Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
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Pumpkin pies.
Cranberry tart.
"Wep-ton-no-mab.7
House cleaning-Are you at it?
Only two months till Christmas.
Halloween falls Oh Sunday night
this year.
Yellow fever is spreading in the
South.
Tramps and the birds are flying
TO the South.
Monday was payday on ;he B. &
o. in this city.
Attend the dedication of the new
school building today.
Try the INDEPENDENT a year. 1t
give the news and all the news.
See the thrilling Wild West plsy
at the Central, Monday night.
Mr.. Jacob Helfersbay is quite III
at his home on West King street.
Don't miss seeing "Wep-ton-no-
NAB, at the Central, Monday night.
Church festivals are bobbing up
again, and the solitary oyster gets
into the stew.
No, Clara, we do not believe in
cigarettes. They don't kill the tends
half quick enough.
Mrs. Martin Hawk has moved
from the country to the DeGrange
building on King street.
The street sweepers' brigade was
out again on Monday. This is a
move in the right direction.
The Frederick Fair was o grand
success. A large crowd attended
from this city on Thursday.
The Misses Faulkner entertained
the Bicycle Club at their home in
Boydyille, on Friday night lsst.
Our "cops" are now wearing new
badges. They are different from the
old ones, bearing the cost of arms
Of W. Va.
Capt. VIM. 7. Baker, of North
Martinsburg, received an increase
in his pension through the efforts of
Mr.. j. F. Roberts.
Mr.. W. J. R. Alexander, of the
Globe Tailoring Company, exhibited
some very fine goods at M. G. Tab
ler's store on Tuesday.
A double team belonging to Mr..
E. W. Lupton ran off on Sunday
last. Officer Snyder caught them
before any damage was done.
It's natural that a good little boy
should like Sunday School better
than the other kind. Sunday
School only comes once a week.
Messrs. McCabe and Harrison are
placing large stone crusber at Will
sons grade. They expect TO run it
all winter and employ quite num-
Der of men.
Several crossings are being 1elaid
in different parts Of the city. Let
the good work go on, and in a short
time our thoroughfares will be in
fiTst-class shape.
John Phillip Sousa's Band passed
through this city on Monday. They
were on their way from st. Louis to
Baltimore and Washington, where
they gave concerts.
Ed. Williams, who broke Jail at
Sutton, this state, some time ago,
bat who was recaptured, escaped
second time on Friday night last,
and is still at large.
Peter Maher, the heavy weight
pugilist, has challenged ex-champion
James j. Corbett to fight for the
championship. If he does not &C.
cept, it is open to anyone.
Merely so show Premier Sagasta
what they think of his Cuban policy,
the Cubans of the United States
have dispatched several filibustering
expeditions to tue island.
Auditors, who have just finished
their work at Harrisburg, find that
there viii be, as was anticipated, no
balance of funds for distribution
among 5000 certificate holders of the
defunct Order of Tonti.
The Rev. Thomas Ewing Sher.
man, the eldest son Of General Sher.
man, will be the oratoroi the annual
reunion Of the Army Of the Tennes-
see, which will hold its gathering at
Milwaukee at the end OF this month.
a new self feeder stove has been
placed in the rooms of The Berkeley
CLUB by Mr.. q. G. Keedy. 1t is of
enormous size and is ornamented
with nickle and crockery. It is the
largest ever brought to Martins
burg.