Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-08-20

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Ex-senator .Conkling is said to
be adrift. This may be so, but
then he Is said to be an excellent
swimmer.
Parties from the Rosebud agen-
cy state that Spotted Tail was kill
ed for seducipg another Indians
squaw, and they say that this was
his one hundred and fifiieth Of
| fence.
Mr.. James Gstely, the D. dham,
Mass, murderer, says he only gave
her "a few slight strokes, just to
pacify her, Ike" Mr.. Gately's
system of pacification worked
well, for his victim never spoke
again.
The price OF Autographed SER
mons in Chicago, has gone down
to thirty cents sermon, and the
concern that has gone into the
business has several hundred dis
courses on miscellaneous topics
with which to tempt lazy preach
erS.
The crucifix which Columbus
held when he first landed in Amer
lea Is asserted to be in the possess
sion OIL lady In Colorado. Wheth.
err it be actually that which was
once owned by Columbus or not,
it is certainly very ancient cruel
fix.
The remains of an unknown
man were fund on Friday near
Bridgeport in lonely piece of
woods. The flesh had all decayed
from the bones, and bottle with
a small quantity OF laudanum in
it told the story Of a suicide.
Terence Connolly, an aged resi-
dent of Newtown, N. j., has per-
taken Of no food for thirty eight
days. He takes small swallows
of water, and, though very weak,
says he has no desire for food, and
until he has he will not eat.
The political campaign out IN
Ohio is painfully unexciting. The
worst thing the Republicans can
think of to call the Democratic
candidate for governor is "Pock-
etbookwalter,' and by way of re-
taliation the Democrats call the
Republican candidate "Calico
Charley This is awful.
Mr.. Allen Hall, a wealthy, we'll
known resident of Jamaica, New
York, seventy-three years old,
while suffering from ill-health
and domestic affiiction, gashed
himself with razor on Friday
while in the bath tub. The wound
will probably prove fatal, he lost
so much blood before his wife dis
covered his condition.
The late Governor Bagley, of
Michigan, made in his will one
provision, the good sense of which
deserves recognition. Although
he left an estate valued at 5000, 900,
he directed that the family mon
ment to be erected on his burial
lot should cost no more than $500
This il worthy to be noted ia these
days of post humous pretension.
For eight years a woman nam
ed Sarah Marshall has been an in
mate of the insane department of
the Philadelphia almshouse, hav-
ing been bereft of her reason soon
after Jay Cookies failure in Sep
TENDER, 1873. She had been a de-
positor in the banking house, and
she lost all her money. This caus-
ed her to become insane. Only re-
Gently Jay Cooke heard of the
case, and he has taken measures
to have her removed to private |
asylum where she can be provid-
ed with comforts for the remain
der of her life.
Mr.. Charles Elliot, of Knox,
Maine, has made will which will
require a criminal court, an eccle-
siastical consistory and Jury of
matrons, in continuous joint SEES
sion, to enforce. He bequeaths
his property to his children and
their heirs, his grandchildren, born
or to be born, upon the conditions
that they drink spirits, chew or
smoke tobacco or gamble in any
wsy, they shall each be cut off, for
each and every offence, for six
months from the benefits of the
bequests, and can only recover by
year OF total abstinence. The alb
solute atsurdity Of trying to.give
practical effect to any such teSta-
ment never seems TO have occur
red TO Mr.. Elliot. But then be
has the excuse Of having been
contemporary with the first en-
deavors TO iuiorce the original
Maine law.