Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-10
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AA~sA.1SA w itilcIlIl I5 SHtu 10 HAVE
adeclded weakness for Offenbach-
ian ope'fa bouffe, which he digni-
hes With the title Of composing
General Garfield was the guest
o.. the Boston Commercial Club on
Saturday, and spoke in favor Of
slow but sure resumption Of
specie payments.
Mr.. Ostend, OF Illinois, bought
his daughter May delaine instead
of a poplin dress, and May went
right out and drowned herself in
Snyder's creek.
Rev. w. Fl. MiIburn, the blind
preacher, is visiting Boston. He
used 10 talk entertainingly about
what a blind man saw. He
should tell how a blind preacher
feels.
John G. Whittier has declined,
on account of his health, an invi-
tati0n from the students Of Dart
mouth College, to be their poet at
the next Commencement.
Geo. r. Nagle was to have been
married on Christmas day, but be
ran away, leaving his expectant
bride and large number of cred
itors to mourn his absence.
The New York Post expresses
the opinion that Tweed will be
found among the missing some
fine morning, and somebody will
be the richer by a handsome sum.
1t adds: "Such is our prediction"
The Duke of Genoa has declined
to accept the honor of a grand ball
which the Italians of San Fran
cisco desired to give him, because
he is still in mourning for til
late King of Saxony, his mothers
father.
Mr.. William Kate is the new
Mayor Of Louisville. The Courier
Journal dubs HIM Kay-ser Will
liam, but omits to mention that
instead of a Teutonic pedigree ne
boasts an Irish descent, and cOnse-
quentIy ought to be O'Kaye.
A SHOCKING DEATH. ON Mon
day night, near Lindsy's Turn
out, in Albemarle county, Va. two
colored children were frozen to
death, and a third so badly frozen
that it is not expected to live. 1t
seems that the mother and father
of the children had separated
in a quarrel, and left the three little
ones in their cabin to take care of
themselves. A nephew of the
wife took care of the children two
or three days, but finding it more
than he could do, started with
them on Monday evening about
three miles away. He carried
them in sight of the mothers
house, and starting them towards
it alone, turned back. The next
morning the three were found
near where he had let them, hud-
died together, two of them frozen
dead, and the third almost in a
dying condition. An inquest will
investigate the matter, and the
parents win probably be ar
rested. --&da0aton Va.) indicator.
THAT PIT.-Dig a hole three
feet deep, as large as the sash you
have requires; board up all around,
making the back part of the frame
a foot higher than the front; let
the frame be six inches above the
ground on the South side, and
eighteen on the back. In this put
up a rough staring, whereupon
the tender plants can be placed, in
boxes or pots. Very little water
ing will. be necessary. On pleas
ant, clear days in Winter, the sash
can be lifted on the South side, or
slid down or up SO as to give air;
on very cold nights and cloudy
days, throw old carpets or mats on
the sash. If thus treated, there is
no better way Of keeping all kinds
of flowers through the Winter. 1t
is hardly necessary to state that no
water dare stand in the bottom of
the pit. At a hillside facing the
South is very suitable when it can
be had, The damage that standing
water commits is over-dampness,
when the pit has to be closed.
Last Spring | saw q large lot in
such pit that looked handsome
and bright COInd1'S Rl1ul.
And now man in Hartford has
stopped his newspaper because his
mama was nrintnd in D LIST Of cd.