Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-05-16

corn In its wl1idpipe last Friday, ane
Choked to death.
The round house Of the Queen and
Crescent railroad at Somerset, KY,
was burned last Thursday. togethei
with twelve locomotives. Loss,
$500. 900; fully insured.
Thos. Howell, prominent farmer,
was shot and probably fatally woun-
ded while riding along the road neal
Floyd, May 9. The assassin sprang
at him from behind tree and fired.
A horse belonging to Clyde Borum,
was run over by the mixed rrain on
the c. v. roilroad Tuesday evening,
near Tablers Station. having both its
hind feet cut of. 1t was aiterward
killed by the owner.
Adolph Wolfes will paint a numbei
of large signs on the Sencindiyer &
Stewart warehouse on Winchester
avenue. He has recently painted
signs OIL the building of E. f. Herring
and the fence of the Kilbourn Knitting
Mill.
Mrs. Joseph Grantham died last
Friday night at her home near Paynes
Chapel, aged about 65 years. Hei
husband survives her. The funeral
took place Sunday, Rev. Stephens of
floating. The interment was made
in Middleway cemetery.
Rev. J. A. Hofeins and family,
with Mr.. H. 7. Cushwa, returned on
Monday, after visit to Roanoke, Va,
where they were in attendance at the
Chassis of the Reformed church, in
that city. Mr.. Cushwa left again on
Tuesday, for Charleston.
Elizabeth, wife of John w. Corsey,
colored, died at her home on West
Martin street, Saturday afternoon,
aged about IS years. Sheis survived
by a husband and one child. The
funeral took place Monday afternoon
from the A. M. f. church.
The B. & o. R. R. will sell excur-
sion tickets from all points on its
lines to Ottawa, Kansas, for the Ger
man Baptist (Dunkard) meeting, at
one single fare for the round trip,
May II, FL, and ~, good to return
thirty (3o) days from date of sale.
Hon. Geo. M. Bowers returned on
Saturday from Atlanta, Ca, where he
had been in attendance as delegate to
the Chicago and Southern States Elk
position, which will open on August
IS. and continue about three months
He was the only delegate from this
state.
We needed little help yesterday as
several of our hands were sick. There
is always number of the boys around
until the time you want them then
they go fishing like Hollis, Bailey and
Zimmerman did yesterday. We don t
see why they go as they never catch
anything anyway.
The contract for furnishing IS tons
of anthracite coal to the Government
building has been awarded to Thorn
burg & Seibert at $5.5o per ton. The
contract for ice to R. S. Eichelberger,
for sprinkling streets to ]. H. Miller
& Son and for miscellaneous supplies
to H. L. Doll & Co.
Some of the B. & 0. passenger
coaches have been painted blue and
are now passing over the line. 1t is
the companies intention of painting
all their cars that color, both passen
ger and freight. Those already paint
ed are very pretty and they will soon
have a Royal Blue Line"
Artie Hartley and Warren Ziler
were arrested Saturday and given a
trial before Mayor ]. B. Wilson on the
charge of being drunk and disorderly.
The latter had also resisted Officer
Creque when he was making his ar
rest and was fined $25. Hartley was
fined S., both fines being promptly
paid.
Charles Thatcher, who has been in
Baltimore for several weeks receiving
treatment at the Johns Hopkins hos
pital, returned to his home about three
miles west of this city Saturday after
noon. He has been suffering long
time with rheumatism and his many
friends are pleased to learn that he
was somewhat benefited.
The Kings Daughters hospital was
opened Thursday afternoon at A
O'Clock with appropriate exercises.
The city band furnished music and
the hospital presented nice appear
ance, having been decorated with flow
ers. Refreshments and supper were
served Thursday and Friday ard will
be continued until tonight. You
should pay it visit.
The beautiful residence of Mrs.
Chas. S. Lamon, of Bunker Hill, will
be opened on June I, as a summer
retreat for summer boarders. The
house has been let to the Misses
Stuckey, who will make it attractive
and no doubt one of the most pleasant
homes for the city folk in the county
as they have every convenience and
attraction the county affords.
The Langdon Dramatic Company
will appear at the Central Monday
night and continue the whole week
and also give a matinee Saturday
afternoon. There will be change O
bill nightly selected from list of ex
cellent dramas. 10, 90 and 80 cent.