Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-22
THE NEWS.


The collections for the New York
Young Mems Christian Association
at Moody and Sankey's Hippodrome
rneetings Tuesday amounted to near
Ay $160, 900.
President Grant on Tuesday re-
Tstlrned to the Senate without his APP
sproval the bill reducing the salary OF
the President to $25 900 from and af-
ter the 4th of March next.
The House of Representatives
.adopted resoluting directing the
sergeant-at-arms to produce Halter
Kilbourne in court, in obedience to
the writ of habeas corpus.
There was a large demonstration
in Hyde Park, London, in favor of
the liberation of the Tichborne claim
amt. 1t is estimated that from 10,-
900 to $4,000 persons were present.
Mr.. Faulkner, on behalf of the
House Committee on Foreign At
Fairs will have a conference with Sc
@cretary Fish to consider what action
should be taken to enable the Presi-
sient to receive and entertain the
emperor of Brazil
J. Wesley White, of Trenton, n /.
y ;, while standing on the platform of
~ car and extending his head beyond
the car, was struck by fast train
coming in an opposite direction, at
Penn Valley, and his head was liter
ally knocked off his body. Both
arms and legs were broken.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
Issued circular inviting proposals
for the sale of $5,S83 900 of the cou-
ponor registered bonds of the five
ger cent. loan of 1881, and gives no.
lice that no bid for a less amount
than half million will be consider
ed, payment to be made in gold.
The body of L. III. Chandler, who
disappeared from his residence in
Norfolk, Va, on the 9th inst, was
found floating in the harbor of that
city, near Fort Norfolk. He was
dressed in a full suit of black and his
pockets were filled with stones. The
remains were very much decomposed.
Henry G.. Bowen, of Brooklyn and
Seecher scandal nOtoriety, has with
drawn from the Congregational Uni
on. He states that he is heartily in
sympathy with Drs. Storrs and Bud
dington, and his reasons for with
drawing are similar to theirs.
Under the civil damage law of Ohio
it is not essential to recovery that
the defendant shall have been the
sole cause of the habitual intOxica-
ton which was the cause of damage.
If the injury caused by the acts of
others cannot be separated, the defen-
dantmay be held liable for the whole.
Such is the decision of the Ohio Su-
preme Court commission in late case
The committee of the New York
Bar Association in O'Connor For
rest case, reported that Mr.. O'Conn-
or's denial of unprofessional conduct
In relation to the case was sufficient
answer to the charges. At the in
stance of Mr.. O'Connor, however, a
committee was appointed to arrange
q tribunal for the investigation of
the charges made against him.
At a meeting of the trunk Western
lines of railway, held in New York,
at which the Baltimore and Ohio the
New York Central, Erie, Pennsylva-
41itt, 1hiSiiiSdA JOuUuClu, UulCIlSdu
Central and Fort Wayne roads were
represented it was agreed that no
change should be made in passenger
rates East or West, or on West
bound freight, live stock or oil bust
ness.
The workmen employed on the
government locks in the Kanawha
river, at Brownstown, West Va,
struck for higher wages two weeks
ago. The contractors brought fifty
negroes from Richmond, and on their
arrival Tuesday evening, they were
met by about two hundred whites,
who insisted upon their return. The
latest report from Brownstown says
the negroes are in the contractors
Office, and the whites have sent run
ners into the surrounding country
Tor the purpose of collecting mob.
Trouble is feared unless the negroes
are sent east. Brownstown is ten
miles from Charleston.
Theriotous laborersat Browntown,
w. ", have notified the contractor
that they will hang himself and ne
groes unless they all leave. He ap-
pealed to the authorities for protec-
ton.