Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-04-08

SATURDAY. APRIL 8 1898


ing.
Thus far Hicks, the weather pro
phet, has gone wide of his mark.
Mr.. B. f. johnson has moved on
the Porterfeld farm near Bedington.
Mrs. A. L. Boehm continues ser
iously i'll at her residence on North
Maple avenue.
Mrs d. II. Stuckey has been I'M
able IT, attend her duties, being quite
i'll for several days.
Mr. Chas. w. Brown, of Charles
town, was the guest OF his brother
and friends, over Sunday.
Mr. l. Mcdonald and brother
and Mr.. Harry Thompson were at
Berkeley Springs on Tuesday.
Mr.. S. V. Yantis, Sr, OF Harper's
Ferry. we regret to learn las beer
very i'll, but is now on the mend.
F. S. Emmert left the first OF this
week for New York to purchase nov
elites in Dry Goods, Trimmings, no.
tions, etc.
The banquets of both the Editor
isl Association and of the Knights
Templars, will be held in this city on
May l1th.
Mr.. Henry Bogert has placed on
the streets his new delivery and
transfer wagon. 1t is nice piece OF
workmanship.
Mr.. Joseph M. Catrow, while 60
ing from Martinsburg to Frederick
last week, lost his pocketbook, con-
tanning over $500.
Mr.. Peter Blake will shortly re-
move his livery stable to the prop
erty recently purchased by him of
Mr.. Ezra Herring.
By the destruction of their homes
in Klein Poschlarn on the Danube,
% villagers lost their lives, and 10
more are reported missing.
Mr.. Ray Dorm, with the drug firm
of Turne & Co., of Cum )erland,
Md, spent Easter Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. NJ A. Kisner.
The General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian church will
hold its next regular annual meeting
at Macon, Ga, beginni' G May Is.
Mr.. Will Scaill has purchased The
store oil Russler Bros, on East Mar
tin street, and will combine with it
his store on North GU en- street.
Mrs. n. w. Linen has returned
from long absence 10 connection
with ner dulles as one OF the Ladies
Board OF Worl IS Fair Managers.
There were very few AprI Fools
this year, unless the many who ex-
pected bad weather on moving day
can be counted among the number.
The Easter services of the various
churches of our city were beautiful
and impressive, and many persons
were taken into church membership.
The ground is said to be in splen-
did order fer blowing, and farm work
is being pushed for all it IS worth.
Many of our people have made gar
den.
One Of the New York dailies char
ges, and gets it too, S. 100 for sin
gle insertion of a full page adver-
tisement. Think of that, ye local
advertisers.
A London newspaper says the late
Abingdon Baird left his entire for
tune to Miss Langtry, which would
give her an income of about $780,
900 a year.
A dispatch from Sefia states that
a Russian church, at Gudria, in the
Caucus, collapsed during a terrible
storm and that more than 100 wor-
shippers were killed.
Messrs. Edgar Stewart, Frank
Downey, Seibert Boak, W. E. Hof-
helm, j. N. Wisner, Jr. and Ferdi
nand Hesse have returned to their
various college duties.
International Bible studies for
next Sunday, are from Job S: 1921. |
Title /: Affections Sanctifed. Col |
den text: "For whom the Lord |
loveth He chasteneth.
The resignation of Chief Engineer |
Chauneey Ives, of the G V. r r.,
went into effect April 1T. Mr.. Ives
will continue to reside in Chambers
burg, but will have his office in Han.
COCK.
The Right Hon. Arthur Balfour.
the Conservative in the House OF
Commons was received with the
greatest tDthusi SIN on reaching Bel
fast, where b. will make speeches
against home rule.
The robins and 9th, + ~pring birds
are making heir appearance 10 con
siderable numbers, AMI we again call
attention to the fact that the law af-
nXes penalty of fine and imprisou.
ment Tor the killing of them
Hon Frynk Burt, the prohibition
candidate for Govern 10 this State
at the la t election, has purchased
The Wheeling Quest, the prohibition
organ OF West Virginia, and will
n owe it to Warrington.
An obseryant Philadelphian makes
'he amazing assertion that girls with
'etrousse noses marry sooner, and
ire more fortunate IN catching good
husbands, than young ladies whose
eatnres are Of the Greek or Roman