Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
THE NEWS.

$315, 900.
Proceedings were commenced in
| the Court of Common Pleas at Gin
cinnati Saturday by Hon. H. b. Ban
ming and wife, Dom Piatt and wife,
and Clinton Kirby to set aside tho
win of the late Timothy Kirby which
| it will be remembered made provision
for number of illegitimate children
of the testator.
At Appleton, Kansas, on Monday
last, a desperate named Davis was
killed by Fayette Harvey, while he
was in the act of firing revolver at
Samuel Harvey, q brother of Fayette
Harvey. The ball wounded Samuel,
passing through his arm and lodging
in his hip. Fayette made his escape.
The citizens of Indiana recently
convicted Of participation in the
whiskey frauds, have been placed in
the State prison at Jeffersonville, to
serve out their sentences. They
were interviewed by reporter, who
gives some interesting particulars of
each of the prisoners, three of whom
declared their innocence Of the crime
fer which they were convicted. Sew
eral of them served in the army and
were wounded.
Ex-Postraaster Green, of Dayton,
Ohio, who is on trial at Cincinnati
for misrepresentation of Govern
ment money, states in an affidavit
that the Hon. Robert G. Schenck
will be here in April and testify in
his behalf. 1t is supposed from this
that Mr.. Schenck will either resign
the mission to England or be recalled.
The Posts Washington special says
that Democratic Congressman who
have given the subject special atten-
tion are of the opinion that tea, cof-
fee and sugar will be stricken from
the new Tariff bill, and left in their
present condition, while horizontal
reduction of twenty-five per cent.
will be made in other articles Of i'm
portation. They believe also that a
tax upon incomes and salaries Of S.
600 and upwards will be levied by the
House Excise bill.
Gen Sherman has written letter
| in reply to queries put to him, in
which he frankly states that he is
not now, never has been, and never
will be candidate for the Presiden-
cy before any convention. He also
says that though his wife is a Catho-
Ole, he is not, and while he is anx-
ious for the preservation OF the pub
lie schools, he thinks there is too
much extravaganza in the building
of school houses, making the support
of the school system burden upon
the people.
A movement begun in Montgome-
ry, Ala, by Ex-Governor Smith and
other anti-Spencer republicans to free
the party of Senator Spencer's influ-
ence, has eliminated in a reorgani-
ration of the State Republican Com
mittee and call for a convention
for May 10 to elect delegates to the
National Republican Convention
The minority Of the committee, not
a quorum, who are identified with
Senator Spencer, appointed May "a
for the same purpose, but the major
ity will treat them as diSOrganiZerS,
and will so designate them at Wash
ington through a committee especi-
ally appointed.
What the sensible people of the
South really think of Toombs, may
be judged by these remarks from the
Lynchburg Virginidn Nov, what
sense is there in Toombs' raving p
What is the use of his talking about
what he fought for, when, as every
body knows he did little or no fight
ing when the opportunity was fur
nished him, and only the inclination
was wanting? Wedeny the right Of
Mr.. Toombs, whose life has been a
signal failure, and who, with great
natural talents, is utterly devoid of
wisdom, to keep his country in fer
ment, and simply to crafty his vul-
gar taste for playing bully and brag-
CART to injure the people that it should
be his chief object to serve"
Ex-senator r. M. T. Hunter, of
Virginia, has adopted the rag-baby.
He writes to the Louisville Courier
Journal givinghis views on the finan-
cial question, explaining what he
considers the "defects" of a specie
currency, opposing the resumption
of specie payments and advocating
the issue Of a Government bond ex-
changeable at par with legal tender
notes, and the gradual substitution
of legal tender notes for the national
bank currency. He surpasses some
of the widest inflationists by sug-
costing a constitutional amendment
"giving Congress either power to
issue an unlimited amount of legal
tender notes, or power in proper
tion to the population of the country
at the last census before the issue.''
Gov. TILDEN's friends are inclin-
ed to think it good stroke Of for
tune that Speaker Kerr's letter in
favor of Gov. Hendricks for the
Presidency should be proving an APP
pie Of discord among the Western