Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-01-19


land. Mr.. Frank Landers will take
his place here.
LADIES Gum Shoes, only CSC, at
C. p. Herring's Clearance Sale, Cor
Queen and Martin SITS. j.ls,3t
DR.. G. B. HEDGES was presented
with beautiful pin by the Order Of
Tonti, for having brought in the
most members within given time.
PERSONS interested in the estab-
lishment of the stocking factory here,
will please meet in the Office of Faux
ner & Ingles, next Tuesday night.
How many business men can be
gotten to pay 25 cents per week to-
wards supporting first class base
ball team here this season.
POLITICAL bummers are always af-
ter the contents Of bar'l, but offer
them those of barrel of a gun and
they usually decline with thanks.
JNo. w. MARTIN, Jno. w. Pitzer
and Joseph l.. Cline have been APP
pointed by the Court to fill vacan-
cies in the Board of Trustees of the
M. e. Church, of this city.
SQUIRE MCKEE has been kept so
busy during the last two weeks that
Ed. has been employed writing bonds,
summons, etc. The more the mer-
rier.
You may know an old bachelor by
the fact that he always speaks Of a
baby as IT."
So do retired maidens and purling
young men. Poor creatures; mex
perience is a dreadful thing.
NEXT Monday night "Deadwood
Dick" a novel and exciting per-
fermance, will be given at the Gen.
trail Opera House. 1t is said to be
most excellent.
CARDS are out for the marriage of
| Miss Mamie Doll, daughter of Mr..
G. w. Doll, to Mr.. Davis, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, at the Reformed church
on Tuesday next.
WILLIAM, son of Mrs. Catherine
Fohy, of this place, lost his life in a
railroad accident near Chicago, last
week. He leaves wife and two
children.
AGENT John T. Martin, of the B.
| & o., informs us that the road will
soon dispense with stoves in the
coaches and substitute steam.
We understand that great many
| of our business men are anxious to
see first class base ball team here
| next season. Boom her up. We
| have the material
AN enterprising boy could set up
quite rubber store if he would go
about the streets and pick up all the
| artics and overshoes that are snugly
ensconced in the mud.
THERE is no real objection after all
to having men go out between acts
at the Opera House. The objection
is having them come back.
"WILL they miss me at home when
/ wed ~ asks a sentimental poetess.
Hardly. No young woman is ever
missed again after she has got mar
ried.
WE are under many obligations to
the Baltimore San for it's annual al
manac. 1t is very useful one, full
of information, and one which we
should very much dislike to be with
out.
THE jolly, smiling faces of Louis
and Charlie Brown, of Charlestown,
were seen here on Sunday and Mon
day. They are two of old Jefferson's
most deserving and successful young
business men.
In noticing the Rutledge-Feldma
marriage last week, the name of Mr..
Adrian G. Nadenbousch was inadver-
tently omitted, as one of the ushers.
We are sorry the mistake occurred.
HIS face IS expressionless, hat
denied in, talks in mournful dejec-
tion, sees you block off, won't be
set down on,-this introduces to the
reader the restless and pernicious
office-secker.
THE saucy crocuses that are alrea-
dy peeping above the brown mold,
will be mighty sorry they ventured
forth without their fur-lined circu-
lars when the first blizzard comes
this way.
THE ladies of the M. Il. Church at
Bunker Hill, will hold an oyster sup
per and fair on Thursday and Fri