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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

The Troy Press quoted Martin
Farquhar Tupper's words "a babe
in the house is a veil spring OF pleas
ure," and added: /" lie did not sue.
coed in convincing all the fashion.
able world. however" This led the
Rochester Union to make an iDvesti.
cation. 1t selected four wards, 10.
Guiding portions of the city distinct.
ly fashionable-the third, fourth and
seventh and eighth, and four wards,
the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth, where there is little
either of wealth or display, aud con.
suited the returns of births for Nov
ember. The result showed that of
the "swell" wards tie third had
during the month two births; the
fourth one; the seventh, two, and
the tenth, two. OF the other wards,
the eleventh bad nine; and the six.
teenth, eighteen births. Total for
fashion, seven births total for toll,
fifty four. Where is the 400 Of the
future to come from?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
NO. III OT hsIIW IUWTIs
n House and Lot on
side OF Maple Avenue, between
] King Streets. being pant of Lot No.
BEDINGToN NEWS.

Miss Lothian Ditto is in Middle
town. Md.
Miss Mary Bowers, of Gerards-
town, is the guest of Miss Bessie Por-
| terrified.
Miss Nettie Merchent, of Van
clevesville is visiting her friends and
relatives in this section.
Mr.. Jos. Porterfeld was taken sud
denly i'll on Friday last. am pleas.
ed to note his convalescence.
Mr.. Adam Keller and bride have
returned home from their tour
The new residence of Mrs. Will
helm on Main Street add much to the
appearance of our town.
We had the pleasure of attending
the Christmas entertainments at Bed
ington, Falling Waters and Harmony
and can speak in the highest terms
of all. They were just splendid.
The Bender-Carney wedding came
off on Friday evening in royal style !;
many friends had been invited.
Many costly presents were received.
A repast that would tempt the most
pronounced epicure was spread freely
partaken of. Mr.. Xenophon Poole
and Miss Lottie Anderson acting as
grOomsman and bridesmaid. A jolly
calithumpian band serenaded them.
Long may they live in peace and
prosperity its fortune bestow.
AS heretofore announced Miss Lau-
ra Riner received her many friends
on Friday evening last and entertain
ed them in most enjoyable way.
The announcement of and invita-
tions to, brought gay and blithe-
some crowd, bent upon pleasure, to
her party. At about O'Clock the
gay crowd tall joined hand and circl-
ed TO the left to the strains of the
violin and the gay dance had begun.
Round and round, almost unceasing-
ly did they go until half past two in
the morning. Refreshments of the
best were served and the gay crowd
admonished by Morpheus that il was
time TO disperse, took their departure,
not however until all had expressed
themselves as having spent most en-
joyable evening. 1t was an evening
long to be remembered.
EDMUND.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
Just as complete stocks
in all lines of Dry Goods.
JOS. HORNE & CO.,
609-621 Penn. Ave,
PITTSBURGH, Pa

Over one hundred head of cattle
said to be affected with lump.jaw
were shot in Chicago.
Captain O'Shea, ex member of the
British House of Commons, has
petitioned for divorce from his wife
on the ground OF adultery. naming
Charles Stewart Parnell as core
spondent.
A mob OF white men raided the
Jail at Barnwell Court House, S. c..
and shot to death eight negro prise.
ners.
Eleven persons were killed and
several injured in the wreck of a
passenger train on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, near White Sui.
phur Springs.
A tree fell upon a sleigh contain
ing six young men driving along a
road near Vancouver, b. c., killing
four of the occupants and the houses.
Before the House WAYS and
Means Committee arguments were
made in favor of the continued pro.
lection of the coal and iron interests
of the South. 1t was shown in this
convention that the providing OF the
colored people with work Gas init
mately associated with the solution
of the race problem.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

La Grippe (infuenza) loves a
shining mark, and has attacked
many of the leading persouages OF
Europe. In Paris it is raging at its
worst, and is pronounced as fearful
in its ravages as cholera. The doc
tors connot get it under control.
Quinine and the like medicines have
no effect. Four hundred deaths in
Paris on Christmas day; thousands
of cases turn into throat and lung
diseases. In this country it is
numbering its victims in all the
large cities in the East and West.
Hospitals are crowded. 1t IS also
spreading through the country,
attacking horses in some instances
as we'll as human beings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
THE CLOSING OF THE YEAR.

A few more days and the year
which to some has brought happi.
ness, to others sadness, will be add
ed to those that have passed before
it. Many will during the present
month sit in retrospective thought
over the events which have marked
the year in their lives. To the young
the years speed not fast enough; to
the old they are all too short The
young employ the closing of one
year in ambitious planning for the
next, the aged muse over the events
of the past and contemplate the
mysteries of the future. In the lives
Of some the year has proved mem
orable one, while in those of others
it is suggestive OF no special events.
The hopes of one have reached
| fruition, the aspirations of another
have fallen short ofsuccess, and thus
the last day of December brings
alike pleasant and sad memories.
| Whatever the year Of 1889 has
brought to us, there is a valuable
lesson to be learned. If any 1nder-
taking upon which we entered has
proved unsuccessful. we can nov, on
looking back over the ground, see
more clearly the cause of our failure.
No lesson is so iorcibly learned as
that born of experience. A past
failure ofttimes points to a future
success, if we but profit by the les
son. No year is wasted which brings
us to a clear realization of our indi
vidual worth and its best employ
ment. The experiences of the old
year will make our successes during
the new more assured, for we will
have learned what shoals to avoid in
the sea of life. II our bark has Just
ground over the rocky reefs with but
light injury, let us feel thankful that
we were not entirely wrecked. To
the successful, the truth has been
taught that the best success is that
which is borne with modesty and an
humble exterior. 1t is poor success
that brings with it an outward self
consciousness of our talents or gifts.
The most admired and beloved men
and women are those who combine
prosperity with modesty. Aud thus
to all, the year can be fruitful OF
good results, if we but extract from
our individual experiences only that
which will be best and most profit
able for us to remember. Then we
shall be better prepared to enter
upon the new year with wisdom, zeal
and energy.-Ladies' Home Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
NORTH MOUNTAIN.

We had pleasant day for Christ
mas.
The health of the neighborhood Is
good.
Mr.. Elijah Lewis and son spent their
Christmas at Bunker Hill with MS
relatives.
Mr.. Michael Thaderick and wife, OF
Sleepy Creek, spent q few days last
week at Mr.. Oliver Aliens.
MIR, VIM. Hearagary and wife, OF
Harper,s Ferry, spent Saturday and
Sunday in Hedgesville.
Mr.. Allen Wandling spent Satur-
day with his brother David.
Miss Sarah Donaldson spent ner
Christmas with her brother James on
Dry Run.
Miss Sallie Shields, an old and re-
spectacle lady, died on Thursday at
North Mountain cut and was buried
on Friday at Little Georgetown. May
she rest in peace.
Mrs. Annie Henson, of Martinsburg,
is visiting her sister Mrs. Seibert
Speck.
Mrs. Agnes Fealty and Miss Byers,
of Newtown. were visiting Mrs. Elch-
elberger on Sunday last.
Mrs. Mary Hull and son spent a
few days in Hancock last week.
Mr.. Grant Hull aud his intended
spent Sunday last in Hancock.
MIR. Charles and family returned
home on Saturday from Bloomington,
much pleased with their trip.
Mr.. W. Fl, Wright was visiting his
niece Mrs. Adam Schmitt, in Mar
tinsburg, on Christmas. ..
Mr.. Daniel Keesecker was visiting
his father near Oakton several days
this week.
DR.. Stone and Vim. Milber, of
Frederick, were spending few days
with Mr.. James B. Clary this week.
Mr.. John Warrington and wife were
visiting at Sir Johns Run this week.
In the Presbyterian Church at Fall
| ing Waters, Dec. 3lst, Mr.. David
Newkirk and Miss Sue Ellis were
made one in the holy bonds of Matri-
monv by the Rev. VIM. l.. Leavell.
CROW.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

The body of Mr.. Amos Reed, who was
killed in the wreck below Point of Rocks
Thursday of last week, was brought up
from Baltimore Saturday evening and
taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs.
G. Lamar The funeral took place Sun
day and large number of people accom-
PANIED the remains to Greenhill Gene
terry, the brother engineers acting as pail
bearers. Mr.. Reed was highly esteemed
gentleman and a popular railroad man.
The train was going at 40 miles an hour
when horse run on the track and was
instantly ground up, throwing the en-
CINE down a 17foot embankment. When
taken out Mr.. Reeds body was found
half out of the cab window, and the low
part of the body crushed.
Amos Reed, the engineer, was 81 years
of age, and has been in the employ of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for more
than thirty-fve years. He served for
about year and a-half as fireman and
was then given a locomotive, and since
then had served the company as en-
gineer. He was regarded as one of the
most capable men in the service, and had
been given a number of important trips.
His locomotive had hauled the car of the
late John w. Garrett on a number of
trips, and had also hauled the car con-
tanning ex-President Cleveland on one or
two of his jaunts. When the new Bald
win locomotives were put upon the road
Mr.. Reed was one of the first men to be
given new one, and it was on this new
locomotive, hardly three months old,
that he met his death. He had been
called at two clock in the morning to
getshis locomotive ready to take out train
No. 10, the main line way train, which
leaves Baltimore at a. M. and runs up
as far as Keyser, w. Va.
He left the train at Martinsburg, at
7:45 a. M, and took No. 6, the Chicago
Limited Express at that place at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon, and went over the en-
bankment to his death at an hour or so
later. Mr.. Reed was twice married, and
leaves three sons and daughter by his
first wife. Two of his sons, Albert w.
and William Amos, are Baltimore and
Ohio railroad engineers, and third. A.
A. Reed, is fireman on the same road.
His daughter is the wife ofC. w. Lamar,
of Martinsburg Mr.. and Mrs. Reed
boarded at No. ITO Johnston St.. BALTIC.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

Otto Leuth, a lad OF seventeen
years, was sentenced to be hanged
at Cleveland, o., for the murder of a
little girl.
Ellen Carroll, while delirious with
the gripn fever, leaped from the
thirdstory window of her home, in
New York city.
Twenty-six young boys OF the
Paupers' School. in the district of
Forest Gate, London, were suffocat-
ed in fire that broke out late at
night.
A $4,000 mortgage CD Henry w.
Grady's home was lifted by Atlanta
friends on the day of his funeral.
A man named Garrett. supposed
to have died of epilepsy at Sandusky,
o., was discovered to be alive in his
coffin when the casket was opened
for last look by his sou. He was
resuscitated so as to be able to speak,
and some hope is entertained of his
final recovery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
SPORTING MATTERS OF NOTE

MARCH. .s#
50 Cambridge won the boat race with Oxford
APRIL.
g. The All-American Baseball players welcomed
in New York from their trip round the
world by banquet at Delnonico's.
MAY.
!. Lord Dunrayen's yacht valkyrie launched
a. Spokane outran Proctor Knott at Louisville
JUNE
S. Duke OF Portland's 3-year-old Donovan won
the Derby
%, Harvard defeated by Yale in boat race at
New London
8. Sullivan defeated Kilrain at Richburg, Miss,
In q seventy FIVE Found fight
10. John Fitzpatrick, referee in the Sullivan Kill
rain fight, surrendered to the authorities;
Rich, owner of the place where the fight
took place, arrested; steps taken to forfeit
the charter OF the New Orleans and North
eastern railroad
AUGUST
n. John L. Sullivan sentenced to twelve months.
imprisonment at Purvis, Miss, for prize
fighting; later his case was appealed and
this acted rs a stay of sentence.
SEPTEMBER
v O'Connor, the osrsman. defeated by Searle on
Thames river, Eng, in a sculling match for
the worlds championship.
Is, w. G. Campbell swan the Niagara rapids in o
cork jacket.
g. Nelson won the $4,000 trotting match for stall.
lions in Boston.
OCTOBER
s. Now York baseball team won the League
championship.
ii. Axtell beat all 3year-old records at Terre
Haute, Ind, by trotting mile in 2:I2.
g. New York baseball club won the Worlds
championship.
NOVEMBER
g. Sunol, M. Stsnfords syearold colt trotted a
mile in 2:l0jS, breaking the three year rec
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
For engrayings on special occ

For eDgravings on special occa-
sions that are works of art and mas
ter-pieces of historical study, the
New York Mail and Express takes
the lead. Its extra editions upon
memorable occasions like church or
state anniversaries are marvels of
artistic merit and literary worth.
The Detroit Free Press comes next
with an illustrated Christmas
Souvenir in the highest style of the
engraver's and printers art,-a Dore
art gallery in pen and pencil,-in
prose and poetry.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
HEDGESvILLE NEWS.

Xmas and New Year came witt
the usual amount of merriment ant
festivity. The boys kept up con
tinual noise during the day with ths
footing of tin horns and fire crackers
Mr.. Jacob Harrison and bride re
turned home last Monday. May theil
sorrows be few and their joys many
is the wish of their friends.
MIR. David Newkirk and Miss Sue
Ellis were married in Falling Waters
Church last Tuesday evening. I'm
mediately after the ceremony they
were driven to the residence of the
bride where quite number partook
ofa sumptuous supper. May pleasure
and happiness attend them all through
the journey of life.
Mr.. E. P. Beall and family are visit
ing friends in Middletown, Va.
The Christmas Eve entertainment
at the 1st M. E. Church was well at
tended and pleasant affair. The
singing was done in fine style, the
recitations were excellent, under the
training of Miss Lucy Siler and Miss
Ella Hanna. There were also several
beautiful and very touching tableau4
which added greatly to the exercises.
At the close Santa Claus made his
appearance which gladdened the
hearts of the little ones. META.
There is a great deal of sickness in
our village.
Miss Minnie Rhinaman spent d
few days in Jefferson this week.
Miss Bessie Harrison spent the hol-
iday week at her home.
Mrs. Gardner and Miss Fannie
Henshaw spent the holidays in Frede.
rick City.
The Sunday School entertainments
in our village passed off pleasantly,
the exercises in all the churches were
good.
Mrs. j. T. Harris gave very pleas
ant social Monday eve in honor of
her sister Miss Ethel Martin.
Rev. S. r.. Snapp was the recip.
lent of some handsome donations
this week from Bedington, Johnson
town and Hedgesville.
Among the~visitors to our village
were Mr.. and Mrs. Summers, Miss
Liza Drenner, Mr.. Will Chapman,
of Alexandria, Va; Messrs. Gilbert,
Christman and Lloyd, of Martins
Stephen City, Va; Mrs. Wiltshire
ana son, of Jefferson; Misses Laura
Eversole and Alice Evers, of Nd;
Mr.. Charles Eversole, of Wheeling /;
Mr.. William Ellis, of Kansas and
Matte Kyner.
Dec. 81, '89. REGULAR.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
EupepSV.

This is what you ought to have, in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars are
spent annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain this boon. And yet
it may be had by all. Weguarantee that
Electric Bltters, if used according to di.
rections and the use persisted in, will
bring you Good Digestion and GUST the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead
Eupepsy. We recommend Electric Bit
tiers for Dyspepsia and all diseases of
Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at
SOC. per bottle by E. G. Williams, Jr., &
Bros, Druggists.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
AMERICAN SENTIMENTS.
GEN. SHERMAN TO THE PAN AMERI-
CAN CONGRESS- IN NEW YORK

sThe United States as a people
seek not to meddie with others. We
seek no moro territories. We have
all we want. We say Godspeed to
Mexico. our nearest neighbour on the
south, and to Canada. on the North,
We say: "Work ont your own solu.
ton, for it is a social problem after
all. Laughter and cheers. We
have forty-two States and some Ter
ritories. That's about as many as
should be united under one system
of government. But to You we
give our hearts, thoughts and feel
ings, and may God bless and pros
per you is the wish of every
American citizen. Loud aud long
cheering.
So, in his advice TO the delegates
to study our country aud its lnstitu-
tons, the same spirit is manifested.
AS, for instance:
We have not only written Con-
stitutien, my foreign friends, but we
have many traditions. One is-no
entangling alliances. l doubt very
much whether in councils in Wash
ington you will form anything like a
treaty; but we welcome your com
ing here to New York, travelling
through GU: Middle and Northern
States, and l hope you will go every,
where, California, Arizona, where
you will hear your own language
spoken, to the farthest north, Pudg-
cts Sound-that used to be Spanish
territory, too, now fiourishing and
beautiful State in this Union OF
forty-two States all pulling togeth-
er, all your friends; all anxious that
you should follow their good exam.
pie; but no force, no persuasion.
There we stand. Ii you find any
thing to initiate, initiate it. If you
find anything that is not so attrac-
tive, let it so by; foc people and
countries differ. What is right for
Chill may not be right for New York
State. The same way with the Ar.
gentine Republic. The same way
with Brazil. [ remember the old
Emperor of Brazil very well, indeed,
and with nothing but the most pro
found respect and affection, personal
~. But if tue people of Brazil want
to be republic-welcome they are
also. Cheers. We cannot raise
our hand to help them. We have
no intention to do so. They are per
fectly able to mind their own bust
ness, and | believe they will. Laugh
ter and cheers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

Ten colored men were killed in
the race riot at Jessup, Ga, original
ing in the killing of a deputy mar
shall by Bob Brewer, colored out
law. The white mob became SO
furious that they even broke into
the jail and killed the colored prison.
ers. Colored women by the dozen
were whipped and otherwise brutal
" used by the mob.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She
was in the last stages of consumption
told by physicians that she was incurable
and could live only short time ; she
weighed less than seventy pounds. On a
piece of wrapping paper she read of DIR.
Kings New Discovery, and got sample
bottle it helped her. she bought large
bottle, it helped her more. bought anoth-
er and grew better fast, continued its use
and is now strong, healthy, rosy, plump,
weighing 140 pounds. For fuller parti-
culars send stamp to w. Il. Cole. Drug
gist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this
wonderful Discovery free at E. G. Will
liams, Jr., & Bro. q Drugstore.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

Dan O'Hara died in Chicago last
week at the age of one hundred and
ten years. His long life suggests an
interesting thought. Nineteen more
ofhis age succeeding one another
wonld have reached from the year
A. ID. to the present. His own ca
reer spanned the political history OF
this government, and saw the vast
changes of civilization. Where one
looks at it in this light the world
does not seem very old.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

George Tykle, who kept medical
baths at Kokoma, Ind, left John
Starke, a patient, in a hot.bath all
night, with the gas burning under
meath, and in the morning Starke
was found boiled TO death.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
Mnm Advertisements.

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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
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aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ae-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 1t
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In QUO
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
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wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

A United States grand jury 10.
dicted about sixty.two citizens of
Fort Bend county, Texas, under the
civil rights act, on a charge Of run.
ming Ferguson and six other colored
citizens out of the county. Beside
this twenty six citizens OF Richmond
were indicted by the same jury,
charged with murder. This charge
grows out of the late Richmond riot,
which resulted in the killing of
Sheriff Garyey,.. Blakeley and Frost
a few months ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
TO THE OLD YEAR.

Auf .ciedersehe,a! For we shall meet be-
fore
The throne of God. The drifting SHOWS
confuse
Thy footprints. Down the echoing
wind lose
Thy voice. So be it. We shall meet
once more.
When from the grave of Time thou com st
again
To front my eoul in Judgment, witness
bear
To error. failure, sin but oh, my pray
er,
Ny strife, forget thou not Auf aeiederse-
hen!
BY Katharine Lee Bates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

During the year 1889, 1000 per-
sons disappeared from their homes
in Philadelphia. Some prominent
people like Ditman the Bank presi
dent. Sudden and unaccountable
disappearance of people is or the
increase.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04
One, Fact

Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an
American statesman. 1t is fact, estab-
lished by the testimony of thousands of
people, that Hoods Sarsaparilla does
cure scrofula, salt rheum, and other dis.
eases CT affections arising from impure
or low condition of the blood. 1t also
overcomes that tired feeling, creates a
good appetite, and gives strength to
every part of the body. Try it.