Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-04-01

spending several weeks With friends
and relatives IN Berryville, has re-
turned home.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Middleway and Kearneys-
vile has been awarded to Mr.. Philip
Lewis, of Middleway
Mr.. John p. Young, who came
home to assist in the Price Mingle
wedding, has returned to assume his
duties at Elliston, Va.
JOS PHI Kuhn aged 10, was killed
by the accidental discharge of gun
while getting out of a boat near Four
Locks, Saturday night
The Rt Rev. G.. w. Peterkin. D.
d., L. L. D., will visit Christ Church,
Bunker Hill, on next Sunday (Eas-
ter) at l o'clock, a. N.
Mr.. Daniel Kline has opened a
meat market nearly opposite the st.
Clair Hotel, in the house occupied
by Mr.. John Fariin Jr.
The number of foreigners who
took up their residence in America
last year was 543.487, of whom ll8.
27S came from Germany.
Jesse Pace, bachelor, aged "a
years, and Dizzy Pace, widow, aged
IS years, were married at Palmyra,
Va, on the 14th of March.
! st Saturday night dogs raided
the flock of sheep belonging to Mr..
Geo. Shirley, near Middleway, and
killed twenty eight Of them.
A doctor in Kansas las produced
plant called ''pomato, which is a
cross between potato and toma-
to, and will yield both fruits.
The Winchester Leader has start
ling leader announcing, Married by
a Coffin" The ministers will soon
be llmenting "Othello's occupation
gone
We wish any of our patrons who
move from their present residences
to please notify us, so that their pa
pers may not be left at the wrong
place.
An exchange says a crazy editer
has just been arrested in Birming-
ham. He imagined that all his sub
scribers had paid up, and that he
had Sc.
Mr.. j. B. Brosius and Mr.. D.
Pratt Wright, of the Morgan Mer-
curry, passed through our city on
their way to Winchester, on Wed
nesday.
Mr.. Geo. W. Chambers, of this
place, but stationed as telegraph op-
orator at Magnolia Station on the
B. & o. R. R. is visiting his parents
on John street
VIM. 3 Morgan has been appoint
ed by the West Virginia Worlds
Fair board of managers to take
charge of the State agricultural ex-
hibit during the fair.
Miss Nellie Wipn, who has been
seriously i'll at the residence of Sena
tor Faulkner continues to grow
worse, and her friends have little
| homo of hAT rooovarv,
Rev. Chas. S. Trump, of this place
preached to a large congregation IN
the Lutheran Church in Shepherds
town last Sunday morning and at
Unionville in the afternoon.
Secure your seats for the Franklin
and Marshall College Glee Climb.
The young men are twenty in nun
Der and are first class musicians
New Opera House, April 9Th.
Attention is called to the adver-
tisement of the sale of all the person
atty of the St. Clair Hotel in another
column The sale takes place at the
market house to-day at 1870 p. m.
Another meeting of the Berkeley
County Road League, will be held
ill the Grand Jury room, today, at
p. m. That's right. Keep the move
ment going until the desired results
are obtained.
ExPresident Harrison has writ
ten to a friend in Washington that
he will soon begin to work on his
promised book, buJ that it will prob
ably not be ready for the press with
in two years.
The american Farmer, of March
18th, has an excellent biography of
ex-senator Chas. H. Knott, of JEFF
ferson county, who is the present
Worthy Master of the West Virginia
State Grange.
a. B. White, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the district of West
Virginia, has rendered bis resigna-
tion to President Cleveland, to take
effect at the end of the present fiscal
year, June 30.
Mrs. G. P. Matthaei, Mrs. Daniel
Matthaei and Mrs. Louis Scheu,
have been visiting the family of
Mayor Brown, of Charles Town.
Mr.. Louis E. Brown was also at his
parental home on Sunday.
Some men are so fond of business.
that when they are through their
own, they start into other peoples
business. They were known among
the ancients as "busy bodies" be-
cause OF their bodies being so busy.
Owing to yesterday being Good
Friday, there was performance last
night at the Central Opera House but
the distinguished star, Jean Voorhees,
supported by good company, will
present Only Farmers Daughter
tonight.
Forepaugh's Circus will be along
in a short time. Messrs. FL. 7.
Cushwa & Bro. have already erected
the bill boards and soon glazing
posters of tremendous and daring
feats will startle the eyes of the
youth.