Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-08-24

SATURDAY. AUGUST "a, 1895.

Peaches are plentiful
The Inwood Fair was a grand sue
cess.
GiIuor : Bond, Tuesday after,
noon, Sept. 81
Winchester Presby cry viii meet
in Round Hill Church, S,rt. Sd.
Superior Drilr'-the superior Of
superiors, at HENsHAw Il LIcKLIDER' s.
IIagerstown fer her good base ball
c!ah-Maltnsburg for her pretty
girl.
CT more's Band, ue,day after
noen, Sept. Bid, Central Opera
IIouse.
The Court House officials say the
bankers might hand money, but
they can't play ball.
There was slight freight wreck
on the B. & o. r. r., at Sir Johns
Run, Tuesday evening.
We are sorry to learn that the lit
tie child of Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Ber-
ry has been extremely i'll.
The Shenandoah Baptist Associc-
t on will meet in this city on Wed.
n 'sday next, August 28th.
1t is just 90 years s,nce West Vir-
ginia began to produce as much az
a million tons of coal year.
George A. Henderson, of Charles
ton, claims the worlds record as
stenOgrapher and typewriter.
A Musee DeArt is open tonight
on East Martin street, near Queen.
The museum is for men only.
The Sunday School Association
q W, Va, will hold its annual con-
NeAtion this year at Huntington,
Sept, 3-5.
Dick Ford had charge Of the ton
serial department at Inwood this
week. Mr.. Geo. Mann started the
enterprise.
Messrs. Henshaw & Licklider are
in position now to sell all grades of
Fertilizer tor less money than any
ii N in Martinsburg.
Rev. j. r. Rldenour preached in
the U. B. Church Sunday morning
'nd evening. Many of his old par
ishoners were glad to hear him again.
Buying for Spot CASH and giving
YOU the benefit of it is what HEN
SHAW & LICKLIDER are doing in the
Fertilizer business. G. V. r. R.
Elevator.
Mr. John Wharton and Mary
Elizabeth McCuskey were married
Sunday in this county. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob McCuskey.
Carpenters, plasters, stone-masons,
Transfers and everybody else are
busy row. We have work for all /;
no lOafers are needed here; plenty
to do for all ii they want to work.
Mamie, the infant daughter of Mr..
George NJ. Hoke, died on Tuesday
morning, aged six weeks. The death
o! this little one is q double affiic-
tion upon the recently bereft hus-
band.
Many persons were disappointed
because Mr.. 9. w. Doll did not play
ball on Monday. He said his posi-
ton was in the grand stand, and
most surely did lie stick close to its
protecting wires.
There vas an explosion Of lamp
at the residence of Mr.. Stephenson,
corner OF Burke and Swartz streets,
IN Tuesday night. The FIRE was ex-
tinguished before it was necessary
u turn in an alarm.
The fence in front of the recently
built residence of Mr.. W. L. Jones,
situated on West King street, has
heen removed and the public can now
view a presse brickmansion, of Queen
Anne architecture, complete in all of
its appointments.
Clarence W. Wentzel, the l8.year-
old son Of Mr.. W. W. Wentzell, OF
HaTper's Ferry, has invented and
patented a self-locking railroad
switch. The patent is most valuable
and will likely be purchased by lead
ing railroad men.
Rev. w. P. Chrisman, who was
ordained at the Episcopal High
School in June, will remain with w.
l.. Gravatt, in Charles Town. st.
Johns Church, at Harper's Ferry,
has been put by the Bishop, under
Mr.. Gravatt's charge.
The class of attractions that Man.
ager Lambert has booked for the
coming season at the Central are on
the same order rs his opening al
traction, which will occur Tuesday
afternoon, Sept. 3, with Gilmore's
Band as the attraction.
The c. V. R. r. announces that on
Thursday, July 18th and 25th, Au-
gust LIST, 9Th, 18th and 22d, Satur-
day, Sept. 7th, and Tuesday Oct. 9Th,
personally conducted excursions will
he run to Niagara Falls, leaving
Martinsburg 500 a. m. Fare round
trip, $1,000.
We are indebted to an old patron
OF 'he Free Press for supplying us
with wood at O time when we were
about to turn over our toothpick to
The cook.-F'ree Press.
We didn't know you had been liv-
ing by having the cook pick your
teeth
On account OF Changers Picnic at
Williams Grove, Mont Alto Park
will not be open Friday, August 80.