Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-07-22

Mr.. Willie Wolford OF Washington ,
is visiting in this city.
Rev. c r. Stribling is here on a
visit to his friends and relatives.
Mr.. E. w. Lupton. has fine new
barn at his home near Kilmer's mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard O'Brien have
returned from a visit to Washington.
The Baptist Sunday school will hold
their picnic at lnwood Park on July
27 and not 20 as our type made us say
last week.
Mr.. Dennis O'Brien, who has been
travelling with Richerd Mansfield for
several years is home on visit to his
parents.
Mrs. Mary Keyser aud grandson
James Martin, Of Roanoke, who have
been visiting relatives in this city, has
returned home.
Mr.. c. J. Faulkner Jr., and his
brother Mr.. c. P. Faulkner, arrived
in this CRY yesterday, asd will spend
some time at Boydville.
Mrs. Ann E. Stribling is moving
to Mrs. Armstrong; house on South
Queen street, where she will make
her home at least for time.
The directors OF the Hagerstown
Fair Association have decided def
nitely to hold horse show in con-
nection with the annual fair in Oct.
Rev. Father Donohue, left on We'd
nesday on his vacation for three
weeks. He will spend the most of his
time with friends in New England,
Gentry's shows were in town on
Tuesday. The performing dogs and
ponies were the delight of the children
and good many of the grown people
as we'll.
Mr.. H. l.. Snyder stopped in Mar
tirsburg for short while on Thurs
day enIoute for Wheeling to attend
a meeting of the board OF regents OF
the State Normal Schools.
& We are glad to say that Mr.. A. G..
Nadenbousch, who has been sick
with ty phoid fever and rheumatism,
is able to again be out but though his
r .coverv is STOW it seems permanent
81 Th- Rev ". H. Burkharts and his
mo:h r VI. j. H. Biirkhatt.will !. ave
to1ap Tor 81 anraong VA. TO attend the
wedd,ng OF Mrs Bnrkbart's neice
Miss Louise Huiliheu, on Thu rsday
July 2I.9
Samuel Swisher, of Mt. Aetna, who
i totally b.ud, las caught. during
the present season, with his bare
hands, $50 suckers. He frequently
g.abs water snake, which he beats
a -ainst stone and losses it away.
tits estimated that about 20 per
c.,,to the young men who recently
applied to enter the Naval Academy
have failed in the physical test, and
the failure was largely due to the use
= of tobacco, resulting in the irregular
beating OF the heart. Nowadays ply
sicians speak of ."the tobacco heart, -
a trouble caused by the use Of the
weed. When the smoker develops in
TO cigarette fiend" the services OF
a physician are necessary. but before
this point is reached the heart may
be permanently injured. The trouble
is often of gradual growth and it is
only when the young man is subject
ed to physical examination that the
extent of the disorder becomes known.
The special petit jury to try the
case of the state of West Virginia VS.
George Williams, colored, for as
saulting Miss Kanode near Harpers
Ferry has been summoned for August
2. They are as follows:
Geo. II. Child, Ambrose Hendricks
c. +. Grub, Geo. Packet, w, b
Conrad, Philip Banks, George Shirley
c. w. Heushaw, c. E. Jones
Arthur l. Derry, Geo. w
Licklider, T. J. Hoffman, w. J
Cnottz, D. M. Knootz. 9. A. Link,
IT., Chas. R. Rau, J. Butler, Mar
shall, Walter Barnes, K. w. Moler,
Levi Lyme, Geo. w, Terrell, Walter
I. Flanagan. Geo. w. Duke, l.. M
Porter, F. P. Lynch, Edward Z, Al
len, H. Taylor Link, Nathaniel Con
DOt