Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-16

day.
Small boys ate acquiring large stock
ings.
One Of the.latest fads Is shellbark ice
cream
Frank Davidson, the comedian, at the
Central Jan. / ?, ).
Not less than II2 families Of injurious
insects vex farmers.
The twenty-first of this month IS the
shortest day Of the year.
Prunes 8 CTS pound evaporated peaches
10 cts. pound at Felkers.
This was a fine day for shoppers, and
the town Was fun Of them
Vim. Joyce was found frozen to death
in the snow near Eikins.
Christmas packages are beginning to
pour through the express oiilces.
A five-cent counterfeit, light in weight,
dated 1890, has made its appearance.
A lump Of lime in a window will pre-
vent the glass from becoming frosted.
The mails are getting heavy Christmas
packages and correspondence is pouringin
Currant and Seeded Raisins Ioc pound.
Citron 10 and IS lib. Dates Bets. ID. at
Feikers.
MANY Christmas present is already
hidden away from the eyes Of the young
ser generation.
The sixty fourth birthday of Charles b.
Rouss Will be extensively celebrated at
Winchester Feb. IL
Newsboys have discontinued on the
G. Y. II. r. trains. The 7. K. X. has al
so done away with them.
Benjamin Myers, who was accidentally
shot while handling a gun, died OF lockJaw
at his home in Frostburg,
= OptionsSon a controlling interest in the
Winchester Gas & Electric Company have
been secured by 81. Louis man.
Miss May Robinson and little grandson
Robert Keno, Of Hagerstown, are visiting
the family of Mr.. Jno. I. Paulding.
Mixed Nuts Ioc. pound. Butternuts
roc. pound. Walnuts I5c. pound, Al
monds zoe. pound. All the very best, at
Felker's.
Read !. F. Thompson & Bro. S new ad.
Drop in and see bis Christmas line. You
can get just what you want for nice
present.
Irwin III. Vent. B. &. O brakeman,
was found on the top of a car with his
skull crushed at Cumberland. tits suppos-
ed he was struck by an overhead bridge.
The three young children Of John May
and the your child OF Lille Hines, who
is to be sent 10 the Insane Asylum, were
placed in the Aims House Wednesday.
Parker. the u. S. express driver, in
duleed in the luxury of cream bath
Thursday. A large can Of cream which he
was taking from a car at the Is. y.
spilled down his neck.
The next term of Circuit Court begins
the second Tuesday in January. The
civil docket is pretty large and the term
will not be a short one. Several criminal
cases are also on the docket Tor this term.
Blood streaming down the side of BIZ 0.
passenger train No. 9 led to the discovery
Of dead colored man on the top with his
head crushed. tits supposed that he was
struck by an overhead bridge between
Cumberland and Pittsburg.
The Game and Fish Commission Of the
Dis rict Of Columbia has ordered that the
c. and O. canal be seined from Williams
port to Great Falls to save the bass and
other fish, except carp. The carp will be
killed. The work will be commenced
Thursday The fish viii be placed in the
Potomac.
MIR. ]. Leland Crider, who recently left
the Kings Daughters Hospital. where he
vas i'll with typhoid fever, is again down
with the malady He has been out of the
hospital for several weeks, but has suffer-
ed a relapse and is about as i'll as he was
at first. He is at the home Of his mother
in-law on Raleigh ST.
Rose Prichard was arrested by Officer
Pitzer Tuesday evening for swearing
and raising disturbance on Dueen~street
He was released in the morning until night
at seven o'clock, when he was given a
hearing before Mayor Henshaw. Prich-
ard was placed under bond 10 keep the
peace for one yearly Justice Byers.
The members OF Comerys Concert
Band desire to return their thanks to the
ladies' who took part in their Fair.
to the organizations which attended; to
merchants and citizens and the public for
their attendance and patronage. The
amount realized was better than was lti-
cipated. SaIo.24 was the sumouut realized.
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