Martinsburg independent. [volume], July 29, 1876, Page 5, Image 5

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LOCAL NEWS.
OOUSfVNICATI<-'XS AND ALL UA TIERS OF LO
CAL INTEREST ARE CORDTALLT INVI
TED TO THESE COLVUXS.
SATURDAY, July 29, 1876
Prospect ot Recovery.
There is some prospect that Mr.
Jacob Socey, who was stabbed by
Col. Dellinger, at Clearspring, Md.,
some days since, will recover from
his injuries.
Fine Work.
Mr. H. Scheelky & Son have put
up an iron Veranda on the building
of Mr. L. Scheu, made entirely by
themselves, which will compare fa
vorably with the best workmanship
of the cities.
County Centennial
On the 6th of September next,
Washington County, Md., will com
plete the one hundredth year of her
existence, and the citizens are taking
steps to have a grand celebration of
the event in Hagerstown on that
day. It will no doubt be a grand af
fair. _
Temperance Camp Meeting.
Leetown Lodge, No. 4,1. O. Good
Templars, will hold a Temperance
camp-meeting, n ar Leetown,on the
24th of Augent, to continue one or
two weeks. Hon. John B. Gough,
the eminent temperance lecturer is
expected to be present, and temper
ance organizations are invited to tent
on the ground.
Horse tetolcn.
Some horse thief stole a line dark
brown mare,-six or seven years old,
and fifteen hands high, from the ges
ture field of Mrs. Crowl, of this
county, on the night of June
24th. The mare is the prop
erty.of Mr. J. F. Ardinger, of Bed
ington, and he offers $25 reward for
information leading to her recovery.
Wheat Burned.
The entire crop of wheat and oats
of Mrs. Crowl. residing on theOpe
quon,near Greensburg,was destroyed
by fire Wednesday night. The grain
was stacked in the field, and the lire
was no doubt the work of an incen
diary. Mrs. Crowl loses her entire
wheat and oat crop, and the loss, is
a severe one to her.
Camp Meetings.
Camp meetings will be held onCir
cuit Winchester Dist.,M. E. Church,
Rev. G. W. Cooper, Presiding Elder,
beginning as follows :—Keyser City,
August 10th; Hancock, August 17th;
Union Grove,near Cumberland, Au
gust 24th; Berkeley Springs, Sep
tember 1st; Bunker Hill, September
Parkersburg.
Parkersburg city assessors return
tor the year 1S76, $2,785,795 real and
personal proi>erty assessed. This is
a shrinkage from last year’s assess
ment of $885,871. The Council made
the levy one dollar on the $100‘valu
ation, reducing the taxes about 35
per cent, by which the receipts of the
City Treasury will be $18,000 less
than last year. There are nude
whites, 1286 ; Colored, 179 ; and 313
dogs fn the city. This would not
indicate a very prosperous state of
affairs in Parkersburg.
MoekUolders Meeting.
The stockholders of the Martins
burg Gas Company held their annual
meeting in the Court House Tuesday
evening. Nineteen hundred and nine
ty-seven dollars of capital stock was
represented. The meeting proceeed
ed to election of Hoard of Directors
for ensuing year, and the following
named gentlemen were elected: C.
J. Faulkner, Jr.,Elias Emuaert,Wm.
Dorsey, A. P. Shutt, J. II. Gettin
ger, David Weil, C. P. Matthaei, E.
C. Williams, II. N. Deatrick. The
annual finance report was read and
adopted.
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Green Fruit.
Green apples and other fruit have
made their appearance and are eaten
by those who should know better re
garding consequences. Half ripe
apples, and especially those which
prematurely fallen to the ground,are
anything but wholesome and are
likely to run up a doctor’s bill in
double-quick time. Parents who
have iuiy regard for the health of
their children will take timely notice
and have their children to abstain
from eating fruit that is likely to
give them cholera morbus. An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure.
The question solved! Gettin
ger & Hoke’s “Shoe and Hat
Emporium’’ is beyond doubt the
place to buy cheap goods, in that
line. ^
Sag-Splendid line of late style
J)ress Goods, cheap at Karp’s,
' Centennial Exercise* at tlie Cumber
laud Valley Camp Meeting
A grand centennial meeting will
be held at the Cumberland Valle}
Encampment near Oakville, on Sat
urday, August 5th. The principal
sendees will begin at 10:30 a. m.
when there will be addresses and mu
sic, appropriate to the occasion. At
1:30 p, m. the Children’s Centennial
Meeting will take place. All Sun
day schools and the public generally
are earnestly invited to intend.
Tent-holders who have flags are re
quested to bring them to camp, that
there may be a general display of out
national colors upon this Centennial
occasion.
List of Dead Letters.
The followinglist of letters remain
in the postoffice, Martinsburg, W.
Va., July 22d. and will be sent to the
dead-letter office August 5th, if not
called for :
Sarah B. Bowers,C. L. Creem,W m.
Davis, Conrad Decker, Peter Parrel,
Catharine Thyna,Sarah Kirby, Win.
D. Kelley,Win. Links, Acme Mower
Co., Mason Newman,Anthony Pine,
J. W. Ritter, Em. Watson, Catha
rine Webb. Also, the following list
of unmainable letters • Mary Arm
strong, held for postage ; John T.
Butler, Cape May, N.J., held for
postage; Joseph Brantner,Lockburn,
Ohio, held for postage; Mrs. A.
Baker, .Staunton, insufficiently pre
paid ; One without name or address.
Vegetables Cooked With Salt.
Vegetables which are boiled in
clear water are quite different in
taste and smell, are particularly in
their degree of tenderness, from
what they are when cooked in water
and salt. This may be especially re
marked in the case of onions, which,
when cooked in pure distilled water,
are comparatively tasteless and odor
less, but which, when cooked in
salted water, possesses a quite differ
ent, somewhat sugary flavor and a
decided onion-smell. ” The reason of
the difference is that salt diminishes
the solvent qualities of water so that
more of the soluable substances of
vegetables are retained through cook
ing them in salt water. Vegetables
are also rendered more tender by the
salt, and there proper taste is often
improved. Water containg 1-423 of
its weight of salt is much better
adapted for boiling vegetables than
clear.
The City Hall.
At a recent meeting of the Coun
cil a committee was appointed tc
procure a 1 >ck and have it placed on
the front door of the City Hall. A
wise and judicious move. The com
mittee reported back that the dooi
was in such a decayed condition that
it would be impossible to put a lock
on it. The committee was then in
structed to purchase a new door. We
noticed the new door at the City
Hall yesterday ready to be hung. It
would not surprise us to learn that
when they undertake to hang the
door it will be found necessary tc
have a new frame to hang it on, alsc
new sills, Ac.; and in order to put
in a new door frame they will be com
pelled to have a newr building. It
this prove to he so, we would put in
not a single objection.
The 1'os.t Office Ilrokeu Into.
The jKist ofiice in this place wa:
broken into Monday night by som<
thief or thieves. They effected ai
enarance through a rear window o
the ollice by means of tools stole!
from the carpenter shop of Mr. Geo
Whitson. After gaining an en
trance to the office they opened eve
ry desk and drawer, by means o
chisels, and ransacked in the hun
for money. Finding no money the;
did not destroy or carry off anythin;
expect four registered letters, on<
for the National bank, two for Sam
uel Fit/., and one for Soph a Allen
colored. Of course the contents o
these registered lettert axe not knowi
but is thought the amount container
in them could not have exceeded $40
The thieves were evidently frighten
ened away before they had completer
their search,as they left their chisel:
behind, and there were other evi
deuces that their exit had been some
what hurried.
Mr. G. W. Tabler, the postmaster
had taken every precaution to secnri
the office before leaving for home or
Monday night, as be alwaysdoes,ant
the affair is not in the slightest de
gree attributable to any negligence oi
lack of proper caution on tin
part of himself or assistant. Tin
thieves ran great risk in their bur
glarious operations, as the office isii
! a most public position, and a nuai
1 her of persons in adjoining building!
sleep within plains hearing distance
It is to be hoped that the guilty par
ties may be ferret ted out, arrester
and punished for the crime.
Just IIeceived—Another lot o,
Buck Heflebower & Neer’s Men’i
band-made pegged Kip Brogan’s.
every pair warranted and sold chea;
by. H. N. Beatrice.
Council Proceeding*'.
Council met Wednesday evening
for the purpose of making the levy.
On motion of Mr. Showers the levy
was fixed at 75 cents on the $100.
Mr, Farr in moved that the head
tax be fixed at $2. Motion lost.
Mr. Showers moved that head tax
be fixed at $1. Carried.
On motion of Mr. Linthicum the
tax on dogs was fixed at $2.
Finance committee, on motion of
Mr. Spillman,was ordered to arrange
for collection of all bills.
On motion of Dr. McSherry or
dered that Treasurer pay $5 for copy
of the Market laws furnished by
clerk of Frederick city.
Street Committee were authorized
to purchase broke stone at 40 cents
per perch, to keep cart employed,
giving parties owing taxes the pre
ference.
On motion Showers and McSherry
were ordered to superintend repairs
of Division street.
Pitzer and Showers appointed a
Committee to have location of lamp
on Queen street, near Shenandoah
House, changed.
Street Committee ordered to have
curb raised at property of Mr. Cisco
on Race street.
On motion of Mr. Farr in, Mr. F.
D. Staley, agent for Hooper estate,
was fined by Mayor for failing to put
down pavement in front of saul prop
erty.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
The druggists in Cumcerland, in
public meeting assembled, have re
solved to close their stores at 7 p. m.
from now until the first of Septem
ber.
The managers of the Frederick
County Agricultural Society are
making extensive preparation for an
unusually good fair this year.
Tub races are now quite popular
among the residents of the mountain
town, Cumberland. Help yourselves,
brethren, we are not inclined that
way.
At Oakland and Deer Park on
Monday the mercury registered ,17°.
Fires were built and hovered over,
and overcoats and wraps were in de
mand.
The Hagerstown News says Hum
bert and Mobley have painted a large
handsome banner for tne Hayes and
Wheeler Club of Hagerstown. It is
eighteen feet square. On it is in
scribed “Hayes and Wheeler; Hard
Money, Free Schools and Reform.”
It will be thrown to the breeze in a
few days.
It is reported that the torrid heat
is killing many fish in the canal,prin
cipally suckers and eels. The bass,
which is a hardier fish, seems to
stand the heat better. We are not
quite as hardy as the bass, and will
wait for permanent cool weather be
fore we go fishing again.
MARRIED.
By the Rev. P. H. Thomas in the
U. li. Church, at Martinsburg, W.
Va., Mr. Geokoe W. Dot,wick and
Miss Jennie E. Yonts.
DIED.
tarn i ratcx—five cents per lins—for Obituary No
ticf'^Oegoncl the usurl announcement.
On Friday, June 30th, Francis
Louisa, infant daughter of William
II. and Mattie Myers. “Suffer little
children to come unto me and forhid
t!a iu not, for of such is the kingdom
of heaven.”
IN THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM
H. LAMBERT.
' Beneath the silent shades they laid our
> Harry,
In his narrow casket bed ;
, They have placed our much loved baby,
With the calm and peaceful dead ;
i With the lillies wreathed about him,
And the laurelso’er his breast;
Take him not, the Savior cal led him,
Sweetly, calmly, let him rest.
EJL
B USIXByS LOU i LS.
BARGAINSt BARGAINS!
I If you want nice new styles Goods
5 cheap, call at Kapp’s.
The largest assortment and best
, Calico in town for Hi cents per yard,
t call at II. N. Deatiuck’s.
i lm daw.,
^ Gents’ White Shirts for sale—y
' good article only $1.00, at
[ H. N. DEATRICK’S.
1 Large stock—all new goods—
■ bought cheap and will lie sold cheap
■ —at Kapp’s corner. a7.
, Call and buy a pair of Buck, Ileile
j bower & Neer’s Farmers’ CalfBoott
i —all hand-made and every pair war
1 ranted. For sale only by
II. N. DEATRICK.
GROCERIES
; Coffees, Sugars, Molasses, Spices,
&c., fresh and nice, at
Kapp’s.
Men’s plow shoes, every pair war
i ranted as represented, and sold very
. cheap for cash by
H. N. DEATRICK
' Ladies 2 button kid gloves and 3
button lisle thread glove9 at D. M.
, Sluffer & Bro.
A complete stock of Updegraff’s
> celebrated gloves, at factory prices
—at Gettingek & Hoke’s.
AT martins: drg
TMURSDJiY, AUGUST lTf*
Unqualifiedly the LARGEST SHOW ON EARTH
OLD JOHN ROBINSON’S
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
The incoming the CENTENNIAL YEAR marks an epoch in my life’s history. With it I shall in
augurate mv oo!h y. ar as Manager. It has been my good fortune during the period named to makornatij
warm personal friends in your midst, and I revert with pleasure to the many courtesies extended mo in
the past. It has been my aim during these manv years to advertise only what with certainty £ could ex
hibit, and now in the evening of my life, it is too late to follow any other than the beaten path I have tre#
for over the las! half century. I cannot now resort to any method that would mislead or deceive those w»k
have in the past so liberally sustained me in all my enterprises. It is, therefore, with a feeling of pardon
able pride that I publicly announce that I will exhibit at MARTIN8BURG,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th.
n\N EXHIBITION THAT IS UNQUALIFIEDLY WORTHY TO BE CALLED
It will Consist rf Menagerie, Museum, Circus # Aquarium*
E'ich department is so complete that for merit, worth, superior attraction and quality, they far surp&w
all my previous efforts. In addition to FIFTY DENS OF WILD ANIMALS, will be found many‘raw
species, only owned by me in America.
_ * it * tti s\t* nr* \rm nomiirnrrtjus h*
ii I mu v/j. until vniiniv/iuimai
SCHOOL OF SEA LIONS, the FA
MOUS ItED-MANEl) SEA-LIOA
A HERD OF SACRED CATTLE.
THE WONDERFUL UNICORN*
HOLY WRIT.
|g> TUe UlreiiN is complete in all depaA
mentis. With it are over
;p5
aOne Hundred
ft Star ARTISTS
Among its numbers will be found th
ft famous Robert Stiekney, John Lowlow
U John Wilson, El Nino Eddie, Chari*
|fe MeCartey. TEN FEMALE EQUEA
TRIENNES! embrace among thee
^ f number the celebrated Emma Lake, ft*
' saline Stiekney, Md'lle Tumour, till ar
tists of celebrity, that tend to make th*
the VERY BEST CIRCUS IN THE
WORLD.
A great feature in the grand display is the first elei*hant team ever driven to harness in America.
I mamm«i< h hands will enliven the entertainment with tin* most choice musical gems. During the perform
ance tin* i irci i 'iie will produce for the fir-*t lime in public
GRAND CENTENNIAL MARCH,
Composed expressly for this occasion. Notwithstanding the-enormous expanse of this gigantic organisa
tion, I ! ave fixed the price of admission to the entire show as lollows :
Tickets, .... 50 Cts. | Children, ... 25 Cts.
And in no itis'anee will I allow an increased charge to my Great World’s Exposition. A few reserve
cushioned chairs with hack and foot rest, at an advance of 25 cents each. I remain respectfully,
1 Old John P'