Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26
THE NEWS.


The Hon. J. Bancroft Davis, Min.
lister to Germany, arrived at New
York Tuesday.
The Knights of Pythias made a
fine display in Philadelphia Tuesday.
They had a formal reception in the
afternoon and a great ball at night
in the Academy of Music.
The demonstration Of Knights of
Pythias in Philadelphia yesterday
Tuesday was a grand affair, Large
delegations of the order from all parts
of the country were in attendance.
The first of the new crop of South
Carolina rice has been received at
New York. The crop has been de-
layed by rains, but the prospects in
dictate a yield in excess of any pre-
viOuS year.
A battle between the troops and
the Indians is reported to have taken
place ten or twelve daps ago north Of
the Black Hills, in which after heavy
losses on both sides the Indians broke
into small parties and disappeared
over the country with the troops in
pursuit.
A Cheyenne despatch says that
all but twenty-seven of the Utes who
left Fort Fetterman to join the for
ccs operating against the hostiles
deserted from the Cheyenne river on
Friday last, taking with them the
arms with with which they had been
supplied to fight the Sioux.
The hostile Sioux threaten to in
wade Canada and capture the Black
feet country ssafter they have finished
with the Americans because the
Blackfeet refused to help them in
their war with the latter. The
Blackfeet have been assured Of pro-
lection from the Canadian govern
menL.
The latest from Combahee rice
fields in South Carolina reports that
through the efforts of Congressman
Smalls and Lieut.. Gov Gleaves both
the colored mobs of riotous strikers
were last evening induced to dispense
The ~ringleaders have been arrested
and lodged in Beaufort Jail. The
strike is regarded as virtually at an
end.
Five hundred Thousand tons Of
coal will be sold at auction in New
York on Tuesday next, the Goth in
slant, for account of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Compa-
ny, the Pennsylvania, and the Dele
ware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Companies. The coal COM
bination Is said to be broken up.
The engineers, conductors, brake
man and truckmen of the New York
and New Jersey Railroad Co., struck
on Sunday morning on account Of
the non-payment Of four months
wages ,and since then traffic over the
road has been entirely suspended.
The notes given the men for wa
ges for the four months previous
have also been protested.
Governor Chamberlain, of South
Carolina has issued a proclamation
in reference to the threat Of Whip
per to take forcible possession of the
Charleston Judgeship, in which he
says such al attempt will be treated
as an unlawful and riotous distur-
bance, and that should the law off,
GERS fail to oppose Whipper's pre-
tentiOns he will at once organize a
sufficient force of constabulary to en-
force the authority of the rightful
Judge.
President Grant has issued an ex-
ecutive order officially announcing
to the people of the United States
the death of the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, the Hon. Michael
G. Kerr, and inviting them to a SOL
emn recognition Of the public and
private worth and the services of a
pure and eminent character. The
praise accorded by the President to
the late Speaker of the House is just,
whilst the language in which it is
expressed is as creditable to the Pres
ident as it is honorable to him whose
recent death has elected this testi-
monial to the many fine qualities of
mind and heart that won the esteem
of all who knew him, without dis
tinction of party.
The Republicans Of Juniata coun-
ty, Pa, have nominated Jeremiah
Lyons for Congress. j. l.. Nutting
has been nominated in the Thir-
teenth district. The Democrats have
nominated w. l.. Dewart in the
Sunbury district. The Tammany
and Anti Tammany Conference
Committee had another conference
in New York yesterday on the ques-
tions at issue between them, but
come to no agreement. The Anti
Tammany party demanded one-half
the nominations for local Offices, |
which the other side emphatically |
refuses. Both sides will send dele
gates to the State Convention at Sar-
toga on the Both inst. The Irish
Democrats of Massachusetts are on