Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-08

Miss Mabel Nuckles, who has been
' sitting her sister, Mrs. O'Connor L
Norfolk has returned home.
Mr.. Jack Henson, deputy Circuit
Court clerk, and his mother. spent
Thanksgiving with friends in Hedges.
Vile.
Mr.. Harold Trump Of Pittsburg, Pa
spent Thanksgiving with his parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. G. 5. Trump, in
this city.
Mr.. Preston Marshall, of McKees
port, Pa. hiss been on a visit to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs r. HI. Marshall of
near Bunker Hill.
Mr.. VIM. yesterday of Washington
VINO has been seriously i'll at Provi-
dence hospital, we are glad to report,
is convalesent.
Mr.. Charles H. Ter of near Ger
ardstown is engaged in setting out
5000 apple and peach trees for Mr.. c.
r. Ridgeway on the Speck farm, near
Ridgeway.
$1,000 worth of cold storage poultry,
which was shipped from Eastern mar
kets for the west, was confiscated by
health officers, because it was too high
The bad condition, it is stated, was
due to the poor refrigerating of the cars
in which the stuff was shipped.
Senator Burton, OF Kansas has been
sentenced to six months in prison and
S2,5D fine for appearing asan attorney
and accepting fee for defending
man who was accused of conspiring to
defraud the government, while holding
the position Of United States Senator.
Miss Lizzie Myers, who was operat-
ed on some time ago at the Maryland
University hospital in Baltimore for
an abcess In the side, has returned to
her home in Martinsburg, She was
greatly benefited and her complete re.
covery is now confidently expected.
The Hon. Harry D.Flood of Virginia
is prominently mentioned as the dem
ocratic nominee for speaker of the
House of Representatives in Washing
ton during the coming session of Com
gress, Ofcourse it is an empty honor,
but 1t serves to show the leading Do
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his colleagues.
The sum of $3.50 has been collected
In Hagerstown for the suffering Jews
in Russia. OF this amount $50 was con-
tributed by persons who were not He
brews. A number of the Jewish mer-
chants in that city closed their places
OF business yesterday at y. m. in
honor of the memory of the Jewish
martyrs in Russia.
The Hon. r. e. Byrd, of Winches-
ter, the newly elected member to the
legislature from Frederick county, has
been In conference with the County
Supervisors, in reference to legislation
to be enacted at the coming session of
the Virginia Legislature. Chief among
theisubjects. discussed was the passage
OF law, regulating the use and speed
OF automobiles in Frederick county.
We regret very much that circum-
stances over which we had no control.
prevented our accepting the kind invi-
tation OF st. Patrick's Society to at
tend the Thanksgiving banquet, given
by the members, at their club rooms in
the Blondel building. We have had
the pleasure Of attending those func-
lions ON several occasions, and know
how pleasant they are. Elk Mayor
George f. Evans was toast master. and
we are informed that number of witty
speeches were made.
Two wives claim Mr.. John Norman
of Frederick County; Va, as husband.
in consequence of which he ia
being sought for by the law officers,
and court of justice will have some
thing to say to him if caught. Wife No
z Is girl Of II, formerly Of near Har-
rlsonburg, while Norman to whom she
was married, last March is As. Wife
No l made her appearance in Winches-
ter last Saturday, and says she was
married to the same man at Broad
way Rockingham County, Va, sew
eral years ago claiming him by priori-
ty. So far as heard from, this too much
married man has not come within the
grasp Of the officers.
Last Friday was the first day Of the
first winter month and it gave US a
very fair sample Of winter weather.
The air was cold, clear and crisn. but