Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-08
PERSONAL f1ENTION,

Master Vivian Shafler, of Cumber-
land, is visiting his grandfather, Mr..
j. w. Neer, on Water St.
Mr.. Jacob II. Willett, of Baltimo:e,
is visiting his father, Mr.. David Will
/ lett, at Gerardstown.
! Miss Leila Blackford, of Sharps-
burg, who has been visiting Miss
Bessie Wood on South Queen ST., has
returned home much pleased with
her visit.
I Rev. c. S. Trump left Thursday,
Aug. 9Th, for Lake Chautauqua, where
he will spend his vacation; relatives
from Maryland will accompany him.
Miss Maize Smith, accompanied
/ by her brothers, Alex. and Frank,
left Saturday evening for Garrett,
Ind, and Chicago where they will
visit relatives.
! All teachers and old friends were
glad to meet Prof. Wade at the Insti-
tute this week. He is an educator
with national reputation, and the
State of-W. Va. is proud to rank him
among the leaders of the teaching
fraternity. He is doing good work
in introducing the home papers into
the public schools which are to the
children what literary table is to
the intelligent reader,-a mine of in
/ formation.
/ County Superintendent p. T. Kee-
seeker acquitted himself very credi.
tably in his new duties this week at
the meetings of the Institute. So
much feminine beauty and literary
genius is apt to confuse the modest
professor, but our Berkely talent
always proves itself equal to the oc.
casion.
Prof. Thos. c. Miller. conductor of
the Teachers Institute, and Prof.
Crago, late of the Wheeling Schools,
arrived in town Saturday, and were
soon making host of friends and
acquaintance. They are scholarly
gentlemen, very affable and unassum-
ing, and credit TO the profession and
to the State.
Past-CommandeI r. w. Greer, re-
presenting Lincoln Post No. /, was
in Detroit this week attending the
National Encampment of the G. A.
R. Such patriotic and public-spirited
men are a credit to their town and the
organizations to which they belong.
Prof. T. c. Miller and Deputy Col
leCtor G. 7. PowEall are both such
handsome men that some of their
friends mistook one for the other at
the hotel Saturday evening, and it
was hard to decide to whom the COM
pliment belonged. They are both
popular men with the highest records
for personal and political purity, and
the Second Congressional District
counts them among her available
young men.
U. S. Deputy Marshal White was
mere Tuesday, and adjourned this ses-
sion Of Court to Dec. 18th.
MI. Theodore Thumel of Basic City,
is visiting his father, Mr.. August
Thumel, in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Byrd's infant
son is very i'll at DR., McSherry's.
Miss Mamie Finucan has gone on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. J. NJ. Carney,
of Wheeling, and her many friends
wish her pleasant trip. Miss Nan
MES niece accompanies her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Griffen and
two children, of Baltimore, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. If. B. Grim, Of
w. Burke st.
The 1st. NJ. E. Sunday School will
hold basket picnic at I1wood Park,
Aug .llth for the accommodation ofthe
little folks of the school; everybody
is cordially invited to join them in
having a pleasant and enjoyable day.
Mrs. Emma V. Hollis, of Baltic,
en- route for Piedmont, spent Sunday
with her mother-in.law, Mrs. Mary
Hollis, on Winchester Ave.
Miss Gertio Currey, of BALTIC, is
spending the summer with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Gardner on Winchester
Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Doll, of E.
Burke ST., are visiting their daugh.
ter, Mrs. Nathan Davis, in Phila.
Miss Fannie Frazer is visiting her
brother, James.
Miss Bessie McCullom, of Chicago,
is visiting Mrs. Luther Miller, her
aunt.
Miss Gruber, of Hagerstown, is a
guest at Mr.. John 7. Paulding's.
Mr.. VIM. T. Stewards mother is
right i'll
Mrs. VIM. Hess and daughter, of
Roanoke, Va, are the guests of Miss
Maud Painter, of w. King St.
Mr.. Harry Chapman. of Washing
ton, is visiting his parents at the lst
NJ, L. Parsonage.
Mrs. Fanny L. Faulkner, OF Md,
and little child, are visiting her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. W. Poisal,
on w. Burke St.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Hollis and
their daughter, Miss Nellie, spent
Sunday last in Chambersburg. Pa.
Mr.. Pownall, of Romney, was in
our town this week looking up bust
, ness.
Miss Malia W. White, Of BALTIC, i,
, spending the summer with her aunt
r Mrs. Kate s. Hensel, on w. Burke
ST.
Mrs. Van Horne, of Philadelphia,
who has been the guest of her mother
/ on Raleigh ST., has returned home.