Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-31

Major Newton I.inch has been i'll
at his home on Public Square.
Mr.. Harvey Michaels. has moved
back to Martinsburg from Cumber-
land.
NJ. T. P. Licklider has moved into
his fine new house on West King
street.
Mr.. Davis Hoffman has accepted a
clerkship With the Martinsbury Mer-
camille Co.
Mr., W. II. Kilmer has purchased
1000 fine young apple trees and will
set an orchad this spring.
The famous Cassie l.. Chadwick
gets ten years in the pea. She will
earn all she may have hidden away. .
Miss Pesh Carney, of Wheeling is
here on visit to her grandmother,
Mrs. ]. Funuican, on South Spring
street
News from Winchester is to the eff
feet that all those bitten by the mad
dog last week are about past the dan
ger mark and are doing we'll
Miss Cora Sperow, the beautiful
and accomplished daughter of Mr..
w. o. B. Sperow, of St. James, Mary
land, is on visit to Miss Ida Spe-
row on Dry Run
Miss Virginia Watkins and Mr..
John w. Whittingtol, both of this
city were married at the Episcopal
rectory by Rector John S. Douglass
on Tuesday evening last.
Mr.. Lewis G. Harley has sold out
his racket store at Piedmont at a good
figure aud will open up again at Davis,
w. v, shortly. Ee is at home for q
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert S Brown left
on Monday last for Gulliport, Mississ-
ippi where will spend some time and
perhaps locate permanently. The
Statesman will follow them.
Mr.. and Mrs Shields Payne have
moved back to the country after
two years sojourn in Martinsburg.
They have many friends here who re.
greet to see them move away.
A farm of $50 acres of strictly mum
Der one limestone land in Berkeley
county good brick house, new barn,
wagon shed, corn CRIB and good water
aud every thing ir good trim. Price low
See S S. Fc!ker.
2 The rolling stock of the c. V. is to
be increased by ten new engines, four
OF which will he for passenger service
and the other six for freight. The en-
gines will be patterned after the Pen
ny type.
Silas A. Barnes pleaded guilty to
rifiing letters in the post Office at
Westminster and was sentenced to
years at hard labor by Judge Morris.
He got 9 cents from one letter and s,
cents from another. The letters were
decoys.
K. D. Weber. a local B. o. patrol
man, made clever capture of w. A.
Mullinix former B, & Q. brake
man, charged with stealing whiskey
from cars on the Brunswick yard.
Weber followed him to the mour-
tains near Mercersburg.
James Kitzmiller, aged 50 years, a
B. o. engineer, was struck by help
er engine at Rowlesourg, while oiling
hts engine and instantly killed. Kitz-
miller was brother OF the late G.
w. Ki,zmiller, prominent coal op-
orator, who recently dropped dead in
hotel inBaltimore.
- ]. H. Carbaugh while at PRAYER in
the Church of God at Aram, near
Mont Alte, was stricken with apo
plexy and died in spite of the prompt
work of aphysician. He was S. wears
cd and an elder. He had been laking
an active part in series of meetings
being held in church. He is survived
by widow and six children.
The Supreme court of appeals has
affirmed the decision of Judge Faulk-
ntr In lie suit Ig atiusCain against
J. I. Fisher, tried here about two
years ago, Cain, who resides at FL
kins, sued to recover the sum of SO,
with interest, which he had paid
Fisher on some lots in Eikins which
lots had been previously sold for tax
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