Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-10
The days grow longer.
March II is St: Patrick's Day.

The days grow longer.
March II is St: Patrck's Day.
When boy reaches the age of indicre-
ton he takes cigaretts.
DIR. F. M. Woods will preach at VAN
clevesville next Sunday at 8 P. M.
Miss Mamie Grimes, of West Race St.
is confined to her home by sickness.
Judge Jackson, at Parkersburg, de-
cided that slot machines are unlawful.
The woman with the coal bucket is SUI
perior just now to the man with the hoe.
It's unwise to judge a man by the UNI
brella he carries until you find out who
owns it.
Secretary of War Root and party, EN-
barked at Tampa, Fla. "Wednesday tor
Havana.
There are two more weeks of official
winter, but it seems that Spring has
already arrived.
High School boys at Reading voted that
they want one long session a day instead
of two short ones,
The graduating class at the High
School will be composed of about ffteen
students this year.
Miss Minnie Busey, of Gerardstown,
spent Monday at the home OF her bro
Their, Mr.. G. M. Busey.
Miss May Watson, of Summit Point,
RasSI6
Winchester avenue.
Mr.. Richard Scott and wife, of Cumber-
land, are visiting his parents, Mr.and Mrs
7. S, Scott, West Burke street.
Robert Conner and Florence Miller, a
runaway couple from ShepherdstoWn,
were married in Harper's Ferry.
At Hampton negro unsucessfully at
tempted TO commit criminal assault on
Miss Alick K. Cain, trained nurse.
Mr.. George Hinehburger, after visit
to his sister and brother near this city, LETT
Monday for his home at Butler, Pa.
Gov. Atkinson granted an unconditional
pardon to II. d. Christie, convicted OF
numbering policeman at Wheeling.
Miss Margaret Wild, manager of the
millinery department at F. S. Emmert'
is in New York purchasing spring goods
Major P. c. Curtis is suffering with
bruises received by fall down the base
ment steps at his home N. College ST
From now until the first of April the
rumble of moving furniture and the swish
of broom and WhiteWaSh brush will be IA
miliar music.
The scholars of the graduating class al
the High School are beginning to think Of
the time when they will stand before the
footlights.
No one longs to see better weather than
do the rural mail carrier. Still they are
always on hand as promptly when it rains
as when it shines.
Miss Katie Kearns, of w. King St. is
suffering with a severe case of Catarrhal
conjuctivetis of the eye, which frequently
destroys the sight.
1t is said that the colored population at
Kearneysville is very much aroused over
the murder of Nellie Madison, who is a
native OF that place.
Mr.. A. N Martin, son of d. B. Martin
manager of passenger traffic on the BIO,
was married yesterday in Pittsburg to
Miss Ray Taylor Van Tine.
Robert Thompson, the wealthiest col
ored man in the Cumberland Valley, died
in Carlisle in his, seventy-second year.
His fortune is estimated at $4,000.
Messrs. U.S.G. Pitzer and Ward B. Lind
sey left Tuesday for Parkersburg where
they attended the Republican Convention
to be held in that city on Thursday.
Mr.. Thomas Walker. colored. died at
her home on corner of Eulalia and Center
streets Wednesday of cramp collie. She is
survived by husband and several child
rem.
Among those to whom pensions have
been granted this week is Mr. w. c.
Clendenning, of near Bunker Hill. He
has been granted pension of So per
month.
Mr.and Mrs, John B Seibert and daughter
Miss Lille of Oregon, Ill.,, who are spend
ing the winter here, left Tuesday for
Broadway, Va, where they will spend
about ten days with relatives.