Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-05-22
THE NEWS.

VlSlIoTS 10 Jhc Fnlladelpnia centen-
NAL.
| The Cincinnati Commercial was
little premature i'm announcing that
city free from whisky frauds.
The BALTIC. q o. Railroad carried
| the first way mail from Defiance, o.,
to Chicago on Tuesday of last week.
There's certain period in every
boys life when he'd sooner be ring
master in circus than President Of
the United States.
Bill King has been indicted for per-
jury by Washington grand jury.
Bill should move to Brooklyn, where
they don'trec0gnize any such offence
The French press compliments
England upon the stand taken inthe
recent troubles, and say that she has
again recovered her influence in con-
tinental affairs.
| a woman in Bellyille, Illinois, 81
years old, could not wait for the nat
llral end of life, but hanged herself
from one of the high posts of her old
IdSnlOlieu DeuStedu.
The latest intelligence from Ne
braska is that the crop prospects are
more favorable.
Hon. Edgar Cowan of Greensbmg,
is spoken of as possible nominee for
Governor by the Democrats of Penn
sylyania.
The Boston Journal thinks Secre-
tary Bristow's tilt with the Whisky
Ring reveals much evidence that we
have not the best civil service in
the world"
When a bank suspends in Kansas
they take the manager to- neighbor-
ing tree and serve him in the same
manner. "a simple remedy, and we
believe in its efficacy says local
journal.
| Honest and constitutional govern
ment, with liberal Republican or
progressive Democrat to adminis-
! ter it, would meet the wants of the
people to-day better than any party
triumph. "-BoS0oa Herald.
Sherman vindicates his claim to
entire originality in the conception
| of the great march to the sea, which
contributed largely to the overthrow
OF the rebellion. Grants military
exploit was the capture of Vicks-
burg.
The Virginia City New Enter
prise discourages the advent OF per-
sons allured by the fame of the big
bonanza, land says the city is oyer-run
by workmen seeking employment.
Large parties have been arriving at
Cheyenne, (Wyoming,) for the past
two weeks with the intention of go
ing to the Black Hills in quest of
gold as soon as the government gives
them permission.
The financial condition of the Gu
ban government is improving, there
having been sufficient increase in re-
venue receipts to enable a return Of
one-fouIth Of the 900, 900 borrowed
by the government from the Spanish
Bank.
A clock repairer, named Lathrop,
was arrested Tuesday in Burke twp,
New \ ork, having with him boy
answering to the description of the
long lost Charley Ross. 1t is said de-
tectiyes have been looking for La
throp long time.
No appointment has yet been made
to the Office of Assistant Attorney
| General, although several prominent
gentlemen are mentioned in connec-
ton therewith,- among others Hon.
r.. Holland, DUEL, of New York, and
Hon. Alex. White, of Alabama.
On Sunday night the residence of
a Mr. Mcpherson living near Column
bus, Nebraska, was destroyed by fire,
and three children were burned to
death. The parents were absent at
the time, and the fire is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary.
The Philadelphia Press, May 18th,
publishes dispatches from two hun
bred different points in the wheat
growing counties of PENNSYLVANIA,
and says: " After q careful survey Of
the entire grain-producing region of
the State, it seems probable that but
/ half q crop will be harvested this
year.
The Governor OF Missouri has is
sued proclamation calling upon the
people of the State to observe Thurs
day, June Sd, as a day Of fasting and
prayer, to invoke the interpretation Of
Divine Providence to avert from the
State the grasshopper plague, with
which it is threatened, with its con-
sequent evils.
General Harlan, the Republican
nominee for Governor of Kentucky.
is a native of that state, and fine
specimen Of its public men. Hewill
take the stump in person, and, al