Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-05-12
Straw hats.
Delightful evenings.

A lot of country people in town
on Thursday.
Some fine catches of fish are being
made in the Opeqnon.
The street sprinkler does good
work these warm and dusty days.
Colored men are taking the places
of many of the striking miners in
Alabama.
Three colored prisoners made an
Intellectual attempt to escape from
Westminster Jail.
Hurrah for the Baltimore Base
Ball Club! They are doing good
work, and mean to win.
Mr.. George Wysong, of Charles
Town, has accepted the position as
foreman in the Statesman Office.
There was a meeting OF the City
Council on last Thursday night. See
another column for the proceedings.
There is an immense amount Of
improvement going on in this city.
That is right, keep things booming.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Bowers and Mr.. M.
A. Snodgrass attended the closing
hours of the Zeigler trial at Berkeley
Springs on Tuesday.
At ne Democratic Convention
Jesse bii'lhart was the only man
who clapf Il his hands when Grover
Cleyeland's ne W mentioned.
Mr.. Haray Baker and family, Of
Shepherdstown, drove to Martins
burg last Thursday and spent the
day with the family Of DR.. Baker in
this place
The county commissioners, after
due inspecti estimate that it will
cost So eco o repair the roads in
Washington county, damaged by
Sunday rams.
Judge Harrison says that Mr..
Walker took advantage of his met
ropolitan ideas and "played' coun-
try joke on him. We refrain from
further particulars.
A large number of people from
all around the vicinity of Berkeley
Springs attended the murder trial of
Rudolph Zeigler for the killing of
John Sautlers, which ended on
Tuesday.
The -four and saw mills of Mr.
Henry Jennings at Leetown. WA,
we're destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night. The loss was $4,000, and in
sured for $1,000. Mr.. Jennings is
indeed unfortunate.
Messrs. Jas. F. Thompson, G. w.
Boyer, F. Vernon Aler and j. r.
Clifford are among the representa-
tive newspaper men of Martinsburg
who attended the West Virginia Ed
itorial Association this week.
Lucky" Baldwin, of San Francis
co, the well known hotel man and
millionaire, has been sued by Miss
Lillian Ashley, of Boston, for SIS,
900, on the ground that he has aban-
doned her and her child by him.
Mr.. Andy Criswell is going about
with the aid Of crutches. He sprain-
ed his ankle while engaged at his du-
ties on the railroad at the Cumber-
land yard, and is suffering considera-
Bile pain therefrom. May he soon
get we'll.
Judge Faulkner will hold special
term of the Circuit Court Of Berk-
eley county on Monday, 14th inst,
at 10 o'clock There will also be
special term of the Circuit Court OF
Jefferson county at Charles Town on
Tuesday Is.
The brief memorandum Of the tes-
timony in the case Of the State cf
West Virginia against Rudolph
Zeigler, indicted for the murder of
John Sautters at Berkeley Springs,
covered over sixty closely type
written pages.
Officer Timmons discovered Geo.
Riley, . tAuoh citizen Of Baltimore,
lying neal Ben]rr'> lumber vard, on
Thursday evenn. asst, ioduls ing in
a nap with a huge revolver protrud-
ing from his pocket Being unable
to pay his fine he was sent to Jail for
thirty days.
Forty young men of Hagers-
town have petitioned Adj.-Gen. H.
Kyd Douglas to have organized
there a new company of infantry to
take the place Of the Hagerstown
Light Infantry. The signers are
headed by Capt. Geo. L. Fisher, is.te
of Company H, Fourth Maryland
Regiment, in Baltimore.