Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-10-24

with purse Of $40 2oby his fellow
employees.
f. II. Brooks sells the New Home
sewing machine Organs and ma
chimes repaired. Needles, oil and gen
eral supplies. Burke street, near Mar
lot Honse IS.
The Jefferson county fifth annual
Sunday school convention adjourned
at Shepherdstown Saturday afternoon,
after one of the most successful and
interesting meetings ever held.
DIR. John w. Pleeger, who has been
following his profession at Elk Car
den, died Sunday night Of typhoid
fever at the home Of his father, Mr..
Lewis Pleeger, in Piedmont.
A bicycle that costs 500 in Ameri-
can money costs 5000 in free silver
Mexico. 1t is not surprising then that
all lovers OF the bike" form them
selves into Sound Money clubs.
Mr.. Chas. Riddle died last Wednes-
day at his home in Falling Waters
district, aged 90 years, 3 months and
rs days. His funeral took place on
Friday and was largely attended.
The brake rigging on Western
Maryland freight car at Altenwald
broke, and the car ran away, crashing
into freight train four miles down
the road, wrecking both engine and
car.
A courageous young Texas woman
recently killed rattlesnake "six feet
long that had sixteen rattles and one
button" On November 3 the great
16-to-I snake will receive its death
blow.
The approximate gross earnings OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for
the month Of September, 1896, were
AZ. 227, $40, an increase over the actual
gross earnings of September, 1895, OF
$65,3Io.
Mr.. Charles Foster has accepted a
position with the B. & o. railroad
company as an extra telegraph opera
tor. Mr.. Foster was formerly located
in New England but will reside in
this city.
Messrs. d. c. Westenhaver, of this
city and Benjamin Trapnell of Charles
Town, have been in Hampshire and
Hardy counties during the past week,
speaking in the interest of sound
currency.
A wreck occurred Saturday morning
on the B. & O. near Cherry Run in
which engine No. 48o was badly dam
aged by running into another train,
the cab and several cars of which were
destroyed.
Last Sunday night a large congre-
CATION assembled at the First Baptist
church to hear the sermon delivered
by Rev. c. P. Stealey to the employees
of the Auburn Wagon Works, who
attended in body.
Woodstock, Va, is afflicted with an
epidemic of diptheria. All the schools
in the town have been closed and
church services suspended. Every
precaution has been taken to prevent
the spread of the disease.
The board walk has been removed
from around the Post office building
and will be replaced by an asphalt
pavement. The work of grading and
making improvements to the ground
will be pushed rapidly forward.
Mr.. Tohn /. Doll died in Frederick
of heart disease, on Monday evening,
aged about 70 years. He was broth
er of Mr.. Geo. Doll, who recently re-
moved from this city to Alexandria,
Va. Three children survive him.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the B. OF
L. +. will hold a social in their lodge
room, in the Peoples National Bank
building, two nights directly after the
B. & o. payday about the middle OF
next month. They will chance OIL a
fine set of dishes at that time.
Mrs. Paulding. mother ofour towns
man, Mr.. John T. Paulding, died We'd
nesday at her home near Smoketown,
at an advanced age. The funeral took
place Friday morning from her late
residence and the remains brought to
this city and laid to rest in Green Hill
cemetery.
Rev. T. X. Nelson, an aged Unit
ed Brethren minister, died in Win
chester, Tuesday afternoon, at the