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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-09-15

INSTANT DEATH.-Mr. W. W.
Richards, brakeman of the B. & O.
r. r. was instantly killed on Sunday
morning last at S o'clock by the cars
running over him. He was drawing
the brakes on some moving cars and
the chain broke and he was thrown
beneath the wheels horribly mangled
and instantly killed, the wheels pass
ing over his head and shoulders.
The accident occurred at the "Y"
near the Distillery in the Martins
burg yard. Mr.. Richards was a
young man held in high esteem and
had been married only a few months.
His remains were taken to his home
in Brunswick and brought from that
place here for interment. The funeral
was held Tuesday morning from the
M. E. Church South and was con-
Quoted by Rev. White of Brunswick
and Rev. DR.. Cackley of this place.
He was a member of the Railway
Trainmen, Odd Fellows and Junior
Order U. A. M. of Brunswick and
delegations from those organizations
attended in body.
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VETERANS IN BLUE PARADE.-For-
ty thousand men who fought TO save
the Union marched through the cities
of Pittsburg and Allegheny on Tues
day last and several hundred thou
sand people witnessed the pageant OF
the Grand Army.
The parade started from the his
toric Monongahela House on the
banks of the river from which il
takes its name. First came Com
pany A, Second Battalion Naval Re,
serves, as guard of honor to Com
mander-in chief. Then followed the
departments from the various states
The decorations of the two cities
were most lavish. Hardly dwell
ing, no matter how poor, nor how
far from the route OF parade, but had
a flag and usually display of bunt'
ing, while the business houses made
a gorgeous display.
This was probably the last time
the veterans will turn out in such
form, as it is seriously contemplated
by the G.. A. r. officials, in view Of
the advancing age and infrmities o
the members, to abandon this most
attractive feature of the Nationa,
Encampment.
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BACHELORS NOT SIN 1T. The
married mems base ball club of this
city, administered an overwhelming
defeat to the bachelors club in ben
eft game played by these respective
clubs for the Kings Daughters Hos
pital Fund, last Friday afternoon.
Although the hour set was 8 o'clock
some of the players were in vigorous
practice for the contest on the
gounds an hour before the game was
called by Umpire Robinson. The
married men according to custom
were careless in their costumes ex-
cept Lynch and Lamar, who sought
to be CONSPICUOUS by the socks of
"many hues." The bachelors wore
white duck pants and looked ex-
tremely dressy. Possibly their anx-
iety 10 save "them pants" was one
of the causes of their defeat. The
game opened with the married men
at the bat and they "slugged" the
ball numerically in their attempts
to reach the North Pole. Sayles
pitched and Young caught for the
bachelors, while Lynch and Vanhorn
filled those positions for the married
men. Sayles' arm gave out in the
fourth inning aud he was succeeded
by Will Spillman, who often called
"How's that? ~ before he got ready
to throw the ball. Umpire Robin
soma life was burden to him and
the only thing that caused him to
stick to the game was because he
heard the girls say, ooh, amt he
lovely" The score at the end of the
fifth inning stood: Married men, 80;
bachelors, IL. The only man who
showed any enterprise in the game
was Emmert who always started on
voyage of discovery to find small
boy to throw in the ball. Vanhorn
was yertiable wall behind the bat
and Lynch's professional twirl par
alyzed the umpire. Stribling at
short stop and Pennington at first
played see-saw with the ball, and
Melcher kept winding up his side
the whole time. Cards heavy
batting and catching of hot liners
made all green with envy. Keis-
come hit for some home runs and
was at once engaged by Capt. Pit
ger for our coming game with Ha-
gerstown. Brockenshire paid strict
attention to "biz' and "played bawl."
Lamar's "getting on" to Spillman's
curves made the latter sick.
Young, for the bachelors, was
good, but failed of support by those
in the field. Cage, Jones, Emmert
and Burdette were somewhere in the
field, but when they came to the
plate they "never split the wood. "
Jones did accidently hit the ball but
failed to score. Burdette's efforts
to reach second failed in their @reach."
Emmert forgot the horses to the ice
wagon and consequently "cut no ice. y
Doc McElfsh was the phenomenon
of the game, but when in position to
make one brilliant play unfortunate
ly suffered from temporary aberva-
ton" Mowbray read a comic al
manae before the game and did his
laughing while occupying snort stop.
Spillman, owing to his size, was par
donable in walking within ten feet of
the home plate when throwing the
ball. 1t was mistake to bring him
| off first base.
We learn the game will be played
again, the bachelors feeling confdant
that those married men took advan-
tage of their costumes. About $50
was realized and everyone who went
had a good laugh.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infamed you
have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed deafness is the result, and unless
the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an infiamed condition Of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Doll
lars for any case of Deafness Caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
"a Sold by druggists, 75c.
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Highest Of all in Ieavenng Power-Latest u S Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
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FIRES WORK AT GETTYsBuRa.-On
Monday night Gettysburg exper-
fenced most destructive fire. The
power house of the Gettsburg Elec-
trio Railway was completely destroy
ed and the livery stable of Zeigler
& Holtzworth adjoining was partial
~ burned. The Eagle House and
several others were in great danger,
and that they were saved was due
only to the prompt arrival of the
firemen. The loss on the power
house is placed at about $S5 900,
with no insurance. President Hof.
fer, of the company, who is disbe-
lever in insurance, says he is ruined.
The town is now in darkness, as the
gas lamps had been removed to be
'supplanted by electricity.
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. was
a regular meeting of the City Coun.
Gil at the City Hall on Thursday ev-
ening, September 9th. Mayor Will
son called the meeting to order and
the following Councilmen were pres.
emit: Jno. W. Martin, W. S. Hen
shaw, G. M. Lamar, A Staubly, M.
G.. Tabler, W. FL. Kaufman, G.. W.
Martin, Jno. Grozinger and George
Schill. Reports from committees on
Light, Finance, Nuisance, Street and
Ordinances were read and received.
A special assessor for dogs was, on
motion Of Mr.. Lamar, elected and
Mr.. A. ]. Snyder received the high
est number of votes. An ordinance
was passed making it fine for per-
sons to sell hay without having same
weighed at the city scales and also a
fine for persons weighing same at
any place but the city scales. An
amendment to chapter 81 of the or
dinances making 1t a fine for hand,
carts and bicycles to run on the
pavements was also passed. The
collection of certain water rent from
Mr.. s. FL. Freeze was referred to the
Water Board. The committee APP
pointed on uniforms were also en-
powered to procure the necessary
supplies for the police. The bill for
taxes against Mrs. Netzel was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The question of town clock was
again discussed and Mr.. Lamar was
appointed a committee of one to
confer with the Masonic and Odd
Fellow Lodges in reference thereto,
The Street Committee was instruct
ed to look more particularly after
pavements needing repairs, and es.
pecially the crossing at King and
Raleigh streets and crossings in
fifth ward. An appropriation of $50
was passed for the repair of Centre
street by Councilman Grozinger.
The Nuisance Committee was in
structed to look after the gutter OF
Joseph Hill on Raleigh street. Mr.
]. W. Martin was empowered to EN-.
ploy labor to clean out the dam al
the water works. The race near the
B. & o. shops and Tuscarora was
placed in the hands of the Nuisance
Committee with power to act. The
Street Committee was instructed il
necessary to place stone on the street
in front of DR.. Days Office on King
street. On motion it was ordered
that the Council take up stone be.
longing to parties of any ward who
wish to pay corporation taxes oil
water rent with same. The Clerk,
along with the Street Committee was
authorized to measure same and that
same be moved at once. The mat
ter of placing sewer through the
property of Peter Blake was referred
to Councilman Kaufman With power
to act. Nuisance complained of Al
property of Mrs. Kepling was refer
red to Street Committee. The Stree
Committee was also instructed tina
if possible and necessary terra colt.
pipe should be placed in sewer cross
ing Burke street, and empowered t.
act with reference to placing sewe
across Maple avenue. The bond o
George Zepp, to whom the contrac
for removing garbage was given wa
received and approved. The tree a
Dry Bridge or near same was order
ed to be cut down. Council ad
! journed to meet Sept. Ii, after
number of bills were read and order
| ed paid.
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BASE Notwithstanding was

BASE BALL.-Martinsburg wa s
twice defeated by the Chambersburg
team last week, the score in the Sec
ond game being 20 to 8. In the lat
ter game Pittinger gave completely
out in the second inning and retired
from the game, Young taking his
place. Clarence pitched good ball
considering the circumstances, he
having had no practice at all, and
held Chambersburg down to one hit
in three innings, when he went back
on second, and Pitzer stepped into
the box, Zimmerman going behind
the bat. The Chambersburgers
scored 4 in the first and 6
in the second inning, and the
lead was too great for our boys to
overcome. The secret of both de-
feats is that Pittinger's arm was
sore the first day and was entirely
unable to pitch the second game.
The boys played poor ball in both
games, seeming to lose all their
nerve on strange ground.
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Your EYEs.-Do your eyes need
attention Do you have headaches,
and do your eyes itch and bnrn? If
SO, they should surely receive imme-
date and skillful attention. Do not
fail TO consult Leech, Stiles & Co..
the famous eye specialists of Phila-
delphia, who were formerly with and
have succeeded to the business re-
Gently conducted by Queen & Co, in
Martinsburg. They were among
the best and most successful man in
the employ of Queen & Co. Exam
ination free at their office in the st.
Clair Hotel, this city, on Thursday,
September 9th, from 8 a. m. to p.
m. See advertisement in another
column.
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PROBABLY FATAL.-On Sunday
while Mr.. L. D. Frock was in the
second story of his hennery, the floor
gave away, precipitating him to the
ground-a distance of some IL or l3
feet. His right side was badly in
jured, and one rib was broken. His
breathing was oppressive until after
DR.. Green applied two cups to his side,
when he became much easier. At
this writing his condition is critical,
but we trust he may soon recover
HOrdun MESSENGER.
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A DANGEROUS PRAcTIoE.-Some

A DANGEROUS PRAcTIoE.-Some
parties either leaving or approaching
the city when near the Canning Fac
tory are in the habit of firing off re-
volvers. Not long ago Mr.. Strayer
Poisal was nearly struck with ball
and one night last week while going
home Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Lamon
heard shot and ball whizzed in
close proximity to their heads.
Search was made but no guilty party
could be found. Several years ago
some parties guilty of about the
same kind of actions were found out
and punished and it was thought
such deeds were a thing of the past.
These parties will be found out and
severely punished if they continue
the dangerous shooting of firearms
within the corporate limits or on any
highway.
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SHE DREW A CRowD.-The call for
the police which sounded last Fri
day night, about IL o'clock, was &C.
casioned by Mrs. Fanny Brown, col
ored, who claimed that some one
was stoning her house. She ran
down to the City Hall and Selling
the bell rope began to pull Justify,
and the alarm sounded as if it might
be for fire, which drew a large crowd.
The Mayor and policemen soon
quoted Mrs. Brown and before she
returned home the supposed offend
ers had disappeared.
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A LARGE YIELD.-Mr. William A.
Herbert, living on the Gray farm
near Gerardstown, reports the larg-
est yield of wheat that we have YET
heard of in this country. He raised
SO bushels from d acres. The va.
riety of wheat sown was "Jones
Winter Fife" and the fertilizer used
was South Carolina bone at the rate
of $50 pounds to the acre. Mr.. Her
bert has been a tenant on this farm
for II years, which speaks we'll for
his reputation as a farmer World.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs ENTERTAINED,
Rev. VIM. Gerhardt, one of the
founders of Washington Lodge No.
l K. of P, of this city, and the old
est Grand Chancellor in the State in
point of service gave a most enter
tanning talk to the Knights of Pyth'
las at their Castle Hall on Tuesday
night. AS a Past Supreme Repre-
sentative he was entitled to admis.
sion to all of the sittings of the SUI
preme Lodge lately held in Wash
ington, and his talk was upon the
proposed important changes to be
made IN the laws and workings OF
the order, all of which were discuss
ed at the Supreme Lodge. BY virtue
of many years service Rev. Gerhardt
if the measure is adopted by the SUI
preme Lodge, is entitled to the hon
or of "Pythian Veteran"
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SHOOTING AFFRAY.-We learn OF
serious shooting affray, at Cedar
Grove, Frederick county, last We'd
nesday night. 1t appears that two
young men by the name of Files
were returning home from church.
In doing so they crossed Mr.. VIM.
Clark's land. The latter had been
missing melons from his patch near
by and was watching the maru1crs.
Seeing the young men going in that
direction, and supposing they intend
ed to make raid, Mr.. Clark shot at
them, with the effect of both men be-
ing wounded.
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Gn1nRrn RAsR Rail- PLAYERS.

CoLoRED BASE BALL PLAYERS. -
A very exciting game of base ball
was played between the colored base
ball team of this place, and an OPP
posing team from Chambersburg, on
Wednesday last, at the Fair Grounds.
The game was holly contested from
beginning to end. The score re-
suited Is to IL in favor of Martins
burg.
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WILL CORRECT ANY ERROR We
MAKE.-The INDEPENDENT is glad to
correct any error it may have made
because wrongly informed. We stat
ed that Mr.. j. F. Thompson was
chairman of the committee to inform
Mr.. Dayton of his nomination and
headed the delegation for the hotel.
Mr.. Thompson really left the Con-
vention before that committee was
named and did not 60 to the hotel
after the convention. If any injus,
tice was done to Mr.. Thompson it
was not done by the local editor of
the INDEPENDENT.
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LOOK OUT.-It will be well fol
those merchants who have on hand
playing cards to understand that
part of the new tariff law relating to
such cards before disposing of any
of them, or they may be Summoned
before some U. S. Commissioner to
answer a charge of violating the law
According to our understanding o.
this law, every pack of such cards
must have a two-cent government
stamp affixed to it before it can be
sold,
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Potomac Valley Railroad Co
of w. Va.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY, !
Baltimore, Nd, Sept. 14th, 1894.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Potomac Valley R.R.
Company of West Virginia, for the
election of seven directors for the
ensuing year, will be held at the Of
fee of the company, Hillen Station,
Baltimore, on Wednesday, October
18th, at l o'clock p. m.
GEO. FL. BAER,
tide. Secretary.
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For Rent.

Two store-rooms, in Brunswick,
Md, one of them an old established
stand, in the old part of the town,
cor. of Bridge and Water SITS, under
the Herald office. For terms, etc.,
apply to E. G. Shaffer & Co. on the
premises, or to G. M. Wenner, Bruins
wick, Md. 3-1s-tf
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VIOLATED THE STATE LAw.-Har-
ry Settler was arrested and brought
before U. S. Commissioner MAIDEN
bousch last week upon the charge OF
distributing obscene literature. The
offence not being violation of the
U. S. laws, he was discharged; but
he was arrested again by local au-
thorities. His act was violation OF
the State law. He will be tried in
Jefferson county.
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Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFla.
Notice to Tax Payers.

The tax bills due to the Corporation
of Martinsburg for 1894 are in my hands
for collection all persons knowing them
selves indepted are requested to come
forward and make prompt payment.
A discount of per cent will be allowed
on all 1894 bills paid in the month OF
September.
9-1-3t s. II. MARTIN, Sergeant.
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SOLICITORS with refer e
wanted by the Largest, Strongest,
Most Progressive Live Stock Insur-
ance Co. in the world. Liberal con-
tract and big inducements to both
Agents and Insured. Address at
once with stamp.
AETNA MUTUAL LIVE Stock ms. Co.,
100 S. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa
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AUCTIONEERING.

wish to notify my friends and
the public in general that / am still
in the field as auctioneer and await
the command OF any and all who
may wish my services. / have Ii
cense in Berkeley and Jefferson
counties, w. Va, Clark and Freder-
lex counties, va. and Washington
county, Md, FOR Auctioneering and
respectfully solicit any work in my
line. Will cry on percentage or
will lump the job. Address all
communications to
j. w. D0DD,
1-l1,94. Martinsburg, w. Va.
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Notice

Mr.. A. j. Snyder, of this city, is
agent for Messrs. Boyer & Heard,
of Hagerstown, Nd, dealers in -four,
feed, etc. He will deliver goods to
all parts of the city and will be pleas
ed to have your orders. Lowest
market prices and strictly first.class
goods. A postal card will reach
him or he can be found at Herring's
building, King street, opposite st.
Clair Hotel, Respectfully,
A. j. SNYDER, Agent,
Boyer & Heard's Flour, Feed, etc.
6-l1.'93.tf.
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A.GooD SHowING.-It is matter
of interest and pride to West Vir-
ginians to know that the class of '95
and the class of 1916 at West Point
are both headed by. West Virginia
boys. The class of '95 has fifty mem
bers and Edwin R. Stewart, of Mon
ongalia county, stands at its head.
The class of '95 has seventy five
members and is led by Edward Fl.
Schultz.
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Spring time has come at last, and
with it Frank Doll & Co.'S. great va
riety of Boots, Shoes ard Hats, in all
the leading styles. and in every
grade. So complete, that all who
need can almost certainly suit them
selves. Try it, and be convinced.
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Gents Dress Shoes, in Calf, Kan
CARGO, Russia Calf, and Satin OIL
Blucker's Balls and Congress, in all
colors. can be found at
FRANK DOLL & Cos.
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DELEGATES TO CoNGREss.-T b e
Governor has appointed the follow
ing delegates to the Farmers Ma
tional Congress which convenes at
Parkersburg, Oct. Sd, 1894: Hon.
w. G.. Bennett, Weston DIR. John A.
Myers, Morgantown; Hon.J M.Sy-
denstricker, Lewisburg; Gen. J. A.
McCausland, Mason county Hon.
P. G. Eastman, Point Pleasant; Hon,
VIM. G. Clements, Charles Town
Hon. 7. G. Atkinson, Buffalo.
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Hats. Hats. Hats.

At Frank Doll & Co.'S can be had
all the leading styles in Derbys,
Tourist and Crush, with an endless
variety of Straws, such as Macki-
nav, Yeddo, Sennett. &C., cheaper
than ever before.
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Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoPia.

The best Grain and Fertilize
Drill is the "Tuscarora," manufac-
tured by John Fitz. 7-l5,tf.