Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-11-27

THE NEWS.


Walt Whitman was the only poet
at Poe's Grave. Where was Joaquin
Miller, to say nothing of the rest of
them
The Board of Health of Philadel-
phia, i'll view of the prevalence Of
smallpox in other cities has deter
mined to enforce the law relative to
vaccination of school children.
Governor Hartranft, of Pennsyl-
vania, has issued warrants for the
execution, ON Thursday, the 9th of
January, 1876, of William Murrey
and Frederick Myer, convicted in
Alleghany county of the murder of
Gotthard VAIL.
A dispatch from Chattanooga,
Tennessee, announces the election
OF Fort tdem. as mayor, over James
rep the present incumbent. The
democrats also elected the marshal
and half the aldermen. The contest
was very exciting.
1t is stated that the sugar crop of
Louisiana promises this year to reach
the enormous yield of upwards 100
600 hogsheads--greater than the pro-
duction of any year since 1861, We
can do without Cuba for some time
| yet.
Boss" Kelley is determined to
push his libel suit against George
Jones, Esq, of the New York Times,
| the latter having been served with q
summons in the case on Wednesday
/ tey .Nf hA
tiinching order, and proposes to see
the thing out.
The oil on board the Inflated City
of Waco, which caused the loss of
many valuable lives, was shipped
from Cleveland, Ohio, and an inves-
tigation is about to be made in that
city as to its character. The oil is
supposed to have been naptha or gas
oline.
A egation of West Virginia cap
italistS and land owners recently
held a meeting in Philadelphia with
d view to the extension of the Wash
ington and Ohio Railroad. 1t was
stated that President Scott had been
interviewed on the subject. The ef-
feet of the extension will be to di-
vert a large amount of traffic from
the Baltimore 81 Ohio Road.
VIM. T. Tinsley, country store
keeper in Chesterfield county Va,
about six miles from Richmond, was
terribly and fatally beaten and rob-
bed Friday night by unknown par
ties. They enticed him from his res
| idence to go to store to make some
| purchases, and the assault was made
between the two places. Tinsley
was subsequently found over road
| side fence where he had been thrown
| by his assailants. He WASH fear
full condition, his head having been
beaten with heavy club. His watch
and money were gone. The robbers
also secured the key Of the store, and
carried off q small amount of money
! in the drawer. Tinsley is still insen-
sible and in critical condition.
The report of the Virginia Super
intendent of Public instruction for
1876 shows that since 1871 the num-
Der of public schools in that State
have increased from 3,047 to Ass;
the ndmber of pupils enrolled from
131 ,0SS in II, to 1874 ,496 for the pres
ent year. and the value of school
property from $211 1855 in the year
! first named to 1857 ,181 in 1875. The
expenses of public education during
1861 $5S7 ,472, and for 1872, and for
1875 $914,11S. This is q gratifying
exhibit, as it clearly shows a healthy
progress in the right direction. The
accuracy of this conclusion will be
more clearly seen when it is known
that the average number Of months
during which schools were taught
was in 1871 4-66, and that this has
since increased to $50 for the pres
ent year. gss..... ~
The case of Brigham Young, held
in custody by Marshall Maxwell for
contempt on the order OF Judge
Foreman, of Oct. %, coming before
Chief Justice White, at Salt Lake
City, Thursday, on writ of habeas
corpus, it was determined by him
that the judgment of Judge Lowe of
May 10, discharging the PRISONER
from the alleged contempt or disobe-
dience to the order of February 26,b by
Judge Mexican requiring him to pay
alimony to Ana Eliza, was final and
conclusive, and that on the adjourn
ment of that term it became beyond
the power of the court therefore that
the decision of Judge Boreman COM
uniting Brigham Young is void that
he is wrongfully imprisoned and
should be discharged. s
In the National Grange in session
in Louisville, the report of the ex.
ecutive committee was read Thurs
day. The report says in regard to
the business of the different agencies
that some are doing a very large bus
mess and have in the aggregate mil
lions of dollars, while in other re-
spects they are unsatisfactory and
fall short of the benefits which ought