Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-06-16

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list spoils for fight.
a bright girl renders it thus: "A thing
OF beauty is a boy forever
The Williamsport bank declareda semi
annual dividend OF 5 per cent
Some men are such deep thinkers that
their thoughts neuer get TO the surface
An electric street car line will be built
in Fairmont providing a franchise can be
gotten from the town.
Members of the Potomac Club have ar
ranged for the erection OF their club house
at Falling Waters.
Circuit Court Clerk Gerhardt, wife and
family left this morning on an extended
trip to Gettysburg, Niagara Falls, Canada
and other places.
Mrs. A. Z. Carol received a yer
dict for 81 200 damage against the CITY OF
Winchester for injuries received by falling
over an embankment
A marriage license was issued by the
County Clerk to Geo w. Crawford ana
Elizabeth Baker daughter OF Charles
Baker, both of the county,
An advance agent for Sun Bros. circus
Is cent circus, was IN town " &C.
nesday and made arrangements Tor It 10
show here Wednesday June y.
Mr.. John w. Wien, of this city, was
graduated. Tuesday from West Point. He
will have choice oil entering the Cavalry
or Infantry branc OF the Army.
Invitations are OUT for the marriage of
Miss Bette Small, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. H. Small OF this county, to
Mr. Stewart Baldwin Barrett, OF Wash
ington. The wedding will take place in the
First NJ. f. Church, this city, tuesday,
June 70, at $50 P. m.
A telephone message to the Sheriff. !
Office from Justice Light, Hedgessille,yes-
terdav called for a deputy TO be sent to
Hedpesvllte at once 10 make an arrest. |
The deputies we're 100 busy 10 go. They |
want 70 know where the cOnstaoes are in
Hedgesvlle.
Mir George Gaver, of N. Queen street,
is suffering with a badly scalded foot, |
caused by spilling boiling lnseed OIL on It,
MIR. Gaver was engaged IN heating the OIL
upon sne stove and when he went TO lit 1t
off the bottom dropped out OF the can |
dronning the oil upon his foot, scaldlng 1t
badly.
a new postal rule that recently went
into effect, is that persons, who through
carelesSness get mail through the post
office that belongs TO another and fails to
return same. are liable 10 fne OF 5000
or one years Imprisonment. This apples
to newspapers thus taken from post
tfice as we'll as Other mail matter.
The first load of new clover hay and
probably the only load that will pass
through town this season passed through
Wednesday afte noon. The hay was
raised on a farm six miles south OF town
and was being hauled 10 his farm al the
edge of town. Hay is unusually scarce
this year and load is somewhat oil a
curiosity.
The trotting race between Berkeley |
county trotters on theFair Grounds We'd |
nesday attracted large crowd to the |
grounds. The race was between Charles |
Beard and Ardell Hinton. The formers
horse made the mi,e IN 2 As - and won
the purse of $50. Hinton's horse made
the mile in SIS. The judges were I. a.
Viewer and F w. Trout. An admission
fee was charged
While engaged in shoeing the horse OF
Rev. Inc. RauCh at his shop on VIM |
chester avenue Tuesday, Mr.. A. 5, Polsal |
had a painful wound inflicted IN his scalp |
by two teeth OF the horse. Mr. Polsal
was putting a shoe on one OF the front
feet when the horse grabbed him by the
head sinking two teeth into his sea p |
and throwing him to the ground ID.
Hedges placed two stitches IN the wound
The Key stone White Sand Co., at
the head of which is j. Frank Fields
b. & O. agent at Hancock IS installing
machinery for plant OF 100 tons daily
capacity on the 70; d between Hane ock,
and Berkeley Spring IS. This will make
the third white glass sand plant 10 be IN
operation within radius OF few miles
The sand took the first premium at the
Worlds Fair. Chicago. George w. Cor
bett, expert sand worker, is in charge OF
the new mill.
The new dynamo purchased to provide i
the day current is now in position at the /
Electric Light plant and everything is in
readiness for the current to be started. |
The only thing that holds the company !
back it is their inability 10 secure day |
engineer. The present day engineer is |
very i'll and the company is unable to get |
one to take his place. A number OF
electric fans have been placed about the |
city and now 90 at night. but they will 60
during the day in few days,within which |
time the company hopes to secure an en-
gineer.