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

road, VINO has Deen appointed aSsiS'
tant superintendent Of the second and
third divisions Of the Baltimore ard
Ohio Railroad, with headquarters in
Cumberland, has assumed charge oi
his duties.
A large number Of telephone poles
are being placed along our thorough
fares and will shortly be erected. The
headquarters Of the telephone COM
pany will be moved from the Peoples
National Bank building to Little Bros.
building The whole system will be
enlarged and improved.
Mr.. j. r Stanhope, clerk Of the
Hagerstown fair races, has arranged
for three bicycle races on October 20,
81 and ~ during the fair and also a
jumpers contest, purse $500, in adj
dition to the regular racing pro-
gramme. Charles Johnston, of Ha-
gerstown, was appointed referee
During the Bryan meeting in Cum
berland Wednesday afternoon, r. f.
Johnson, Dir. w. w. Wiley, Casper
Reichart and Dennis O'Neal are re
ported to have been touched for var
ious amounts by pickpockets. VIM.
+. Porter was one of the unfortunates
at Keyser, losing SIS Ex-senator
Davis is said to have been relieved of
500.
Fishermen have been making SPLEEN
did catches in the canal with nets.
The water had been drawn off the
levels and great numbers of bass
suckers, carp and other fish that were
washed into the ditch by the high
water were taken The water was
turned in the canal Thursday. The
damage by the high water was slight.
One man died at Harpers Ferry last
Wednesday while satisfying his curl
ositv to see Silver Bryan and another
was killed at Keyser by being stabbed
during a quarrel at Bryan's ghost
dance. At every place he stopped
along the line pick pockets got in big
work on his audiences. Though he is
making votes for Mckinley it would
have been much betterif he had stayed
at his far western home.
There ought to be fair play in poll
tics as well as everything else, and
when the Popocrats denounce Grover
Cleveland for selling bonds in time of
peace, they are not playing fair. For
when the Republicans passed bill
last winter to increase the revenues
Of the government so that it would
not be necessary to borrow money,
the Popocrats defeated it.-Bellefon-
tame Republican.
Geo. Welcome, colored, formerly
of the Pioneer Press, this
city, and who was here, recently, on
a visit to his mother, was killed in
the wreck on the Pittsburg division
Of the B. & o. last Thursday. His
mains were brought here on Saturday
night and taken to his mothers home
On West John street. The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon from the
A. M. +. church and the remains in
TERED in Mount Hope cemetery. He
was about 81 years and unmarried.
The saw-mill engine of Johnson
Bros, six miles east ofFrostburg, Md.
exploded Monday at noon. Charles
and Frank Boettner were
eating their dinner in front of the en-
CINE at the time and were thrown
seventy five feet away from the en-
CINE and instantly killed. They
were twenty-five years of age and
each leaves wife and cbEld. Thomas
Johnson, a member of the firm, mar
rowly escaped death. He ran from
The building, which was shattered to
pieces.
The shooting tournament held Tues
lay and Wednesday on the old fair
grounds by the Martinsbwrg Shooting
Association was a grand success.
was an ideal day Eorthe shoot
ing but Wednesday was windy and
cold. A number of strangers were
present and did better shooting than
our boys. The contest for the silver
trophy cup and championship of Der
kelley, Jefferson, Frederick and Wash
Ington counties, was carried away by
Mr.. +. P. Mantz, of Frederick, who
twenty-three mud hens
out of possible twenty-five.
Berkeley Springs suffered seriously
from the flood of last week. The loss