Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-06-18

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luck. Don t carry a funeral around
with you. All your friends have
troubles OF their own, every one
Elk.
Messrs. L. B. McCabe and Bro,
railroad contractors, have another
contract with the B. & O. at Noun
tain Lake Park, and are shipping
their effects from this city to that
place.
The marriage of Mr.. Arthur Lee,
of Richmond, Va, and Miss Grace
Davis, youngest daughter of ex-
Senator Henry G. Davis, of this
State, is announced to take place
next autumn.
A brief, touching and vivid sketch,
based on incidents of wife and
mother, from the pen Of MIR. U. S.
Gran Pitzer, appears in the outside
columns of this issue. 1t will be read
with interest.
A Mingo county jury found a
prisoner guilty of involuntary man.
slaughter" for shooting at q man
whom be did not hit and who is still
alive. The judge discharged both
jury and prisoner.
The hurrying, swiftly passing mo.
ments hunt in vain for friendly
grasp from the hands of the town
clock and onward fitting, taIlies the
record sheet with mo effort for in
creased water supply
The Sabbath School OF the Nj. E..
Church, Bunker Hill, will hold
Children's Services on next Sunday
evening, June 18th, at 7.30 O'Clock.
There will be recitations, dialogues,
etc. All are cordially invited.
The name of Col. Forrest w.
Brown, of Charles-Town is promi.
nently mentioned in connection with
the next Democratic nomination for
Congress in the second district of
West Observation-Disclosures Sun.
We understand that the apple
crop this year will be a complete
failure. The trees bore a wealth of
bloom in the spring, but the late
frosts did great damage to them.
Large orchards are without an apple
upon many of the trees.
"Lawd! Lawd~ exclaimed a pious
Georgia negro, shut amt de bible
comm true ev'ry day? Amt we
got Sampson fghtin' fer US? AM
amt the word come cl'ar cross de
oshum dat de United States flag
waves ober the Phillistines?"-Ex.
A very pleasant meeting was held
at the home of Miss Mamie Aud on
Tuesday night, by the members of
the Lutheran Literary and Aid So
ciety. The program consisted OF
reading, recitations and solos by
the members, and was much enjoy
ed.
The State Superintendent has
made his calculation distributing the
distributal school fund to the coun.
ties and independent school districts.
Berkeley county, amount $8,133.I8;
Martinshurg district, $2,90632; def
ferson county, $6,92090; Morgan
county, $3,ll8.68.
Quite an acreage of tomatoes and
sugar corn is being titled for use at
the cannery. By the way, Col
Lovett on Thursday last opened the
last barrel of apples, kept in their
cold storage and found them in per-
feet. condition. What are they,
"None Such" Col?
Recruiting seems to be the order
of the day, aud Lieutenant Frank
Baker has proven very successful
by enlisting handsome and highly
esteemed young lady as can be
shown by the records of the County
Clerks Office, and of Rev. Henry
Thomas, rector of the Episcopal
Church.
DR.. r. G. Burkhart, of Berkeley
county, gave our sanctum Q pleasant
call yesterday afternoon. The doc
tor, as will be remembered by many
of our citizens, was resident of
our town and was engaged as q
druggist thirty-four years ago. The
late Dr. Henry Billings was his sue
neutrality-suspicious. Indepen-
dent.
A corner vender of apparently
unknown quantity, was engaged in
this town for several days, testing
the wind power of individuals by
raising water. Between wind and
water, the pocket of one like Joseph
in the Chicago wheat pit became
Letter and the pocket of the other
never became too full for farther in.
fation.
Dick Denny, Of near Gerardstown,
fell from his horse on the Winches
ter pike, near the residence of Mr..
D. M. Shafer, on last Wednesday
morning. His head struck the pike
first, resulting in a comatose condi
ton, lasting all day. 1t was al
caused by over stimulation and il
Dick won't learn from this lesson
he must indeed be very, very hard
headed.
Rev. Father Patrick Donehue
formerly in charge of St. Joseph I
Catholic Church, at this place, Q
very amiable and thoroughly able
minister, was buried in Richmond
on Monday last. His illness began
in the church from an attack ot
cholera morbus and his death oc
Cured in four days. Rev. Father
Fl. j. McKeefry,at present in charge
of the church here, attened the fun
eral.