Of his
linen buster .fllittcring on stake
The last the ladies saw OF him he
was going down through d corn-fieM
at q break-neck gait, closely follow
ed by q half dozen yelping ours. It
has since been aScertained that he
| sat down in a yellow-jacket's nest in
the leaves. lie is veryreticeDt about
| the affair, but his intimate friends
say he has not since had any use for
aachair. He takes bis meals stand
ing. fase
The Hagerstown 1NeWs says Y On
| Friday last, Mr.. Samuel Maitz was
| engaged In cleaningout well at Mt.
Pleasant, when q stone fell from the
| top, striking him in the centre Of the
head, crushing ia his skull, and
breaking the lining membrane. Ar
ter being struck, lie retained con-
| sciousness enough to call for rope,
Everybody was afraid to 90 to bis as
sistance on account Of the cracked
wall, which hal. commenced to give
| and fall "A rope was lowered and he
! vas hauled about half way up when
he either let 60 or the rope slipped
at anyrate he fell to the bottom,
Again was the rope let down. this
time with a moose in 1t, which he
slipped around his body and was
| hauled up not q moment too soon for
as he reached the top about a tom ~
stone fell where lie stood moment
before. 1t was the opinion OF the
| physician that he would die =
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