Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-30
THE NEWS.
DECEMBER Is.


Charles TUFTS, ninety-fve years
old, founder of TUFTS College, died
at Somerville, Mass, yesterday.
Peter B. Scott has been arrested
at Boston for embezzling $50, 000, the
property of the late Rev. Bernard
McFeely.
Hon. Henry L.. Pierce positively
declines to be candidate for the u.
S. Senate in Massachusetts.
The State Department has official
ly notified the British minister that
the President is prepared to con-
tinue relations under the extradi-
tion treaty of 1912.
The democratic candidate was
elected mayor OF Watertown, n. Y,
on Thursday, by Sc majority. Last
month the republicans carried the
city by 147 majority.
Mr.. John B. Coughs health has
become so poor thai he has been
forced to postpone indefinitely all
his engagements to lecture at the
West.
TUESDAY, Dec. 26.
Further accounts are received of
extensive and terrible shipping dis
asters on the north coasts of Scot
land by the late gale, involving very
serious loss of life. Wrecked mat
ter in large quantities was continual
ly coming ashore at different points.
The total losses are estimated at one
hundred and twenty vessels and two
hundred and fifty men.
The very bad condition of the
pavements is noticed in a telegram
from Washington, and several in
stances are mentioned of heavy falls
producing sprains, and lin more than
one case, broken limbs. One man,
who slipped and fell on the steps of
a house, was literally impaled on the
spikes of fence, causing death in a
few minutes.
A train on the Cleveland, Colum-
bus, Cincinnati and indianapolis
Railroad ran off the track yesterday
morning. One passenger car was
turned completely over, injuring
some of the occupants-about twen-
ty-but none fatally.
A fire, followed by an explosion,
took place at Oil City, Pa, yester-
day causing loss of $4,000 barrels
of oil and five iron tanks. The total
value of the property destroyed is es-
timated at 5000, 900, on which there
was only partial insurance.
A quarrel in a saloon in Chatta-
nooga yesterday between two men,
resulted in an affray with pistols, in
which both were,it is supposed, fatal
ly shot.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. y.
The steamer Celtic, which arrived
at New York from Liverpool Mon-
day, brought e2OO,O 900 in gold coin.
The steamer Labrador, from Havre.
brought $50, 900 in specie.
Gen Crook says that the Indians
at the Red Cloud agency have not
allowed the government to float its
own flag over the storehOuse where
it issues to them food and clothing.
James Jackson, of Decatur, Ca,
went to John Thompson house at
Stone Mountain, in that State, on
Wednesday night last, decoyed him
from his house and killed him for
some money Thompson was known
to have. Jackson was subsequently
arrested and a portion of the muir
dered mans money found in his
house. A mob collected to lynch
Jackson, but he fooled them by COM
hitting suicide by strangling him.
self with handkerchief.
During an entertainment at the
Newark, n. j. Opera House, Christ
mas night a youngster in the audi
ence mistook a sudden concentration
of a calcium light on scene for a
blaze of fire, and shouted "Fire -
fire - y stampede took place
among the audience, notwithstand
ing the efforts of the manager to as.
sure them that there was no fire.
The people finally realized the situa-
ton, returned TO their seats, and the
performance continued uyOnan