Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-08-19

AIr. L. Dew Gerhardt. who was to
umpire the game Of baseball yesterday
afternoon. was struck in the head by a
ball. thrown by ont Of the players 10 prac-
ticing before the game. The ball was
thrown hard and struck him above the
temple.
The Baltimore & Ohio r. r. company
through the General Manager OF Passen-
ger traffic has issued beautiful souvenir
Of" Picturesque Scenery" from the press
of r. Tennyson Nicely of Philadelphia
The book contains some beautiful views
among them several excellent ones taken
AT Harper's Ferry.
| Lou Young, the regular pitcher for the
Martinsburg team. received an offer from
the Frostburg team aud left Thursday
for that place. The team will try him and
| Il satisfied tn his twirling will sign him
| for the season. L1u is a good pitcher and
clean bali PLAYER. The home team will
suffer great loss if it looses him.
| William Hank Bender, the young son
of Mr.L. Bender, of this CITY, died OF cholera
| infantum at Mountain Lake Park, Md.
Monday afternoon, aged about sixteen
months. The remains were bought mere
on train No. q Tuesday and short SER
vices were held at the house, conducted
by DR., J. A. Price. They were then taken
to Chambersburg for interment.
The party of campers who have been
c lmping at the Wetumpka clubhouse,
Falling Waters, returned home last Mon
day. The following composed the camp;
MIR. and Mrs. F. E. Smurr, MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Bert, Misses Ida and Leah Beck.
Bessie and Abbie Harley, Messrs. Dudy
Harley and J. H. Hobbs, jr., this city,
Misses May King, Of Baltimore, Bessie
Fletcher and Mary White, of Greencastle.
David McDade, the parachute jumper
who was here recently with Welsh Bros.
show jumped from blazing balloon half
mile high in the presence of thousand
people at Oswego. McDade grasped the
partly unfolded parachute and leaped into
space. A shower of sparks followed him
scorching the parachute and setting ii
afire in places. The parachute plunged
into the river and McDade was rescued.
He was badly frightened and slightly
s.orched.
Mr.. Homer Small met with quite a
painful accident Monday evening. Some
parties were driving through the farm
without Mr. Smalls permission. He was
running across a field to stop them, when
he came in contact with barb wire
/ fence. He struck the wire with such force
that his lower lip was cut entirely through.
1t is a very ugly and painful, though not
serious, wound. He came to town and
and had the wound dressed.
A party of seven gentlemen from
Chambersburg are camping along the
Potomac, near Bedington. In the party
| is Superintendent Zinc, of the Chambers
burg Shoe Company. They began cam
ping last Friday and will emp there the
rest of the week. Several from this city
have visited the camp and they report til; t
the Chambersburg sportsmen are having
a good time. Mr.. c. II. Huffman, Of
Bedington, is acting as their guide.
Four of the recruits, who left here with
Captain Atkinson for Camp Meade, to fill
up the ranks of the 27th Infantry, were
turned down upon the second examination.
Harry Dorr was turned down because he
was two short. He measures only 5 feet
8 ga inches and the requirements are not
less than S feet a inches. Clay Talb was
not allowed to enlist on account of a dis
ease of the back. Chas. Young was turn
ed down on account of rheumatism and
John Ouinan was the other.