Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-09-02
Nice weather.
The Potomac is very muddy.


The people are looking for anew poPu-
lar song.
The day of the street piano IS drawing
10 close.
City IS full Of many pretty Epworth
Leaguers.
The ice man will soon be jealous Of the
coal man.
The popular song is generally howl
ing success.
S.len. is golden, but golden hair IS u
most cases loud.
Merry camping parties are breaking up
for the summer.
The average drunkards downfall IS
due to his first drop.
It's funny but thin jokes are the hard
est TO see through.
The cyclone is very often severe blow
to the agricultural districts.
Dewey has been killed again. 1t was
Hagerstown dog this time.
It's hard to settle down after summer
tour; and harder to settle up.
The construction Of warships is delay
ed by the scarcity of steel.
A number of young men went to VIM
chester to see the game Thursday
You will always find the cheapest Mel
Ions and Sweet Potatoes at Felkers.
The cool weather is bringing many
complaints from the katydids and locusts.
1t makes a girl feel sheepish to have
her lover call her his little lamb in public.
ave got YOU spotted" remarked the
sun as the freckled seashore belle came
along.
.My money is always in creasing, re-
marked the witty tailor as he proceeded
to press the trousers.
Mrs. Mary +. Marker, OF Hagerstown,
was found dead in the rear OF yard at
that place. Heart trouble.
Mr.. David Westall, who has been work
ing in Newark o., has been promoted to
Master Mechanic at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
A call has been issued by Cumberland
citizens for an Indignation meeting on the
water question, the condition OF the Po-
tomac being unsufferable.
Rev. c. P. Stealey of this city, has been
attending the Baptist Young Peoples
Union in Winchester, this Week. He
was one of the speakers last night.
Governor Atkinson Tuesday appointed
Mr.. r. c. Burkhart, Of near this city,
delegate to the Mid-Continental Agricul-
tural Exhibition to be held in Cincinnati,
September Is to October next.
Attention is called to the ad. in anoth-
err column, CT Miss Hunters select school
for girls and boys. Miss Hunter is so
we'll and favorably known as all educator,
that commentator is unnecessary.
The claim of West Virginia for expens-
es incurred in the fitting out of troops
during the war with Spain has been part
" paid by the United States Government,
S25,2o8.8o having been so far allowed.
Unless something occurs to prevent,
the first executions to take place at the
West Virginia Penitentiary will happen
October 10. Mcdowell has three crlmi-
mails sentenced to be hung on that date.
Frederick Krantz of Adamston Md.
fell from the steps of the Charles Hotel
at Point Of Rocks, Wednesday and died be-
fore assistance could reach him. 1t was
found that the fall had broken his neck.
Mrs. Annie M. Baker, widow Of Capt.
VIM. F. Baker, was granted pension
through the efforts of ]. F. Roberts. The
declaration was flied June 9, 1899. PEN
sion granted August 81, 1899, tor $500
per month.
VIM. Harrison Angle, prominent cit
izen of Washington county, Md, was
thrown from train at Hagerstown, the
wheels passing over him, killing him in
stantly. He was agent for the W. M. r..
r. at Clear Spring.
The Martinsburg Creamery Company
has been granted permission by the city
authorities to use the city water and the
creamery will be started into operation on
Monday. The well drillers have not yet
succeeded in striking water
Postal Telegraph Messenger, Frank J..
Ryan, who started Monday from New
York on his bicycle to deliver message
in Washington, arrived Tuesday, cover
ing the distance in twenty-six hours, ten
hours ahead of his schedule.
Henry Lusher of Huntington, while
dreaming that he was engaged in fight
with burglars, pounded his room mate Sc
riousIy. and then leaping into hallway
with a chair in hand He fell down flight
of stairs, breaking several bones in his
body, and it is feared is injured internally
Miss Ella McFarlan and Charles T.
Wyndham, both of Winchester. Wednes-
day rode by train to Martinsburg and
thence to Hagerstown on bicycles ard
were married at Zion Reformed par-on-
age by Rev. DR.. ]. S. Kieffer. They
were dressed in bicycle suits.