Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

Man proposes; Woman disposes Of him.
The flowers Of the wildwood are in
spring attire.
The miners strike at Piedmont remains
unchanged.
A total eclipse of tie sun is booked for
next month.
The postage stamp books are proving
very popular.
And now the odor of the spring onion
scents the air.
Base ball is the aIl-absorbing topic
among the sports.
The farmers smile at the bright promise
OF an abundant harvest.
OF the I.572,797 population oil Cuba
only 234,638 are colored.
Masons of Carlisle contemplate the
purchase CT pipe organ.
Archbishop Corrigan has sailed from
New York for Europe.
Kaiser William is booked for the Paris
Exposition next month.
Just as soon as you let the fire go out
there comes a cool shower.
The Beers are likely to soon be out
numbered by their prisoners.
A branch of the Colonial Danes has
been organized in West Virginia.
The B. & o. shops at Cumberland are
thronged with workmen and with work.
Waynesboro will market $4,000 worth
of 3 IL per cent municipal bonds.
The steel men are at war. A drop of
$500 per ton is already one of its re-
suits
A thousand crows are said to have at
tackled a Michigan farmer, painfully injur-
ing him.
British Expenditures are reported to be
running 81, co., 900 week beyond the rev.
enue.
A woman jumped from the Brooklyn
Bridge, ana was rescued without serious
injuries.
The Japanese actors in New York are
going to give Japanese version of
"Sapho".
That women should take an interest in
dress is only natural Eve set the style in
fall fashions.
1t is the price tag that governs the
husband in the selection OF his wfe's
spring bonnet.
tits not always that the most liberal
yish &c III ale
with his money.
John Peters, a negro, was lynched at
Lazewell Va, for criminal assault upon
a l6-year-old white girl.
The better half of a man should never
pose as the whole man, unless perhaps
the other half is no man at all.
Pittsburg will send to the Paris Expo
sition locomotive engine weighing 25o,-
900 pounds, the most powerful in the
world.
The Cumberland Glass Works has
been compelled to close temporarily on &C
count of lack of fuel. The strike is re-
sponsible.
A petition in bankruptcy was fled be-
fore A. {. Nadenbousch, deputy clerk Of
the United States District Court, by Jas
II. TharP, of this city, formerly engaged
in the butchering business in North Mar
tinsburg. His liabilities are SII45 g and
his assets Sis.
A statue of Washington and Lafayette
was unveiled with imposing ceremonies
yesterday in, Lafayette Square, New York
itwas thegift of Charles Broadway Rouss.
The statue was made in France by NJ.
Bartholdi. Gen, II. Kyd Douglas made
one of the addresses.
The B. & O. is now running four OF
the new compound engines on this divi-
sion between Brunswick and Cumberland
Their numbers are 1910, 1911, 1912 and
1913. The engines are monsters and at
tract much attention as they pass through.
The crew on engine 1910 changes in this
city
Rev. w. w. Barnes, the new pastor Of
the Ist M. F. church, preached his first
sermon to the congregation Sunday
morning. His sermons were listened TO
BY a large congregation both in the morn
ing and evening. The members of the
congre cation are well pleased with their
new pastor and extended him a hearty
welcome.
The City College Chess Club, of Balti-
more. has accepted an invitation for a
match with the PIllsbnry Chess Club, Of
this city. and arrangements are now be-
ing made for the match. The Baltimore
papers this morning published the names
of the Baltimore players who will go up
against the Martinsburg players. The
Pillsbury Club will meet Monday night
and select their players for the match.
The games will be played by postal cards
and will attract widespread interest.