Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-05-19

The street. sprinkler hss gone beyond
ghe bounds 20 k5ng and Queen street this
season. ard IS sprlnkaug number OF
TIE sldc streets
Mrs James Wirgman who has been Wis
ting hsr parents capt. q. ". Munday
ard isrHily has returned TO her home in
Reniney.
Edwin Carver. well known crook,
with several aliases. Nas arrested in New
YORK. spcctea "a c1mpHcty "a The re-
cent bank robbery At slrashufg.
aiessrs. VIM. Creighton end II. c. ".
Campbell qualified as administrators. c. {.
a.. 81 their mother. Mrs Mary +. Camp
hel. DO The county clerks Office Tuesday.
Rev +. y. Power ol Washington. one
OF the leaders Of ihe Conference Of the
Disciples OF Christ. passed through here
On his say 70 Hagefst0wn and spent
Thursday night.
The fine Of Charles Clark. who was sent
10 jail for ten DAYS in default Of payment
Of his tine was paid " edaesday afternoon
by bis father and the young man was
liberated. The fue Ass S. aud costs.
amounting TO SCI.
The FIRST hateheries al BRYAN Point and
Havre De Grace. Md. have been closed
By the L s. Fish Commissioner for the
season and the Martinsburg young men
who are employed al the hatcherles this
spring, are returning home.
Caution should be observed during this
/ not spell about overdnnking Ice water
especially. 10 those who are not used TO IL,
/ is highly injurious and should be taken III
small quantities and very slowly. The
less you drink the better YOU feel.
The electricians are nov busy placing
the meters in position ana as soon IS
they are all in the meter system will be
adopted. except in places where only a
/ few lights are used. II is the calculation
of the company to give the public the day
current by the first of June.
The new dynamo that will furnish the
day electric current for the city has ar
rived and the foundation upon which it
will rest is now in course of construction.
One of the arc dynamos will be removed
to another place in the plant and the new
dynamo erected in Its place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. VanMetre and
Mrs. Terrell, Of this city, are in Hagers-
town attending the Second Annual Con-
ference of the Disciples of Christ. of the
| North Atlantic States, which begun there
Wednesday night and will continue for
three days.
Mr. Frank Van Horn lost the costly
plumed hat belonging to his Knight
+ Templar uniform while enroute to Win
chester and he had 10 90 into the parade
with cap. The hat was blown from the
train between Darkesvie and lnwood
The hat is very costly one and MIR. Van
Horn is making an effort to secure it.
A special train composed OF fine cars
passed through here Thursday n o-ning
with b. & O. officials en- route West. The
train stopped here five minutes, during
which time some OF the officials alighted
and took peep into the idle shop build.
| ings. 1t is a sight that is unpleasant to
even a railroad official to see such build
ings remain idle.
Carpenters are now at work erecting
new foot bridges over the Tuscarora on
East Martin and Race streets. The old
bridges have long been in dangerous
condition and the Council instructed the
( Street Committee to examine them and
do something to remove the danger at
the last meeting. They found it neces-
sary to erect new bridges in place Of the
old ones.
The officers of Company f are nego,i
ating with the drummers, fife and buglC
players who composed the disorganzed
drum corps of the Fire Department foi
the reorganization OF the corps under the
Jurisdiction Of the Military Company. II
will be no trouble to get good instruments
and uniforms from headquarters for the
corps and it is likely that they will re-
organize.
The b. & q. will put into effect on
next Sunday new time card. There will
be many important changes, some Of them
are as follows: No. S will arrive here
about 1850 No. 5 will be about I2.4o
Nos. II and 5 will arrive here about ? s.
and $40 a. m. No. ? will not arrive I'M
I'll about l4o going east. Other changes
of fast trains are not yet known. There
will be considerable change in the local
schedule.
The first shipment Of hosiery by the
Kilbourn Knitting Machine Company q
the branch mending establishment in
Hagerstown was made by express over
the c. " Wednesday. Mrs. Wilson the
superintendent of the mending depart
ment at the mills. accompanied he lot
and gave the Hagerstown girls Their first
instructions in mending. Some of the
work is sent there because they cannot
get enough hands here to mend the in
creasng output of the factory.