Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-12-18
NEWS J0TTINGs.


1880, amounts to 7,484, 900 bushels,
an increase of 4S5, 104 bushels, or
nearly seven per cent, over that of
1879.
A couple of Cincinnati servant
girls, Mary and Rosa Stegeman, have
fallen heirs to fortune of 100000
by the death of an aunt in Philadel-
phia.
The pastor of the Notre Dame
Catholic Church at Montreal has
warned his congregation against pa
tronizing Sarah Bernhard's perfor-
mances.
Mr.. John w. Garrett, was, We'd
nesday, reelected president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for the
twenty-third consecutive year. Mr..
Garrett is still lie Europe.
The Springfield Republican thinks
that ''the House of Representatives
is big enough now, and it is an un-
fortunate fact that making it bigger
will add nothing to the size of the
men in it,"
A Paris dispatch says De Lesseps
states that 100000 shares of the
Panama Canal stock have been sub
scribed by 100000 persons. The
greatest subscriber is France and
the next is Spain.
At an early hour on Sunday morn
ing four prisoners, confined in jail at
Lawrenceville, Va, awaiting trial
for incendiarism and other crimes,
made their escape by setting fire to
the tuilding, which was entirely con-
sumed.
AT the Waterford, Ireland, AS
sizes, although jury panel has been
three times summoned, and on the
last two occasions under penalties of
from G10 to ESQ for non-attendance,
not sufficient members have answer
ed the summons for a jury to be
struck.
Mr.. Hayes will in few days have
the appointment Of four judges of
the Supreme Court. Judge Strong
has already resigned; Judge Swayne
will hand in his resignation in a few
days Judge Hunt is suffering from
softening of the brain, and Judge
Clifford is also critically ill.
A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia, is
awaiting his opportunity to deliver
speech in Congress that will lead the
political new departure in the South
from Bourbonism and the Bourbon
bosses. Brown never has been in
sympathy with them, and he could
rally around him a powerful and lib
eral sentiment.
Old Mr.. Meierhoefer, of New Jer-
sey, was deaf and no-account some
body, so old Mrs. Meierhoefer and
a tramp named Frank Lammens
knocked him on the head and hid the
body in the cellar. On the 9th prox-
imo both of these worthless will be
hanged from the same scaffold. 1t
is consoling to know that their loss
will be New Jerseys gain.
There is very general demand in
the New England States for re-is-
sue of the fractional currency notes,
and Boston merchants are pressing
the matter upon the Secretary of the
Treasury, who is said to regard it
with much favor. They are a great
convenience in remitting small sums
by mail, and there was no good rea-
son for their entire withdrawal from
circulation.
Rumors are now coming from Co
lumbus that governor Foster will
draw out of the senatorial contest,
thus leaving clear field for Mr..
Sherman, and that General Garfield
will appoint Foster Postmaster Gen.
eral or Secretary of the Interior. Or,
if this program is not carried out,
Mr.. Foster will remain at home and
be the Republican candidate for re-
election next year, as the man who
is most certain to carry the state.
Miss Martha Terhane, OF Hacken-
sack, n. j., undertook to initiate