Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-11-21


Col. John w. Dodd offered for sale
in front of the Court house, the home
farm of Mr.. David Stewart. situated
in Opequon district. which was bought
by Mr.. VIM A. Mcdonald at twenty.
four dollars per acre. The farm com
prises 40 acres. Another farm con-
tanning III acres of slate land situated
near Three Runs, was purchased by
Earnest Mcdonald at $40 per acre.
The invitation received by our fire
department to attend the Firemen' S
carnival at Chambersburg on Thanks
giving day will not be accepted. A
letter has been sent to the latter stat
ing their regrets at not being able to
attend. Quite number of our young
"bluds' have been preparing to go to
Chambersburg on that day with the
firemen and this will be big disap-
pointment to them.
A party of sportsmen are arranging
to give rabbit roundup in Heyser' S
field, in the southern suburbs of Ha-
gerstown, on Thanksgiving Day.
School children aged from six to four
teen will be allowed to participate.
The children will form close circle
and $50 live rabbits from Luray, Va,
will be liberated in the center of the
circle. The children catching the
rabbits may keep them.
Notices have been posted on the
Hannisville Distilling company's
premises to the effect that the plant
will be closed down for year or more,
after the present amount of grain on
hand is consumed. There is about
$500 or 5000 bushels of grain to be
used which will run the distillery un-
til the latter part of December or fore
part of January after which the hands
employed will be compelled to hunt
other employment The cause of the
shut down is attributed to the fact
that the production is tar greater
than the demand.
Rev. J. c. Hawk and Miss Ida Gray
Forsythe were married last Thursday
afternoon, at 1880 o'clock, at Harmony
Methodist Episcopal church, Sykes
vile, Md. Rev. J. S. Hutchinson.
presiding elder of Baltimore district,
assisted by Rev. w. A. Mcdonald,
performed the ceremony. The groom
is brother OF Mrs. M. G. Tabler,
of this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Tabler and
Miss Helen Hawk attended the we'd
ding. After the ceremony, the couple
left for an extended Southern tour
and on their return will reside at
side at Beltsville, Md.
The beneficial influences of McKin-
ley's election have begun to show
themselves in the coke regions Of this
State and the big Connellsville region
bordering on it. In the latter region
where, during the campaign II,
ovens went out of blast, there has
been encouraging activity within the
past week and 5000 ovens were fired.
About 1 900 ovens were fired in the
upper Potomac region in West Vir-
ginia. The starting up of factories
over the country has made good de-
mand for coke and has given the
operators confidence in the outlook
for the future.
A Thanksgiving social will be held
on Thanksgiving night in st. John S
Lutheran church which promises to
be very pleasant and instructive. A
programme consisting of songs, reci-
tations, instrumental and vocal music,
ETC., has been prepared and will be
rendered on the occasion. ALI are in
vited and no admission will be charged,
yet those attending are expected to
bring a donation which will be dis
tributed amongst the poor of the city
Let those who have been blessed with
sufficiency remember with their gifts
the needy who have not been as fortu-
nate in securing the necessaries of life.
Delegates to the Berkeley County
Sunday School convention met in
the M. E. church, South, Tuesday
morning. and effected a permanent
organization. A large number of
ministers and Sunday school workers
from this city and county were pres
ent, yet the attendance was not as
large as it was expected it would be.
Rev. c. S. Trump called the meeting