Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-03-11

THE NEWS.

talon of the Centennial Legion.
1t is semi-officially announced at
Washington that Gen. Babcock's
connection with business at the Ex-
ecutive mansion has terminated.
st. Louisians took an extra horn
when they heard that thei city was
to have the Democratic National
Convention.
A Chicago man has i nted a
method for producing heal rithout
fuel. Its epitaph will be zone to
meet the Kelley motor"
Congressman propose TO reduce
their salaries $500. Such economy
ought to be printed in letters of gold
when resumption is reached.
The Washington Chronicle speaks
of that ''eminent humbug, David s.
| Wells. See here, do you want that
gentleman to produce his statistics
and prove that you are another !?
] Governor John Letcher, of Vir-
ginia, was stricken with paralysis
Thursday at Richmond, and his con-
dition was considered serious.
Mr.. Levi p. Luckey the Presidents
Private Secretary. has resigned, and
President Grant has appointed his
son, U. 5. Grant, Jr. to the vacancy.
George w. Watts and Thomas
Reed were killed on Saturday night
at Middleburg, Clay county, Indi-
ana, in fight that occurred in the
street.
The second attempt Of the Louis
lana House of Representatives to i'm
peach Gov. Kellogg came toa termi-
nation Thursday by the passage Of a
resolution to discontinue further
proceedings.
A New York police justice the
other day discharged fellow who
licked hummer for abusing his
step-mother. He is the first fellow
on record who ever ''fitn for step
mother.
They have a new weapon at WASH
ington called the Bailey gun, which
is doubly as effective as the best mi
trailleuse or Calling gun. Turn the
thing loose on that Brooklyn crowd.
Now is the time when the short
haired, pimpley faced, hoarse-voiced
noisy statesman comes to the front
to harrangue bar-room electors, and
spend some candidates money.
General Mcdonald, in st. Louis
Jail, persists that he is innocent-the
victim of an unjust persecution. He
is the sort of man that, IL con-
victed of murder, would assert his
innocence on the scaffold.
Looking backward two or three
years and observing what "might
have been," certain gentlemen who
rose rapidly in public esteem, and
have sadly fallen, may go off by them
selves and admit in secret that sshon-
esty is the best policy"
A Baltimore & Ohio freight train
broke In two while crossing bridge
near Defiance, Ohio, friday. One
car was thrown from the track and
into the river. Conductor Keech
and two brakemen were seriously in
jured.
Mrs. Plum, being deserted by her
husband at Bridgeport, Vermont,
gave her son, seven years old, a dose
of corrosive sublimate, which caused
her death. She swallowed some of
the same poison herself, but her life
will probably be saved.
Thomas Helsheimer, book-keeper
of the Empire gambling saloon in
Cincinnati, was charged with en-
bezzling $25, 900, but, on restoring
about half that amount in watches
and diamonds, was permitted to 90
free to plumber somebody else not
earning money so easily.
1t is rather shabby to unearth the
fact that George Washington dealt
in lottery tickets. But he did, and
the Graphic publishes a. fac smile
Of ticket, signed by him, in the
Mountain Road Lottery. Again is
our idol pulled down into the dust.
| Next these vandals will try to make
George out three-card monte
sharp.
An effort is making even in New
York to organize greenback move
ment within the Democratic party.
A mass convention of Democrats
favorable to the repeal of the Re-
sumption act, the substitution of
greenbacks for national bank notes,
and making them receivable for du-
ties, has been called to meet at SYRIA
cuse on the 18th.
Iowa is following Wisconsin in re-
pealing the unwise railroad laws
passed during the granger" excite
ment. A bill which on Thursday last
had passed its second reading in the
Senate reLeals almost all of the old
railroad law and amends i'm impor-
tant particulars the part which re-
mains.
A San Francisco despatch gives
details Of the late blockade of the
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