Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-27

MISS Ella LdIIlJeil' vi ~ NIdt La DeI
sill.
A girl may be peach and have heart
Of stone.
A religious census of Gettysburg will
be taken.
The man with the pigskin is now the
popular idol.
All men who succeed place the letter
II in front Of luck.
Some men are more polished than their
shoes would indicate.
John Furlong was accidentally choked
10 death in Wheeling.
Don't think winter is at hand. Indian
summer is yet TO come.
In ten weeks there will occur the last
Christmas in the century.
Mince pies are once more making the
swall boy see his grandmother.
Some people are like their pocketbooks;
you can't get much out of them.
Edgar Adams, aged years, was killed
by trolley car in Cumberland.
Wide awake merchants are calling at
fention to their Christmas goods.
The managers of the Hagerstown Fair
gave banquet to the poultry exhibitors.
Now that Jack Frost is making himself
conspicuous, the leay 5 will take fast
tumble.
The coal strike question needs to be
handled carefully, there is SO much pow
der in it,
Arc lights are going into position
in Shippensburg for the rival electric
light plant.
Burglars blew the safe Of a jewelry
store in Parkersburg, partially wrecking
the building.
Or. w. c. Muse. son of the late DR.. ].
4 b. Muse, formerly OF this city, died in
Baltimore Sunday.
Frederick county, Va, apples were
avarded medal and second premium at
the Paris Exposition.
At a street fair in Wichita this fall one
Of the chief features will be an arch 40
feet high, constructed entirely OF apples.
A leak occurred ina service pipe leading
to tie water main in front OF l.. Z. Bentz
& BROS store ard is being repaired today.
Rev. w. Il. Evers, of Vanc,eyesville, is
on the list Of S. contributors to the India
Famine Fund, published in the Liteary
Digest.
A marriage license was issued by the
County Clerk to Lester c. Hollida and
Mary T. Miller, both of the county.
Wedding Oct. II;
Mr.. f. Stewart Stalnaker. who grad
uated from the West Virginia University
this year. has secured a position as chem-
ist for the Baltimore and ONO Railroad
Company
The law in regard to the killing Of part
ridges b. hunters in West Virginia per-
mis- the birds to be killed only between
November 1 and December 20 and then
one hunter is only permitted to kill twelve
birds in one day.
The semi monthly dance of the Irjquois
Dancing Club was held in Feller's Hall
Friday night. TIL rty-four coupl,s were
present and dancing was kept up until
Bhompson's Orchestra.
The stone-crushing plant Of the Stand
ard Lime and Stone Company at Dicker-
sons Montgomery county Md, was de-
stroyed by IRE. The loss 10 the company
IS estimated al S. 900. A new plant is in
course Of construction.
Enc, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James T.. Racy, who was recently sent
home from the Home for lncurables, At
Huntington, died Friday evening. The
body vii. be buried in Green Hill GENE
terry Sunday afternoon.
Speaking Of the proposed BRIDGE across
the Potomac a. Wiiiamsport the Cum
bertrand Times says; Several Cumberland
hnanciers have taken the matter in hand
and are talking Of forming a company TO
provld the required funds.
Mr.. John Ridgeway, Of Ridgeway, this
county, had a valuable gold watch stolen
from his pocket at the Hagerstown Fair
He did not known he had been robbed
antil he went 10 look at the time, when
he found nothing but his chain.
The old Williams property OF Harper's
Berry, located on the Shenandoah River,
burned down Saturday nightsupposed to
have been set on FIRE by tramps. Ii had
vthstood the floods of Y and So The
building was a large two-story stone.
w. H. Madigan cf Deer Park, Nd, a
Baltimore and Ohio brakeman, was caught
BY che "dead block while switching in
the Keyser yards Saturdays and so serious
" crushed that his recovery is exceeding
" doubtful. He was taken to the hospital
in Cumberland.
A large and enthusiastic Democratic
rally was held in the Masonic Hall at
Hedgesyille Friday night. Geo Kreglow