Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-08


No more holidays until Labor day.
Everything went off in good shape.
The visitors behaved themselves nicely.
Jars and crooks SC. gal. at S. S.Felker's.
Bangs were popular Tuesday among
the boys.
The City Council met in regular session
Thursday.
Our celebration is the talk of the day
all over the State.
Cumberland talks of increasing her po-
lice force from thirteen TO twenty men.
The best tin cans. Everyone guaran-
teed not to leak, $50. dozen at S. S. Fell
ker's.
Items of interest, personals, ETC., cor
daily invited to these columns send us
the news.
Zane Ferguson, young married man,
of Parkersburg, killed his mother-in-law
Wednesday.
S. S. Felker has the best and cheapest
Water Melons. You will always find
him in the lead on Melons.
Governor Atkinson has forwarded to
the Board of Pardons 96 applications for
pardon to be passed on by them.
The Electric Light Company of Har-
per's Ferry is to furnish light to Frederick
city and other towns in Frederick county.
"King" Pittenger of Greencastle, form
erly of Martinsburg baseball team, is pitch
ing wonderful ball for the Springfield,
Mass. club.
Under the present policy Of the B. & O..
in dealing with Martinsburg, one by one
our men in their shops are moving out and
away from us.
]. f. Eager, farmer living at Lost City,
w. Va, was shot and instantly killed by
Lemuel Kohn, neighbor. Kohn has
taken to the woods with his shot gun.
A Hagerstown man, who attended the
Fourth of July celebration, said he never
did like Martinsburg, but he must give it
credit for the big celebration He said
anything that Hagerstown ever had. never
touched it.
The fireman on the c. V. freight
was thrown against the window of the
cab of the engine Tuesday and had his
wrist and hand badly cut by the glass.
DR.. Morrison was called and put several
stitches in the wound.
Misses Anna Bell Deatrick, Mollie Phil
lips, Lula and Lizzie Muth and Mr.. Geo.
Rvneal left Monday afternoon for De-
troit, Mich, to attend the annual conven-
ton of the " P. S. c. E., which is now
in session in that place.
A party of campers, composed of
Messrs. Louis Zimmerman, VIM. Rum
III c., ,oI
daughters, Fannie and Daisy, and Miss
Nora Smith are at Falling Waters, where
they will camp for few days.
Mr.. A. ]. Michael. of Berkeley Springs
now well past his three score years, spent
the Fourth in Martinsburg visiting some
of his relations. Shortly he will go West
on long visit in and around Logansport.
Ind. He expects to be gone at least I'M
til next June.
Work was commenced Wednesday on
the telegraph office which will be erected
on the platform at the B. & O. station.
The telegraph office will be removed into
the building, and the semaphore signal
and switch leading to the freight track
will be worked from the office.
Mr.. Burkhart Tabler was driving
through town with a load of hay on Mon
day evening, when someone cried to him
that the hay was on fire. Mr.. Tabler had
hard wotk in extinguishing the fire; by
getting up on top and stamping it, he soon
had it out. The hay was set on fire by a
frecracker, thrown on top of it by some
young patriot.
Many have been the comments why the
Charles Town Band was not furnished
with wagon in which to ride during the
parade on the Fourth, and many have
been ready to condemn the association.
A band wagon was furnished them which
took part in the parade empty, as they de-
clined to ride owing-to their having come
here with the Fire Department of that
place which came here to parade.