Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-03-30

SATURDAY. MAR. 80. 1895.

High winds.
Monday is All Fools Day.
Lyceum Theatre Co. tonight.
Our carpenters and painters are
all busy.
The smell of burning brush scents
the air these days.
Mr. N. D. Baker, Jr. has been in
Cleveland, Ohio, for short tim".
Mr.. L. e. Brown spent Sunday
with his parents in Charles Town.
Tue H4grrstown Fair this year
will he held on Oct. is. l6, II and
Is.
Mrs. H. C. Berry made short
visit to friends in Bal.inare, this
week.
Miss Lizzie Feller, who has been
quite III for several days is now much
better.
lIr. Thoma, lTodgson, OF Berkeley
Spring., WIS in Wis city on Satur-
day last.
You will find the best, PIE test
and cheapest line of dress goods at
H. c. Berry's.
Prof Andrew Woods, of MERGERS
burg Cole e, spent Sunday with his
pSfents in t0is city.
Rev. CASTOR Payne preached in
S.. Joseph's Catholic Church, on
Wednesday evening.
MIR. John Brady has removed his
family to Baltimore, where they will
make their future home.
Mr.. Fred Byers, OF Washington,
d. c., spent Sunday last with his
parents on W. Burke street.
Mr.. w. R. Alexander, of Win
chester, Va, was in this city on
Tuesday, M professional business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rutledge
are to be congratulated. A daugh.
ter was born to them on Sunday
last.
Every caller at j. F. Thompson
d Bros on their opening day, April
10th, will be presented with a SOU
venir.
Mr.. D. W. Shafer has sold his in.
terest in the firp of Shaffer, Sencin-
diver & Stewart to the other two
partners.
The Mandolin Club has purchased
a double quartette of ocarinos, with
which they will shortly entertain
their hearers.
The adjourned session of the City
Council, which was to have been
held on Thursday night, was post.
poned until the next regular.
Miss Mary Cunningham, from
Stevenson Seminary at Charles
Town, was the guest of Miss Lillian
Eichelberger, short time this week
Little buds of favorite wild arbu.
tus are now opening, and very soon
the lovers of that early harbinger oil
spring will be hunting the woods fol-
it.
Fire broke out in the business
portion of Milwaukee, on Tuesday
last, and destroyed nearly 81 900,
600 in property before it was sub.
dued.
Miss Belle Stewart and Ms, L. L.
Flick were in Cham hersburg this
week, whittier they went to act as
bridesmaids for their friend, Miss
Madge Nelson.
A lamp shade in the parlor of the
residence of Mr.. D. c. Westenhaver
caught fire one evening last wet k,
but was discovered before the flames
had spread to anything else in the
room.
Mr.. G. X. Stri bling has been APP
pointed to position with the Gov
eminent Printing Office. He left on
Monday to assume bis duties. For
the present his family will continue
TO reside here.
VIM. Frohme, Sr., aged 10 years,
jumped of the Susquehauna bridge,
spanning the Ohio, at Wheeling, w.
Va, yesterday, falling 95 feet. He
was killed by striking the water.
Dependency, was the cause of sui
eide.
The Insurance Office of Herbert
L. Alexander is now located in the
Baker building. owned by Messrs.
M. A. Snodgrass and DR.. j. W. Nc
Sherry, over NJ. A. Snodgrass' Drug
Store and Merchants & Farmers
Bank.
Capt. Orem, who was recently in
jured in B. & o. r. r. wreck near
Doegulley Tunnel, is getting much
better. 1t was at first feared ampu.
tation of his foot would be necessary
but fortunately no such step has to
be taken.
AT Moore and Stewards Old Re-
liable, next to Mayors Office, are to
be found the best extra select oys-
tiers served in any style by SICK
Dixon" one of the finest cooks in
the city. Also ham, eggs, poultry
and other eatables in every style.
Now that Charley Pitzer has de-
cided to remain at home, and Mana.
ger Evans has worked up a good
feeling among all of our local play
ers, we do not see why Martinsburg
should not have one of the finest
teams in the valley.
On next Tuesday night there will
be quite masonic gathering in this
city. The exemplifcations of some
OF the work will be performed for
the benefit of visitors from Cumber-
land and other points. Equality
Lodge will have spread for the Wis