Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
TIE NARTnsBuBa PEsALD
Entered at the Post Office at Msrtinsburg
" Va. as Sscond-CIass Nattsr.l
Even Texas has ten inches Of snow.

Even Texas has ten inches Of snow.
The farmers are still busy plowing.
Christmas green's country shoppers.
Mr.. Howard Emmert.s house IS under
roof.
Loads and loads Of spruce ami pine in !
town.
Suggestions for Christmas buyers are.
in order.
The farmers find a ready sale for their
turkeys.
The Christmas tree makes its Dough
to the public.
Full to Overlooking the stores with
Christmas goods.
The merchants harvest time the
Christmas season.
Ten bushels OF good fish have 50 far been.
seined out Of the G. & O. canal.
The bank deposits are getting heavier,
and the merchant wears a gracions smile,
Intemperance made 534 New Workers
insane the past year; love,I4 men and So
women.
A hot box delayed the early North
bonnd c. ". train a few minutes this
morning.
Post Office Will be open Dec. rs from
ITO a. ~. only. Carriers will make one
general delivery.
Handsome engraved invitations have
been sent out for the dance to be givenin
Hotel Berkeley during the holidays
Go to Felker's for your Xmas goods.
Baking supplies, Fruits, Candies. Nuts. All
Of these goods are guaranteed fresh.
Messrs. Samuel and John Jones. butch
ershave dissolved partnership and the
former will hereafter conduct the busl-
ness.
Albert Iillegrass, b. & O. brakeman,
Of Cumberland, fell between a train and
had his shoulder so badly crushed thar ne
will die.
Senator Scott is suffering from varicosea
VEINS. He is now in ahospital in Wash
ington. where an operation will be per-
formed.
Mixed Nuts loc. pound Butternuts
ioc. pound Walnuts SC. pound, AL
monds zoe. pound. All the very best, at
Felker's.
A horse dealer from Washington took
several fine horses from the county
Wednesday. Prices ranged from fifty To-
ninety dollars.
MIR. Holly A. Braithwaite and Miss
Martha A. Roberts, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Thornton Roberts, were married at
Inwood Thursday.
1t is even limited that the Wetumpka
Club will take up quarters in their Club
House along the Potomac, should the
mild weather continue.
Yesterday advertised Christmas but a
few weeks off, Likely he failedso get this
years Hagerstown almanac.
The sale of the c. & o. Canal is off for
the present The Board OF Public Works
OF Maryland declined to accept the bids
offered for the purchase of the Canal.
Samuel A. Dawson, a B. &. O. engi-
neer, residing in South Cumberland, had
an eye almost torn out by the explosion
of an oil glass connected with the lubca-
tor on his engine. =
AT high no IN Thursday Mr. Robt. Lamo
KEGS, of Jones Spring and Miss Asa
Lavina. daughter of Jacob ] ayina, Of
Jones Spring, were joined in marriage BY
DIR. ]. A. Price in the parsonage Of the
Ist NJ. +. church
Many Wilson College girls are passing
through town on their way home from
school Tor the HOLIDAYS. They are trans
ferred here from the C. V. and b. & O.
Misses Nellie Myers and Oda Nicklas,
who attend The school. returned home
last night.
Mrs. Mary Pine of Darkesville met with
a very serious mshap. BY accident she
lost her balance gong down the stairway
at her home, and fell. The result was
the breaking of the thigh bone. Mrs.
Pine is seyenty-iive years Of age, and the
accident is necessary a serious one.
Mr.. Thomas Walters, after an absence
of thirteen years in the wild and woody
West, returned to his old home on Satur-
day. During his absence he has been liv-
ing in Texas and Oklahoma. Mr.. Walters
has not changed much himself, but he sees
many~changes in the town. He was cor
daily welcomed home by his friends
The trial OF Leonard Linthican was be-
gun Wednesday before Mayor Henshaw,
but was continued until Thursday,
when it is was finished. A number Of
witnesses were examined in the case. The
Mayor found him guilty of causing dis
turbance at Five Points and resisting the
officers. His sentence was $40 and cost
or sixty days in jail
The tenement house on the farm of Mr..
Samuel Busey, near Gerardstown, occu-
pied bv MIR. Burton. was burned to the
ground at ten O'Clock Wednesday. All
the contents Of TIE house were destroyed.
excepting one bed, which was saved by
neighbors. No one was in the house at
the time of the FIRE. II is supposed that it