Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-03-04
THE NEWS.

The President has approved the
act to extend the time for stamping
unstamped instruments.
The New York Witness is the
only religious daily in the United
States, and it don't pay expenses.
Hendricks has been taking a trip
down South. The political watch
men think his visit has a Presidcn-
tial significance.
The number of persons declining
the nomination for the Presidency
is on the increase. Every day adds
one or two to the list.
The President has decided not to
accept General Babcock's resigna-
ton, and the latter will continue in
the position of Private Secretary.
I There is talk of lacking the Pen
sion Bureau on to the War Depart
ment, but the Secretary of the latter
seems to think he's got enough ele-
plants in his menagerie.
| In East Whiteland, Pa. Saturday,
a man named Sterling shot and dan
gerously wounded his wife and tried
to commit suicide.
| Advices from Patoka. Ind. sta
ton few miles north of Princeton.
says many hailstones were found
there measuring over six inches in
circumference and some nearly eight
! inches.
| General Babcock was OH Tuesday
| the bearer of message from the
| President to the Senate, it being the
| first time he has performed that du-
| ty this session.
Detective Devereux shot and killed
Detective Harris in New Orleans
Wednesday; old feud. Devereux
was arrested.
Heavy snow storms prevailed We'd
nesday at Cincinnati, O., Council |
| Bluffs, Iowa, and other points West. |
The New York Assembly has
| adopted resolution requesting the
New York Representative i'm Con-
gress to oppose the repeal of the spe-
Gle resumption act.
Gas from leaky main penetrated
two houses in Providence. RI.
Tuesday night, and the inmates nine
| men, women and children were found
| insensible. They may recover though
one, Mary Josephs, is in a critical
condition.
The Louisiana House of Represer-
tatives on Thursday adopted a ney
set of articles of Impeachment again4
Gov. Kellogg. The Senate. learniur
of the revival of the Impeachment u
the House, met and adopted "a stat,
| ment of facts for publication,
1anicIo torand n Ia. III
a dual character. While in tn
House Mr.. Voorhees, lifted up hi
voice loudly against Governor Anne
and the carpet-baggers generally
Now he has been engaged by Gov
| ernor Ames to defend him durin;
his Impeachment trial. Queer, bu
| nevertheless lawyer like.
Col. John w. Forney, of the Pres;
arrived Tuesday in the Delaware O
board the steamship Indiana, fror
Liverpool, and was escorted to Phi
adelphia, by some members of tn
Centennial Commission and of tn
Press, who went down the river t
meet him.
Augustus r. Mcdonald was O
Tuesday arrested in BROOKLYN on
requisltion from Arkansas to ansWe
charge of subornation of periuryb
which the Government was sWindle
out of 100000 on a claim for cottoi
alleged to have been burned durin
the war.
The tornado in the West on Sun
day night visited Henderson an,
Christian counties, KY, doing con
siderable damage. 1t passed owe
both counties in a northeastern di
rection, leaving track of desolatioI
about half mile wide. Invent,
barns were demolished or injured.
little girl and two negroes were xii
ed, and several other persons serious
ly injured. y large number of pc
SONS had hairbreadth escapes.
The committee of the Democrat
caucus have agreed to disagree O
the financial question, and two II
ports will be made to the caucus
The majority favor Mr.. Payne
amended proposition for a three IN
cent. reserve by the national banJ
and Secretary Of the Treasury, COZ
pied with the repeal of the time fixe
for specie resumption, while the N
nollty agree to the latter propositid
but not to the three per cent.
serve.
A tornado struck st. Charles, No
Sunday, and demolished or badly i
lured twenty buildings, includiI
kramer's warehouse, which w
wrecked, his Touring mill greatlyi
jured courthouse and county il
unroofed, and part of walls of t.
latter blown down, leaving the ire
cells exposed concert hall, savin
bank, gas works and Piper's agricl
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