Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-01-26
BY THE WAY.

January is skipping out.
Everybody is jogging into matri-
ny.
Court and counting are closely al
lied.
There are no flies on Lewis Bells
corn salves.
1t is time for the demmies to get
away quick
The "Man About Town" is a bit
indisposed.
George Smith and Brother Jones
are two Jolly good fellows.
Ifgocd people die young there are
a good many sinners found at shows.
Martinsburg is the . Queen of the
Valley so far as pretty girls are
concerned.
Religion is sometimes unpleasant
Especially il the cook is too religious
to prepare a good meal on Sunday.
Some people expect country edi
tors to live on air and wear their old
clothes. None of that. Come, pay
your good $500.
The man who painted our office
cat black and striped her with green,
may get through life very successful
but that cat win be around when
he is called up to balance the book.
Rev. Hippo said there was man
in car once so absent minded that
he bent over the seat and scratched
an old maids head for his own. 1t
was dreadful thing--for he had to
marry her.
The rose of summer droops and dies.
Beneath the autumn chill
Yet DER the cold and withered leaves,
The fragrance fingers still.
It's glorious hues are faded now,
Its beauty passed away.
Yet sweetness still survives in death,
And mingles with decay.
So, lifts by dark impulses swayed,
And earthly currents drifted,
Grows beautiful through inward grace,
BY truth and faith uplifted,
Around the life that's purely lived
Inherent beauty fingers,
Unchilled by Times remorseful hand,
BY Quilts profaning fingers
AGREED TO DIsAaREE.-A case of
some interest in the Circuit Court
this week, wss that of Delilah Van
metre VS.. the Corporation of Mar
tinsburg. Some time in the fall Of
1887, the Council had Hoogie street
drained by cutting down and filing
up. The Vanmetre property fronts
on that street, and the plaintiff en-
tered suit, claiming that by reason
of the failure Of the water to run off
as it had prior to the grading on the
street, her property had been dam
aged 5000, by the flooding of the
same. The defence set up was that
the property had been flooded by
water from adjoining lots before said
improvements were made; that Mrs.
Vanmetre had failed to lay pave
ment and to fix the gutter, as she
was required by law, and that if any
such flooding really occurred, it was
attributable to her own negligence.
The case occupied Wednesday and
Thursday. The plaintiff was repre-
scented by Messrs. d. @. Westenha-
yer and Hugh A. White, and the
Corporation by its attorney, j. Nell
son Wisner, ssand U. S. Grant Pitzer.
Lengthy arguments were made by
each of these gentlemen The jury,
after remaining out over an hour,
failed to agree, and were discharged.
This, virtually leaves the case where
it began.
EVERY scat was occupied when the
curtain went up at the Academy OF
Music on Hi Henry's Minstrels,
Thursday night. The entertainment
was decidedly an excellent one
Astounding in fresh jokes, good sing
ing and dancing, and ludicrous short
plays. The cornet solos by Hi Hen
ry were of the highest order. We
are glad so large a house greeted
them. The whole troupe lived in
their handsome special car, while
here. 1t is richly furnished, and in
good keeping with the handsome cos
tunes and excellent performance of
the artists.
+" BoccACcTo.'- Adapted by native
graces and aided by art for the part
of Boccaccion in Won Suppe's
bright comic opera of that name.
Miss JEANNE Winston last night es-
pecially delighted large audienceat
the Grand Opera House. Her fine
figure, martial appearance, alertness
of movement, vivacity, piquancy.
general versatility and vocal attain