Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-02
MISUNDERSTANDING INDEPENDENT.
THE NEWS.

A monument to the late John Mi
nor Bolts is proposed in Richmond.
A great temperance movement is
going on in the British army in In
dia.
The California Grangcrs estimate
the surplus wheat crop Of that State
at 500, 900 tons.
The Republicans Of Baltimore have
adjusted their differences, and win
go into the present campaign united.
Two companies of u. S., troops
have been sent from Atlanta to Edge
field county South Carolina, where
they viii remain until after the cleo
tion.
The Sovereign Council of the Sons
OF Jcnadab have had a session in
Philadelphia for several days past.
The next meeting will be held in
Washington.
The suit against ex-Auditor Clin-
ton, of Louisiana, to recover 500,
600, money received and not accoun-
ted for, and 13S, 900 illegally disburs-
WI 1idS bCCu ulSCUllllIiutu.
] w Daniel, ex-Tndian Agent and
Inspector, has been appointed to
serve on the Sioux Commission in
place of Gen III III Sibley, who de-
clines to serve on account OF i'll health
j. G. Flood, of the firm Of Flood
q O'Brien, of San Francisco is COM
ing East for the purpose of estab-
fishing transfer offices of the Consol-
idated Virginia and California
Mining Companies for the conve-
nience of brokers.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
concluded a contract for the sale of
$500, 000, 900 four and a half per cent
bonds, to be issued under the fund
ing acts Of 1870 and 1871, and due
1891.
A telegram from Omaha states
that immense clouds of grasshoppers
have been flying southwark the past
two days. Great numbers Of them
alighted in the vicinity Of Omaha,
but no damages SO far are reported.
High north winds prevail.
The parties to the new four and a
half per cent. loan were Messrs Au-
gust Belmont 81 Co., Drexel Morgan
81 Go. and J 81 A w Seligman for the
European interest, and Morton Bliss
" Co. for the American interest.
Saturday was the last of the twen-
ty-ive cent days at the Centennial
Exhibition, the attendance being
the largest since the opening of the
Exhibition. The paid admissions
numbered 95,873, the total, including
those on the free list, amounted to
104,514.
kilograms from Washington state
that assurances have been received
there of the desire of the English
Government to frame a new extra
dition treaty with the United States.
Probably a formal proposition for
negotiations will soon be made from
the other side of the Atlantic.
A destructive rain storm swept
over Wheeling and vicinity Thurs
day night, flooding the houses on
Main street and causing considera-
BILE damage to merchandise stored in
cellars. Several Bridges were swept
away in the southern part of the city
and cornfields we're seriously dam
aged.
At the execution of James Murphy
at Dayton, Ohio, Friday for murder,
the rope broke and the condemned
man fell to the floor Of the scaffold.
When again placed on the trap MUIR
ply seized the Sheriff in a death
grip, and it required the efforts Of
several men to break his hold, after
which the execution was proceeded
with.
The repeal of the two sections of
the revised statutes of the United
States which require packages Of
spirits Of less than five gallons to be
gagged and inspected by a United
States gauger will go into effect to-
day. The repeal of these sections
was to reduce the work, and thus de-
crease the number of gaugers. In
such cases hereafter the dealer will
procure from the collector the stamp
required for the quantity Of liquor
he proposes to put up, which stamp
must be affixed to the new package
and properly cancelled.
The Grnaf Twnrshy~ WITH