Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-01-21
Senatorial toga's are in demand.

4 trolley i!re win soon connect
Frederick and bagerstown.
Rsther doubtful as TO whether the
backbone Of winter is broken.
All of the candidates for U. s.
Senator are seeking for the grip"
The grippe is ferocious enemy
With wonderful powers es o rssur--
rectionist.
New Spade Wagons from $500
go, s.- sale 20 5oES EslLsE's, West
King street.
The soldiers ere being mustered
Out and the legislatures are the
seats Of war.
Ice, is said to have been harvest
ed from The big pond near William
sport, Nd, IS inches thick.
Tfthere should not be any more
rain The streets in some towns, not
Martinsburg, eh? might be passa-
bic.
Mr.. T. ". B. Duckwall, of Berke-
lev Springs, was appointed to a Sen
ate committee clerkship in Charles
ION.
When pipes are laid from mains
in the streets, why are the connec-
lions permitted to become almost
impossible gulches?
DR.. 81. r. Moore, oculist, Will be
at the Continental Hotel Saturday,
January g. Diseases of the eyes
treated and g'assee fitted.
"Kansas City has lady butcher"
"What 2 roast she must give her
husband when he comes home late!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
John Russell Young, librarian OF
the congressional library, died in
Washington Tuesday morning, after
an illness of seyeraf-weeks.
It is said sulphur worn in the
stockings will keep off the grippe.
If so, then according to theologists,
there is a place secure against its
ravages.
The Gold sale at Bunker Hill was
one of the largest IN the county.
Posters and advertisement were by
the Independent. Sale amounted
to over $4,000.
Put ii the water ard gas pipes on
the Winchester pike, but fiji up the
CUTTERS so Shat the driveway may be
fairly used tor both pleasure and
business purposes.
Tha. long hole on John street con-
tiuues to lengthen aud deepen. They
call IL q sewer, but will people be ex-
pected to dig down fifteen feet to
make connections?
Does your Buggy, Spindle Wagon
or Carriage Of any kind need repair
ing and paintings Now is the time
TO have it done at john HELLER 8:
West King street.
Having fed 393 tramps, and al
lowed SIS to sleep in his barn last
year, Daniel Smith of Berks county
Pa farmer has posted notices that
no tramps need apply for food or
lodging.
The winchester Telephone Com
pany is making preparations to ex-
tend their line to Hedgesville. When
this line is completed the county
will be pretty we'll covered by the
company.
WoFkmen finished repairing the
sewer, which enters the run near
"drv bridge" Thursday morning.
The sewer had become stopped up
and had oyer-Gown into the cellar
of Mr.. B. IRWIN.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Bowers, U. S. f.
c., did not hunt bait or fish, but he
got the grippe all the same, and was
confined to his room several days.
Glad to say, he is out, all right, trim
as a trout rod.
There is no ruin In this world or
wreck more depressing and terri
BILE than the ruin of a reputation.
No libel law cam ever make CON-
pensation for the mischief wrought
by evil tongues.
The New York Life Insurance
Company, through their agent, Mr..
Hunter Boyd, paid Thursday morn
ing to the heirs of VIM. Rutledge
$4,000, which was the amount Of the
insurance policy in that company.
There is now now talk of local
syndicate purchasing the Taylor
Hotel, situated right in the business
centre Of Winchester, Va, and con-
verting the same into public hall.
An offer of $4,000 has been made
for the property.
In county in Maryland the other
day, the commissioners paid 500
in compensation for injuries to
man, whose foot slipped through a
hole ia the road, that could have
been repaired by the Road Super
visor for fifty cents.
Some Of our subscribers, should
call up their "reminiscences and in
quire of their memory, how long
since they paid for the Independent.
Don't forget, it takes money to run
newspaper, and you should not
wilifully starve the printers. Pay
q little, nov and then, if not all.
4 mass meeting of prominent
farmers was held in Winchester, Va,
aud arrangements completed for a
farmers institute, TO be held in Win
chester, February 81 and %, at
which addresses will be made by
prominent agriculturists from Fred
erick county and the State.
Stopped hes it9 Well you cannot
expect watch 20 60 eiways and al
ways be or tine. A cog slips, or