Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-06-19
SUMMARY OF Items.



ANOTHER FRE Ar PITrsBuRc. -
FIRE broke oul at Pitisburg on Tuesday
morning, 10 a stable on Brewery alley.
The flames, says the Chronicle, soon
spread to the surrounding buildings, most
ly frames, presenting frghiful specta.
Gle. Al least a dozen buildings we're on
FIRE before the apparatuses we're prepared
to throw water. But the engines once ia
order, the flames were soon arrested, with
a much smaller obstruction Of property
than could have been expected. The
roofs and wood work Of number OF hou.
SEES we're considerably cbarreJ, and had
narrow escapes Two stables were en-
trely consumed, together with some half
dozen frame dwellings Of Slight value,
fronting on Pena street. a number Of
SHEDS and ont-houses were buried 60 the
ground. Two or three thousand dollars,
II is thought, will cover The loss sustained
on all hands.
THE LATE FIRE IN QuEBEc. lit has
been ascerisined that the whole number
of houses destroyed by the late fi;c in
Quebec rs sintees hundred and THRU
The insurance on these buildings amour.
ted to SAIL $40. The insurance compa-
MES have made arrangements with the
banks to meet all claims against them for
losses.
New HAMPsHIRE LEGISLATIVE. The
General Court Of New Ham shire assem-.
bled on the 4ih inst. al Concord. Hen
~ Hubbard was chosen the Speaker of the
House, and Asa P. Cate President Of the
Senate. The Locofoco officers OF both
branches were chosen by large maJoriies.
FLORIDA ELEcTIoN.-The Locofocos
claim that they have elected their Cover
nor, member of Congress, and majority
of both branches of the Legislsture-thus
securing to them TWO Senators in the next
Congress.
ANOTHER GAS WELL.-Messrs. Rob-
inson, Bibby, and Downward, on the prop
ery leased of. C. Mcfarland, ESQ.,, last
week reached large stream Of gas, at
the depth Of fourteen hundred and thirty
feet. The stream is steady, OF sufficient
force to throw up the water fifty feet in
the air, and in sufficient quantity to boil
the water. They will turn it into fur
nnce and 60 TO making salt next week.
Samuel Shrewsbury, Esq, higher up
the river, few weeks ago obtained an
abundant stream both of water and gas.
The stream is not steady; the water is jet.
breathing. -Kanawha Republican.
LIVE ToAD IN CHrLp's STOMACH
The Westfeld (Mass.) News Letter
gives an account of little girl, about five
years old, an only child ofJohn Bronson,
ofRussel, vomiting living toad. 1t mea
sured from the mouth to the end of the boz
dy 2, nches-the body and lower extrem-
tiles 5 inches and the circumference of
the body 3-l3. 1t lived about IL hours
after its election from the stomach of the
little child. The girl for some time past
has been unwell, and complaining of dis
tress IN the stomach, and has had violent
fits of coughing. The occurrence thus
m4ntloned was on the Goth ult., since
which The child is better.
Hon. VIM CosT JOHNSON. In our
last we noticed that Hon. w. c. Johnson |
was ,hen in New Orleans. 1t is stated IN
the Frederick Herald that Mr.. J. also,
has received delicate compliment to his
abilities in the shape Of a 500, 600 lee,
for settling an extensive land claim. His
visit to New Orleans was no doubt con-
necred with this interesting business. -
Herald of Freedom.
A letter, from Father Mathew, men
lions The gratifying fact that be has been
relieved ftom his pecuniary endorsements |
chiefly through the gener'ns aid oil the !
friends of temperance IN England. 10.
DEATu.-The Cincinnati Commercial. |
Of late date, says that German, living |
over the canal, mad one Of his back teeth
pulled out by a phss'cian, on the 3lst
ult., and tiled 10 death in a bout forty five
MINUTES alter She operation.
The good people pr Milwaukee are
Quarrellng among themselves on account
of sectional jeaiousics; and those on one
side of the river, thinking that the folks
on the opposite side were doing too well,
destroyed the two bridges which connect
the two sections ofthe town.
WHAT NExT.-The sparks from a
Locomotive set fire 10 field Of standing
clover in Lancaster county, Pa, and burnt
it up, A field Of green wheat was set
fire TO by locomotive. on the Wtnches-
ter and Potomac Railroad and was des-
troyed,
McCurry, the man, who was convicted
Of the murder Of Paul Roux, in Baltimore,
aud who IS to exmate his crime on The
galIows on the 97tn INST, is SAID to have
made his confess on, which is in the pos
session of his counsel, and Will, as soon
as he is hung, be published.
The LARGEST CYLINDER IN THE WORLD.
There was cast at the works OF the
West Point t. unory, on the l2lh, Blast
Cylinder Of l26 inches in diameter and
IL feet in length, weighing 10 tons. II
is intended for the Noun, Savage Ion
Company, near Cumberland, Nd, and IS
20 blow four Blast Furnaces OF the largest