Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-08-06
Sauer Kraut crop maturing.

Electric fans in sleeping cars
what a luxury
Excellent rains-welcome guest
to late crops and gardens.
Thanks to Mr.. &C. Getzendanner
for the half of choice lamb.
The all day furnace and the ice
plants are both worked to extremes.
Ncw Spindle Wagons from $500
up, for sale at JOHN HELLERs, West
King street.
New Top Buggies, with a set of
now harness, for $500, for sale at
loHE HELLER's.
B. & 0. freight traffic is unusual
~ heavy, the bulk of the business
bling west bound.
The rain drops, though mute in
pCech, pointed out the holes in the
streets to the city dads.
Idlors and motoaless street statu-
any causeth charity and kind ess to
git their teeth in despair.
Rev. Henry Thomas will preach
10 Chrlst Church, Bunker Hill, next
Sunday, August 7, at 3 p. m.
New Surveys, with a set OF new
harness, for $4,000, for sale at JOHN
HELLERs, West King street.
The seating capacity of the grand
stand on the Hagerstown Fair
Grounds has been Increased nearly
400.
Mr.. Henry Wilen, of Burke
street, who was Frustrated by the
excessive heat on last Friday, is
much improved.
Mr. j. W. S. Strong is having his
building at Exchange Place rebuilt
and enlarged. Mr.. Geo. Grim of Ger
ardstown, is doing the work.
Prot. E. H. Vickers, of Shepherds.
town, was in town last Friday. He
has recently returned from Europe
where he was attending school.
When West End little girl saw
her mas bridal picture she said:
Mamma, you looked too pretty to
marry man as homely as. pa"
Judge Faulkner will hold the Au.
gust term of Circuit Court of Nor
gan county, at Berkeley Springs, be.
ginning on Tuesday next, 9th inst.
Mr.. William Shaffer was paralyzed
on last Wednesday. Mr.. Shaffer
has reached the advanced age of "a.
At the present writing he is slightly
improved.
Does your Buggy, Spindle Wagon
or Carriage of any kind need repair
ing and painting? Now is the time
to have it done at JOHN HELLER's.
West King street.
Mr.. Stephen Cunningham lost
valuable hog on Tuesday night,
caused by its eating the lights
thoughtlessly thrown to it from a
slaughtered animal
Col. William Jennings Bryan's
regiment is now in camp rear Jack
sOnyille, Fla, ready to start for any
old place to which it may be order
ed, and eager to fight.
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Grafton, w. Va, is to get thirty
thousand dollar depot, the rumor
being the receivers for the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, having de-
cided upon that improvement.
Pitzer's Chapel Sunday school
will hold their picnic August 10,
commencing at 10 o'clock. There
will be able speakers and a good
time is expected, and will be followed
by festival at night.
Mrs. Conrad Hubbard died last
Sunday morning at her home on
Dry Sun, several miles west of this
city, from heart disease. The fun
eral took place on Tuesday from st.
Joseph's Catholic church. Inter.
ment was in st. Joseph's cemetery.
There will be two full moons in
August, one occurred on the first
day and one will occur on the last.
Full moons occur twice in the same
month only once in about three
years, and there will not he two full
moons in one month again until
1901.
Tuesday afternoon about 8 o'clock
a colored boy, John Keets, aged
about l6 years, in attempting to
jump = train between Dufields and
Dust's crossing, fell and had both
legs cut of by the cars. He died at
s o'clock the same night. The boy
worked for Mr.. r. V. Moler, and
was from Keedysville, Md.