Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-09-01

Sept. 18th.
DR.. 7. j. Bland was in Washing
ton last week.
Miss Eva NortL's private school
will oper Sept. 10th, 1894.
1t will go down into the history
as The Unsigned Tariff Bill.
The bill is a law. The next thing
is to ASCERTAIN what it means.
Rev DR.. F. NJ. Woods and wife
have returned from their vacation.
The new tariff bill is born, but
Mr.. Cleveland refused to stand IS
godfather to it.
Miss Nellie Reed, Of Williamsport,
is the guest of Miss Bessie Reardon,
on Water street.
Hon. j. T. McGraw, of Grafton,
was in attendance upon the conven-
ton on Wednesday.
The President to Senator German
i didn't sign your infamous and
perfidious bill, anyhow.
A game of ball was played between
the Unions and Buffers the score
being 6 to 5 in favor of the Unions.
Miss Nellie Hamaker, of Harris
burg, who has been visiting Miss
Alice Cushwa, returned home TO-
day.
Professor Wilson is sure OF an en-
thusiastic reception in England.
The Golden Club should give him
a medal.
Mr.. Robert Criswell, whose illness
has been of six weeks duration has
been able to leave the sick room for
several days.
Misses Wiltshire and Crane will
open the Berkeley Female Institute
on Thursday, Sept. 4th. This is the
eight session.
Misses Annie Sullivan and Katie
Curren, two charming young ladies
of Washington d. G. are visiting Mr..
NJ. Goheens near town.
Happy is the man whose salary is
less than $4,000 per annam, for the
income tax gatherer shall not modest
him nor make him afraid.
Miss Lula Conrad, of Winchester,
who has been on a visit to the Misses
Gibbs, on Boyd avenue, has returned
to her home in that place.
Has Major A. W. Mcdonald ever
said in his speechs what his position
position is toward paying the so call
ed debt OF West Virginia to Virginia?
Ex-Vice President Levi P.Morton
arrived at New York from France.
He said he would seriously consider
the Republican Gubernatonal nomi-
nation.
The Wilson bill is a memory. 1t
is the German bill that is a fact.
How differen it might have been If
Mr. Wilson's name had been Arthur
instead of William.
NJ, ssrs. W. +. Drenner and A.
Zimmerman, Jr., of this force, spent
several days in Washington and Bal
timore, the latter part of last and the
first part of this week.
Sarah Eliza Virginia Files ,daugh-
ter OF William Files, died Aug. "a
aged II years, l month, and Is days
the funeral was preached on the Is
by Rev. j. B. ChamberIin.
Trinity Episcopal Chuach will be
oreu for divine services on next
Sunday at Il a. m. and I p. m. The
Holy Communion will be admins
tered at the ii O'Clock service.
Jefferson county's delegation to
the Congressional Convention came
up in strong array. They brought
along the Charles Town band and
greatly "enthused' the convention.
Louis Brown is Offering some queer
premiums at the Morsan's Grove
Fair, and the people there will keep
him hustling to fulfill his engage
ments, especially the ladies, among
whom Louis is so popular.
Among the popular men of Jefer-
son county here on Wednesday we
saw Col. Forrest W. Brown, Col.
Gallagher, Mr.. r. W. Morrow, Col.
r. P. Chew, Mr.. Gustav Brown, Col
II. V. Davenport and many others.
Dana May Miller, wife of William
Miller, Swan pond, was born Feb. 10
1861, and died Aug, IS 1894 aged SO
years, months and 6 days and her
funeral was preached at her home on
Sunday last at 10 A. NJ. by her pas.
Rev. j. B. Chamberlin.
On August 18th, Candidate Sing
erly said edltorially, in the Philadel-
phia Record "Of course, Presi-
dent Cleveland will sign the German
bill. 1t is disagreeable necessity
Ike getting vaecinated lest worse
thing happen" Mr.. Singerly will
have to cease posing as prophet.
The Morgan Messenger makes a
powerful appeal to the voters of this
district and this state 10 have her
rights restored as to representation
in tie legislature. The recent gerry
mander deprived Morgan a vote,
and Bel kelley too. Their argument
is incontrovertable, and voters should
see too it that such infamous prac-
tioes whole power are abolished and
repudiated.
1t is said that editor Co!ston was
"hoppin" over that article OF the
Herald of Saturday last. We could
see that in his anger he forgot his
appre citation of Shakespeare or that
fine sense of humor and burlesque
that we have known him to have.
We admire the article ofLhe Herald
for its "smack" of the ancient far
more than wa do tbOea ,y1oetI,, nuno