Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-26

tween local stations on Cumberland
/ Valley r. r. December "a, rs and 81,
and on January I, good to return I'M
til January 4, 1897, at regular ezcur-
/ sion rates.
MANY readers will be more than
pleased to welcome our old-time friend
and contributor, Lot" once more.
We hope to have no more "unpleas-
antnesses' and that Christmas good
will and peace may last all the year
Annie Kilmer, aged three years,
died Tuesday night at the home OF
her parents near the Big Springs, on
the Winchester pike. The funeral
was conducted Thursday morning
from the home by Rev. J. f. Snyder.
Mr. Dennis Mulligan died last Fri
day night at his home in Ellicott City,
Md. The funeral took place Monday
afternoon and was attended by his
nieces, Mrs. M. w. Martin and Mrs.
Robert Martin, Water street, this city.
T. w. Craig was arrested in Nor
gan county for selling wrought iron
stoves through the county without a
license. He was fined $500 and costs.
He appealed the case to the circuit
court and left SIIo as collateral secur-
ity.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company will sink artesian wells at
various points along the canal for the
accommod alton OF lock tenders and
boatmen. One is now being sunk at
Mountain Lock, below Shepherds
town.
A much enjoyed birthday dinner
was served Saturday by Mr. and Mrs.
/ !. P. Kline, corner Burke and High
streets, to a number of friends Of their
son, Ernest. He is now Mr.. Kline,
having passed his twenty first mile
stone.
The garbage carts oftimes fail to
collect on streets of the city which
should not be the case. When TER
sons set their rubbish on the front
pavement to be hauled away they
don't care to take it into their yard
again.
What is worth doing at all, is
worth doing we'll" If you think OF
giving your wife or daughter nice
dress for a Christmas present, at
Emmert & Fiery's you will find the
best line OF black and novelty dress
goods in the city.
Mr.. Edward Ba ton, who is employed
in the Brunswick yard, was taken
with a severe attack of rheumatism
last Friday afternoon, and brought to
this city on train No. /. He was
carried to his home on Second street,
North Martinsburg.
The Court of Appeals reaffirmed the
decision of the lower court at New
port, KY, in sentencing Scott Jackson
and Alonzo Walling, the murderers of
Pearl Bryan, to be hanged. 1t is ex-
pected that both will be hanged from
the same scaffold early in February.
The following is the statement Of
some observing individual: Never
Judge person by his outside appear
ance A shabby old coat may enwrap
a newspaper publisher, while a man
wearing high plug hat and sporting
a gold-headed cane may be a delin-
quent subscriber.
Occa sionly we come across a duffer
in the community who seems to think
that the editor is mere public pack
horse and the columns of his paper
the property of every fellow who
wants local prominence. 1t is about
time that this impression be removed.
! Cofeysvllle Journal.
We hope the contractors at the gov
eminent building are satisfied as they
have played around until bad weather
has set in. and the work remains I'M
finished. The people who go to the
postoffice daily for their mail don t
care to walk over broken stone and
dirt piles for months. A little of that
kind goes long way.
The League of American Wheelmen
has now over two hundred members
in West Virginia. The annual cleo
ton of officers for the State division
has just been held by a mail vote and
it resulted in the reelection of c. H.
Geiger, of Wheeling, chief consul,
and w. II. Boughner, of Wheeling,
secretary and treasurer.
The new Improvements on the Bap-
fist church have been started by con-
tractor w. +. Tebo. The front YES