Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-04-10
NEWS JOTTINGS

can readily be replaced by white Ia
Dor.
The city of Paris is afflicted with
typhoid fever and smallpox. Last
weeks death record in that city
reached ,206.
Everybody will perceive the ap-
positeness of the circumstance that
a candidate for governor of Rhode
Island should be named Littlefeld.
Senator Bruce shows how 10 900 of
his race were robbed of nearly ST.
900, 900 by the rascally men who
managed the Freedman's Bank in
Washington.
Alonzo Garcelon is tall, thin
man, with white hair and no whis-
kers, and is Congressman Frye's
brother-in-law. Perhaps there's
where the wickedness comes in.
The snow on Friday in Piedmont
Va, was very heavy. 1t reached
the depth of from eight to twelve in
ches in the regions ranging from
Louisa Courthouse to Cord onsville.
During the past year the average
daily receipt of dead letters at the
Postofiice Department at Washing
ton was $4,000. The principal rea-
sons assiged are instruction and
badly written undecipherable ad-
dresses.
The number of persons stated to
be leaving the Valley of Virginia
for the West appears to be almost
incredible. Staunton papers say that
at least one hundred each week take
passage on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
The Philadelphia North American
thinks the great increase in the iron
industries of the country and the de-
mand for iron will be permanent,
and is the natural result of a genu-
inc increase in the use of the metal
all over the country.
Mr.. George Brown, of Springfield,
n. j., was instantly killed last Fri
day afternoon by the accidental dis
charge of his gun while he was TAX
ing it from his wagon. The ball en-
tered his heart. He was soon to
have married young lady in Mil
burn.
Dogs continue their raids on sheep
in different parts of Virginia, On
Wednesday of last week Mr.. Mallo-
ry, Lonisa county, had nine sheep,
costing him $40 each, and four lambs
killed; and on Friday night Mr..
Weakly, whose farm is few miles
from Winchester, had Is of his flock
killed or wounded.
Get out your stockings and look
over their contents. The 1904 dol
lar, in fine condition, is said to be
valued at 81 900 by collectors. There
are % of this date known-2 in the
United States Mint, in New York
City, 8 in Boston, l in Salem, Mass,
2 in Philadelphia, l in Cincinnati and
l in Liverpool, England.
AT Sewell station, on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad in this State,
on Monday a boarder at the house of
Mr.. Rosser, while cleaning revol-
yer, accidentally discharged it, the
ball passing through Mrs. Rosser's
hand and entereing her baby's head,
which she held in her lap, instantly
killing it. He did not know the re-
volver was loaded.
The top of an isolated haystack in
field near st. Louis was blown off
recently and caused a curious dis
covery of hidden plumber. The In
terror of the stack had been hollow
ed out to huge receptacle for stolen
goods by gang of city robbers. A
large quantity of fine clothing was
in the stack, which has been identif-
by the firm whose store had been
robbed. 1855 t- '.sA
On Saturday night the town OF
Lawrenceville, in Brunswick county,
Va, was struck by cyclone. The
stables Of j. r. Thomas and D. M.
Bernard were completely demolished,
and every building on James Puck
lexis place was damaged. The court