Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-04-24


day night.
Ridenour's School closed for the
term Tuesday afternoon. A nice
program was rendered by the pupils
Of the school.
Mr.. G. W. Buxton expects to
make great many bricks this year.
He claims that he will aim to carry
a million in stock.
Mr.. Lewis Wolf sold his fine driv-
ing horse Tuesday to Mr.. Nathan
Conn, of Hancock, for one hundred
and forty dollars cash.
Mr.. David Huff died on Friday
night last, at his residence near Lee
town, of lingering illness of psraly-
SIS, at an advanced age.
The minstrel performance to be
given by the City Band will be held
on the nights of May 21st and 22d.
Paste this in your hat, and be sure
TO see it.
Young Peoples Society Christian
Endeavor Prayer Meeting, at st.
Johns Lutheran Church, tomorrow
Sunday evening, at $50 p. m.
All welcome.
On Tuesday night last a dance
was given by some of the young
men of this city at Hotel Berkeley.
A great many strangers were pres
ent, and all enjoyed it immensely.
VIM. Johnson. colored, was arrest,
ed for being drunk and disorderly-
on Monday, and was fined $500 He
is one of the workmen at Myers
Hole. His employer paid his fine.
The work of the street sprinkler
has been required necessarily this
week, the dust having collected in
such quantities as to cause serious
Inconvenience 10 travellers on tue
streets.
'The Librarian wi II be given at
the Central Opera House next
Thursday. If you want to see a
play of The highest character and at
the same time be made happy, don't
fail TO see it.
We are glad to note the rapid i'm
provemen' of Mr.. John Lovett, Of
the Canning Factory. Although his
ankle is still very weak he is able to
attend to business without any very
serious inconvenience.
The B. & O.. S. W. will begin the
laying of 5000 tons of IS pound
steel rail next month. About half
is to be placed in the Mississippi di-
vision tracks and the rest between
Parkersburg and Chillicothe.
The Mississippi river is higher
than ever known before, being 20
miles wide in places. Thousands of
acres of valuable farms under water,
homes washed away, and hundreds
of lives have already ben lost.
An interesting and edify'ng tenn
perance meeting was held BY the
Good Templars at the First M. E,
Church. on Sunday evening last.
Messrs. c K. Chambers and VIM.
Bowers conducted the meeting.
Miss Rose Cutting, of North Raj
eieh street was the successful winner
of the first prize offered by the edi-
tor of the Msrtinsburg Lutheran,
for the largest number of words CON-
posed from the word Lutheran"
The cold weather of this week does
not seem to have injured the crops
to any material extent. We have
spoken to several of our fruit-grow.
ers, all of whom worried at first. but
now seem to think no harm has been
done.
From day to day we read of the
beautiful fair sex OF Metropolitan
cities and inland towns, of which we
think well, but if Mother Eve pro-
duced any fairer of her sex than
Martinshurg contains, we would like
to know.
Invitations are out for the we'd
ding on April 29th of Miss Ida Per-
nv Lippet, daughter of DR.. W. F..
Lippct, of Ohares-T Town, to Mr.. Ed
ward M. Yates, of Flint Hill, Va,
the ceremony to take place at
Charles Town.
The through coaches of the B. &
O.S. W. which are used between the
west and B. 4 O. points are to be
Royal Blue, the new standard color
of the B. & o. The rest of the pas
senger equipment will be the stand
ard Pullman color.
The grand ball given by the B. of
l.. E., the proceeds for the benefit of
disabled members, at the Central
Opera House, on Monday evening
last, was decided success, socially
and financially. An immense crowd
was in attendance, and good order
was maintained.
A fondness for boxing seems to
be nifesting itself in this city
again. just so it is done for the
benefit to be derived, it should be
encouraged. When it starts as a
way of money making and is indulg-
ed in as by bouts it should be stop
ped Immediately.
There have been a few slight re-
pairs made in the crossings. AL
though the ruts having been filed
and cut down has helped considera-
bly, to make them easy, there will
have to be more changes yet to in
sure safety and com fort to any ex-
tent. The only remedy for them
will either be TO relay them or take
them out entirely.
Hon. George M. Bowers purchas-
ed the brick house owned by Sena-
tor Faulkner, and lately occupied
by j. G. Frazer, last week, for a
consideration of 1900. This is