Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-17
THE NEWS.

on the 10Th instant by the COnStitu-
tional Convention Of Missouri.
Three ex-Governors of Maine.
Stearns, Straw and Smith, together
with Gov. Cheney, are about to cross
| the continent to California this fall.
accompanied by their wives.
William d. Kelley and Ben Butler
are announced for speeches in favor
of their new financial theory in Ohio,
and they have been invited to do so
by the Democracy of that State
| Verify, time works changes.
The potato bug has reached the
| desert, a hundred miles north of OF
tawa, Canada. They arrived in
showers, striking against window
panes like hail, and are devouring all
the potato vines in the vicinity.
Political gossip in Indiana says
| that General Benjamin Harrison will
be the republican nominee for gov
ernor there next fall, and that the
democrats will put up against him
Congressman w. S. Holman. That
shows that both sides realize the inn
portance OF nominating good men.
On Sunday afternoon, a carriage,
| containing Mrs. Bernard, of Beloeil,
(Canada,) her two daughters and a
son, and two neighbors, was run into
by train near Beloeil bridge. Two
of the ladies were killed, and Mrs.
Bernard and one of her daughters
were badly injured, and are not ex-
| pected to live.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
| Gazette tried to converse y with
Governor Hendricks the other day
! about the democratic party in Ohio,
| and found to his amaZement that the
governor did not know that a con-
vention had been held and an infia-
ton platform adopted. His physi-
clan has probably warned him of the
unhealthiness of reading newspapers
about this time.
Mrs. Mary Abbott, of Smyrna,
DEL, has been led a blushing bride
to the altar seven times. She has
been Miss Williams, Mrs. Truax,
Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. Wal
lace, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Pratt, and
now Mrs. Abbott; and has married a
widoWer every time but once, and
has reared numerous step-children
for her various husbands, but has
never had children of her own.
A special to the Richmond (Va., y
E,qtirer, says that August Hartsook,
son of ID. J Hartsook, secretary of
Red Wind and Arlington Life InSur-
ance Company, while attempting to
get off a mail train at Elmington, on
the Virginia Midland railroad yester-
day, fell between the cars and had
both legs horribly mangled. His in
juries viii likely prove fatal.
AT the Moody and Sankey farewell
meeting Monday night one hundred
and lightweight clergymen of the
Church of England were present.
During the four months of their min
istrations they held two hundred and
eighty live meetings, which were at
tended by an aggregate of 2,170,000
people. The expense of the meetings
was $150,000. The revivalists reso-
lutely refuse any compensation for
their services.
There are rumorS of a grand secret
democratic powwow in New York
week after next to talk over Presi-
Dental matters. 1t is the scheme of
leaders Of the Governor Tilden school
who foresee a serious breach in the
National Convention between the
Eastern and Western democracy on
the financial question, unless exist
ing differences of opinion can be re-
conciled beforehand by friendly
talk
A riot occurred in Clarksville,
Tennessee, on Saturday night, in the
beginning Of which large body of
negroes made an attack on two
Irishmen for an alleged assault upon
colored boy. The whole town was
alarmed, and the entire policefor
was called out. Nobody, however,
was particularly damaged, though
several houses were badly smashed
by the rioters.
A Pottsville pa. dispatch says
| that since the resumption took place
at the mines there have been signs Of
discomfort among the miners in the
employ of individual coal operators
against the ten per cent. reduction.
The men aver that compromise
would be more just toall parties con-
cerned. There was no strike inaug-
urated until Monday, when the mi
ners turned out at st. Clair to man.
| At Wadesyille all the outside labor
ers struck. The colleries at both pla-
ces are owned and operated by indi-
vidual enterprise, and give employ
ment to a large number of men and
boys.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroad Companies have
reduced the rates of fare from Chi
cage to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
Y ork and other points to the figures
adopted by the Michigan Central and
Lake Shore Companies. Upon the