Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-08-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

The city was full of school teach
ers this week. ;
! The Berkeley county corn crop
promises to be unusually large.
The Mechanics Band invites you to
picnic with them at Pen Par, today.
Fred Wolfes is engaged in erecting
the shafting at the canning factory.
Retail merchants in this city are
beginning to lay in their fall stock.
Our new canning factory is now in
operation. Your produce is wanted.
City Fathers, treat other streets to
a dose of macadam similar to Queen.
Oh, that the cold storage addition
to the new canning factory was finish
ed.
The amateur Photographic fad seems
to have been swallowed by theibicycle
craze.
Many a woman whose summer out
fit is not paid for is planning her win
ter one.
1t is not wise to try to show off on
a bicycle. You are much more likely
to fall off
Once it was her bonnet that con-
cerued the woman traveller, now it is
her bicycle
An election for mayor and three
councilmen will be held in Brunswick
next Monday.
Darkness prevailed in the city Mon
day night. The moonlight tailed to
put in its appearance.
The Spangler property situated on
West John street has been purchased
by Mr. Jos. A. Downs for $IIoo.
No one doubts that the next presi-
dent of the United States will be a
smooth faced man named William
In next weeks issue will appear
new ads for tie clothing firms of NJ
G. Tabler and Jas. F. Thompson &
Bro.
A Ioo-mile club relay bicycle race
will be held in Denver on August 20,
the first prize in which will be $500
trophy.
A medium-sized crowd attended the
Reformed picnic at inwood Wednes-
day and they had an ideal day for a
picnic.
The B. & O. railroad company is
doing an immense freight business
and is badly in need of new engines
and cars.
The new brick house of Mrs. B. c.
Quenzel, on West Martin. street, has
the brick work completed and the
roof is being placed on.
Senator elect Geo. L. Wellington, of
Cumberland, Md, will deliver the
address at the Lutheran Reunion at
Mont Alto on September 10.
Three carloads of sheep were ship
ped to the eastern markets over the
Cumberland Valley railroad by sever
al of our local drovers, Tuesday.
Our weather man, Geo. w. Van
metre, made it uncomfortably warm
for the host Of teachers that visited
him at the court house, this week.
Over 400 tickets were sold for the
union picnic OF Island Park, Tuesday,
The city band furnished good lively
music, and all had gorgeous time.
At an early hour on last Saturday
morning, the little I5-months-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Callahan, died
at their home near Flagg's crossing.
st. Joseph's parochial school will be
given coat of paint by Edward Hol-
lis and numerous improvements will
be made before the summer vacation
ends.
The Martinsburg Fire department
now has drum corps, composed of
eleven players. There will be six
small drums. one bass drum and four
flies.
A large number of hands are en-
gagged in Strengthening the seven
curves in the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road east of Cumberland. The work
is carried on day and night.
1t is said that the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company will improve
and enlarge the shops at Cumberland
so that the company can build its own
locomotives in the near future.
The citizens of Morgan county will
rest from their labors today and pic
mic at Berkeley Springs. There will
be tournament and baseball game
with display OF fireworks at night.
The first part of the week B. & o.
yards at Brunswick and Cumberland
were full of cars, owing 70 the wash
outs on the third division, and the
sidings near Martinsburg were also
filled.
There is a flower garden in the
rear of residence on West Martin
street, that contains sunfower stalks
10 feet high, and stalks of white corn
II feet high. Very good for flower
garden.
With the increase in number of BIZ
cycles in this city it appears the rate
of speed increases. The city council
should take some action to prevent
fast riding before some one is serious
1y hurt.
| Mr.. Joseph West and Miss Lizzie
Sullivan, well known young people
of this city, were quietly married at