Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-18

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are cleaning up the weeds and dirt
along their respective lines.
The Small-Shields Chautauqua. at
Inwood, has been declared off owing
to the inability of Mr.. Small to attend.
The colored camp meeting at In
wood Park Sunday, was attended by
the largest crowd that has been to
the park this season.
Messrs. Gray Silvers and D. A.
Beard shipped two car loads of lambs
over the c. v. railroad to the east
ern markets, Tuesday.
The First NJ E. Sunday school will
hold their annual picnic at Inwood
Park, Thursday, July so. All are in
vited to go with them.
Margaret Blue, colored, died at her
home on West Martin street, at 7
O'Clock, Sunday evening. from pa
ralysis, aged about fifty years.
Don't forget the Lutheran Metho-
dist Episcopal, South, picnic at Island
Park Tuesday, July IS. This will be
one of the largest of the season, and
you should go.
A five-months-old daughter of Will
lam Scott. colored, died at her home
on the Geo. Trimble farm, north of
this city, Sunday morning, from
cholera infantum.
Edmund Lee. of Shepherdstown,
died at Far Rockaway, New York,
Wednesday, where he was receiving
treatment for an enlargement OF the
glands in his tn roat.
Berkeley county will be largely rep
resented at Parkersburg next week.
Delegates will generally go on trains
Nos. and 3, at 5:5I Monday evening
and 2:3o Tuesday morning.
Company E., w. Va. N. g., ex-
poets to leave on Sunday, August 3,
for Huntington, for the encampment.
They are expected to be on the
grounds Monday morning.
1t is being reported that the "Dink-
cyl train on the B. & o., will again
run. 1t should be as it is a great
convenience to not only the railroad
men, but the people in general.
There is a great deal of sickness
prevalent amongst the children of
this city. Great care should be TAX
en- TO avoid commencement of sick
ness, then there will be no necessity
of a cure.
At a combined service next Sab
bath evening in the Lutheran church,
the pastor, Rev. c. S. Trump, will
deliver an address on the spiritual
influences of the great c. f. conven-
ton at Washington.
Mrs. Julia Zendoff died at her home
in Gerardstown Monday morning,
aged 81 years. Her husband died
several years ago. The funeral took
place Tuesday morning from St.
Ioseph's Catholic church.
J. w. Green has sold 800 acres of
land fronting on the river and rail-
road near Cherry Run, to a promi-
nent capitalist of Kenosha, Wis,
with view of establishing a Swedish
colony and furniture and canning
factories there.
Osbourn Drenner, a photographer
who has pitched his tent near the B.
& o. passenger depot, was fined five
dollars Monday. for taking photos on
Sunday, an doing business without
license. The fine was paid, and
license secured.
Mrs. Sarah K. Durham, died at
her home near Gerardstown, Satur-
day, July II. She had been suffer
ing for number of years. She was
aged as years months and ? days,
and is survived by a husband and
seven children.
There will be a picnic and tourna-
ment held in Geo. Bear woods, near
Shanghai, Saturday, August l. A
large number of prizes will be award
ed to the winners of the various con-
tests. An invitation is extended to
GU to be present.
The report that l have withdrawn
from the contest for Clerk of the
County Court of Berkeley county is
untrue. shall remain in the race to
the finish. Your vote, support and
influence is respectfully solicited.
l3 JOHN B. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Slagle, of
Winchester avenue, were entertained
by their daughter, Mrs. Conrad Cline,
at her home on West Burke street
Tuesday, in honor of the 5oth ami
versary Of their wedding A number
of relatives and friends were also
present.
The Delineator for August is a
beauty, and is more than ever the
woman's favorite magazine. Issued
by The Butterick Publishing Co. Qim-
ited), at to II West Thirteenth
street, New York, at the remarkably
low rate of SI.oo for years SUBJ
scription, or IS cents per copy.
Daniel Miller. jr., Fred Fizer and
Evers Myers, were arrested on Tues
day, for raising a disturbance at a
lawn festival at Vanclevesville. They
were tried by Justice Harrison, who
fined Miller S. for assault Fizer 81
for using profane language, and re-
leased Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Russler, Mr.. and
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