Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-06-16

,xrgp-A setting OF turkey eggs
s.onire at this Office.
r,xTEp-Some last years chick
r,ll OF address this office.
=. Emma Senseny has gone to
El,esrstowa to attend the teachers In
,tute
g. home of Mr.. j. r. Catrow, on
No. PM. was struck by lightning and
..,jderably damaged though no one
VS. hurt.
por ". D. McCurdy preached a
.oiar sermon to the local council of
n : of A. at his church last
sunday morning.
Mr. WILDER F. Berry, OF Chicago, Hi
.ais WAS here for several days during
NJ mast week enjoying visit to his
,gstjyes and friends.
Master Whiting Faulkner, who has
,.sn attending the Shenandoah Val
l.p Academy, at Winchester, has re-
,n,oed home for the summer vacation.
Mrs Charles Matthaei, has returned
bsr home in Washington after
bonding a week in this city, accom- :
n.oied bv Mrs. Margaret Matthaei
who will spend some time with her.
Miss Mary &. Stribling, who was
shocked by lightning while at her
home on South Queen street one night
lsst week, has been quite indisposei
since but we are glad to say is now
better,
Mrs. NJ. II. Amweg, who has been
spending The past year in Berkeley,
alifornla. near San Francisco, has re-
|tprned 10 this city and is now stopping
with Mrs s. E. Ropp at 80 North
Queen street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Vanmetre, who
have been spending the winter in
Washington, have rented the furnish
I'D house Of Mrs. Ella V. Snodgrass.on
South Queen street, and will spend
the summer here.
Mr.. Milburn l., Harris, of this city,
left here last saturday morning for
New York 10 attend the wedding of
his sister, Miss Mabel E. Harris, to
Mir. Hairy b. Parker, of New York,
which zoos u,ace on Monday lvening.
There WI be 'pecial train from
here IN Ere, erick 10 accommodate
! those Hao wish to 60 10 the great 4th
|of July c-l braiIon at that place. The
ped ne, this place VIII take part in
the r. Tie car fare will be 81 50
Tor round trip.
Thou. Is tn,ra have been numerous
storms duHug Il e past week but
little water felt. Some sections of this
county are still almost as dry as if
there had been no rain. The Falling
Waters section, we are Informed, has
specially suffered.
There was ain excursion train over the
southern and b. Il o. last
Sunday from Petersburg to Washing
lugton and Baltimore. There were sew
eral hundred eXcursionists passed
Though Romney On their return
they did not arrive at Romney until
about ! O'clock on Monday morning.
Lightning struck the stable on the
Janney farm near kilmer's mill last
Saturday evening and damaged the
building considerably. The lightning
ran down the iron roof and down the
corner post splitting it and tearing off
'he siding and yet while there were a
number OF horses in the stable at the
une there we've none hurt.
The dry weather during the spring
ana early part of the summer has been
'ne cause of the hay crop being short
again this year. There has been short
rye IN the hay crop in this section for
'nfee years and hay has been selling
"ere at from $25 to $50 per ton. The
corn has been doing very well and gen.
orally looks well and the wheat will be
poosoIy up to the average in this
cOun'y but the oats will probably be a
Dad failure
'here was some very hot weather in
o"e'e dlggings during the past week.
"'s'hnlug last Thursday and con tinu-
'us until Monday aud during that
''ue there were numerous heavy thun =
r'' sIorms but not a great deal of ra in,
'ue not wave seems to have reached
- highest point on sunday when it
=, ,t'e'ieu 100 in the shade, according to
'' government thermometer in the
! '''p'hg OF Mr.. G. w. V4umetre, the
iOcsl weather man