Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.
SATURDAY, NOVBEMER "a, 1883.
AL. G.. FIELDS Minstrels.

AL. G.. FIELDS Minstrels.
BucKwHEAT cakes. 0 my!
APPLES are plentiful and dirt cheap.
BurcHERINa is the order of the
day. Squealing pigs.
For cheap goods go to G. W. Hoke
he is selling out.
GoBBLE gobble | gobble u The
poor turkey sings his sad death song.
IT is just bit early-but Christ
mas goods are identifying the store
windows.
THE Stock of Blank Books at Burdette's
Book Store is very CONF lete- all sizes and
quality. Special prices to merchants.
Note the new time table of the B.
& o. Quitea change inthe arrival
of the mails.
DID you notice the many new silk
hats out promenading last Sunday
Ben won them for the boys.
CAMPAIGN LIE and Election Bet,
are two girls who now will soon be
forgotten
"THE Late Mrs. Null' by Stockton, ''Sa-
mantha at Saratoga" "Hiaden Hand" by
Mrs. Southworth and many other good
works recently added to Burdett's circula-
ting library.
LIVES there man with soul so
dead, who ever to himself has said,
the best Of all is the baker bread.
An endless chain of certificates
verify the excellence Of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Price Is cents.
A MAN in Winchester was acquitted
OF stealing sausage because link
was wanting.
If old Hawkins" doesn't come
around soon, we will be sadly mista-
ken. He is deoeiving old fellow,
anyhow.
WALL. Paper at greatly reduced prices
at Burdette's-prices range from to scots.
All grades guaranteed full yards to the
roll instead of and yards, usually sold.
DoN'r forget the entertainment of
the Martinsburg MINISTRIES at the
Academy of Music, on the nights Of
the Goth and 30th.
Mr.. JOSEPH MILLER lost two fin
gers, while coupling cars on Monday.
There seems to be 70 end to railroad
accidents.
SATURDAY night last the Rink was
crowded. 1t looked like old times
to see the boys and girls gracefully
gliding around the floor.
GIRLS, about five weeks more and
Leap Year is ended. Why stand We
all day idle The harvest ia great,
but the reapers are few.
WHY is an unpaid subscription bill
like a bottomless chair? Chorus of
county editors: because it needs
receipting."
To the small boys mind, Thanks
giving is only second to Christmas
in point of"goodies" and enjoyment.
1t also is appreciated by physicians
THE Band and Firemen's fairs are
the same week. Why not quietly
change the dates, so both will be pat
ronized to an advantage?
Babies cry because they suffer
and the most reliable remedy for the
relief of their discomfort is DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup. Only 25 cents bot
tie.
DID you notice that cow in the
parade 2 She was the identical one
that performed the wonderful feat of
kicking a hole in Barnum's demo-
cratic mule and tossing John Bull
back to his home Of poverty and
suffering, both at once. Good cow.
DID you notice Pat Cunningham
in the parade, all dressed up in
woman's toga? He was paying
bet made with Henry Fitz. Some of
the boys were "badly mashed" on
Pat.
A cat sat on the back fence,
His comrades all had fed,
And as a natural consequence
Things flew about his head
Boot-iacks, bottles. stools and bricks,
The neighbors wild did fire,
Rut he his chopS did calmly lick