Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-05-30

pitchers.
The paint brush has been doing ex
cellent work in all parts of the city.
Do the election returns suit your
World.
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name.
A new floor will be placed in the B
& o. machine shop in this city,
shortly.
Mr.. Patrick Martin was paralyzec
Tuesday night at his home, near tn,
cemetery.
Don't forget the committee meet
ing and convention at the club room
next Saturday.
Since Stephens left-there is no
ticable falling off of female callers a
the post Office.
A prisoner in California Jail Gu
off three fingers with Ratchet in or
der to avoid work.
Mr. David Rusler is erecting a new
house on the foundation OF his old one
that he tore do,x,o
A large number of young ladies in
this city have bicycles, and some are
making good use of them.
The contract for the erection of the
new buildings at the University O
Virginia has been awarded.
The universal verdictof the com
missioners is that election day is ex.
tremely long and tiIesome.
The post Office will be open as usu
al today Decoration Day. except
ing from 10 a. m. to S p. IN.
A large number of Martinsburg
boys came home from various places
to cast their votes for their favoritt
candidates.
The Curtis Band will decorate the
graves of their deceased members al
the various cemeteries this afternoon,
at s o'clock.
State Superintendent Lewis, OF
Charleston, has been secured for an
address at the Inwood Assembly, on
Wednesday, July %.
The Brass Works is now in opera
ton with the force brought along
from Brooklyn, which will be increased
by people from this vicinity.
The MARYLAND Prohibition delega.
ton to the convention at Pittsburg
passed through this city Tuesday, on
the B. & o., in special car
Excursion tickets for the G. A. R.
encampment at Chambersburg, June
I to 6, will be sold on the c. V. r. R.,
at one fare for the round trip.
We were defeated. August Zim-
norman, of the Independent, cast his
first vote Monday. We always told
him he was a picture of bad luck.
The ladies of the Presb yterian
Guild. of Gerardstown, will no Id a
strawberry and ice cream festival on
Friday and Saturday nights, June S
and 6.
The Secretary's report for the Sun
day school of St. Johns Lutheran
church shows there was 375 present
last Sunday, and the collection was
SIo25.
Z. Stuart Stalnaker, formerly of
this city, and last year a junior in
the High School, will this year grad
uate from the Hanover, Pa, high
school.
Invitations are out for a reception
to be rendered by Mr.. and Mrs. w.
N. Inch, at the Continental, Mon
day evening, to Hon. and Mrs. B. B.
Dovener.
The B. & o. has issued an order
prohibiting trainmen from helping
ladies on and off trains. Some of the
employees, at times, carried their
privileges too far.
Governor McCorkle has been writ
ten to for an address on "The Re.
sources of the State, at the Inwood
Assembly. but has not yet been able
to give date.
The ladies of the Methodist church
at Bunker Hill, will hold strawberry
and ice cream festival on the evenings
of June S and 6. Children's Day will
be celebrated on June 7.
r. f. T. Hildebrandt, who pleaded
guilty of enlightenment of money
from the Harper's Ferry bank, was
sentenced to two years in the state
penitentiary at Moundsville.
General Manager Greene, of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Saturday
awarded contract for rs consolida-
ton locomotives to the Richmond
Locomotive Works, Richmond, Va.
Michael Breen, veteran policeman
of the Washington force, committed
suicide Sunday, by plunging into the
Potomac. He had been sick and
grew respondent, and decided to take
his life.
Reports of severe storms come from
all parts of the county with great de
struction of life and property. and yet
Martinsburg rests serenely in the
valley protected by mountains on Ell
ther side.
Three men were drowned Sunday