Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-15
Born 70 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles LAYTON

Born to Nh. and Mrs. Charles LAYTON
a son.
Many fishermen line the banks Of the
broad Potomac.
"A physician reports ten cases of typhoid
fever in Hagerstown.
Dog days began on Tuesday, July III.
and ends on Monday,August "a.
A man will walk thousand niles for
a chance to die gold. who is TOO lazy at
home to dig the kitchen garden.
Mr.. Gray Silver, the stock dealer has
shipped about 5000 lambs 50 lar this sea-
son. He shipped them all 10 New York
City.
Comrey's Concert Band gave good
concert at the corner Of Raleigh and John
streets Wednesday night. a large crowd
heard it.
The Junior Epworth League Of the NJ.
f. church, South, went to Bedington in
Sharff's wagon Thursday and Picniced
in Sulpher Lot.
The two-year-old daughter Of Frank
Lersch died Monday in New Jersey from
the bite Of kissing bug. This is the third
bite to prove fatal.
Mr.. Clarence McGinnis has purchased
new running gear, with pneumatic tires,
for his trap, from the Crawford Manu-
featuring Co., Hagerstown.
The wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. in the neighborhood Of Cherry
Run, will foot up money loss, it is esti-
mated, of about SI2.oco. More than fifty
cars were more or less damaged.
A marriage license was issued to
Mr.. Daniel Kite and Miss Margaret w.
Turner, both of near Little Georgetown.
The wedding will took place Wednesday
at the residence of MIR. Samuel Dodd, Lit
tie Georgetown.
Lewis Dagger & Co., Patent Attorneys.
of Washington, d c., report that on Tues
day Mr.. James I. Boyles. a resident OF this
vicinity, obtained valuable patent for
Improvements on clevis and wheel adj
justing device for plows.
Thursday morning about three O'Clock
some young men got little hilarious and
fired a revolver on South Queen street.
near Public Square The police are on the
lookout for them. They think it was two
young men in buggy.
Mr.. VIM. Edwards, of w. Martin street
is the oldest Master Mechanic in the
United States. He was in the employ of
the b. & O. Railroad Company for a
number of years. He is now SO years
old and is receiving pension.
John I. Cornwel, editor of the Ham
shire Review, and member of the West
Virginia State Senate, telegraphs that he
was on the Portia, which went down near
Firms Island IS miles east of Halifax.
Mr.. Cornwell lost allhis baggage.
The ladies of Brunswick, Md, have or
ganized a hospital corps to care for rail-
road men injured in the big Baltimore and
Ohio yards at that place, where many ac-
cidents occur. Two rooms in Brunswick
will be fitted up for that purpose.
The large posters announcing the pic
mic of Comrey's Concert Band at PEN
Mar, August 10th, were printed at this
Our job department excels any in the city.
If you have any you want done and want
| it good and cheap, give US a trial.
Attention of our readers is called to
the advertisement of Mr.. c. H. Gruver,
the well driller, in another column. He
has two machines in operation in Berks-
ley county and is giving everybody salts
faction at small cost. Give him trial.
Misses Lottie Larkins, Dora Scbleuss,
Sophia Anderson, and Mamie Davis and
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Messrs. VIM. Stevens and Harry Ander-
son drove to Williamsport Wednesday
where they attended social at the
home of Miss Helen Dugan.
MIR. VIM. G. Edwards who has for a
long time been storekeeper at the b. & o.
shops in this city and who was transferred
| to Grafton last week, returned home last
night. Mr. Edwards had intended to
move his family to Grafton, but he did not
like the position and returned to Martins
| burg.
Mr.. VIM. T. Stewart who purchased
the Ezra Herring property, between Mr.
f. c. Williams and L. c. Gerlings prop
erty on w. King street, has settled the
amount with Mr.. f. Herring, executor of
the estate. The amount paid was S4,725.
The remainder of the property will be
sold at a sale later on.
The John street sewer is bringing good
results. 1t is working excellently and
nothing more could be expected. The in
crease in the current in the stream, caused
by the flow from the sewer, keeps the
stream in good condition. Before the
Corporation had to clean out the stream
about every two months, but the sewer has
relieved it of that task
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