Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-02-10


fined t. his house.
DR.. G. S. Green of Berkeley
Springs was in Martinsburg on FIJI.
day on business trip.
Mr.. Adrian johnson of MARYLAND.
has heen on visit to his mother
near North Mountain.
Miss limo Fiery who has been WIS.,
''ing her cousin, Miss Emmert near
Ii erstown has returned home.
There are two mountains in lower
California that ar estimated to con-
tain l 100000 tons of prre alum.
Don't fail to see " DeuA:ny's Min
strels J" at the Central Opera House,
one night only, Thursday, Feb.
18th.
Miss Katie Matthaei was in Mar
tinsburg on Tuesday. She came ov-
err TO attend the Philharmonic Club
concert
Mr.. P. S. Cunningham has had to
abandon for a short time his official
duties, being confined to his house
by illness.
Mr.. John NJ. Small has gone into
the milk business, and has and a
bran new wagon on the street serv-
ing bis customers
There is talk of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad taking off passen-
ger train each was, owing to the
falling off in travel.
Messrs. w. Roy Stephenson
and w. R. Alexander of Winchester
Va, came down on Friday for the
closing hours of our Circuit Court.
DIR. L. R. Pennington is now snug
ly fixed up" in his new Offices over
the store of Mr.. M. L. Dorm, where
his patrons will find him busy as
ever.
Mrs D. G. Westenhaver has gone
on a visit to Richmond, Va, where
her brother, Mr.. Ed 7. PAUL lives.
She will prolong her visit several
weeks.
In the lurid glow Of burning build
ings, the firemen have often risked
their lives to save your property.
Go to the New Opera House the
22d and help them by your patron
age.
Miss Rose Farrin played host to a
number of her friends at her home on
High street Tuesday evening She is
a royal entertainer and every one of
her guests were delighted with her
best proves.
Mr.. Philip Busch will shortly
erect new barn on bis farm near
Swan Pond. Mr.. D. A. Bowers of
this place will build the structure
and the lumber will be furnished by
Mr.. ]. G. Heberlig.
On Jan. 3, in Hagerstown, at St.
Johns Lutheran parsonage, Mr.. Da-
vid II. Andrew, of Bedington, w.
Va, and Miss Florence L. Deviblis,
Mechanicstown, Md, were united in
marriage by Rev. s. W. Owen.
In 1866 the membership of the
Knights o. Pythias was SO, in 1892
the membership was 393,726 At the
meeting of the Supreme ledge IN
Washington, D. c., in 1893, the
membership had grown to 100000.
A fire department was established
at Berkeley Springs last Saturday in
pursuance of a call from Mayor Buzz
zard, who was made chairman of the
meeting for organization with Mr.. T.
H. B. Dawson and L. j. Frey as sec
retarles. Forty volunteers
came at the call for enlistment and
handed in their names
We call attention this week to the
advertisement of Mr.. Herbert l..
Alexander who succeeds to the bus
mess of John S. Mathews. Mr.. AL
exander represents many old reliable
companies and is a pleasant and ac-
commodating gentleman to do bust
ness with. His office is in the Public
Square, Burkhart Building.
Track is being laid rapidly on the
new route OF the B. Il o. at Harper's
Ferry and but one span of the bridge
remains to be erected. Tracks are
being laid on the cutoff on the west
side of the river. About March l
trains will be running through the
tunnel and over the new bridge. The
tunnel is complete except the laying
Of tracks.
Let the search for the meanest
man On earth cease. The individual
who used the wart on his neck for
collar button, and the one who pas
tured the goat on his mothers grave,
are gentlemen compared with the
man who sends back his newspaper
to the editor with refusal" written
on it, when he owes years of sub
scription.
The Berkeley Springs Ne,Us under
a startling head line of factories re-
Stunning gives forty-seven kilograms
from various parts of the country.
An examination of the news in each
item however shows that only three
or four have actually resumed and
all the rest will resume. When? oh
when? Brother Pendleton; When?
oh When ?
Our venerable fellow-citizen, Mr..
Joseph Welshans, celebrated his
eighty-ninth birthday last Sunday.
There was family dinner at his
home in honor of the event, and the
occasion was one of much quiet en-.
joyment. Mr.. Welshans is still in
excellent health, and will, we trust,
live to enjoy many more sucE DAYS.