Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-02-16


ed or blown up and her life taken.
Mrs. Margaret M. Ruckle, Of NASH
ington, is visiting her sisters the
Misses Rogers on W. Martin street.
Miss 0da Nicklas, who is a member
Of the senior class at Wilson College.
Chambersburg. spent Sunday at home
The fall in the temperature follow
ing the thaw has frightened up the
streams and new ice has been made.
Mrs. JAS. f. Thompson and two
daughters attended the funeral
of Mrs Fannie Grosh, in Shepherds
town.
Mr.. David Eicheiberger, who has
been indisposed for sometime, left
Monday on vist TO his aunt Mrs.
Hedges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n Stuckey
of Back Creek Valley were in town
on their honeymoon trip Thursday
afternoon.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Beltzhooyer Of Shep-
herdstown, has sold his main street
property to DR.. Hopkins Gibson for
$1,000 cash.
Frederick city consumers have a.
greed to economize the electric lights
since meters have been introduced to
regulate the pay.
Mr. G. Frank Mckinney has gone
to Pittsburg where he has accepted a
position with the Scholen Pressed
Steel Car Company.
The board of directors of the B. 81
O. have decided to issue So, 1000, 600 4
per cent bonds for the purpose OF
making improvements.
Miss Sallye Faulkner, who had been
spending several days at the home of
her uncle, DIR. J. w. McSherry, re-
turned to Washington
Misses Lena Mickey and Maud
Reeder, of Chambersburg, Pa, spent
Sunday as the guests of Miss Nellie
Thomas Raleigh street.
Richard Chamblin, for many years
the mail carrier between Hillsboro
and Harper's Ferry and his wife died
within "A hours of each other.
The sounding # the fire alarm on
account of fire in stable came
near breaking up the Rouss banquet
in Charles Town Monday night.
Miss Addie Parker, of New York.
who has been spending part Of the
winter at the home of Mr.. Frank
Dennis, returned home Monday
As the ground hog has given us a
week of winter weather, it is well to
be reminded that Mr. Hicks announces
reactionary storms for this week.
The ice that has formed on Shower s
pond since the last cutting is in fine
condition. Despite the wind, quite
a large party of skaters were out.
DR.. VIM r. Henshaw, representative
of Berkeley county in the State House
of Delegates, who came home to re-
cuperate, returned to Charleston.
General Fitzhugh Lee, who il was
reported would make his future home
in Winchester, has decided, at least
for the present, to remain in the west
Mr.. Amos Westrater, who has been
home i'll with typhoid fever since
Christmas, returned to school at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
DIR. Arlington Pond former pit
cher on the Martinsburg Baseball
team has been named as a surgeon in
the U. S. V. with the rank of Ma
jor.
There were 108 more deaths in Bal
timore during the month of January
last, than there were during January
of last year, owing to the prevalence
of grip.
With the ground hog day, Lin
coins Washington Birthday, and st.
Valentine Day, February is all right,
no matter how short il may be in 9TH
er days.
Mr.. WV. VanMetre, Vanclevesville,
attended the mid-winter reception by
the president and faculty of the Wo-
mans College, Frederick, last Friday
evening.
Jerome Johnson, colored, after
weeks spree at Romney, drank wood
alcohol and died. He was chief cook
at the State institution for the deaf
and blind.
Mr.. Herbert Thompson, who has
been spending several months with
Mr.. b. +. Slane and other relatives in
this section returned to his home in
Palmyra, Neb.
Car thieves stole five so pound boxes
of chewing tobacco and ten pounds