Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-04-21
The seventeen year locusts are due

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this year.
Miss Annie Thumel is in Chicago,
visiting friends there.
If boy is we'll thrashed he ought
to be "as good as wheat"
Who will be the next May or?
Why, Republican, Of course.
An effort is being made to estab-
lish national bank at Brunswick.
Mr.. Charles Weaving went with
Ed. Hill on that famous Chambers
burg trip.
Mrs. W. w. Crump has returned
from about a week S visit to friends
in Baltimore.
Mr.. Geo. Ryneal. of Washington,
has been visiting his relatives in this
city for several days.
Misses Mary Stribling and sister
win make a European trip, and will
start some time in May.
Mr.. Lewis Wolfes was in this
city this week. He stopped over
merely on a business trip.
Mrs. D. F. Drenner and daughter,
Miss Minnie, of this city, are on
visit to relatives in Baltimore.
When a man says he is too poor
to take a paper, you should believe
him, for Tat is one of the reasons he
is so 20 r.
Mrs. NJ. W. LIE oh has removed to |
the residence recently purchased by |
the firm of Messrs. Swope & Frazer.
Miss Sophia Colston was in Ber-
kelley Springs, visiting the family of
DR.. j. H Hunter, on Saturday |
last.
From all indications it appears
that the Messenger has scored q point |
or two against the Ne,os at Berkeley |
Springs
a. B. Mason Was fined $500 and |
costs by Justice Trammell, on Sat
urday last, for an assault upon Wal |
ter Arvin
Mrs. A bner Boehm has been taken
to Johns Hopkins University Hos |
pitaI for treatment. She has beenil
for long time.
The triple Trio" is doing some
valuable rehearsing, and during the
summer evenings will discourse some
very pretty music.
Mr. j. L. Shick of Gettysburg, IA
ther of Mis-. Trump, is spending a
short time with his daughter at the |
Lutheran parsonage.
It. is proposed to hold in Balti
more in 1891 an exposition in CON-
memoration of the centennial of the
incorporation Of that city.
Mrs. John a. Wien, accompanied
by Miss Maize Wilen, were in Balti- |
more this week, attending the we'd
ding of one Of their friends.
Nh G. j. F. Thatcher has remov-
ed his family to Berkeley Springs
and gone to housekeeping in the
building known as "Cassler Hotel"
Mrs. Yirgie Lloyd will make sale
of her personal property on We'd
nesday, April 25, at the home of her
father, Mr. j. V. Quinn, at Beding-
ton.
BoydviIle is now occupied by Sen
ator Faulkner and family, all Of
whom came from Washington last
| Saturday. The Senator returned on
Monday.
Hon. W. Fl. Travers and Mcssrs.
Forrest W. Brown and Cleon Moore
were in this city on professional
business connected with the Court
last Saturday.
We noticed the pleasant face and
had a hearty shake of the hand of
Mr.. Phil. Muth, who made a short
visit to his father and sisters in this
city, last week.
Carol, The son OF 2Ir. and Mrs.
j. G. Fl zfr, has returned from
South Carolina, vi re he was stsy-
ing while his parents Wet absent on
their California trip.
Hon S. w Walker is in Clarks-
burg attending the U. S. Court at
that place. Mr.. U. S. G. Pitzer also
was summoned to appear as a wit
ness before the grand jury.
Mr.. Woodruff, representative of
the German-American Fire Insur-
ance Company, of New York, was in
this city on Wednesday, looking af-
ter the interests OF his company.
We saw Hon. j. B. Hoge on the
streets on Saturday last He looks
bad from his recent severe illness, but
now that spring has opened up we
hope he may regain his usual vigor.
Miss Essie Thompson has secured
the position as book-keeper at the
Middlesex Knitting Mills. Miss
Thompson s experience in an insur-
ance office has been of much service
to her.
The remains of Asael Thornton,
colored, the son of Mrs. Ella Thorn
ton, who died at Harrisburg on
Tuesday, were brought to this city
over the G. V. r. R on Thursday
for interment.
There was another meeting of the
Business Mems association last night,
showing that they are determined to
make Martinsburg succeed. We
hope every plan formulated by them
will be successful.
The first quarterly meeting of the
year on the Martinsburg charge ..
B. Church, will he held at Green's
burg, Saturday and Sunday, April
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