Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-08-15

w NJ Westphall, Of this city, has
located sawnill % his farm ii Fail
ling Waters district and Is getting oul
4 great deal Of lumber.
The Tuscarora Gun Club held /
very successful shoot at Mr.. William
catrow's, near Hedgesville. on Thurs
day. Quite number of marksmer
from this city took part.
Charles Johnson and Edward Schu
bell were drowned in the lake at Chi
cago by the capsizing of their boat or
Sunday. They went downin sight o
their wives and children.
We very much regret to note the
| illness of our esteemed friend ant
valued contributor. Mr.. A. T. Russler
While not dangerous he is anything
but well man. the result of prostra
ton by heat.
A new warehouse is being bull
for the Evans-S hafer grocery com
pany adjoining their storeroom on
North Queen street. Coal oil and the
like will be kept in it. It will BIZ
covered with sheet iron.
Over two hundred farmers have sur.
rounded Fox Lake, near Wooster, O.,
and are guarding it to prevent the es
cape of three desperate burglars
There have been many burglaries in
the community recently.
Thursday, August 20, will be Re-
publican Day, at the Inwood Fair.
Senator Elkins, Hon. G. W. Akin
son and Hon. A. G. Dayton, will dis
cuss the issues of the day. Don t
fail to attend on that date.
Our policemen, who have been do
ing excellent work, are to have
lighter coats. The new ones have
been ordered through ]. F. Thompson
& Bro. The coats worn by them now
are entirely too heavy for this hot
weather.
The Black Diamond express on the
Lehigh Valley ran from Pittston to
Wilkesbarre, Pa, a distance of nine
miles, in 81 minutes. The Mitchell
engine was used The train consist
ed of seven Pullman cars and bag
gage car.
According to official computation,
there were ga accidents on the rail-
roads of the country in June. OF this
number 40 were collisions, 40 derail-
ments and s other accidents, and the
number of persons killed was so and
injured So.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Hollis, died Monday after
noon. at their home on Winchester
avenue. aged about one year. The
funeral took place at 10 o'clock We'd
nesday morning, conducted by Rev.
J. A. Price.
Some of our bicyclists are thinking
of going back to the cushion tire.
One stated that though it would be
harder work, he was much surer of
reaching his destination when he
started anywhere, and not be COM
PEELED to walk on account of puncture.
Someone stole the boat belonging
to John Slinkman, along the Potomac,
one night about a week ago. The
boat was made by Mr.. Slinkman and
vas very nice one, and had been
doing service at Camp Rutherford
for sometime. The camp broke up
Tuesday evening.
Dallas, Texas was the hottest place
on the continent last Thursday. The
thermometer registered Io7K. Old
men who have been there for forty
years declare they never knew any
thing like it before. There has been
no rain for several weeks, and every
thing is parched.
The remains of son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel McJelton, who were form
erly residents of this city but now re-
side in P1ttsburg, were brought to
this city Wednesday morning over
the B. & o. railroad and buried in
Green Hill cemetery. The deceased
was about eight years of age.
The street sprinkler does good
work; the water thus evenly sprink-
led soou dries up, having settled the
dust and made the surrounding S
cooler. Some people growl about it,
and never say word about the per-
son who stands around and throws
water on one spot for an hour at a
time.
VIM. Mallory, colored, was arrest
ed and taken before Mayor Henshaw,
for striking woman Monday. The
Mayor sentenced him to pay a fine of
$40 or IS days in Jail. OF course he
is resting in jail Had Tailor Elliott
big pile of wood for them to saw,
there wouldn't be so many fellows as
applicants for this favorite hotel.
U. Mendenhall, an aged citizen OF
Morgan county. died at his home at
Sir Johns Run Tuesday morning. He
had been suffering about one year with
rheumatism. He was quite wealthy
owning a great deal of property in va
rious parts of the county. The funer-
al took place Wednesday and the re-
mains entered in the cemetery at
Berkeley Springs.
For the information of those who
are desirious of knowing the meaning
of 40 to T. Fodder or No Fodder, -
we give the following explanation I6
to represents rack with 10 rounds.
Fodder or No Fodder means that he
will stand up to the rack and ask his
neighbors to do the same whether