Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-06-26
THE NEWS.

iiiS SItl1tilS III parts OF siiliv dHu
Indiana We're considerably shook
up by an earthquake on Friday.
The Captain of the steamship Tex
as, which has arrived at Quebec from
Liverpool, reports that hepassed Il
number Of very large icebergs, and
was obliged to proceed with great
caution, being compelled to stop his
vessel for several hours.
Reports from Southern Nebraska
say that the reports of rayages by
grasshoppers in that section have been
much exaggerated. The grasshop-
pers have almost disappeared and the
farmers are replanting and expect
fine crops.
a dispatch from Tuscon, Arizona,
says: The Citizen is informed that
Brigham Young is anxious To estal,-
hsh q colony in Sonora--his great de-
sire being to get away from the influ-
ence Of thepublic school system in the
United States.
Deputy United States Marshals AL
lem and Blood have been indicted af
Austin, Texas, and arrested for vol
UNFAIRLY and corruptly allowing Nc
CARNEY, the counterfeiter, to escape.
They have given bonds and will be
tried next week.
jerome j. Kinds has been acQuit-
ted on the charge Of bribery brought
against him IN connection with the
fraudulent mail bids. III has not been
ascertained whether the Government
will prosecute him on the other char
ges that stand against him, but it is
not considered probable.
The receipts Of coal at Georgetown,
District Of Columbia, from Cumber-
land, Win the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, have been very heavy during
the past week. About sixty
boats, Of one hundred and ten
tons each, arrived daily. Nearly all
the coal was shipped North.
A numberof collieries III the neigh
borhood Of Pottsville resumed work
last week, and many more will COM
mence to-day. At st. Clair and Mi
nersville the minersstill hold out but
it Is thought they will 90 to work dur
ring the week. The militia are still
ON duty at Shenandoah and Malanoy
City.
Adyices have been received at
Washington that the Asiatic cholera
had made its appearance on board
the United States steamer Saco, Of
the Asiatic squadron, four out Of five
cases having proved fatal. 1t was
thought, however, that the progress
of the disease had been arrested.
Mexico's chronic ailmcnt has again
broken out. A San Francisco des-
patch reports revolution at La Paz,
and that General Dayolo had been ar
rested by Ybarra. The stores were
closed and all commercial transac-
tions had ceased, the merchants hav-
ing fled to Mazatlan.
A terrific storm Of wind, rain and
hail passed over the central part OF
Missouri ON Wednesday evening, do
ing great damage to crops. Reports
come from Lexington, in Lafayette
county, Of the appearance OF millions
of toads in that vicinity. The farm
ers are appalled, at the prospective
damage to grasshoppers and toads.
A telegram from General Whipple,
of General Sheridan's staff, confirms
the reports heretofore published Of q
raid by the Sioux on the settlements
in the Rock Creek Valley, south Of
the line of the Union Pacific. The
savages succeeded in running off 400
horses, and altho' pursued, got away
with their booty. 1t is apprehended
that the settlements will DO greatly
annoyed, as this is about the time for
the annual raids by the Indians.
The Ohio State Democratic Com
yention met at Columbus on Thurs
day and re-nominated the venerable
VIM. III. Allen for Governor. An0-
ther gentleman who has been promi-
nent in politics for nearly half cen
tury, Gen. Sam1. f. Cary, was NOM
;nafa1 fn,, + ;ar,tanaut n nvaynor usI1