Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-02-24
LITTLE LOCALS.

Moineux is to be electrocuted the
week Of March goth.
The workmen in the Navy Yard at
Norfolk threaten to strike.
Prunes SC pound and Evaporated
peahces Ioc. pound at FeiKef >
Shepherdstown will hold corporation
election on Monday March, IL.
There is good deal Of pifering being
done in and about Gerardstown.
The c. V. r. r. statement shows net
earnings for main line and branches for
1899 OF S244,o9I.5o
Albert c. Wolfensberger, who has been
sick with rheumatism tor the past two
weeks, is improving slowly.
Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails. At any drug store.
The b. & o. has gathered over two
hundred carloads Of ice off of dam No. o
on the Potomac this winter.
There is no little enemy" Little inn
purities in the blood are sources of great
uauSSl anu Shodiei W SApStiSd w lioOd .
Sarsaparllla.
Archie Sharff claims the distinction of
taking The first sleigh ride on the streets
of Martinsburg in the last year of the
nineteenth century.
Undertaken w. Fl. Wilen lett Tuesday
for Piedmont, TO attend a joint meet
ing of the State Board of Health and
Board of Embalmers.
Itching piles D Never mind if physi-
clans have failed to cure you. Try
Doan's Ointment. No failure there. 90
cents, at any drug store.
The grand jury at Frederick refused to
find true bill against Jerome X. Swart-
ley, who shot and killed Charles Seeber-
ger in Brunswick, January, IA.
The Hancock Bridge Co. has declared
a semi-annual dividened of per cent,
The report shows expenses to have been
S6o5; receipts, $I,769 for last year.
Miss Grace Terrell Wineow, of Cum
terland, was married Tuesday evening, at
at her home, to Mr.. Eugene II. McDer-
mott, secretary to Senator Stephen b. FL
kins.
Every family should have its household
medicine chest-and the first bottle IN 1t
should be DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup, Natures remedy for coughs and
colds.
The Young son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Smith, Of North Martinsburg, died Tues
day atfive o'clock a. M, aged four years.
The cause Of his death was inflammation
of the stomach.
The Undine Milling Company, of Will
Transport, has failed. A receiver was APP
pointed Molday The liabilities amount
to $4,000 The assets include The Mills
and 81, 500 in accounts.
Tuesday was the coolest morning
of the winter. The Government Their
mometer registered two degrees above
zero from to o'clock, while in other
places less protected the thermometer
registered zero.
Robert Gibson, of Shepherdstown, and
w. H. Kearfoot, of KearneysvIlle, are
saking active steps toward the organiza-
Lon Of Confederate Veterans camp.
The camp will be organized at Shepherds
town.
P. Nicklas Bro. & Company had their
great removal sale last Saturday. Almost
all of the goods which he intended to
sell at auction were bought in bulk by
Mr.. Charles RldgewaY,of Rldgeway. The
rest was sold at auction.
Rev. c. H. Hockey, who recently went
from Shepherdstown to Waynesboro, is a
heavy loser, either by accident or robbery
A pocketbook containing $3.50 in cash, a
draft for $500 and a check for S45 has
mysteriously disappeared.
Attorney John Henshax, who has been
practicing law in this city for number oil
wears. left Monday on train No.
for Fairmont, wnere he will locate for the
practice of his profession. Mr. HenshaW
mas bright prospects for lucrative practice
~ Fairmont and his many friends here
wish him successful career in his new
location.
Governor Atkinson has appointed
number OF prominent citizens OF the state
including Hon. S. W. Walker, OF tins city
to represent West Virginia at coming
gatherings OF national importance. Mr.
Walker. will be representative at tn'
Pan-American Congress and Exposition
which begins at Buffalo, on May /, ane
closes November J..