Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-11-05
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Church supper season.
The Georgia Minstrels.
Give the town good streets.
The battle of the ballots is:on
Southern Band-Tuesday, Nov. s,
Hunt the Chestnuts and autumn
leaves.
Bagging the voters, makes quail
of the candidates.
The total cost of the Peace Jubi-
lee in Philadelphia was $4,000.
Pavements next to c. Y. station
needs repairing. So says the pen
cilist.
Judge Faulkner held special terms
of court in Charles Town on Tues
day and Wednesday.
New Top Buggies, with a set of
new harness, for $500, for sale at
JOHN HELLER's.
Burns, enjoys the hot time the
calf roasters are having. John
likes veal roasted.
Don't fail to see "The Georgia
Minstrels,' at the Central Opera
House, Monday, Nov. IA.
Miss Mamie Moore, who has been
quite i'll at her home on East Martin
street, is very much improved.
The infant son ofMrs. Anna Folk,
widow of Mr.. Chas. Folk, of near
Shepherdstown, died last Monday.
DIR. A. Mason Evans, Of Middle
way, was paralyzed a few days ago,
and has since been in critical con-
dtion.
Don't fail to attend the Great
Southern Band, which will appear at
the Central Opera House, Tuesday,
Nov. s.
Read John Heller's ad. He is q
teller in the wheel, and his work
goes on the wheel to make it go
good.
The new winter uniforms for the
policemen have been received. They
are very neat and comfortable in
appearance.
The Hagerstown Fair Association
is settling its bills and finds it profits
on the recent fair will amount to
about $4,000.
Lieut.. Hobson il confident that
all the Spanish ships of Cervera's
feet at Santiago, except the Oquen-
do, can be saved.
Margaret Holmes, the little daugh-
ter of Rev. E. Holmes and Emma
Lamar, died at their home at Ar
lington, Md, Oct. 25.
Mrs. j. W. McSherry has been
unanimously re elected president of
the Martinsburg Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson P. Coe, of
Gerardstown, will leave about the
Is inst, for South Carolina. where
they will, as usual, spend the win
ter.
Misses Mary and Agnes Ander.
son gave party to few of their
young friends, at their home on
East Martin street, last Friday
night.
Gen. Fitzhugh bees mother had
fall on Monday at the home of her
son, Capt. Dan NJ. Lee, in Stafford
county, Va, in which her left thigh
was broken.
Mr.. Harry A. Heefner and Miss
Bertha Snyder, of Hagerstown, we're
married at the Reformed parsonage
at one o'clock Thursday, by DIR. j..
A. Hoffheins.
Mr.. J. W. Duvall, of near Swan
Pond, had eleven fine sheep killed
by dogs last week. They also at
tackled the flock of MIR. E.. S. Tab
Ter, killing one.
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.
Extra cars are being placed on B,
& o. freight cars to haul chestnuts.
No such crop of chestnuts as this
years has ever been seen, or at least
has ever been marketed.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. HoIe .hage
left the home OF ", IS. Lamon, where
they have ben boarding, and are
now domiciled at the home of Mrs.
Hoke's father, Mr.. John E. Boyd.
The ladies of the vicinity of Van.
clevesvilIc, announce that they will
hold supper at their Union Chapel
on Saturday, this evening, for the
benefit OF the chapel. Everybody
invited.
A number of colored voters met
at Feller's Hall on Monday night
and organized the Colored Indepen-
dent League. Monroe Taylor was
elected president and Henry Carter,
Secretary. -.