Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-06-26
Harvest time is near.

Our markets are booming.
The boys are ain tue swim.'
June weddings are numerous.
There will be a heavy wheat crop.
Go to Barr & Lantz and get a BIZ
cycle for $35.
The school children are enjoying
the vacation.
Have you seen those pretty U. S.
wheels that Barr & Lantz have sold ?
Pull off your coat and 60 to work.
1t can be found if you want it bad.
What pleasant evenings for prom
enading-iuyigorating and health
full
Lovers OF Pen-Mar, Mt. Alto and
Island Park are eagerly awaiting
picnic dates.
Holy Communion will be admins.
tered in st. Johns Lutheran Church,
Sunday, July 4th.
Nc. C. C. Keedy has purchased a
new delivery wagon and put it in
use in his business.
The Berkeley County Teachers
Institute will be held in this city the
first week in August.
Elisha Butts, who was sent to the
pcnitentiary about two years ago for
forgery, is home again.
Keep in mind the City Band pic
mic at Inwood Park, July Sd. A
large time is guaranteed all who at
tend.
The small boy is beginning to
wonder whether Mayor Henshaw
will permit shooting on the Glorious
Sd.
Quite a number OF our people at
tended the closing exercises of Shep-
herd College, in Shepherdstown, this
week.
The B. & Q. has announced
cheap rate excursion to Washington,
for tomorrow. The round trip is
only $100.
The Senate passed the bill to give
the old German congregation OF this
city, 81 500 for damages done dur
ing the war.
A large number of young people,
of this city, attended the dance at
Duflields last Friday night, return
ing on train No. 3.
The banks Of this city will be
closed on Monday, July 5th, as that
day will be celebrated instead of the
4th, which comes on Sunday.
There was young man with
mustache, who was exceedingly
rasn; he cut off his hair, and made
his face bare, and now he can't get
him a mash
Prof A. b. Carman, OF the High
School, has arranged fine vacation
trip to California, returning by the
Northern Pacific Railroad. He will
start next week.
The beard, mustAche and eye
brows may be made a desirable
and uniform brown or black by an
occasional application of Bucking.
hams Dye for the whiskers.
Mr.. Thomas Saunders returned
from the Baltimore City Hospital,
where he has been undergoing treat
ment, last Saturday. We are glad
to note that he is very much improv-
cd.
Bicyclists should remember that
to ride at the rate Of over - miles
an hour on the streets Is against the
law, and also to ride at night with
out lamp they make themselves
liable to fine.
Prof. Edgar Bowers, WHO has been
teaching in the High School in this
city during the past session, we are
informed, has accepted chair in the
faculty of his alma mater, Roanoke
College, Salem, Va.
Mr.. U. S. G.. Pitzer delivered an
address before the Parthenian and
Ciceronian Literary Societies of
shepherd College, last Tuesday
night. The subject was, Drifting,
but Not Hopelessly."
Mr.. Jacob WhiLmore's store in
Shepherdstown was broken into and
robbed last Saturday night. A lot
of clothing and some iewelrv was
taken. This is the sixth time that
Mr.. Whitmore's store has been rob,
bed.
On last Friday evening Mr.. John
Small, living about a mile east of
this city, was set upon and robbed
while returning to his home. Mr..
Small bad his entire months wages
with him, and every cent of it was
taken.
What crop Of takers We are
raising. Talk about ''slow to hear.r
we've got to hear fast to kitch it all.
But the most of all is, we have moth.
ing to keep when we do kitch it.
Does anybody "think twice before
speaking" now a-days?