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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-12-11
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To All Wanting Employment.

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in every county in the United States and lana
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these advantages to our agents and the tact that
it is an article that can be sold to every house
owner it might not be necessary to make an
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER to secure good agents
at once, but we have concluded 10 make u 70
show, not only our confidence in the merits OF
our invention, but in its stability by any agent
that will handle it with energy. Our agents
now at work are making from Sr5o to 5000
month clear and this fact makes i SAFE tor Us 70
make our offer TO all who are out OF employ
ment. Any agent that will give our business
thirty DAYS trial and fail to clear at least $roo
in this time, ABOVE ALL EXPENSES, can return
all goods unsold TO US and We viii refund the
money paid for them. Any agent or general
agent who would like ten or more counties and
work them through sub-agents for ninety days
and fail to clear at least S75o ABOVE ALL Ex-
PKNsEs, can return all unsold and get their
money back. No other employer Of agents ever
dared to make such offers, nor would we II we
did not know that we have agents now making
more than double the amount We guaranteed
and but two sales day would give proht OF
over Sr75 month, and that one Of our agents
took eighteen orders in one day. Our large de-
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these we wish to send to everyone out OF en-
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the agency in time forthe boom, and go to WORK
on the terms named in our extraordinary offer
We would like to have the address OF all the
agents, sewing machine solicitors and earpSn-
tiers in the country, and ask any reader OF thus
paper who reads this offer, to send US at once
the name and address of all such they know
Address at once or you will lose the best chance
ever offered to those out of en- pioyment 10 make
money. RE.aKR MANUFACTURING Co.,
rr6 Smlthhai5 St, PittSburg, Pa
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BOLD BURGLARS.-On last Friday
night about 1880 O'Clock, Mr.. c. A.
Miller, of the firm of J. H. Miller &
Sons, doing business at the old G. c..
Janney stand, discovered one of the
outer doors OF their ware house open,
and upon entering, he was met by a
man who presented a pistol at his
head, saying that if he made any
noise, he would blow his brains out.
Mr.. Miller being unarmed, had to
submit, but soon made his escape
through back window, and proceed
ed to summon the police, but when
they got back, the burglars had gotten
away. They were three of them, all
white, and they had drilled two holes
in the safe door, before they were dis
turbed, but had not succeeded in fore
ing an entrance. They got away with
two over-coats, and some other arti-
cles of clothing, the property of Mr..
Miller and Mr.. Henry Noll. Mr..
Daniel Sloan, the night Waterman of
the B. & 0. r. r. Company, saw one
of the burglars as he was escaping
from the ware house. and gave chase,
pursuing him as far as the Hannis
Distillery, where he lost his man. He
fred at him three times, but did not
succeed in bringing him down. On
the same night, the Office of 1. l.. Ben
der and Bro, was entered and their
safe opened, it is supposed by mem
bers of the same gang, but only very
small amount of change had been left
in the safe and the robbers were not
paid for their trouble.
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LETTER FROM MICHIGAN.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 4th 1885,
Mr.. Editor: Thinking a few items
from this northern country might be
OF interest to some of your many
readers l take this opportunity to
send you a few, if you will be so kind
as to publish them.
In the first place l will say that
The HERALD is welcome weekly
visitor, and / would not be without it
for double its cost; every week it
brings the news of what my far-away
friends are doing, and what is daily
happening in my native state.
We have had very pleasant fall,
there being no snow or cold weather
of any account until yesterday, when
we got about a 4-inch snow and the
mercury fell to Is above zero.
Our firemen were gotten out the
other night on double-quick to ex-
tinguish what they supposed to be a
fire in the fourth ward, but which
turned out to be nothing more or less
than the Aurora Borealis. They
didn't extinguish it. 1 hate to give
our firemen away in this shape, but
the story is too good to keep.
j. A. Leisure, my brother, killed a
fox squirrel the 9th ult., that weigh
oil 4 Yor,,pdc opd ~ o,,,ooo ,1.a.nal
Can any of my w. Va. friends beat
it.
r. III. Holmes, of Lansing, Mich,
raised turnip this year that weigh
ed II pounds and IA ounces, and a car
rot that measured IA inches in circum-
ference. If John III. Shackleford,
(who is noted for good stories, or any
of the old West Virginians can beat
this, will they please come forward.
The corn crop this year was excel
lent, and corn is selling for from Is to
22c. per blu. Flour $500 to s4.75,
Cornmeal S1.l0 per cwt. Oats IS to
23c. Potatoes % to soc. Butter Tic.
Eggs 1Sc. Hams 10c. Sides Sc. Shout
ders &c. Lard &c. Spring chicken
&c. Duck IS to zoe. per piece. Ap-
pies 10 to 25c. Wages are SIG to So
per month with board; Sl.0O to 81. %
at day with board.
Well, as I have said about all that
would be of any interest to youl
readers / will close by saying that il
any of your readers who read this
wish to know anything about Mich.
gan and will enclose two stamps te
my address will give them full par
/ ticulars.
Wishing you and THE HERALD
success and prosperity, 1 remain
Yours, Respectfully.
j. D. LEISURE,
BOX 6lo. Lansing, Mich,
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Mr.. j. A. Darr, of the firm of ]. A.
Darr & Son, contractors and painters,
of Philadelphia, died in this place on
Saturday last. The circumstances
surrounding his death are sad indeed.
He was called here to wait at the bed
side of his son, conductor William H..
Darr, who a short time ago met with
a severe accident by having both legs
crushed under the cars at Shippens-
burg, Pa, an account of which was
published in these columns. Mr.. Darr
was taken with erysipelas which caus-
ed his death. Deceased was in his 59th
year. He leaves wife, five sons,
two daughters and large number of
friends to mourn his loss. His re-
mains were taken to his home in Al
toona, Pa, for burial.
| Conductor Darr, the injured son, is
recovering from his injuries, and the
sympathyIof our entire community is
extended to him in this hour of deep
distress.
Col. w. F. NJ. Mccartney, geoIo-
gist and engineer, on behalf of a syn
dictate Of Western Pennsylvania CAPT
talists, has been prospecting in the
/ iuOuubdIuo JuSb Wcot VI OlcdTSpEiDk,
this county, and claims to have dis
covered oil and gass in vast quanti-
ties, and has already obtained leases
from over fifty persons, embracing
nearly sixteen thousand acres of
Mountain land. 1t is the purpose oil
the syndicate to begin operations on
an extensive scale in the early spring.
Quarries will be opened and oil wells
sunk. The idea now is to carry the
natural gas from the mountains by
way of iron pipes laid along the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Wash
ington and Baltimore and all the
neighboring cities and towns. The
area of the land already leased ex'
tends from Clearspring to Hancock, 6
distance offifteen miles. Leases upoT
large tracts near Cumberland have
also been obtained, but the prospect.
there are not near so promising as il
Washington county. - Wilidmspor
Leader.
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Miss Cinnie West is visiting friends
and relatives at East Berlin. Pa.

Miss Cinnie West is visiting friends
and relatives at East Berlin, Pa.
We are sorry to hear of the death
of Walker Linton, son of Fred'k Lin
ton of this county, which occurred at
Aurelia, Iowa, on the 18th ult., after
a brief illness.
Weinadvertently omitted last week
to record the marriage of Mr.. Harri-
son Mccormack and Miss Annie
Snapp, both of this place. which was
solemnized by Rev. f. A. Strother,
at Brucetown, on the 9th ult. We
give them best wishes for the great
est happiness and prosperity.
1t seems like old times to see Mrs.
John ID. Gordon on our streets. She
is spending a few days with friends in
the village; we are glad to hear that
her health is much improved.
A most enjoyable family reunion
was held at the residence ofMr. Sam'l
McKown last Saturday. All his chill.
dren-son and daughters, sons-in-law
and daughter-in-law and grand-chil-
dren gathered beneath the hospita-
BILE roof and spent most delightful
day. May they have many such
meetings, and the " old folks at home''
live long to enjoy the filial love Of
their descendants, and the esteem OF
all who know them.-G erdrdstO,u1
Times,
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TROUBLE WITHIN THE b. & o.
There is big row in Baltimore and
Ohio railroad circles, and the resigna-
ton of General Manager Dunham
may be expected at any time. The
Trans-Ohio division has been more or
less blockaded for several weeks past,
through lack ofcars and motive power
seems to be the real reasons. Said
well posted employee of the company;
Durham may be blamed with permit
ting agents to receive and sign for
freight when he knew or should have
known that it could not be hauled, but
the want of locomotives is probably
rather due to Garrett than to anybody
else. The recent tour ofinspection by
President Garrett and Vice. President
King, and the surrender of the coke
trade to the Pennsylvania has opened
the eyes of the former to the true con-
dition of the Baltimore and Ohio
transportation department to-day
CO,vleilsrille Courier.
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DEC. II, 1886.
NEIGHB0RIHG NEWS.
From The .Mepherdsto,crs Register.

from The ShepAertfst0icn Register.
The wheat is looking spiendidly
throughout Jefferson county. The
late rains have given it good start
and the fields are solidly green.
We are Informed that considerable
corn is yet to be gathered by the far
mers. The crop this year was an
enormous one, but the low price is
not very encouraging.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-In the Circuit
Court on Monday the case of r. G..
Burkhart against the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company was tried, a
verdict for S444 in favor of Mr.. Burk-
hart being rendered.
BURGLARY.-On Wednesday night
burglar or burglars broke into the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad depot at
Shepherdstown, blew open the safe
and escaped with the contents, which
amounted to about S25. They got
into the building by bursting open
the door, and then proceeded to drill
in the safe. This done, they poured
in their powder and set it off, wreck
ing the safe completely. They then
opened couple of sample trunks in
the station, and scattered the contents
about, but did not take anything.
They also visited the office of Super
visor Fitzgerald, and entered it in
their burglarious way. They ransack-
ed the Office generally, but did not
succeed in finding anything that suit
ed their fancy, There is. So far as we
learn, no clue to the thieves, but it is
great pity they cannot be caught.
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CAPTAIN BOsT BADLY INJURED
FREDERICK, December 6.-An acct
dent occurred on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad at an early hour yester-
day morning near Bush Creek station,
IN which Captain Bost, of Martins
burg, an old and trusted employee of
the company, was almost fatally in
lured. His train was standing on the
main track, when another freight
came along at a rapid rate, crushing
INTO the caboose of Captain Bost's
Tram, wrecking it and pinning him
against the rear wall of the caboose
between that and a hot stove. His
body and limbs were severely burned
and crushed. The engineer of the
approaching train failed to see Bost's
uaih orthe signal. At the time the
SHOW storm was almost binding.
captain Bost was brought to this city
ana taken to the Homer House, where
lie has since remained under treat
meht OF DR.. Charles Smith. His in
Jufles are serious and may yet prove
la'"I' His wife and family were sent
or yesterday; also the family clergy
uan, Rev. r. c. Holland, all of Mar
tinsburg.
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| From the Marlesto,cn Papers.

Mr.. II. NJ. Smith, a married man
with three children, Of Myerstown in
this county, had a hearing before JUS
tice David Howell, of this place, last
Saturday, on charge of conveying
and secreting from her parents, Ida
Foulk, an attractive sixteen ear-old
daughter of Mr.. Geo. F. Foulk, of the
same locality. The Justice determined
to hold the prisoner to bail, in the
sum of $500, to answer before the next
grand jury.
| Capt. Lewis Barley, veteran pas
senger conductor in the service of the
B. & o. r. r., on Friday of last week
took his last trip, the company having
pensioned him at Sl.25 per day.
Mr.. Henry C. Hunter, aged about
Sc years, son of Hon. Andrew Hun
ter, of this place, died on Friday
morning last, after sickness of about
a week. Mr.. Hunter like his father,
was a lawyer by profession, and in
early life was one of the most brilliant
young orators among the legal minds
of this section. Since the war, how
ever, the profession had become dis
tasteful to him and he had retired
therefrom, as well as in great meas
ure from general society, to the great
regret of host of friends, who fully
expected to see him mount high on
the ladder of legal and political fame,
to which his attachments were fully
capable of raising him.
A number of gentlemen represent
ing the incorporates of the Lanston
Type Machine Co., a company char
tered under the laws of this State,
completed their organization by the
election of eleven Directors, all of
whom reside in Washington city. This
company owns the patents and ma
chinery for new system Of printing,
by which the office of the type-set-
ter is to be superseded by an automat-
ic machine which is to make the type
in the order to which they are to be
used and set them up in galleys justi-
fed and ready for the press. The
type are only to be used once, and are
then knocked into "pi" and thrown
into the crucible to be melted and
formed into other type for the next
process. The inventor is Mr.. Tolbert
Lanston, an Attorney of Washington.
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FOURTH WARD REPORT.

| Div. A.--November 1886. Whole
number enrolled SO. Average daily
attendance &c. Per cent. of atten-
dance SS. Names of those having 90
or more marks for perfect Rotations
during the month: The first numbers
represent head-marks, the second
perfect marks,-M. Brady IS, II; E..
Brown 8, 81; K. Brown 6, 81; G. En-
gle 7, ga; E. Shaffer 19, 10; NJ. Tabler
6, so; R. Tabler 5, Sc; S. Wellinger
16, 70; M. Zimmerman IA, Is.
B Class.-C. Engle Is, 80; F. Bach
man II, IS; j. Boyer 10. 10; A. Deck
10, 81; L. Davern 81, IA; 1. Jones Z,
%; j. Mendenhal 6, 10; M. Price 8,
20; G. Smith 2, So; w. Stevens II,
20; L. Tabler 8, 20; A. Williams Is,
20; B. Wilger 5, so; ]. Byers IA, 10;
K. Weiskittle 5, 72; N. Seckman 10,
A.. ]. L. E. COMBS, Principal.
Number of Head-marks in Div. B
for Nov.-Birdie Shove 5, Minnie
Wilger 5, Carrie Shulky IL, Annie
Rumple 8, Maud Combs 9, Cora Heck
8, May Mcdonald 7, Rose V. Cage s,
Georgia Rust 10, Julia Smith, Bertha
Clark s, Lottie Stewart Z, ELLA Davis
Is, Annie Flora s, Katie Bowyer 8,
Rose Harrington 7, Katie Rust 8.
Rose Welty 6, Ida Wellinger IS, Mi
ron Mendenhall 10, Ernest Kline s,
John Tangy Z, John Kindle 6, Charlie
Grozinger s, Newton Cages 8, Charles
Vanmeter 5, Harry Jakes 5, Charlie
Cage 4, Eph. Williams 5, Charlie
Tabler 7, Willie Mcdonald 5, Willie
Mcdonald 8, Willie Browning 8, Ell
mer Harrington 2, Frank Butts 2.
KATIE A. AHERN, Teacher.
Div. C.-Number enrolled, 40; per
cent. of attendance, "a; neither abb
sent nor tardy: Alice Rathman, Will
lie Rathman, John Bratt. Present
each day: Lulu Stevens, Florence
Davis. Rosa Teter, Lizzie Dawson,
Emma Hall, Bessie Nudge, Ida Rus
sci, Charlie Brady, Ward Heck, Frank
Kendall, Sammie Heck, Frank Bow
ers, Ira Tabler. Highest number
head-marks Emma Hall s, Alice
Rathman 6. Willie Keedy 5, Epha
Smith 5, Charlie Forney 5, Sammie
Heck 5, Ada voorhees, 5, Lizzie Daw-
son 5, Katie Engel5. LoTTIE MCKEE.
Div. D.-Number enrolled 10Y; per
cent. of attendance, "a; highest num-
Der Of head-marks Helen Boyer 7,
Annie Harrington 7, Lizzie Grozlnger
5, Annie Davern 5, Samuel Wilger 5,
Ben Williams 5. Department: Lille
Roach, Lizzie Grozinger, Grace Tan
eye, Phena Willinger, Mary Long,
Annie Harrington, Helen Boyer, Leila
Keefer, Mamie Garvey, Lottie O'Bri-
en-, Daily Loman, Bessie Kindle, An
ME Douglass, BERTHE Forney, Annie
Stanley, Essie Johnson, Daisy Tabler,
Flora Bowers. Elite Wilger, Essie
Rockwell, Gertie Rockwell, Mary
Cashmere, Walter Brown, Charlie
Green, Daniel Cage, Artie Stanley,
Harry Stephens, Warren Williams,
Robert Nudge, Pattie Smith. Henry
Vanmetre, Eddie Cage, Willie john
son, Clifton Flora, Jacob Roach, Sam
uel Wilger, Lawrence Tabler, Ben
Williams, Willie Sheets, Harry Butts,
Buddy Hines, Charlie Long. Neither
absent nor tardy: Ella Davern, Flor
ence Gilpin, Annie Davern, Daisy
Tabler, Elite Wilger, Harry Stephens,
Lawrence Tabler, John Gilpin, Harry
Rumples. Philip Green.
ENnDs SEIrDD
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LEEToWN NEWS.

At Berryville, Va, on the "a OF
Nov, 1886, the solemn contract OF
matrimony was entered into by Mr..
VIM. M. Hardesty and Miss Minnie
F. Carter, both of Clarke Co., Va. The
marriage took place in the M. E.
Church s. and Rev. F. A. Strother
was the officiating minister. Quite a
number of the happy couple were
present to witness the ceremony and
to extend them their congratulations
and best wishes for their future we'd
ded lives. The Bride looked charm
ing, of course,-as she always did, and
the Groom struggled hard to suppress
too great an exhibition of his happi-
ness, and to deport himself with the
gravity the occasion required. The
bridesmaids and men, who were wait
ers in the order named were, Miss
Ionic Carter, Miss Meta Cobb, and
Miss Ella Harfesty; Mr.. Victor N.Y.
erby, Mr.. Glen Grant, and Mr.. Joseph
Quinn. These ladies wore their sweet
smiles of course while the men with
a look of no melancholy appearance
testified that while they witnessed
the suspicious nuptial the solemn in
junction came upon them with full
force, go thou and do likewise"
The writer adds his congratulations
and good wishes to the many that
have been extended to the happy
couple.
Two things certain,-death and tax.
Why not add weddings and compile
the trio?
The prognosticators who several
weeks ago predicted blizzard from
Dec. lst to the 9th. stating that it
would reach the middle and Atlantic
States about the 5th, should receive
his disploma and he dismissed. N. r.
Roberts says the storm 3 more severe
farther North, even at Hedgesyille,
guess he knows.
Mrs. Eugene Baker, who was very
ill during the past week, we are glad
to state is convalescing.
Gustave B. Wiltshire is visiting
friends in New York City.
Mrs. Bette Burnett, nee Campbell,
who has been visiting relatives in this
vicinity, returned to her home, Bran
dy Station, Va, last week.
The Dunkards will have Love- feast,
Lords Supper, &C., at Vancleves-
vile next Saturday.
Dec 9Th 1895 K
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If You Want to Know

Why you continue to suffer from various
Z" ills that flesh is heir to-" why your
complaints remain obstinate in spite of
efforts to cure by home doctors and
patent medicines, you should consult a
specialist in chronic diseases. DIR. Foote,
of 1870 Lexington avenue, N. Y, has
made a special study of them for thirty
years, and he may be able to give you
some points worth knowing. 1t will
only cost you paper and postage to state
your case, and get the opinion of a physi-
clan of large experience. DR.. Foote is
the author of plain Home Talk and
Medical Common Sense" of which the
Rev. A II. Bryant has written: II am
positively charmed with it; / have not
met before with such a useful and valua-
BILE book as this of yours.
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From the Morgan Co. Papers.l

From the Morgan Co. Papers.
LATE Corbin shot nice young doe
last Saturday.
The thermometer stood 90 above
zero Thursday morning.
Tice Widmeyer had his. hand badly
frozen when on his way to town on
Thursday.
The firm of Patterson & Co., the
Fruit Hill butchers, this week moved
to Martinsburg.
Mr.. John Fritzman killed and
brought to town fine three pronged
buck on Monday.
There have been more fine wild
turkeys brought to market this season
than we ever knew of before.
Will Buzzard went to Martinsburg
this week to move his family to this
place. He will occupy portion of
the st. Elmo Hotel.
Mr.. VIM. Widmeyer brought the
boss porker to to town on Monday. 1t
weighed 51S pounds. This "takes
the cake" so far as heard from. Next |!
Our friend Gotleib Webster, Jr., is
surely proud of the district in which
he lives. He says in Allen District
they have more Republicans than in
any other District in the county, more
thrifty farmers, more big hogs, more
big corn and more pretty girls. Well,
GOtleib, we were about to contradict
part of the above, but after second
thought have come to the conclusion
that you are near about right. Go up
head.
The cross-tie BUSINESS seems to be
dull this winter. Probably our farm
ers have realized the importance of
boarding up their timber to fence
their farms. Their wanton destruc-
| ton of timber in the county of Nor
gan has left many farms without tim
Der enough to fence them, and it will
be but short time, if this thing goes
on, until Morgan county will be one
vast waste of open land. Those inter
ested had better take warning in time.
DIR. n. B. w. Rau received tele-
gram on Monday night bringing him
the sad news that his brother John
had been found dead in bed at his
home in Edinburg, Va. He was aged
25 years. He died of rapid consump-
ton.
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a New GRAPE.-Mr. Enoch Hedg-
es is introducing new grape called
Niagara, from the nurseries of Her
rick & Co., Brighton, N. J. They are
very fine in flavor and are winter
grape, the cluster presented to us
tasting as fresh as if only plucked
from the vine. They bear abundant
ly and are easily cultivated. 1t is
something for this country and eli
mate and farmers should try it. Mr..
+. G. Hedges, of Martinsburg, very
worthy and reliable gentleman, rep
resents the nursery here.
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A BARREL OF CANDY

Now and during the holidays, lasting
80 days, you can save 90 per cent. if you
buy Your boots and shoes from John
Lyons. He has big lot of misses and
children's shoes. a. Remember that
each one of my customers gets a nice
present in the form of a barrel of candy.
So for your money you get something to
wear. something to keep and something
to eat. JOHN LYONS, Mobiles old stand
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Mr.. David We'll has returned from
his trip to Europe.

Mr.. Arthur's last words spoken in
scarcely audible tones and address.
ed to no one in particular, were as
simply beautiful as his life had been.
They were uttered while the dying
mans eyes were closed and while he
still suffered severe physical pain.
" Good night" he said, and was
quiet for moment, and then "good
night in still lower tones. When
the watchers looked again he had
fallen asleep,