Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-31
Spring or winter :
And this is spring.

Spring or winter
And this is spring.
Spring fever germs are waking up.
This weather is hard on The movers.
The streets need that spring cleaning.
Garden beds are cIamoring TO be made.
The first quarter Of the year! is nearly
gone.
March is slowly swinging around to
spring.
How far does man drop when he falls
asleep
Empty houses are reported scarce in
the civ.
Church choirs are actively rehearsing
Easter music.
Advance agents for circus perform
ances are due.
And now every storm will be an early
Equinoxtial one.
Water will be turned into the C.&O.
canal Monday, April ?.
The hens are laying overtime to meet
the demand for Easter.
Mrs. J. A. Bowers, of N. Queen street,
is very ill with pneumonia.
When the season does finally open for
work, the farmer will be busy man.
Easter novelties begin to decorate the
windows OF the confecloner's shops.
The accomplished borrower like light
ming, never strikes in the same place.
The total British loss in the war to date
is I6,4I8 in killed. wounded and missing.
There will be some surprises in the way
of indictments at the next term OF Circuit
Court.
1t is the experience of all railway con-
ductors that some very queer things come
to pass.
Where is that cleaning the Mayor was
instructed by the Council to give the
streets
Fine feathers do not make fine birds,
but with the assistance of the mllllner they
make fine bills.
Saws a rural editor: BLANK ice house
was burned last week and twenty tons OF
ice was reduced to ashes"
The matter of having curfew law for
Frederick has been revived and will be
agitated by the w. c. t. U.
Strawberries have reached the lowe !,
price of the season. thirty-fve cents pc.
box, but have not yet reached this city.
The little German Band which has been
entertaining the town with its music since
Saturday morning, left for Hagerstown.
The worlds greatest palmist is here in
the city for short time. She tells the
past, present, and future, at IFS E.Martin
ST.
The old residents say snow this time OF
the year is nothing strange, when the fact
that we have had it in June is taken into
consideration.
Mr.. B.C.Vanmeter has rented the store
room owned by Mrs. John Pitzer on West
King street, and will open general mer-
chandise store in it.
1t is curious fact that in 1890 Easter
fell on April 2, for the last time in sixty
two years This year it occurs on April
IS, for the first time in sixty-two years.
Mrs. Anna Jackson, colored, wife of
VIM. Jackson, died Tuesday afternoon at
three O'Clock at her home at Darkesville,
aged thirty years. She leaves two child
rem.
The great toe on the left foot of Mich
ae Garvey, which was mashed at the
stone quarrey two weeks ago, was ampu-
tated Monday by DR.. Barlow, assisted
by DIR. Duave, of Baltimore.
H. G.. Frum, farmer, aged about for
4 ty-ive years, at Gilman near Elkins, w.
Va, Tuesday shot his wife three times
and then shot himself. The woman will
l likely recover, but Frum will die. The
\ couple had separated.
At a meeting of the Home Missions
Committee of the Lexington Presbytetv,
held in Lexington, Rev. F. M. Woods, ID.
d., of this city, was elected TO succeed
H DIR. Brooke as evangelist, DIR. Brooke hav-
n ing been transferred to the Chesapeake
II Presbytery.
81 The work of repairing the aqueduct on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Lick
4 ling Greek, few miles east of Hancock,
n is completed and the water will be turned
in this week. General Superintendent G..
III l.. Nicholson, who has been supervising
~ the work. has rAurned to Washington.