Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-07

date Of the next annual fair was set Tor
September I8, 70, 20, II.
The family of Mr.. James Hess, OF Sec
o1d street, moved Monday to Waynes-
boro, Pa, where Mr.. Hess has received a
position with the Frick Machine Works.
A marriage license was issued by the
| County Clerk on Saturday to Chas. w.
Smelrzer and Josephine Ada Butts .daugh,,
er of James Butts. Both are residents oil
the county.
Among the decisions rendered by the
Supreme Court of Appeals at Charleston
on Saturday was in the case OF Stauiier
VS.. Kennedy, from Berkeley county, which
was reversed.
The barn of the farm of George w.
West. near KabIetown, Jefferson county,
was destroyed by fire Sunday nighs about
O O'Clock, with all its contents. Loss
about 81 900. covered by insurance.
The regular April term of Morgan
county Circuit Court began at Berkeley
Springs Tuesday, with Judge +. B..
Faulkner presiding. Attorneys u. S. G..
Pitzer, u. c. Westenhaver, M. I. lngles
and J. M. Woods went up to attend.
VIM. Huff who sustained injuries shout
the head by falling from b. x Q. freight
train near Kearneysvllle, while enroute
from this city to that place Sunday week
ago, died at Kearneysvile Sunday night.
He was aged 20 years and lived at Baker
ton, Jefferson county.
Orders were issued from the Ajutant-
Generals office disbanding Company b.
First Infantry West Virginia National
Guard,a Weston. The cause OF the dis
banding is a lack of interest and the re-
quiste number of members. The resig-
nation of CaptG. Karl Kunst,of Company
b. was also accepted.
A charter was issued in the Office of the
Clerk of the County Court today to the
Wetumpka Outing Club organized for the
purpose of recreation, pleasure and rest
The charter gives the club authority to
purchase, hold lease, sell and convey real
property to the value of $40 and personal
property to the value OF $1,000
Hon John T. McGraw, of Grafton, has
interested Eastern capitalists in the extern
Sutton Railroad to Sutton. and the ne
gotiations are now in such shape as to
make sure of the extension OF this road
Col Mcgraw with Samuel l.. w. Curtin OF
Sutton, and others have been at work
on this project for quite while
Is twenty-four hundred and fifteen miles
from Seattle, via ocean, thirty-three hum
bred and eighteen miles overland. Is said
to be the richest gold field discovered up
to this time. The first steamer Will leave
Seattle on or about May 10, 1900. For
full particulars, maps, etc, address Geo.
II. Heahord, Passenger Agent, Chicago,
Milwaukee 6; St. Paul Railway, Chicago,
Ill.
MIR. H. M. Miller, of this county, one Of
the directors IN the Allegheny Valley Or
chard Company, has offered prize OF $40
to the student of West Virginia Universe
ty who writes the best essay on some
practical problem in fruit growing and
who makes the best grades in the course
of Horticulture, the chair of which is held
by Prof. l.. c. Corbett, who is now in our
city.
MT. ACO. w. NChONi IL VI liltS VI VI
tied his large peach orchards last week
and examined the peach buds. He says
that the buds are in excellent condition
and very thick. If there were few less
buds on the trees, Mr.. McKown says
the fruit would be of much better quail
ty.. A small twig about four inches long
had ten or twelve buts on it all in good
condition.
Auctioneer ]. V. Quinn cried the sale of
personal property of Nicklas Lemen, along
the Potomac river opposite WilliamsPorL
in this county, Friday, which he claims
is the best sale made in either Berkeley
or Jefferson counties this season. The
highest price that the horses brought was
St36.75, and the lowest price was S88.
Four of them sold for more than 500.
This is considered unusually good prices
for horses. The cattle also brought good
prices.
The colord baseballists have reorganiz-
ed for the season under the name OF
West Virginia Wonders. VIM. Spear IS
president; CHI. Steward. captain and w.
A. Fisher, secretary. The players and
positions are:C. II. Steward IbJ Harris, 2b;
VIC. Fisher,s.s; Edmond Nash 3b;Albert
Harvey r.f; Harry Manuel CT; S. Harden
IT,; W.Ford c.; NJ. Mckee CT; Joe Green
and ManeIus Woods pitchers; ID. Jackson
substitute The club will play the open
ing game with the Storer College team,at
Harper's Ferry, April 10.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the B.&
| o. on Saturday near Swanton, on the y
mile grade, , miles east Of Oakland, Md,
to an eastbound freight train. The repair
hands had just replaced an old rail with a
new one, had driven several spikes in the
ties, when a freight train approached.
The moment the engine ran upon the rail
it turned over, resulting in the engine
leaving the track and upsetting nine cars
The crew jumped and escaped injury
! The tracks were blocked for a considerable
length Of time
Chief Of Police Freeze sent four wit
nesses, two colored women and two men
10 Hagerstown Monday to appear II
behalf OF Frederick Staey, who was ar