Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-12-27

SATURDAY, DEC. 81. 1890.

Turn over new leaI on thursday
next.
The laughing cyclone "a Clean
Sweep"
Dan Mason in "a Clean Sweep
to night.
Fun, fun, fun, at the Opera House
tonight.
Corn is now selling at SIS cents
per bushel.
The Christmas turkey brought a
good price.
Make your contracts for adveitis-
ing this week.
The boom has been quietly moving
for the past week.
Miss Mary w. Faulkner-will spend
Christmas in Winchester, Va.
Mr.. VIM. Rutledge is contemplat-
ing retiring from the hotel business.
Old Santa Claus finished his la
bors at twelve o'clock on Wednes-
day night.
Many new designs in calendars,
for the new year are beginning to ar
rive.
Two hundred and sixteen packages
were mailed at the Postoffice on
Tuesday.
Capt. w. r. Snodgrass has been
ordered back to work, after short
vacation.
Mr.. n. s. Pendleton and brother,
Of Berkeley Springs, were. in town,
this week.
You will laugh until your sides
ache if you see "a Clean Sweep"
Saturday night.
There has been three days of rush
ing business for the merchants
throughout the city.
The B. & o. shops are running a
night and day force, and have more
work than they can do.
The hosiery mill closed down
during the. holidays, the force hav-
ing worked at night in order to take
vacation.
Let our city authorities have the
main streets scraped. 1t will make
the holidays SO much more pleasant
to predestians.
The postofice, Jan. lst 1891 will
be open from $3.50 to $50 A. NJ. for
the morning mails, and from 8 to 4
P. N. noon mails.
Mr.. KEGS, of Back Greek Valley,
reports the killing of black bear in
the Third Hill Mountain, weighing
two hundred pounds.
The Spring Mills Alliance is re-
quested to meet at their hail on
Wednesday, Dec. 3lst. A full at
tendance is expected.
Misses Emma Chambers and Julia
Staubly, who have been spending
several days in Keyser, W. Va, re-
turned home Monday evening.
The time for the NJ. e. Church
Childrens Christmas service have
been changed from Friday, to Tues
day evening Dec. 80, at 7:30P Pm.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Sam
uel Gold, of Bunker Hill, is again
ill. 1t 10 another severe attack, and
he is under the doctors treatment.
During the year The United States
government life-saving stations res.
cued 3,l59 persons and $5,45l ,s43
worth of property from 384 ship
wrecks.
Miss Boydie Faulkner, came up
from Washington to attend Miss
Strong's wedding, and will remain
for several days among friends in
this city.
Dan Mason in ga Clean Sweep
Funnier than "Kindergarden," or
Little Nugget."-Opera House,
formerly Acadamy of Music,) Dec.
27th, 1891.
At the Baptist Church, Sunday,
next, December 2Sth at IL a. m,
subject, A Good Preacher, A
Good Congregation, A Good
Meeting. I p. M, subject, The Young
Mau Daniel.
Mrs. Albertis Miller, of Mason
and Dixen, Pa, is spending a few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
y. Lamon at Bunker Hill, and Mr..
Robt. Lamon at this place.
Mr.. Louis Schindle, of Hagers-
town, Nd, well known to many of
our citizens was buried on Monday.
He was a brother of Mrs. James
Tabler, and Mrs. Robt. Bryarly of
this country.
o. S. g. Pitzer, Esq, of this city,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Wash
ington. There seems to be some
special attraction there for him.
Grant, look Sly (er) or. rather, take
Warn (er) ing.
A prominent New York physician
said a few daysago that the constant
chewing OF gum has produced weak
minds in fourteen cases of young
girls now uEder treatment, the con-
slant movement of the mouth caus.
ing too great strain on the head.
In the Cluny Museum at Paris
there is said to be remarkable COL
lection Of footwear. 1t was made by
Jules Jacquemart and comprises
more than 800 specimens of all kinds
of footgear, from the earliest form
OF the sandal through its various
transformations down to the most
approved modern article.
LOst1 LOst!1
On Queen street, Wednesday eve
ming last, black silk handkerchief.
marked with the initial g b y. 1t
W. wrofn d IN sper from Mrs
d.
b.