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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

The Result ola Private Correspou
denco.

The Result offs Private Correspou
dence.
BALTIMORE, February 12.-Mr
John Brent, who for three years
had been in the employment oil
Seth s. Hance, patent medicine de-
pot, Baltimore street, between
North and Holiday streets, went
away very suddenly on Tuesday
night, and the detectives are now
looking for him at the instance oil
Mr.. Hance. Brent's wife charges
him with having eloped with her
sister Bertha, aged IA years. Mr..
Brent and his wife and tn" young
girl, Bertha, lived In apartments
over ttle drug store, of which
Brent had charge. The wife says
she does not know where her hus-
is, and alleges that she had
discovered letters passing between
him and her sister, and
that she had often protested
against the partiality he had
manifested for the girl. He went
away Tuesday night, frst locking
the store, and the wife says she
followed him down Calvert Street.
She also says she Esw him meet
the girl and then Aturn to the
house and put upa bundle as
though he was golrG away. He
would not tell his Wlle where he
was going, but ran out and her mr.
ter him. After y fFuitless chase
Mrs. Brent was Obliged to come
back home to her little
child whom she had left
crying. She has not seen her
husband since. Bertha disappeared
at the same time, and is supposed
from letters and other clues, both
the missing people have gone in
the direction of Harrisburg
Bertha is well grown and good
looking. The young man who is
charged, is well known, and has
always been esteemed and trusted
by Mr.. Hance, his employer. He
has been married four years.
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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14
BROOKLYN ROBBER Y
ONE MILLION DOLLARS GONE
Mysterious Disappearance Of I'm
pOrtant Books.

Az ySsCsAUoo SsSoRPCoHOu CC va Asu =
pOrtant Books.
BROOKLYN, February IL. Fur
ther Investigations in the tax Of
fee of this city reveal the fact that
some most important books have
suddenly disappeared. and conse-
quently many unpaid collections
cannot be traced and recovered nor
defaulting collectors punished. 1t
has been acsertained that there is
a deficiency Of over fifty thousand
dollars in one branch of the tax Of
flee, not heretofore known. An
official report of the whole subject
will be presented in a few days to
the aldermen for their action in
the matter. Comptroller Schre-
der admits that the total amount
stolen during the past few years
must be in the neighborhoOd of
one million dollars.
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
UNUSUAL PREPARATIONS In
THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.
The Austrian Emperor Gone ia
the Gar.

BERLIN, February 1.-THE
Government has issued orders to
put on an extraordinary pressure
in the work of preparing the arma
ment for the German troops In
June the whole infantry will be
armed with the Manser rifle, and
tie cavalry with the Chessepot.
Ten thousand laborers are now at
work on the arms at Strasburg, and
four thousand at Metz and vi
emma. The Emperor of Austria
has gone to st. Petersburg, by in
vitatiOn of the Gar.
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Slckening Revelations II Regard
20 &c.


The Investigation ordered BY
the New York authorities relative
to the system of burial Of the Puor
in POtter's Field, has brought ont
some sickening revelations. The
inquiry was started owing - The
death and manner Of the burial ~
Nathaniel French, the West In61n
planter and Free Mason, who 80
Gently died In one Of the city 49,
pitfalls, and whose body wa -.
ported to be- inferred Ia : nc ln
which over six hundred 6od1u
were already buried. Accord txI
tothe statement or the SuoGuI1s
tendent Of the field e has koeu
found impossible to 6nd tho ~
mains Of Mr.. French, g the bodies
Of those who have been br0ught
there had not been disposed o.
singly.
Over four thousand persons ase
buried there every year, and Il II
necessary ~ put them In pit 20.
gether. r. having been suggested
that the bodies should be put into
substantial coinns, properly mark
ed, so that they might be subso-
quently removed II required, and
not buried In a trench, the Super
intendent said IL did not matter
how large the trench, the bodies
could not be taken out safely. The
trench was eight feet, the collins
placed side by side in numerical
order, ranging on the bottom line
from 5,700 TO $500, in two long
rows; then another tier is put on
them, and so until the bodies
reach within proper distance cf
the surface, when the pit is closed
with earth. He savagely added
that it was the most comfortable
plan Of burial, and that he would
like to have company.
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FLORIDA.

STEAMSHIP ON FIRE TWO DAYS
KEY WEST, February 1.-THE
steamship Gulf Stream, from Bal
timore for Havana and New Or
leans, arrived yesterday, and re-
ports that during her passage a
fire brake out in the hold, and
burned two days, and despite the
exertions of the captain and crew,
much valuable cargo was destroy
ed. The vessel is but little injured,
as the fire was confined to the
hold.
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WALL STREET TO- DAY.

NEW YORK, February 12-The
money market continues easy at
4a5 for call loans, with and 6 as
exceptional rates. Mercantile pa
per is, as we last quoted it, only
for future market being i'm very
small supply. Gold opened at 121,
next sold at 12B and has since
ruled at 12f 1913. On gold loans
the rates have been3, 81 "A per
cent, for carrying,
FREE SOUP HOUSES.
The members of the stock ex-
change have opened subscription
list for the establishment of free
soup houses in the lower part oil
the city James Gordon Bennett
has given 100000 to supply soup to
the poor from the fire and police
stations.
FOUND DEAD.
James Fillipetti, a travelling &C.
tor, was found dead in bed at the
Atlantic Hotel yesterday.
REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY,
the authors and one of the chaplains
in ordinary to her Majesty Queen
Victoria, arrived yesterday, on q
visit to the United States.
LHE LIQUOR CRUSADE.
The western plan of surpressing
the liquor saloons will be tried
east in about ten days. Worces-
ter, Mass, will be the first place
operated on. A mass meeting of
citizens will be held, when the
plan of operations will be cx-
plaiued and organizations for
the work be formed, which it is
proposed to prosecute vigorously.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14
NEW YORK's POOR,
James Gordon Bennett to the Fore

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE eff
forts Of the city, journals, inabehalf
of the suffering poor of New York,
are meeting with great success,
and subscriptions are being re-
ceived rapidly by various aid So
cieties organized to distribute food
and clothing. James Gordon
Bennett has donated thirty thou
sand dollars for the establishment
of soup houses throughout the city
and subscription papers are being
for the same charitable purposes
at various business exchanges in
the city.
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THE SMALLPOX.
A VILLAGE FEARFULLY Az
FLICTED.
Physicians and Nurses B a dly
Needed

New York, February PA
dispatch from Hartford, Conn,
says the village of South Windham
on the line of the New London
Northern railroad, is terribly af-
fiicted with the smallpox, and it
is reported that every family in
the village has one or more cases.
Several deaths have occurred.
Even the village physician has
the disease. Nurses are needed.
Every place of business is closed /;
no trains stop at the place, and no
communication from outside al
lowed. There are few cases al :.
ready in the neighboring towns.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
SIXTEEN MEN BURNED.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, Feb. IA
dispatch from Jamestown, Pa,
states that by the capsizing of q
molten metal at the steel works
of the Cambria Iron Company
yesterday sixteen men were SER
iously burned, one it is thought
will die. Several of them had
their clothes burned from their
bodies.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

DIR. Jacob ID. Thomas, convicted
at Frederick last March for the
murder of John Lloyd Belt, Jr.,
near Adamstown, October 2, 1871 i,
and sentenced to imprisonment
in the penetentiary for two years,
has been pardoned by Governor
Whyte.
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NEW YORK.
NOT FOR TWEED.

ALBANY, N. Y, February ~
Owing to the discovery that Tweed
and Field are named as members
of the commission appointed in
1871 to represent this state at the
centennial exhibition, 4 resolution
was to- day adopted, on motion of
Weed (Democrat) to wipe out said
commission. This annuls the
action of yesterday.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

A Chicago poet, who was recent
ly informed that Madame Nilsson
had thoughtfully built a shelter
for cows on her land at Peoria, un-
mindful Of the catastrophe which
led to the destruction Of her ma
tive city Immediately burst into
this wild and beautiful frenzy of
verse: "Christine, Christine, thy
milking do, the morn and eve be-
tween, and not by the dim reli-
gious light of the fitful kerosene.
For the COW may plunge, and the
lamp explode, and the 1lre ffend
ride the gale, and shrek the knell
Of the burning town in the glow of
the molten pail
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

For the present JEFF. Davis has
no important movement ON Foote.
Brooklyn Argus. m
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

The latest snake story came from
Indiana. In Boone county, near
Bethlehem church, stands an old
well, which has been dry for a
number Of years, and the stone
which constitutes the wall had
partly tumbled down. The owner
of the well concluded he would
remove the stone and have the
we'll cleaned out. When remov-
ing the stone, wedged down be-
hind the wall was found roll of
snakes, ranging from two to six
feet in length some black and
some spotted, presenting beauti-
full appearance, in q ball as
large as half-bushel measure.
Several Of these balls were taken
out, and found to contain, in all
145 snakes. They were in q numb
state when found, but after being
taken out and placed In the sun
began to show symptoms Of life.
BY adopting the sone- cent-a-day'
plan, a small but jealous parish
in Ohio has paid all the incidental
EXPENSES OF the church, the quote
assigned f missionary purposes,
various sums for benevolent
purposes, and the convention
assessments, and yet manages to
keep q balance on hand. The
congregation pledges itself young
and old. to lay by one ceut a day
per member for all Church pur>.
poses. @
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appIyluR the truth 70 mana
condolences, and numbers among
the people were being convinced
of oln aud brought u fho Saviour
The two dauQh{ ofs of III Wnhator
became do1n1Y concerned lor
their own nnITnt Ion. Their dfetreas
or mind WA evident. u decided
man, he wrote i note to Mr.. Stuart.
courieously but positively prohib-
iting him from converslng further
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for NJ gtnart and unhnrdened
he whole mind ~ him as i sinner
without excuse He soon found
naace in helievino and not long
after with his DAUGHTERS. he
iovfullv confessed Christ in his
church AZ the avc az eighty
four he died giving this testimony:
ST have mt one waverinO donht
or fear I know whom have
believed. and am persuaded that
He IL ahle TO keen that which /
have committed to- Him till that,
dav
A Keokuk lady, while engaged
ties. encountered a mouse in the
-four barrel. Now. most ladies.
under similar circumstances.
would have uttered a few feminine
shrieks. and then sought safety in
the garrett. But this one possessed
more than the ordinary degree Of
Feminine conraoe She summoned
the hired man and told him to get
the shot Gun. called the bull dog
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-19
Forests i'm Germany.

Few people have any idea of the ex-
tent Of forest land in Germany, and
most imagine that Of the Black Forest
little is left except tradition. On the
contrary in Hanover alone there are
900, 900 acres of wood under State
management, while nearly a fouth part
of the area of Prussia is in forest, al
though half of that is in private hands
As is we'll known, the forest admins
tration in particular districts has long
been famous, especially in TEluringia
and in the Hartz Mountains. In North
Germany generally the responsibilities
are allotted in districts among care
fully organized body of officers. pre-
sided over by forest director. The
appointments are fairly remunerated,
and they are SO eagerly sought after
that candidates will remain on proba-
ton for years at their own cost, or with
moderate and procarious pay, in the
hope Of securing place in the corps
at last.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-19
The Whiskey Crusade.


Since the days Of Joan dare no
such spirit Of almost invincible deter
mination has been revealed, as is to-day
manifest throughout southern Ohio. and
Indiana in the suppression of the liq-
uor traffic. The actors in the great
drama are principally women, earnest,
large-hearted, godly, praying women
who, for the welfare of humanity are
making sacrifices as great as did the
heroines Of old who suffered persecu-
tons and taunts and jeers rather than
surrender principle or degrade their
souls by a cowardly yielding to the de-
mands of error. At different points
IN the two states mentioned, bodies of
women are kneelirg day after day upon
the pavements-upon the icy earth in
front Of saloons and about brothels
offering up earnest prayers for the
suppression Of a business that is fast
making wrecks Of their husbands and
sons. The contagion is spreading like
fire on prairie, and in almost every
town and hamlet the work is being
prosecuted with glorious results, simply
by the power Of moral suasiOn and
earnest prayer. Other states are be-
coming awakened, and all New Eng
laud, and even the west TO the further
borders Of Iowa is becoming aroused.
The movement seems to increase, the
numbers are becoming larger, and the
enthusiasm wakes warmer. The result
of this crusade thus far has been all
that the most earnest could have wish
cd for. Over 300 saloons have yolunta-
rally closed their doors, the proprietors
pledgin9 to seek other, and more hon
orable business. Houses Of prostitu,
ton have yielded to this moving power
Of truth, and the inmates helped by
their sisters to attain to nobler wo-
manhood. What will be the outcome
Of this strange reform movement it is
hard to determine. A slight dehec-
ton from the impairing dignity thus far
attaching to the movement viii end in
utter discontinue, while rigid main
tainance of the principles actuating
the band Of heroes will, as we believe,
eliminate in a complete and over
whelming victory for right over wrong,
of truth over error.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-19
Barnum's Next Sensation.

The greatest Snowman of the day
Is once more in London, completing
preparations for the opening of the
immense Hippodrome which he is
erecting in New York. He has
leased from the Harlem Railway
Company property in the very centre
Of the city, opposite Madison Park,
Fifth Avenue Hotel, St. James Hotel,
and other principal buildings. The
track" Of the Hippodrome is to be
one-sixth Of mile in length, and
some idea OF the means which are
being taken to create a sensation
may be derived from the following
facts: Barnum has not only sent
agents to Spain and Africa to secure
attractions, but has himself visited
the Hippodrome in Paris, the Circus
REM at Vienna, Myers Circus at
Dresden, Salamonski and Cares
Circus at Cologne, the Geological
Gardens Of Hamburg, Amsterdam,
and other continental cities, selecting
and purchasing the choicest animals
procurable, and engaging The most
talented artists. He has secured
what may fairly be called an endless
variety of attractions, ranging from
a race horse to a Roman chariot.
With the Messrs. Sanger alone, he
has done business to the tune Of
ell. 900. He has already Skinned to
New York elephants, camels, and
horses, trained for every species Of
circus performance. On the both a
further ''batch'' will be dispatched,
including sixteen ostrches, ten
Glands, ten zebras, a team OF reindeer
with Lapland drivers, a troupe Of
performing dogs, goats, etc, etc
The armOr and costume makers Of
London are to be set to work imme-
diately the pantomime are off their
hands, and some portion OF the para
phernaIia which is to contribute to
to the gigantic whole, will be
shipped weekly. The hippodrome
will be opened in April next, and in
the preliminary parade, we have no
doubt, the citizens will say that their
greatest and most popular Snowman
has far ontstripped all his former eff
forts. We may add that the New
York enterprises viii in no way in
.terfere with the famous tent show
everywhere known as "Barnum's
Great Museum, AIenagerie, Circus
and Travelling Worlds FAN" -Loa-
d073 Era.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-19
Items from the Tribune.

We learn that both of our railroads
are short of cars. Lumbermen on
the line Of the G. B. 6 NJ. r. r. are
annoyed for the want of
cars to transport their commodities.
About year ago we heard many a
sheer at the fact that the officers Of
that road had just received 500 box
cars-prophecying that one-half of
them would never be used-that they
would rot upon t1e side tracks. Now
they need several hundred more.
Over one thousand cars are solici-
ted from the ". Y. r. r. for the
transportation Of ties and stave bolts
alone, and so far but sixteen have
been furnished. The officers are do
ing their best to accommodate ship
pers, and when they receive the new
invoice Of ears which have been or
dered they hope to be able to meet
all demands which may be made.
The great call for cars for the ship
ment of lumber over this road has
kept them all employed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-19

r. 3. PhUeo; The President Of
the University, Board of Regents and
committee On Education met together
Jan. 20. Both sides presented their
cases. The result was the indefinite
postponement Of the bill This action
left the whole affair in the hands Of
the Regents, to whom the Seniors pre-
sented their petition, but on the Dist
the President sent in his resignation
which was accepted by the Regents,
who Immediately elected Prof John
Bascomb Of Williams College, Mass
to fill the vacancy. Prot. Sterling has
assumed the Executive chair, until
next term, when Bascomb viii officiate.
The university buildings are connected
by telegraph, under the name of ''Wil-
Hams Telegraph Company ten rooms
are connected and more win be very
soon. 1t would seem every place has
robbers and purloiners Of goods.
While at breakfast the other morning
having carelessly left their door unlock
ed, some gentleman entered and took
$4,000 from the trunk of Ed. Wilson
and $4,000 from Hugh 1IcGrath.
They have caught the University gen
deman and settled it. Victoria Wood
hull gave lecture here on the 9th
inst. There were present about 700
men and boys, and dozen women.
She Is considered good lecturer by
all who hear her. although most of the
ladies left the hall before the lecture
was out. Mr.. Wilkins, who vas in
cured in that sad ride down the side
walk is better, and will soon be able ia
reioin the Senior class of which he was
a member. Rev. Richard of the Conc.
Church has gone TO Europe for his
health, the present old church being
uncomfortable. He will return when
the new church is completed which
will be one Of the finest in the state.
The VI. Z. Church holds service IN the
Opera House evenings, (which seats a
thousand persons. and is filled, many
not able to obtain seats. 1t is quite a
change to go to the same Opera House
70 gee Negro shew one night hear