Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-08
THE NEWS.

out and settled an old difficulty in
Campbell county, Va, Monday, bya
duel with pistols. Both were seri-
ously and probably fatally wounded.
A large crevasse is reported in the
Mississippi about a half a mile above
Napoleon, Ark, and three planta-
tions were submerged on Sunday.
The water through this crevesse will
run into the old river.
At st. Joseph, No., Tuesday, the
democrats were victorious, and at
Topeka, Kan, the republicans.
Brevet Major General VIM. Emo.
ry is to be allowed to retire on the
pay and rank of a Brigadier General
The Senate Tuesday, in executive
session, rejected the nomination of
Richard III. Dana, Jr., to be Minis
ter to England.
OF the thirteen aldermen voted for
in st. Louis Tuesday the democrats
elected six, the republicans four and
the independents three. The latter
are all democrats.
Senator Morton has been invited
by the ex-union soldiers and leading
republicans of Wilmington, N. G., to
deliver an Grafton there on decora-
tion day, May 80, and has accepted
the invitation.
Postnaster-G General Jewell, who
arrived at Albany, N. Y, Tuesday
evening, left on the ! asst mail ysster-
day morning, intending to go thro'
to Chicago on tour of inspection Of
the workings Of the fast mail system.
The miners of the Kohinoor, Tur-
key Run and Shenandoah collieries,
in the Pennsylvania coal region, who
have been on strike, have resumed
work, and it is thought that all the
colleries will soon be in full opera
ton.
The United States District Court
at Cincinnati has overruled the mo-
tion for new trial in Avery's case,
but the motion in arrest Of judgment
and all the proceedings in the case,
have been certified to the Circuit
court for revision.
Fairmont has a bank that does
business in a $4,000 or $50, 900 mar
BILE front building, and several of
her merchants lost from $4,000 to
$4,000 in the conflagration on Sun
day, and yet says the telegraph, the
''town was not prepared with either
hook and ladder, engine or bucket
brigade" Comment is unnecessary.
The Wheeling Standard says tour
friend, Mason, of jefferson, who
drew his inspiration from butter
milk, and made for himself a record
in the last Legislature which the flu
ture political historian of the State
will not willingly let die, is looming
up for the Attorney Generalship."
A correspondent of the Wetzel
Vandicator reports the sad case of
one John Richardson, who wa
beaten by some women at Proctor, lin
WetZel county, ON the 23d ult., for
circulating falSehoods concerning
them, and who now lies in a very
critical condition. The Wetzel Sis
ter will not be imposed upon.
A young man named Brunsted,
living in London, Ontario, returned
home intoxicated Tuesday night,
made fiendish attempt to murder
the whole family, stabbed the father
and mother, inf1icting dangerous
wounds, then attacked other men,
bers of the family, who escaped. He
was subsequently arrested.
A heavy storm of snow, rain and
and wind prevailed on Tuesday thro'-
out portions of New York and New
England, doing considerable damage
TO railroad and telegraph lines. The
gale was very severe ON the New En-
gland coast, but thus far no disasters
OF consequence have been reported.
The Mississippi river at Memphis
was "a feet II inches last night, be-
ing IL inches higher than the flood of
last August, and still rising.
The grand jury of the United
States Court at Chicago have found
an indictment against j. ID. Ward a
member of the Forty-third Congress
from the third Illinois district and
subsequently United States district
attorney at Chicago, 70 completely
in revenue frauds. The present dis
trict attorney, Judge Bangs, framed
the Indictment. 1t is understood
that Pohlman and Rush, recently
convicted of whiskey frauds, will not
urge their motion for new trial.
The story of Bell, Grants former
scout, in relation to the Babcock
case is corroberated by District At
torney Dyer, in so far as relates to
the theft of papers from his office.
On the other hand, Secretary Chand-
Ter, and E. A. Storrs, Of Chicago,
pronounce Bell as not entitled to
much belief, the latter pronouncing
him a ''dead-beat detective" There
can be no question that Bell had
authority from some source to gain
access to places and papers in the in
terest of Babcock.