Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-07-07
LOCAL NEWS.
SATURDAY. JULY 7, 1894.

The strawberry season is over.
Tue Fourth was quiet in Martins
burg.
Hit the man who says, dts warm
isn't it?"
Don't expose yourself too much to
the rays of the sun.
Mrs. Theodore Buser is visiting
friends in Berkeley Springs.
Martinsburg should have that
Pulley Factory, by all means.
Sheriff L. G. Gerling spent Sunday
with his family in Berkeley Springs.
Miss Myrtle Taylor, Of this city,
spent Sunday last az North Noun
tain.
Keep unripe fruit away from the
children. Sickness and death Turk
therein.
1t is reported that the wheat crop
of Jefferson county is the best for
many years.
The wife OF Congressman VIM. L..
Wilson is very i'll at her home in
Charles Town.
The w. Va. State Medical Asso-
citation meets in Berkeley Springs
next Monday.
Mrs. Harry Eamich has gone on a
visit to her parents and friends near
Lovettsville, Va.
Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, with his
little son, Meade, were in Berkeley
Springs last week.
Miss Marquette Drenner, of He'd
gesville, has been visiting relatives
in this city the past week.
Give the children local newspapers
TO read; they will learn because they
become interested in the news.
Mr.. Mess" Beall, we regret to
learn, has recently suffered a relapse
and is considered seriously i'll.
What is the matter with some of
our correspondents? They should
send in the news more oitener.
The postoffice at Harper's Ferry
became a Presidential office on July
/, and the salary Of the postmaster
will be 81 900.
Messrs. Sewell and Robert Gun
bingham have purchased the -four
ing mill of Mr.. John Cunningham
at Bunker Hill.
II you are going to MountainLake
Park this summer, wait for the
Trainmen's excursion, which will be
given sometime in August.
We notice that the market is
gradually growing much larger, and
with It's increase Clerk Lambert has
plenty of extra work to do.
When flies swarm into The house
it is sure sign of rain, but when a
fly sits down on a sleeping baldhead
it's an infallible sign Of profanity.
Mr.. P. G. Hunter will have charge
of the photograph gallery at Inwood
during the season. He is prepared
to do goo and satisfactory work.
Pref. j. II. Apple, president o
the Womeu's College, occupied tht
pulpit of the Reformed Church, or
Sunday last, both morning and even
ing.
Misses Eva Hunter and Carrie
Shalls, who have been visiting the
family of Mr.. P. G. Hunter, return
ed to their home in Baltimore, on
Mondd5 morning.
A game of base ball was played
on Monday last between 1.-THE Cork.
ers, " and the Strinesville nine, which
resulted in score of % to 81 in ia.
vor of "Fhe Corkers."
Saturday and Sunday last were
scorchers, the thermometer register
ing 100 in the shade on Saturday
and l02 on Sunday. The nights
however, continue to be cool.
Mr.. ]. Nelson Wisner was in Der
kelley Springs, on Monday, to attend
the preliminary hearing of the man
Shelton, charged with having at
tempted to kill one of Morgan's cit
liens.
Messrs. W. Roy Stephenson and
j.. j. Williams, attorneys of Win.
chester, were at the Court House or
Monday, arguing several cases in
which they were intere. ted as oppos
ing counsel.
We walked into the Mayors Office
GA Monday morning and there found
occupying his office the newly elect
cd Sergeant, Mr.. S. FL. Martin. He
will gil The Office creditably and will
make a good officer.
Mr.. Phillipy Belts and Mrs. Hen.
rietta Williams, Of Frostbur2, Md,
who have been on visit to Mrs.
Elizabeth Mullen, In this city, for
some time past, returned to their
home in that place on Tuesday last.
Mr.. j. Harry Moorehouse, OF AL
leghany City, was in this city over
Sunday. Harry claims that the
hard times do not affect him person
ally, but that he sees it in the faces
Of those with whom he associates il
business.
A merciful man is merciful 10 his
beast, and the law should show nc
mercy to the driver who treats q
horse in cruel and brutal way
Every violation OF the law made iol
the protection OF dumb animals should
be severely punished.
The garrison from Fort Sheridan
was moved to Chicago and to day
will face the strikers at the stock
yards, Blue Island and South Chica.
go. A cricis is looked for. Proyi
sions have become very scarce and
famine is threatened in many places