Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-25

The Cumberland Cement Mill will be
rebuilt
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Busey,
daughter
A cheerful countenance betokens a
good heart.
Forest fires prevail in the West and
Northwest.
With the umbrella it is always put up
or shut tip.
The school children's vacation is draw
ing to a close.
Usually the people who could give good
advice don't.
All eyes are turned toward the Court
House today.
The dealer in butter has soft thing of
it this weather.
Edw. Barr was killed by w. NJ. train
at Hagerstown.
August has certainly kept up its record
as fire month.
Black leg has appeared among the cat
lie in Clarke county.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which
springs from the soul.
An Irish grocer advertises quart pals
OF all sizes for sale cheap
One of the wonders of the world is
what the weather will be.
The morning glory is a flower that
opens up in dew time.
Miss Anna Tabb has returned from
visit in Jefferson county.
The Republicans have had warm time
OF it in town last Saturday,
Fairmont and Clarksburg are to be
connected by ali eIectrlc railway.
Gov. Atkinson says the Jim Car" law
will not be enacted in West Virginia
The woman who is wrapped up in herself
feels sure that she has stylish wrap.
Geo. Dovle, a B. & o. emplove, was
waylaid and robbed at College Point
The young han's resolution to quit
using tobacco usually ends in smoke.
The postoflice at Brunswick has been
advanced from fourth class to third class.
What man wouldn't rather be rich than
good looking and what woman would ?
A destructive cyclone visited few
towns on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. |
The State Republican Central Com
NIT ]
An Automobile Manufacturing Compa-
ny has been Incorporated in Cumberland |
Incompetent tailors learn to their sor-
row the meaning Of "the survival of the
httest.
M. Tanner. an aged lady, was thrown |
from buggy in Loudon county and in
stanty killed.
Frederick authorities are kicking about
the pollution Of the 2ity water from out
side sources.
Rev. w. l. Mckinney, d. D., preached |
last Sunday morning in the First NJ. Z
Church at II a. m.
A new postofice has been established |
at Woodrow, Morgan county, near Il e |
Allegheny Orchard Companys farms.
The advance agent of Sparks twenty
FIVE cent circus is in town today making |
arrangements for the circus to show here !
Monday, August p.
Rev, w. X, ID. Moncure, who has been |
pastor Of the LeetoWn Baptist church for
some years, has resigned and will leave
shortly for Richmond Va. to reside.
The rumor adoat that Col. Thomas B.
Davis. who was nominated for Congress
by the Second District Democrats at Mart.
insburg on Angus. s, would resign, is de-
MED
Politics grow interesting. Republican
Convention here last Saturday,, Democratic
County Convention two weeks hence and
Democratic District Delegate Convention
Sept. 4.
The unusual heat has rpened fruit
some weeks ahead OF time Peaches, es-
pecially. cante oupes and melons, have
rippeued so rapidly that the supply is
large.
A greas 1lan does not always attain a
ripe old age-ln TACT, hardly nan OF the
greatest men Of modern and ancient times
have reached the limit Of age set by the
Bible, 70.
The Charles Town baseball club de-
feated the Shepherdstown team Saturday
by the score of 9 to 3. Battery for Charles
Town. SIifer and Kennedy. Shepherds
town, Andrew and Miller.
Agent +. L. Leblanc Of the Metropo.i-
tan Life Insurance Company today paid
the claim Of the family of the late Lewis
Bell. The claim is $1,000, $1,000 Of
which went to his widow and $500 to ms
daughter.
The Democratic Congressional / Com
mittee for the Second Congressional dis
trict. appointed at the convention recently
held in this city, will meet at Piedmont
August p, to formulate plans for the
coming campain.