Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-08-29
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ing boom.
The Marshall County Teachers In.
stitute is in session this week.
A meeting of the Taylor county
republican committee has been called
for Saturday.
The state tournament OF Tennis
clubs to be held at Parkersburg this
| week, opened on Monday.
Members OF the w. G. 4. U. Of Mar
ion county. neld their county conven-
| ton at Fairmont. Tuesday.
The Harrison County Teachers In
| stitute convened Monday morning and
will be In session FOR a week.
The annual camp meeting at Tun-
Melton started this week and will be
in session until after next Sunday.
While walking along the street on
Saturday might, Mrs. Armour Givens.
of Charleston, dropped dead of heart
| disease.
The Carksburg chautauQua, which
has been In session for about ten
days. will adjourn after next Sundays
| sessions.
Three boys on ponies rode down
Mrs. A. J. Dick, little son and a lady
friend, SUNDAY. and all three we're
slightly injured.
Rev. j. +. Plummer, rector of the
| Episcopal chiTct at Clarssburg. has
resigned and goes to take charge OF
a parish in Maryland.
Parlcersburg people complain OF a
vast amount of petty thieving that
has been going on In that city for the
| past week or ten days.
The pottery at Huntington, which
has been shut down for some time,
will be started in fuJi again during the
next week or ten days.
Two large barns owned by James
Thornton, OF near Charleston, were
burned Monday. aaving been struck
by lightning. The loss Ia $4,000,
Lena Freeman a fifteen year old
| girl, has been taken from a resort in
Parkersburg. by the police, and she
will be sent to the reform school.
Ex-senator Henry G.. Davis Is said
to be the oldest Odd Fellow in tine
state, having been a member of the
organization for about sixty years.
Henry Brown, wanted In Pennsyl-
vania for murderous assault on a
woman, was arrested at Morgantown
Wednesday and will be taken back.
The meeting OF the board OF direc.
tors OF the state prison. which has
been on at Moundsville for the past
few days adjourned Wednesday night.
Ward Lanharu, Of Grafton. repre-.
senting the B%uokhannon college, won
two first prizes at the field meet held
at Mountain Lake Park, on Saturday.
While enroute to & sanitarium at
Cincinnati. Mrs. Mary 3. AIKEN, of
Charleston, died on a Chesapeake &
Ohio train nea Maysyille, KY, Satur-
day.
Attorney General Conley has hanl
Ell down an opinion In which he holds
that the present fratsrnal insurance
order laws are void, being unconsti.
tutional.
Smith Gift, of Williamsport charged
with attempting to assault his 49,
year-o,d st~epdaughter, Beullce Oliver.
has been held to answer to the Grim
lnal court.
Two thieves entered the Hagan's
home at organtown early Wednesday
morning and. In addition to stealing
some smaller articles, also carried of
several chairs.
The body OF Ernest Ransom. a col
ored laborer, who was drowned at
Lock IS on the Ohio river "Wednesday
morning. was picked up at Parkers-
burg Thursday.
Work mas been resumed on the con-
struction Of the Electric line between
Sistersville and Friendly, which was
partially built several years ago and
then abandoned.
The editor Of the ~Lumberport New
Independent, announces that ne will
suspend the publication Of the news
paper after another week because OF
lack of support
The special term OF the United
States court which was to have been
held at Parkersburg beginning Sep
tember8th, has been postponed and
will be held later.
Andy Kelly. George Baker and
French Green, arrsted at Charleston
charged with robbing a mail pouch,
we're discharged, there being no evil
dence against them.