Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-08-12
Real fall weather.

Good Rice SC pound at eakel ;
Even pale ale win make your nose red.
lars and crooks SC. gal. at 5. SEEKER 5
Marries for money-the oftiiciating min
lister.
los Garrish, Williamsport, has a rabbit
with FIVE feet.
The autocrat OF the breakfast table now
adays is the cook
The uudertaker's motto While there's
death there's hope.
TRY S. S. Felker's dry roast coffee
Strength and flavor guaranteed.
Weller Bros are laying a new gutter in
front Of their property on Wesr King 9t.
The best tin cans. Everyone guaEan-
teed not to leak, Sc. dozen at ). ). rel
ker's.
The big grey horse Of the Adams Ex-
press Company at Winchester, died Mon
day night.
S. S. Felker has the best and cheapess
Water Melons. You will always ma
him in the lead on Melons.
HI. Doll & Co, still have a few Ham
mocks, big enough for one and strong
enough for two. 7-I2-3t
A carload Of men gathered up at Han
cock and Berkeley Springs was taken to
Scotdale, Pa, to work in the mines.
Comrey's Concert Band went on a pic
mic to Pen Mar on Thursday. Four hun
IL .,.,j ,,:,a+aa,, ttclretc were sold.
The machinery for the new electric
light plant at Wlllamsport has arrived and
that town will soon be lighted by electricity.
Chas. Omwake, Greencastle, was re-
turning from bicycle ride, when he col
lided with team and was thrown violent
~ to the ground, breaking his eoilarDone.
One hundred and twenty-five B. & O..
section hands from the five stations near
Fairmont have stopped work, demanding
SI.2S per- day instead of Si.I5 day,
which they are now paid.
Archie Sands Manager of EAR No. ? OF
John Robinson's show has made arrange
ments with the c. V. for special rates
from Hagerstown for those who wish to
attend the show here on August 10.
Mr.. Edgar Warrington, of Winchester,
passed through here Wednesday with
Young Eskimo dog which he purchased
at Frostburg. 1t was the tirst one ever
seen in these parts. 1t IS a beauty ana
attracted much attention.
The erection of the wall at the South
end of the Second ward school building
has nearly been completed and work on
the wing at the other end of the building
will be commenced in few days. The
work is being pushed rapidly forward
A Miss Welty died at the house of Mr.
Charles Brandenburg, near Suttonss
School house Tuesday afternoon, aged
thirty-five. Funeral took place from the
house Wednesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
DIR. F. M. Woods conducted the services.
The shipping clerk and several other
employees of the Shenandoah Pants Fac
tory are now working three nights out OF
week. This is done in order to fill the
numerous orders which are continually
coming in and which keep them busy all
the time.
Undertaken VIM. H. Wilen returned
Wednesday from Prakersburg, where he
had been attending the meeting OF the State
Board of Embalmers. The Board will
meet again in Parkersburg September $, in
White Sulphur Springs September 70,
and in Martinsburg October 8.
Thieves broke in the bottling house of
ZEE. Sheaner Monday night and stole lot
of beer, "a revolver and a blackjack. Officer
Hollis rounded up two tramps who were
found in an intoxicated condition in the
vicinity of the bottling house this morning
and placed them in Jail to await hearing
The Auburn Wagon Company has re-
ceved an order from Australia for a
number of their wagons. They are now
in correspondence with several other for
eign companies and they will likely receive
several other foreign orders in the near
future They are now shipping wagons
to all parts Of the country.
The municipal election passed off quiet
ly at Brunswick Monday, light vote be-
ing polled. T. B. Athey was elected over
]. w. Peyton in the first ward, +. w.
Flynn over J. T. Martin in the Second
ward, DR.. Fisk Elgin over ]. H. Grimme
in the Third ward. The candidates elect
ed are in favor of high license.
Mary Walker, the young colored girl
arrested by Officer Hollis for robbing the
house of Rachael Hill, was given a
hearing before Justice Byers Monday af
ternoon. She was found guilty of the
charge and in default of $500 bond was
remanded to jail to await the action of
next grand jury. She is a young girl
about fourteen years of age.
The first installment of the new two dol
lar bills was sent to the treasury for cir
culation on Monday. They are similar
in designs to the one dollar silver certifi-
Gates now in circulation. A picture of
Washington is-on the face of the new
bill, and beneath it there are. flag and
spread eagle. The design on the back is
like that on the one dollar certificate.