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

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Miss Mary Woods is visiting Miss
Bette Sublett in Charles Town.
Mr.. j. G. Frazer has goneto Ham
ton, Va, for short business trip.
A movement is on foot to give
Martinsburg town clock. Hooray !!
Miss Sallie Faulkner has entered
Miss Baldwin's school, at Staunton,
| Va.
Hon. A. r. Pendleton, of Winches-
ter, was in this city on business, last
Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. John Marstella are
visiting Mr.. Marstella's father, on
Burke street.
DIR. Morrison was among those
who attended the Winchester Fair
on Wednesday.
Mr.. W. T. Buser, of Berkeley
Springs, spent Sunday with his par
ents, IN this city.
Miss Tabb, of Virginia, who has
been visiting Miss May Faulkner, re-
turned home Monday.
! Mr.. Scott Ramer, now employed
at Charles-Town, was home over
Sunday, with his parents.
Mr.. Barney Stewart, who is in
charge of the Kings Daughters
building is on the 81 L list.
Mr.. II. A. Riddle, General Pas
senger Agent of the G. V. R. R.,
was in this city on Tuesday.
The Firemen will hold fair at
Feller's Opera House, beginning
Oct. 25th and ending Nov. Sd.
Miss Korah Stuckey expects to
start her class in stenography and
typewriting the beginning OF next
week.
Mr.. James Faulkner returned to
Lexington, Va, on Tuesday. He
will resume bis studies at Washing
ton & Lee University.
Mr.. Andrew Woods has been ap-
pointed as one Of the new professors
at Mercersburg College, and has
gone to fill his new position.
The Select Castle, A. o. K, of
Mystic Chain, for West Virginia will
meet in Piedmont on Tuesday, and
Wednesday, Sept. 25th and 26th.
Master Horace Gard, son of Mr..
VIM. A. Gard, held birthday party
at his home on Monday, and gave
his young friends royal entertain
ment.
On September Goth, at Reading,
Mr.. Henry r. Smith, of Carlisle and
Miss Rose Banknedcht, of that city,
will be united in marriage. Both
are deaf.
Mr.. Fl. H. Emmert, of the Mar
tinsburg Bar was admitted to prac-
tice before the Supreme Court of
Appeals at Charles Town, Jefferson
county, on Saturday last.
Mr.. ]. Nelson Wisner, Jr., on
Tuesday afternoon, left for MERGERS
burg College, Pa, to pursue a collie
giate course. He attended the same
college the last collegiate year.
At the grand tournament at Nor
gan's Grove, last Tuesday, Mr..
Wright Morgan was the most sue
cessful knight, and crowned Miss
Meta Schley Queen of Love and
Beauty.
Your attention is called TO the adj
vertisement of the sale at public
auction of the valuable real estate of
the late DIR. E. G. Williams, to be
offered at the front door of the Court
House, on Saturday, Oct. 9th.
"The shops started up again last
week. We hope Mayor John B.Wil-
son and his rump Council will do as
they promised, keep the shops 60
ing."-StateSnlan.
Looks like they were going to do
it, don't it?
Bro. Cromwell, formerly editor of
the Petersburg Mountain Breeze,
now has charge of the Elkins Inter-
Mountagn, and will conduct that pa
per in the future. He knows how.
and will make his paper q success
more than ever.
A young man, "slick as a ribbon"
they say, by false pretenses obtained
from one of our usually discreet mer-
chants about $40 worth Of goods and
skipped. He represented himself as
the son of one Of our prominent
farmers, and said he lost his pocket
book.
Miss A. Kate Wisner and sister,
Josephine, lett on Monday for Wes
tern Female Seminary, at Oxford,
Ohio. Miss Kate has been engaged
as teacher of French and literature
at that place, and her sister will en-
ter as one of the pupils in the insti-
tuition.
The Pioneer Press Of last week
published in full the Grafton of Hon.
Frederick Douglass, which was de-
livered at the dedication of Manas-
sas Industrial School, Manassas, Va,
Sept. Sd, 1894. 1t Is powerful and
mastery minds discourse on a lofty
subject.
Mr.. G. G. Pitzer, who had just re-
turned from Virginia, where he was
playing base ball with the Shenan-
doah team was telegraphed for by
the Hagerstown team to play two
games with them against Hanover,
Pa. Charles has a good reputation
for his playing.
Mr.. D. W. Snyder who was sew
eral months ago thrown under his
wagon, which passed over him, break
ing his leg, is able to go about again
with the aid of crutches. He has