Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-09


same disease and one with pneumonia.
Mrs. Max Robinson has returned
from a two months visit to relatives
and friends in Atlanta and Savannah
Ga.
Thomas NJ. Cox, of Grayson county.
Va, who served in the Stonewall
Brigade during the Civil War. Is
dead.
Mr.. Arthur q Snyder, ST the firm
of Bhene & Snyder Bros. of Carlisle,
is spending a few days at the Hotel
Berkeley.
Mr.. jackson Cline. Of Denver, Col.
after an absence of IL years is visit
ing his father. Mr.. ID. A. Cline, on
John street.
Mrs. j. w. Westall, who recently
moved from this place to Brunswick
was in town looking after her proper
ty this week.
Joseph Pontius, son Of Rev. j. w.
Pontius, pastor of the Reformed
church, died in Middletown, March 3,
aged is years.
Mrs. DIR. Wiley, of Gerardstown,
mother of Mrs, Jno. NJ. Henshaw, of
this city is slowly recovering from a
long siege Of illness.
Mrs. L. v. Watson who fell on the
ice several weeks ago breaking her
wrist and injuring herself otherwise,
is very much improved.
Mrs. VIM. Shad of N. Queen street,
who has been visiting her son, Mr..
John M. Stunkle, of Philadelphia,
Pa, has returned home.
Joseph Van Gosen, of Morgan coun-
ty, is dead, aged 50 years. He was
regarded as one of the best civil en-
gineers in the State.
Mr.. Charles Cross, recently employ
ed in the Crawford Wooden Mill has
gone to Morgantown to work in the
Wooden Mill at that place.
Mr.. Oscar See who has been sick at
his home on End street for several
weeks is able to be out and returned
to his work in Baltimore.
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of five saloon keepers who are
alleged to have kept their places in
Washington open last Sunday.
w. HI. Little is in Jail for trial at
Chambersburg on the charge of steal
ing brass from cars of the G.. v. and
two cushions from a caboose.
Passenger engineers and firemen are
just now reaping a harvest. Some
of them so far this month have made
10 days or just double time.
Capt. Edward Burns, General
Travelling Passenger agent of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad. spent
Wednesday night in this city.
Rev. J. X. Cromer. of st. Glars
Vile, Pa. who sometime ago received
La call from Centenary Reformed
church Winchester, has accepted.
Mrs. 0. A. Tbayer and son Harry,
who have beer visiting Mrs. Thayer's
daughter, Mrs. s. w. Walker, re-
turned to their home in Charleston.
Prof. T. @. Atkinson, Dean of
Agriculture at Mosgantown, and Mr..
James George, of Mason county are
here attending the Farmers Insti-
tute.
Admiral George Dewey on special
duty, stationed at Washington, d.
@. is the highest ranking officer in
the United States Navy. His salary
is $I3, 500.
The Warrington Glass Company
which has been utterly unable to Sc
cure the boys necessary to a successful
operation of its plant, and has had to
employ men to do the work.
Mr.. Edward Horner has accepted a
position as a travelling salesman and
has sold out his tobacco store and
pool room to Robert Miller, of In
WUOu. hi.1lliit1 tobh pOsocSlOu tOuuy.
For the first time in a couple
months the Western Maryland wards
at Cherry Run were cleared of all
freight Sunday. The W. M. took
away from Cherry Run over /, 400
loads.
The insurance ON the stock and fur
niture of l.. N. King. which was
insured with the Home & New York
Insurance Companies, represented by
Alexander g. Trammell, was finally
settled.
The new mill of the Cumberland
Hydraulic Cement Manufacturing
company which replaces the one burn
ed last summer will be ready for
grinding, next week. The machinery
has been tested.
Auctioneer J. ". Quinn sold at the