Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-01-12
The Year 1900
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/. MIR. las b. Dyche received a second
s.foak Of p4ralsis. Frank Sirbaugh,
charged wth being implicated in the Do
man murder, recaptured, Bishop Eiec-
tric Light * Power Co. asks Cily Coun-
I'll for a franchise
2, Jas. B Dyche died Of paralysis. aged
ri years. Electric Light Company awards
contract Tor putting in apparatus for day
current.
Berkeley county horticultural AS
soation reorganized.
Freight engine attached 10 b. < Q
train No. makes run from Hancock 10
Marlinsburg. ~ miles, in IS minutes.
:. Marcn term Of County Court begins.
Nellie Madison shot and killed BY Arthur
Harden in kitchen Of Baptist parsonage
Evangelist Il. w Cakes. Of Boston and
Mrs. Alice Potter married at latter home
in this city.
8, Sore Of G. w Staples closed By
drm Of w. Bishop. Members 81
Christian church begin a series Of ser.
vices in Court House. Board OF Trade de-
cides 10 lease brass Factory building for
one year for the new eompln
7, Board OF Trade announces that ii
has raised necessary $500 for leasing
Brass Factory building. Talk Of boreIng
for oil in the county.
s, Nellie Madison, the murdered ne.
grees, buried at Kearney sville. City Band
Fair begins Geo w. Shad and Fannie
Stokes married. Mrs. Isabel Falkwell dies
near Berkeley Station aged S..
=. kar,t.,r W.
boom the great 4th July celebration
Charles II. Wolf and Jenneta Glesner.
this CITY, married in Chambersburg. b &
o. Machinists in Cumberland 60 on
strike.
10, Charles Butts at last arrested for
stealing at county sales. Jurors for April
term OF Circuit Court drawn.
H. VIM. young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade Wolford, Pa. ave, drops dead
while playing. Abraham K McQuiIken
dies at the advanced age Of So years
II, Announcement OF marriage of
Gains Timberlake, Of this city, to Katha-
leen B. Harte in New York. Mrs. Mary
Harrison wife of Mayor Of Shepherds
town, dies.
-, Shepherdstown decides to license
saloons. Law prob biting boys selling
pies at B. < 0. station goes into effect
Ia. Convention OF Woman's Foreign
Miss .onary Society, of Frederick district.
held here. Hunter w. Emerson and Bes-
sic l. Miller married.
IS, A. H Oyerman talks with Board
of Trade about opening an automobile
factory here. Michael Carney. Louis
Williams and Hamilton Hook injured at
stone quarrles.
10. Fannie Viola Johnson dies from
fall Fire al the Everett House. DIR. J.
P. Patton. missionary to the New He
brides Islands, lectured in Presbyterian
church.
II. City Band Fair ends; net proceeds
1913.
IS, David T. Schoppert and Anna ]. |
Bowers married. Special session of Cir
,uit Court.
70. James Yontz, this city, has leg
,ut off in b. & o yard at Brunswick, Re
mains OF Jacob Schoppert, aged Fl years,
who died in Baltimore, brought here fer
burial
20, Arthur Harden the murdered, held
for court.
FL, Dividend of 10 per cent declared by |
Crawford Woolen company at the an
nual meeting.
~, Mrs. Susan L. Mathews dies sud-
denly of paralysis Cn4s. +. Bodine cies
Of consumption, aged A. years. Chas L.
caskey and Stella H. Russler joined in
marriage. J. H. Bogert appeared on street
after long siege Of illness.
%, Galen Kyd Douglas Seckman dies
Of consumption, aged 20 years,
"a, Allen Webster seriously injured at
stone quarries.
Is. Capt. Geo. H. Flagg, Confederate
Vetern and prominent citizen, dies in
Charles Town, VIM Huff. Of Bakerton,
injured by falling from b. & o. tram,
Francis Dixon arrested for wholesale lar
ceny of meat from Allen Gwilt.
20 Brass Factory resumes operation
under new management,
", Horticultural Society begins war on
San Jose Scale. Francis Dixon held for
court by Justice byers.
IS, Frederick Baker Hollis and Ada
Dunn married. Strike at stone q iarries
talked Of.
20, Mrs. Amanda Baker dies, aged SO
years.
80, Cal Tice, of Dam No. 5 injured in
a runaway on his way TO town.
81, County Republicans elect delegates
to state and district conventions with in
structi 1ns 10 vote for While and P.tzer.