Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-18

visiting Mrs. Minnie Bovles, 412 West
John street.
The Mayor Of GAINESVILLE, o..
fayors Sunday saloons and slot
machiues. He is as extreme as the
anti -canteenists
The electlon at Beverly, W. Va,
resulted in a victory for the drys'
by 20 majority and the election Of r.
B. Harris for Mayor.
Saturday. June /, will be observed
as Conferdeate Memorial Day in
Shepherdstown and the usual exercises
will be observed.
The front Of the Snyder building,
corner of King annd Raleigh streets,
occupied by Custer & Seibert. is be-
| ing given a new coat of paint.
| Mr.. Robert H. Stewart. who at
tends school at the University Of
Maryland. Baltimore, is home on his
summer vacation.
DR.. J A. Hotfheins Rev. John w.
Rauch and Elder H. J. Seibert left
for Mt. EJacksonlwednesday where.they
will atted the sessions of Virginia
Chassis.
Hon. Jno. J. Hetzel. who will
move to this city in the near future,
will address the members of the q.
A. r. at Berkeley Springs on Deco
ration Day.
Miss Marie Baker, who has been
visiting at the home of DR.. J. S.
Boak, LETT Yesterday afternoon for
Funkstown Nd. where she will spend
the summer.
Mr.. Charles Kunkle, of Baltimore
who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Jno. A. Wilen. left Wednesday after
noon for Williamsport, where she will
visit several days before returning
home.
| Mr.. G. K Chambers had the middle
| finger of his right hand badly injured
while cleaning loom at the Craw-
ford Wooden Mill Saturday afternoon.
The flesh on the finger was badly torn
by the cog wheels and he will be
unable to use his hand for sometime.
Mr.. AC Matthaei, the veteran day
baggage master at the B. q O. de-
pot who has been confined to the
house for sometime with rheumatism,
returned to work this morning. Mr..
Matthaei has lost fifteen pounds in
weight during his illness.
| The new Fairbanks scales which the
B. e. O. scale men have been construc-
| ting in the B. & O. yard in this city
were completed Saturday and are
ready for use. They will be used
chiefly in weighing the stone shipped
from the stone quarries. The old
scales will be torn up.
The local lodge of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics contem-
plates organizing uniform rank.
Twenty-Five members of the lodge
have already signitied their willing
ness of joining the uniform rank and
charter has been asked for. The uni
form will be the Continental uniform
worn by our forefathers in the colon
! ial days.
Mrs. q. W. Santman. Mrs. Bette
Henkel, Mrs. e. S. Hill, Mrs. James
Aldridge. Mrs ID. @. Westenhaver,
Mrs. Samuel Sigler, Mrs. @. Stump.
Miss Lizzie Wisong, Mrs. Charles
Fellers and Mrs. Charles Cushwa
went TO sHagerstown Wednesday to
attend the Western Conference of the
Womens Forei1n Missionary Society
of the Lutheran church.
The Baltimore q Ohio as,started to
enlarge the tank capacity of all ten
ders and are providing space for a
minimum of 5000 gallons of water in
all tanks that are being rebuilt, while
for some new engines ordered the
tanks will have capacity of 1000
gallons of water. The coal carrying
capacity has also been greatly in
creased so as to permit the engines to
make more mileage without having
to stop and take water.
I STREET MUSICIAN.
A street musician made his appear