Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-03

house out of the township q
Orders left at {. G. Cushwa & Bro s D,
hardware store will receive prompt
attention by VIM Gerling, who is
now in the draying business. =
Mrs. Mary v. Kearney died last W
Friday at her home near Shepherds 70
town, aged 80 years. The funeral hi
took place Saturday afternoon.
The gold yield Of the United States to
last year was $50 900, 900, which was .
about SIS, ooo, 600 in excess Of the in
average for the past twenty years. W
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A laughable comedy, The Sport fl,
ing Craze" will appear at the Central
next Friday April 9. Seats on sale h;
at Quenzel's =
The impurities in the blood which S.
cause scrofulous eruptions are thor Sc
oughly eradicated by Hoods Sarsa- p1
parilla. Try it. til
Mr.. Lee M Bender has new
pavement laid in front of his residence to
on Maple avenue. A good example ar
for others to follow. II
While playing hanging I6-year-old !
Henry c. Geiter, of Lancaster, slipped
from a trunk with moose about his ~
neck and was checked to death
The American Sunday School Union IS
Bible c'ass will meet on Monday ns
evening April S. from 1880 to $50 in Y
the M. +. church, South. All come al
and bring your Bibles. Sc
The Great Council of West Virgin fir,
ia Improved Order of Red Men will
meet in annual session at Palatine, !.
Marion county, Tuesday morning,
May a..
Sheriff James H. Smith has moved ra
his family from the country to the re
Jail. Mr. Alex Elliott has moved to 81
the property recently purchased OF a
Mr.. P. c. Hunter.
A man who keeps putting off adj tn
vertisiug until he is more prosperous la
is like dog trying to catch his tail fir,
There is plenty Of motion but no w
gress.-Spatula. lv
The Wilen building on Queen ~
street has been treated to new coat il'
of paint The store room adjoining -
the furniture store will be occupied a
by man from Philadelphia M
Engine No 100 on the Missouri as
Pacific railroad, the first locomotive a'
purchased by that company. AID I'd
which has been in use since 1860. has ~
Just been consigned to the scrap heap. ny
James Huff, blacksmith, at Hin
ton, while repairing a Winchester SC
rife, last Friday, shot himself through CO
the arm, SCATTERING the bone and te
causing a wound from which he bled tn
TO death hf
Mr.. c. H. Quenzel has moved his
family to his property on Raleigh =
street, formerly owned by Mr.. j. B. ~
Wilson Mr.. Wilson's family moved
to the MattLaei property on South pr
Queen street W
The Vitascope entertainment at the :,
Central, Wednesday, was an excellent
one. The specialties introduced after
each living picture" were greatly
enjoyed Mr.. Barker is one of the
cleverest jumpers we have ever seen.
Two freaks, or three landed in New .,
York for Barnum's show. One is a 90
man weighing OF pounds and only =,
IS inches high and the other is, or =,
are, female applicant of the Siamese ~
twins. :,
Dr. +. A Brewer, of Reading, Kan p,
sas, owns the oldest horse in the hs
world. The animal is Al years old
and was ridden by DR.. Brewer as
cavalryman during the late unpleas- =,
antness
A Williamsport mother has hit up -,
on an excellent plan for getting her II
daughters home at satisfactory hours p
in the night. She requires the last p
one in to arise and PREPARE the fam D
lily breakfast. Transcript.
1t is about time for the man with NJ
the bear to be in town, and sing his n
monotonous song which runs some Ct
thing like this eli de ring tun -