Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-03-18
THE NEWS.

cut held q convention Thursday and
nominated a full State ticket.
Atelegram from London says there
is no foundation for the statement
that the British governin mt deman-
ded General Sehenck's Il AL.
An investigation into ta whiskey
frauds on the Pacific coas is threat
ened. a special agent says that the
I Custom House at San Francisco is
rotten to the core.
I The treasurer of the centennial
board of finance at Philadelphia ac-
knowledges the receipt of $500 900,
being the first instalment of the con-
! gressional appropriation.
The heaviest storm of the season
occurred at Old Point. Va, Wednes-
day night. The half-completed new
Hygei Hotel was blown down, and
the loss is over 5000.
The Sunbury and Lewiston rail-
road was put up for sale at Philadel-
phia Thursday. 1t was started at
$l5O,000, got up to $3.50, 900, and then
the sale was postponed to March %,
when 1t will be sold without limit.
The Utah territorial republican
convention at Salt Lake adopted res
olutions indorsing President Grant
as regards Utah, and calling on the
party to mike good its promises to
extinguish slavery and polygamy.
The second span of the Sciota Val
ley Railroad bridge at Chillicothe
fell Friday with ten or fifteen work.
men who were engaged in its con-
struction. One man was killed and
several injured.
The arrangements for unwilling
the statue of Abraham Lincoln at
Washington on the 18th of April
have been nearly completed by the
committee charged with that duty.
Frederick Douglass will be the ora
tor on the occasion.
A terrible tornado Friday swept
over portions of Iowa, Wisconsin
and Illinois. In the town of Halle
Green twenty six buildings were
destroyed, nine persons killed, and
large number injured. Doctors
had to be supplied from the adjacent
towns.
The tornado of Friday was very
destructive in Northwestern Mis-
souri,. The little town of Shrinkey
was entirely demolished, killing two
persons and wounding twenty. At
another place two children were
blown away and had not been recov-
cred at the latest advices. A woman
and her child was instantly killed
near Hannibal.
Senator Morton's proposition for
a constitutional amendment to pro-
vide for the election of President
and Vice President by direct vote
OF the people was considered by the
Senate Committee ON Privileges and
Elections Friday. 1t was finally
agreed to report the joint resolution
favorably to the Senate.
A despatch was sent to the Com
manding General of the Texas De-
partment by direction of the acting
Secretary of War to prevent any
revolutionary movement from this
side, all military expeditions in aid
of the revolutionists and all viola
tions of neutrality, and to arrest, dis
arm and intern any troops that may
cross from Mexico.
A dispatch from Terre Haute, Ind,
says David Miller, John Kirk, Jas.
Saunders, DIR. Jno. Saunders, John
Davis, Jas. Deeley and III. Saunders
have been arrested there on the
charge of being c0unterfeiters opera
ting In Pike, Davies, Sullivan and
Green counties, Ind. When captur-
ed they had spurious fractional cur
rency in their possession. 1t is stated
they have uttered $50, 900 of it.
"A hard story comes from Kentuc-
ky. A special dispatch to the Louis
vile Courier-Journal from Mount
Stirling says that OH Wednesday "a |
most wonderful phenomenon trans
PRED in that section. The CORES
pendent says that "during the sun
shine and clear sky there fell from
The heavens quivering flesh, which |
came down in large quantities and |
covered many acres of territory
Hogs and chickens eagerly devoured |
the flesh, specimens of which have |
been sent to the city for scientific |
examination.
Mr.. George III. Pendleton arrived
in Washington ON Saturday, and tes- |
titled before the Clymer Committee |
in reference to the Kentucky Cen
trail Railroad claim, concerning which
serious charges are made, and his
name coupled with that of General
and Mrs. Belknap. Boynton, the
Cincinnati Gazette correspondent,
who is authority for the accusations,
announces that he will be back in
Washington to-day ogive the COM
mittee the name Of his informant.