Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-09-21
LOCAL NEWS.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1895.

superiors, at HENsHAw & LICKLIDER's.
A car loaj f cider mills, cheap,
and none finer lad , At HENsHAw &
LICKLIDER.
Mr.. Lee Davis has resigned his
position as mschinist at the Md lle-
sex Knitting Mills.
DON'T fail to ace Uncle Alvin
Joslin, at New Opera House on
Saturday, Sept. 2S.
The mails from the street letter
boxes are collected twlce a day, be-
tween I and 8 a. N. and and 2 p.
10.
Messrs. Henshaw L. Licklider are
in position now to sell all grades of
Fertilizer for less money than any
firm in Martins burg.
A very heavy rain visited this sec
ton of the State on Wednesday
morning. 1t was too quick rain,
however, to do much good.
Buying for Spot CASH and giving
you the benefit of it is what HEN
SHAW Il LICKLIDER are doing in the
Fertilizer business. G. V. r. R.
Elevator.
The Middlesex Knitting Mills
we're compelled to close down on
Thursday morning, owing to the
bursting Of the blow-off pipe which
was Immediately repaired.
Messrs. A. B. Smith, w. f. Hof.
helms, Jas. F. Thompson and l.. De
w. GcrhArdt, attended the meeting
of che West Va. Editorial Associa
tisH this week at Clsrksburg.
Every member OF Martinsburg
Council, No. 80, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, is
requested to meet IN their hall, on
Monday night, Sept %, busin ess Of
very much Importance to be trans
acted.
The heavy rain of Wednesday
morning caused washout near AL
pine Station which delayed travel on
the B. & O. r r. only few min
utes. They most rapidly repaired
the damage.
The City Council at its meeting
on Monday night last decided to
make new contract with the Edi-
son Electric Illuminating Company
for light ng the streets for period
OF six months.
No charge to show you what
glasses will do for you by Leech,
Stiles & Co., Eye Specialist on next
Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Continen
tai Hotel parlors. See their adver
tisement in another column.
The many friends of Mr.. Wm,
Mckee, senior member of the firm
of McKe e & Wisner, Jr., will be
sorry to learn Of the sudden illness
OF the old gentleman; hope he will
soon be able to be about again.
Mr.. w. II. Mallock ha4 written
for the Octob9r number OF The For
I'm the third article in his series on
Socialistic subjects, entitled DE
mand and Supply under Socialism,"
"A brilliant snd striking paper
A stay of execution has been
granted IN the cases of POkcy Barnes
rnd Mary Alternately, the colored
women sentenced to b. hanged next
Friday, in Lunenburg county, Va,
and they will probably be granted a
new trial.
Dr. II. W. j. Ham, whose lecture
"The Snollygoster," last winter
made him many friends here, will
again lecture here. Oct. Is, is the
day set, and "Old Times in Dixie
his subject. Other announcements
will follow later.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. V. Fiery died on Thursday night.
1t was in the best OF health until the
extreme heat OF Wednesday night
when it took sick and all available
help did no good. We sympathiEe
with the parents.
The October number of The For
an will contain an unusually interes-
ting article, by Senator Ross, of
Kansas-upon whose vote hung the
impeachment Of Andrew Johnson
on ~The Political Leaders of the Re-
construction PERIOD
Mr.. Louis Windmuller has writ.
ten for the October number of The
Forum an article entitled, "The Re-
suscitation Of Blue Laws criticising
the action of the Police Commission
ers of New York in enforcing the
Sunday excise law.
Tue c. V. r. r. announces that on
Thursday, July 18th and 25th, Au-
gust LIST, 9Th, 18th and 22d, Satur-
LAY, Sept. It'll, and Tuesday o 8th,
personally conducted excursions will
be run to Niagara Falls, leaving
Martinsburg 500 a. m. Fare, round
trip, $1,000.
The Hannis distillery has started
up on one.fourth capacity, using l40
bushels of rye a day which yields
about IL barrels. When running at
full capacity, day and night, they
make at least so barrels,a day. The
distllery has been closed down since
about the first Of June for repairs.
1000 tons South Caroline Bone.
800 tons Raw and Dissolved Bone.
100 tons Kainett.
We bought these Spot CASH, and
can sell you lower than any party in
the county.
HENsHAw & LIcKLIDER.
Mr.. VIM. G. Mcdonald living near
Inwood has remarkable pumpkin
vine. 1t has 26 pumpkins on it
weighing from Is to so pounds each.
At the base the vine is 6 inches in
circumference, and has bark on it
that resembles tree. 1t is vine
Of truly wonderful growth.
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