Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-11-04

| ington, ID. c., Is visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. j. Wikel, on s. Queen street.
Hon. Thos. B. Kennedy was in
this city on Monday on business
connected with the G. v. r. r. of
which he is president.
The electric lights should not only
run every night but all night. Other
cities with less population and great
er debt than Martinsburg adopt this
plan.
Quite a large number of tickets
we're sold from this place to persons
who went down to see the formal
opening of the new bridge at Bruins
wick, last Saturday.
A special term Of the CircuitCourt
of Jefferson county, Judge Faulkner
presiding, was held at Charles Town
yesterday, for the transaction of
some important business.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Chas. f. Schlotter-
beck have returned from their honey
moon trip, and Charlie is already
getting ready to go to housekeeping.
May they bountifully succeed.
Rev. VIM. Gerhardt went to LIE.
banon, Pa, on Wednesday morning
to attend the wedding OF his grand
daughter, Miss Ida Fox to MIR. Har-
ry s. Smith, formerly of this place.
just as we go to press we learn of
the sudden death of Mr.. Riser HUI
Der, who had just returned from Chi
cago but few hours before. Will
give particulars in our next issue.
Few natural objects are more love-
ly than the old North Mountain as
it appears cl3'hcd in it's autumnal
robes of variegated beauty and bath
ed with the splendor If the rising
sun.
Mr.. G. W. Thornburg, of Hunt
ington, W. Va, is visiting his sister
Mrs. PAUL, on W. King street. We
hope he will not forget to call on the
INDEPENDENT for q chat about old
times.
A package of gold coin worth $3.50
and wrapped in an old stocking or
WOODEN cloth, relic of the Johns
town flood, was found by workmen
in the river bed near that illfated
city the other day.
International Bible studies for
Sunday, November S, 1898, from I
Corinthians Is: 10 26. Title: The
Resurrection. Golden text: "Thanks
be to God, which giveth us the vic
tory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
Miss Daisy Garland, aged "a years
daughter of ex-Attorney- General
Garland. committed suicide at her
home, in Washington, on Sunday af.
ternoon, by shooting herself through
the heart with her fathers revolver.
Melancholia was the cause.
There is family consisting of
man and wife living in Western N.
Y, who, it is said, consume not less
than 700 pies yearly. Three times
day regularly does the succulent dish
appear upon their table, and very Of
ten an entire pie is eaten at one
meal. .
The editor of the World says he is
glad for the return of one of our cit.
liens wife from the Worlds Fair be-
cause looking after her spouse was a
severe strain on him. 1t is the first
time we ever heard of an editor TAX
ing care of man and not getting
him into trouble.
Unless your envelope states the
number of days you wish your letter
held, the postmaster under a new
ruling, will hold them thirty DAYS in
stead of ten. This is important to
business men who do not want their
letters, when not delivered detained
over five or ten days.
There was party of young la
dies and gentlemen out on Tuesday
night serenading some of their
friends with vocal music. "-INDEpEN
DENT.
"Was that a serenade? The edi-
tor of the World thought it was
cats. - World.
We did learn that they were treat
ed salty" but this is the "most un-
kindest cut of ALL"
By the assassination of Mayor
Carter II. Harrison, on Saturday
night last, by crank named p !. trick
Eugene Prendergast, Chicago has
been plunged into a state of mourn
ing. The fetcs which were to con-
elude the Worlds Fair festivities
were abandoned and instead a men,
orial meeting, out of respect to the
murdered Mayors memory was held
On the grounds, the Exposition be-
ing formally closed by salute and
the lowering Of the United States
flag.