Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-02

near Darkesville. Wednesday. About
sixty guests were present among
them a number from Martinbsurg.
Refreshments were served during the
evening.
The stone cutters started TO work on
the new Christ Reformed church build
ing Monday, having laid of foI
Sometime on account of the inclem-
ent weather.
E. ID. Gardner, Mrs. Herbert hannis
and others have presented TO the
Christian church a strip of land adj
joining that on which the new church
building viii be erected.
The lineman Of the Martinbsurg
Electric Light Company are busy
erecting the poles and placing the
additional lights to be used by the
city under the new contract.
A letter received from Capt.
VIM. Snodgrass, who is in a hospital
in Baltimore, states that he is getting
along very nicely and expects to be
home the latter part of next week.
1t is said hat Mr.. Edagr Hollis,
the present mail messenger between
Iwnood and Gerardtsown, will run a
stage line over that route after the
expiration of his contract on July /.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company will send handsomely uni
formed officers and detectives to
w ashington to look after the safety
of lis patrons during the inaugural
ceremonies.
The ferry boat ran aground in cross
ing the Potomac river at Williams
port, with a wagon loaded with lum.
Der. The load was too heavy and
the boat struck heal shore. Teams
pulled the boat off.
The Hancock Sand Works has beer
fitted up with the Keystone and
Berkeley Springs Sand works. 1t il
rumored that a glass factory will b.
established at Hancock Station By
Pittsburg capistalits.
Mrs. Walter Harloe, wife of a well
known travelling salesman died We'd
nesday at Hayfield, neal Winchestel
after a three days illness She wa
a Miss Cox of Mount jackson, Va,
and was twenty-six years.of,age.
The merchants of Cumberland ar,
signing an agreement to close theil
stores the yea round, except during
the holiday season, at 6 O'Clock in the
evening. Heretofore they hare KEEP
open as late as half-past nine and Il
O'Clock.
Mr.. William Roberts an aged ant
respected resident of Middleway,
Jefferson county, suffered a sligh'
stroke of paralysis Tuesday. Mr.
Roberts is the father Of Nelson r
Roberts, a director in the Merchanti
& Farmers Bank.
J. A. Sales, one of the best known
citizens Of Sisterville, was held NJ
ON Diamond street, in the heart OF
the city, Wednesday. He was on his
way home when two men seized him,
beat him into insensibility, and
took his purse and watch.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hammock who
have been making their home in
Martinsburg, left Thursday for
Winchester, where they spent the day
with Mrs. Hammock's, sister, Mrs.
Charles Henry From Winchester
they went to Romney, where Mr..
Hammock has purchased a farm.
Mr.. Alvin Sprinkle, baggage master
at the @. V. depot in this city, has
been promoted to be a train baggage
master and will run on trains be
tween Hagerstown and Harrisburg.
He began Wednesday. Mr.. SPRINKLE
has been in the employ Of the com
pany only six months and such rapid
promotion is unusual
The high board fence between the
Cumberland Valley railroad tracks
and the company's property on the
west of the station was torn down
to make way for a new one, which
was placed two feet farther back
from the tracks. The carpenters have
finished placing new flooring in the
waiting rooms at the passenger station
and are now engaged in laying it in
the ticket office and baggage room.
Canal Repairs.