Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-04-22
LITTLE LOCALS.


Trees are budding rapidly.
Bicycle accidents are now in order.
Miss Gladys Engle is on the sick list.
Give US any item Of interest you may
have.
Much interest is being centered in the
National game.
Rev. Ashby Stevens died in Fairmont,
aged SO years.
West Virginia has but few soldiers yet
in Uncle Sans service.
This is the 18th day of the Wheeling
strike; and there is yet no change.
1t was decided Thursday to bring all
the volunteers home from the Philippines.
The fourth immunes, two companies OF
which came from this State, will be mus
tered out.
An addition is being built to the prop
erty of Mr.. Geo. Trimble, on East Mar
tin street.
The w. V. U. baseball schedule in
cludes a game with Dickinson here on
Saturday April 20.
There is no truth in the report that
President Raymond of the West Viz
ginia University will resign.
License has been issued in Hagers-
town for the marriage of Mr.. Edward
Rider and Ella Tennell, both of Charles
Town.
Judge E. B. Faulkner has called a
special term of the Circuit Court for Jef-
ferson county to convene on Monday,
April "a.
Last week oI,644.S4 tons of coal were
shipped by rail and 3,oI6.I6 tons by canal
from the Georges Greek, Cumberland
region.
Mr.. Geo. w. VanMetre is at Shanghai
making survey and division of the Hon.
b. M. Kitchen estate, and was engaged
there all the week.
Forest fires are raging in the mountains
to the west of this city, and much timber
is being consumed. The blaze presents
a pretty scene at night.
Read the new ads in this issue. They
are d. w. Rodrick's, Continental Hotel,
ID. P. Lemaster, Crawford Wooden Mil
/. H. Miller & Sons and Henshaw < Lick
lider.
A special term of the County Court will
be held next Thursday for the purpose of
issuing license for the sale of liquor and
to hotels and eating houses, as recon-
mended by the City Council.
A franchise has at last been granted to
the Winchester Telephone Company at
Charles Town and the company will
likely extend their line to that place. Con-
nection will be made at Berryville.
Mr.. John H. S. Fisher and Miss Lula
c. Faircloth, both residents of the vicinity
of Dry Run, were joined in marriage at
the parsonage of the Ist M. E. church, by
DR.. J. A. Price Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. Joseph Imbach, the ice man, has q
new ice wagon. Hell furnishing this veal
pure manufactured ice, honest weight, tc
the people of Martinsburg. His new
wagon is attractive and he is hustling fol
the trade.
The strangers here attending the United
States Court are filling up the hotels and
all the ffty-seven rooms of the Hote
Berkeley are taken up. Clerk Grimes Of
the Berkeley remarked that the hotel was
full up to the roof.
The horse attached to the buggy oil
Mr.. Harry S.. Cushwa ran away on Wed
nesday evening last while driving on the
Tuscarora. Mr.. Cushwa was considera-
bly, injured about the limbs, and the bug
gy was demolished.
The order of Elks, of Hagerstown
Wednesday ran an excursion to Baltimore
over the w. M. r. r., taking about 35o
people. The local merchants raised a
big kick, claiming it carried business from
that place to Baltimore.
Harry Allen, of Elkins, an extra B. &
o. brakeman, who has been living in
Cumberland recently, fell from a train near
that place Wednesday,an the train pass
ing over him severed an arm and a leg
1t is thought he cannot recover.
Ex-Sheriff L. c. Gerling and wife left
Wednesday for Washington, where they
will spend the day and then go to Ashe-
vile, a place situated in the mountains OF
North Carolina. where they will remain
until MIR. Gerling's health is improved.
Mr.. A. T. Hess will make big improve
ments to his place in North Martinsburg
He will erect a large wareroom and
otherwise make extensive Improvements,
and when completed will have one of the
best equipped business places in the city,
Florence Myers, the girl sent to the In
sane Asylum at Weston, about a month
ago returned home on Tuesday. No
word has been received from the institu-
ton but it is evident that the authori-
ties deemed that she was not crazy and
sent her home.
AT a meeting of the directors of the
Merchant & Farmers Bank Thursday,
Mr.. Bernard ID. Myers was promoted from
the position of assistant bookkeeper to
fill the position of assistant cashier, made
vacant by the resignation of Mr.. Charles
Spillman and Mr.. George l.. Viewer was
selected from a number Of applicants to I'LL
the position of assistant bookkeeper.