Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-29
THE NEWS.

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DR.. $. ". Stout, Of Hudson county
New York, was terribly cut Monday
night by three burglars on his prem
ises.
A boy in New Haven the other
day, in diving, struck a rock and
lost his scalp. The scalp was found
and replaced and the boy may re-
cover.
The latest ~recraits reported for
Hayes and Wheeler are ex-G overnor
Curtin, of Pennsylvania and General
Banks, of Massachusetts.
Two young daughters of Mr..
Pritchard, neal Logansport, Ind,
were burned to death on Sunday
night by the explosion of an oil can
from which they were pouring kero-
sene on the fire.
The California democratic State
convention met at San Francisco
Wednesday and nominated presiden-
tial electors. The third California
district convention renominoted j.
X. Duttrell for Congress.
The democrats of the eleventh
Illinois congressional district have
nominated r. M. Knapp for Con-
gress. This is regarded as a triumph
for the greenback men, Scott Wike,
present incumbent, being considered
a hard money man.
A letter from South Carolina says
two companies of the regular garri-
son Columbia for Aiken, opposite
Hamburg, on the I'D instant, and
will remain there all summer. The
fighting force numbers seventy-two
men; two companies had also been
ordered from Columbia to Hamburg.
A conference of soft money men
from several cities of Conn, was
held at New Haven Wednesday
morning to consider what political
action should be taken in the COM
ing campaign. 1t was voted not to
take definite action until after the
letters of acceptance are publised by
Tilden and Hendricks.
The report of the minority Of the
House naval committee on the al
legged abuses in the Navy Depart
ment declres that the majority repart
is unfair in it's statements, fallacious
in its conclusions, is evidently
prompted in partisan spirit, and
that nc evidence has been adduced
to show that Secretary Robson has
been guilty of any official miscon-
duct or corruption, or any wilful
violation of law.
Hon. VIM. A. Wheeler, republican
candidate for Vice-President, in re-
ply to a letter from VIM. Ampt, of
Cincinnati, i'll regard to his action
against the-Ohio river interest while
in Congress, writes that the whole
extent and nature of opposition on
his part to the Ohio river interest
has been grossly misrepresented, and
that Gen. Garfield is now preparing
an opening campaign speech where
in the matter will be fully explained.
A dispatch from Eureka, Nevada,
reports that heavy rains or the sur
rounding mountains have flooded the
town, causing great CONSERVATION
among the inhabitants, and censid-
cradle damage to property, several
houses have been swept away. At
last accounts the water is subsiding.
The storm seems to have been gem
eral in Nevada. A dispatch from
Elko reports a washout on the Gen.
trail Pacific railroad near Oseno. An
engine and fifteen freight cars were
ditched, causing loss of property but
no loss of life. =
A dispatch from Eureka, Califor-
MIA, says about nine o'clock on Sun
day night a cloud burst on the Dia-
mond range of mountains, thirteen
miles east of that place, which re-
suited in the death of thirteen Chi
nese wood-choppers and probably a
large number OF Italians camped in
the canon getting out timber. The
Italians were camped a short dis
lance above, and as no trace can be
found it is feared they all persisted.
Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, sue
ceeded in getting in a resolution max
ng the silver dollar of the United
States a legal tender for all debts
and in all sums when conforming to
the standard weight of 4123 grains.
1t was lost by a vote of rs to IS, not
the necessary two thirds. Nearl3 all
of the Republicans voted against the
resolution, and Messrs. Payne, of
Ohio; Lamar, of Mississippi Gibon,
of Louisiana, and Wike, of Illinois,
recognized hard-money Dem ocrats,
voted against it and were quite ac-
tive in securing others of their col
leagues to vote with them.
G. r.. Rounded, a young English
man, who had purchased lands inthe
vicinity of Wilmington. N. c., was
found dead in his room at the Man
| ming House, Wilmington Wednes.
| day morning, shot through the head
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