Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-26
THE NEWS.


Hon. Geo. A. Blakemore, for Attor-
ney General
Hon. E. Willis Wilson, of Kama
wha, is spoken OF as candidate for
Attorney General.
Senator Caperton has introduced IL
bill in Congress to aid the Washing
ton, Cincinnati, and st. Louis Rail-
road.
Returns from the central and
northern countiea of PENNSYLVANIA
show considerable Republican gains
in the recent elections for supervi-
Sors.
The Supreme Court of Indiana has
ruled that parsonages owned by
churches in that State are not ex-
empt from taxation. even when sit
uated upon the same plot of land as
the church.
A young lady named Leah Roche,
MELVILLE, Pa. last week committed
suicide by drowning herself in els
tern. She was only Is years of age,
| and religious excitement is said to
| have been the cause Of the act.
The London Times says that g no.
body seeks to interfere with Spain's
possession OF Cuba, but If she cannot
govern it. she would do well to pre-
pare it for the freedom which always
follows colonial misrule. y
The cashier of Kern Valley Bank
at Bakersfield, California, was over
powered and chloroformed by bur
| glars who had broken into the bank,
and robbed of $27 900 on Thursday
night. The cashier was found in
sensible Friday morning.
A dispatch from New Orleans
stated that the scheme for the i'm
parchment of Gov. Kellogg seems to
be getting weak. 1t is understood
a majority of the conservative eau
Gus oppose the impeachment of Gov.
Kellogg.
The grand jury Of Richmond, Va,
have indited Geo. S. Stevens, Judge
Of the County Court of Nelson, and
and w. II. Fowle, member of the
House of Delegates, for betting at
faro and draw poker. John A. Wor-
sham, noted sportsman, was also
indicted for exhibiting the game Of
| faro.
The Cincinnati Enquirer 'stalks
big" Asa menace to Ohio Demo-
Gratis who favor a stable currency it
| says
eve say it now-and we say it
with full knowledge of what can be
done-that we will defeat any Dem
| ocratic member of Congress from
this State who proves false to the
pledges upon which he was elected.
| With the help of honest men we will
| do this, even though the recreant be
entrenched behind half a dozen Dem
| ocratic nominations
The Mississippi House, by vote
of 101 to A, have agreed to impeach
State Superintendent of Education
Cardoza. Nearly all the Republicans
voted for the impeachment. The
House also adopted formal articles
of impeachment against Lieut.. Gov.
Davis, colored, with only seven dis
senting votes. The Ames investi-
eating committee have concluded
taking testimony, and will report
soon. The testimony, it is said, will
develop serious charges not hereto
| fore current.
MRS. Triton, with her two young
er children, Carol and Ralph, and
her mother, Mrs. Morse, live unpre-
tentiously out in East Brooklyn,
Mrs. L. supporting the family by
giving music lessons. She was a mu-
sic teacher before her marriage, and
is enabled through numerous ac-
quaintances to get liberal patron
age. The elder children, Alice and
Florence, keep house for themselves
and their father, although he is alb
sent most of the time, lecturing.
! In the Plymouth Church advisory
council Thursday, resolution was
passed inviting Judge Van Colt
Mrs. Moulton's counsel, to appear
before the council and state his views
of the facts which led to the failure
of the mutual council. The discus
sion of the ''letter missiven was pro-
ceeded with. Mr.. Beecher in the
course of some remarks said in re-
gard to Drs. Buddington and Storrs
there was nothing in his knowledge
to prevent them from loving one
another. He was asked if he was
willing they should give the public
everything they knew of him, but it
was raised that the question could
not be answered unless Drs. Bud
dingtOn and Storrs were present to