Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-04

Keyser will vote on the question o
issuing So, 900 more bonds to com
= plete the water works. The election
; will occur November II.
Irwin Porterfield, a Berkely County
boy, now a leading business man 0
Pueblo, Colo, made flying visit tc
j friends here the first of this week.
We are sorry to chronicle the fact
that ] w. Roberts, dealer in furniture
has failed. We trust that Mr. r. viii
soon see his way clear to resume bus
mess.
We received several communications
this week which we would gladly pub.
lish but for the reason that the writers
failed to furnish us with their proper
names.
A. L. Martin leaves tomorrow for
Baltimore to purchase his stock of toys
and fancy groceries for the holiday
trade. He will probably visit Norfolk
before returning.
Rev. c. w. Hutsler, who, for some
time past has been located at Lancas
ter Pa, is now serving a charge al
Harrisburg. His post-ofiice address
is 1903 Derry street.
The Frederick County, Nd, Flori
cultural Society has decided to hold
its annual flower show in the armory
Of the Frederick Riflemen, on the Sth
9th, and 10th of November.
Miss M. @. McSherry was so unfor
tunate as to have her pocket picked
while in Chicago. Illegal as we'll a.
authorized pilfering seems to be on the
increase in the Worlds Fair city.
Rev. B. P. S. Busey, of the U. b
Church, is conducting very success.
| full revival service at Vanclevesville
Quite large number of persons have
professed conversion and united with
the church.
d. A. Clark, general agent of the
Agricultural Insurance Company, has
been here for several days adjusting
and paying the insurance on w. T.
Stewards barn, which was burned
some time ago.
Misses May and Jane Faulkner went
to Washington OH Saturday, spending
few days in the Capital, and from
there took a pleasant trip to Old Point
Comfort, where they expect to remain
for several weeks.
Fannie" the mule which Philip
Honey, of Stafford, Va, took with
him in the Confederate army and on
which at the surrender he rode back
home, departed this life Saturday last,
aged thirty-nine years.
Misses Stayman and Covert, who
have been spending a few days with
Miss Jane Boyd, on Raleigh street.
have returned to their home, in Win
chester, much to the sorrow of their
many admirers in this city.
A rare treat is in store for the mu-
sic-loving citizens of Martinsburg.
Prof Bischof, the celebrated pianist
of Washington, and his famous quar-
tette will give a concert at the Central
Opera House, Thanksgiving night
Mrs. Rose Howard, of Columbus,
Ohio, who has been visiting her sis
tiers, the Misses Mendenhall,is spend
ing a few days with her father-in law,
Mr. Howard, in Hedgesville. She will
return to Martinsburg before going
West.
Did you know that the Circulating
Library at Burdette's Book Store has
been reSt0cked with two hundred new
volumes of the latest, newest, and
most taking books of the day? Go to
the Book Store and gain information
about it.
The following item is from Tie
Fountain, published by the Reform
School at Pruntytown: "Charles Wild
received a present of a Bible from Miss
Lottie V. Mckee who was his teacher
in Martinsburg, before he came here
He appreciates the gift and says that
he will read it daily"
Jerry Zepp and John r. Criswell
are sportsmen! This section was not
gamey enough for them, so they went
up near Cherry Run to set their snares
Their next trip up showed great re-
suits. Two measley little rabbits and
a large dog were found in the wires.
They propose to be rival candidates
for Dog Catcher next spring.
The marriage of Senator Faulkner
to Miss Virginia Whiting will take
place the latter part of January. The
ceremony will be celebrated in the
Episcopal church at Hampton, where
the full choral service will be used on
that occasion. There will be forty
persons in the wedding party, and the
preparations for the marriage will be
on an unusually magnificent scale.
We are glad to know that our town
policemen turned blind eye to the
trivial misdemeanors of our boys on
Halloween. Some Of their pranks
came fearfully near breaking the laws,
but they were, in the main, harmless.
At the same time, we must plead with
the boys not to perpetrate jokes that
endanger life and limb 1t can give a
great deal fpain to some and can do
no good Harmless pranks are a source
of Measure fO evet, fine old folks hut