Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-05-15
NEWS JOTTINGS.

Another disastrous cyclone has oc-
CURED in Illinois.
1t still looks very much like Grant
and Tilden on the political horizon.
There appears to be danger from
Communism in France on account
of the large number of unemployed
men.
The West Virginia State Medical
Society VIII hold its thirteenth an
nual meeting at Parkersburg. June
10th, 1880.
Maryland was not solid for Blaine,
after all. The delegation is about
equally divided between Grant and
the Maine Senator.
Gladstone has written a letter ex-
planning that his attack on Austria s
Turkish policy during the late cam
paign was founded on misapprehen-
sion.
The New York Senate passed the
concurrent resolution to amend the
constitution so as to extend the cleo
toral franchise to women by Ia vote
of II to14. 5& %ff R-'tftAs s
If for any reason the Grant men
decide not to present the name of
Gen. Grant, it is more than probable
that the bulk of his strength will be
transferred to Sherman.
Senator Don Cameron laughs at
the idea Of the Pennsylvania dele
cation to Chicago not casting solid
vote for Grant, and says that as sure
as his hair is red Graut will be nom-
mated on the first ballot.
The annals of crime do not present
a more horrible murder than that in
Chicago on Saturday night, when,
in cit of ill-humor, a drunken stew
edore stamped his seventeen.year-
old daughter to death. 81 ~ ~
Famine has come to add its hor-
rors to the other miseries of Arme-
MIA, and although the Porte has or
dered supplies of food to be sent to
the afflicted districts, yet none are
sent, as the government does not
supply the means.
The Greenbackers say they desire
the nomination of Grant and Tilden
as the Republican and Democratic
candidates, as it would cause regu-
raj stampede from the lines of the
old parties into that of the Green
back party.
Six men were killed outright and
two badly wounded Monday by the
explosion of shell which gang of
workmen were engaged in breaking
up in the neighborhood of Fort Nc
Henry. TO all appearances the ac-
cident was due to the carelessness of
the victims-a carelessness, indeed,
which is so astounding that but for
its melancholy results no one would
believe it could possibly have been
dispayed by any rational being.
The Madrid press are very much
excited over the report that filibus-
tering steamer has left Philadelphia
to land men and munitions of war in
Cuba, and urge the government TO
treat all snch expeditions, if captur-
ed, just as those on board the Vir-
ginius were treated in 1873. Gentle-
men who think of making raid ON
Cuba should take the hint. While
our government would doubtless
make the Dons pay damages, yet all
the doubloons In the Iberian PENN
sula will not patch up cold, perfora-
ted bodies. A II gTp vi s-rT5'
It might have happened anywhere
else, but IT has happened in New
Jersey, that a juror in a murder trial
has gone insane. When a squad of
able-bodied lawyers begin to weary
and puzzle jury with their intelli-
gent distortions Of testimony and
mystical expositions of law, the sa-.
gacious juror is the man who goes to
sleep and does not attempt to follow
them thraugh the labyrinth. The
unfortunate Jerseyman was proha~,
bly, too conscientious to do this, and
has fallen victim to his efforts to
keep up with the learned counsel.
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