Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-06

The bill for public building 10
Winchester, Va, has passed both
houses of Congress, and it only re-
quires the appropriation to be made to
render II effective.
Miss Jane B. Colston returned home
last Thursday, after long absence, to
r.cuperate her health, which is entire
ly restored.
Messrs. H. l.. Alexander and Ar
| lington Rousch, and Misses Lillian
Licklider, and Lillian Eichelberger
went to Brunswick on Saturday to
attend the Eichelberger-Twigg we'd
ding, which took place at SIP. m. Sat
urday.
Mr., and Mrs. f. o. Trump, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. b. Licklider, Miss Bessie
| Licklider, Mr.. III. G. Marshal and
daughter and Miss Leila Marshal, OF
KearneysvilIe, were in Brunswick to
attend the Eichelberger .Twigg wed
ding last Saturday
Harry Stewart who is confined In
Jail at Winchester charged with Grim
inal assault on Ethel Owens, white
girl of ID, who was enploye0 as do
nestle in his family, has made con-
fession and offered to compromise the
case, which has been declined by the
magistrate. Ir is understood hat he
will not be ADMITTED TO bail, although
his wife is i'll at home, with no one TO
attend to his children.
A number of Italians arrived i'm
The pherdstown this week and at once
went to Dam No 4, where they are en-
ployed in the preliminary work of
the big electrical power plant to be
erected there. They will live in tenn
po,ary quer.ers that have been built
for them there. The contractors a"e
getting ready for blasting a way
through the big stone bluff that faces
the river at the dam. and have rec civ
ed ton of dynamite to start on. 1t is
said that they want all the workmen
they can secure.
A telegram received in Martinsburg
on Friday afternoon by Mr.. A. Horse
fail announced the death of Mrs. Hor-
sefall's father, Mr.. Joshua Broadhead,
which took place Friday at his home
at Utica, n. Y Death was due to gen.
eral debility. He had been in ill-health
for several months, and for the past
two weeks Mrs. Horsefall has been at
his bedside.
Mr.. Broadhaed was aged rs years,
and had been resident Of the United
States for Is years, having come to this
country from England. For this per
ioi he was the designer for the Glo e
wooden mills at Utica, responsib e
and lucrative position. He was a
mason of high rank. Mr.. Horsefal
left Friday night to attend the funeral.
LABOR Comm ,ssioner Doherty, #
Virginia, has announced his intention
to rigidly enforce the law of that state,
requiring all persons, who emp 10y fe
males in store, shops, ofiic ers or n anu
factories, as clerks, operatives OF help
ers,to provide proper and suitable seats
for all such females, and shall permit
the use of such seats, when they fire
not actively engaged in ter work.
Mrs. j. w. Cook, and children came
over from Harrisburg yesterday, in
her husbands privats car, who is di-
vision superintendent, on the Norfolk
and Western. Mrs. Coax was foomer-
ly Miss Julia Sherman, Of Berkeley
Springs, who spent several years here at
Berkeley Female Seminary, taught by
Miss Bette j. Hunter. While here
she entertained number Of friends, in
the car, including the Rev. and Mrs.
J. S. Douglas, and Miss Bette Hunter
and Mrs. ]. III. Doll
FOIey'S Honey and Tar
:sses cnids prevents ,nemnnnts