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, 1881-01-15
Free Advertising.

The idea that many PERSONS entertln Of q
public newspaper Is that it s!I.ll do every.
body's advertising business without pay. a'"l
especially If er,ryho iy happ. rs 10 hr sub
.crihcr to the payer. Some one has i:Iv. n'e'l
uininill a san2-plow, or s':ne other Labor
s.vi,,c contfIvane-, that he wants wri,tcl mp
and Advertised for lis own benefit; or he
has turned out fine piece 81 meehanieal
work that he wants his neighbors to hear OF;
and strsisht~ay he sends for reporter, who
Is expected to devote time and talent IN his
brhslf, besides the occupation of half col
umn or more space IN the paper. Now, We
are well aTarc that these requests arc made
more fran though,lcssness than from any III
tentiOa ri sppn.ins off the newspaper: hut
it amounts to Just that, and nothing less.
Some ne x.pal,.,s and We imagine they are
about the ",:iy on-s That afford their pub
li.hers rra,"nabl,- proiit -eharSe irr every
thing OF 4 personal o. business c'aract r
that goes intu tl.ir cnlnmns-for notices
iar,hs, marriages, .Ieaths public meetings OF
al ki..ds, religious notices. and IN tact
alniist everything hat snyb' dy has sP- eiai
interest in. We publish large pr"P"tio''
{. su:h niait-rs :r.tuit 'usly, and We ar"
II, asesi "a DO Il, hit when it CONES to a
dead o,.n.and shut a,T.tti>it;. ~ tie,
done up port,rislly or clI;oriaily, tEA' u
I kind Of business that W. rxrect pay Tor -
unless the party III interest Is a homeless
nrphnaa;;,. VI ! w,d.a wIth ire small Children
II tb,. br.. -
, 1881-01-15

Increase OF Peasioa Charges

A Washington dispatch, dated Decem-
Der I6, gives the following prOdis'ous in
crease of pension charges: : The pension
appropriation bill, appropriating SSO,ooo,'
900 for the payment Of pensions Tor the
next fiscal year, passed the house To- day.
Only one vote was recorded in tho neGar
tive-that Of Thomas Turner, OF Ken
lucky. Over sl09, 600 are psid out anns-
ally IN pensions in Turner's di-trict. md
he probably voted against the bill because
he believed it excessive. 1t is more
money than the combined pension pay
ments of England. France, Germany, Rus
sia and Austria. The hasty and ineAssd. !.
crate arrears of pension Law hss ssslled
the annual pension list from about $9,-
OO0, 900 to SD, ,Oo0, 900, exclusive OF tho
amount paid directly as arrears In the
house to-day, Mr.. Hubbell of Michigan
showed that the arrears bill will cost the
treasury probably S2J0,OOO,OO0- Tho
pension list is now nearly twice As large
as ten years ago, although ordinarily tho
pension list decreases with the lapse OF
t,D,p
, 1881-01-15

General Butlrr is Mrs. Sprasue's com
sl in her emit for divorce, and THE is taken
- an indication that there viii be q Conf
p.rts uncoverins- A Washington special
says the real truth Of Mrs Spragues fore
ing the fight is probably based upon the
fact OF sheer ns cessity. Mrs. Sprapue has
been virtually an outeas; from polite soci-
ety in Washington during the last year.
Theu her Means of supper; failed her
She is heavily in debt During her list
visits TO Washington her dr,ss has even
Indicated poverty. She has been so eia-
bit.ered asaIus; her husband that she c,uli
not possibly seek TO take any steps for re-
Cancellation. With her social rrlstlons
swept away from her at Wsshi'. ,o.., she
las had certainly nothing 20 iose IN max
in. tight s.aist her husband. The part
Senator Conklm. has been compelled 20
play has aroused much excitement, and If
the case CONES to trial, there VIII be .
prnc ssinn Of the most distinguished per
so"s il. tho country through the witness
box.
Commenting on the SUIT the Washing
ton Capitd has this u say 1t is to the
point: "When one man secuses another
Of de6ling his hearth and disgracins his
home the pnLlic, for the moment at least,
delegates t., the accuser the terrific power
Of iudg,., jury and eaecu:ioner. Bu, 1t
d n,ands that the trial, verdict and ex-cu-
ton shall he instantaneous No time is
allowed for argument, exceptions, rr hi.''
tinns in arrest OF Judgment.
This jpiut jurisdiction WAS, by common
cons ,nt, cnnferr d upon Srrague mor-
than eighteen mouths ash IL la all
the evidence VI circumstances IA hack has
case the cnlp,i. is a. his mercy. and the
rSrrIment of execution was IN his hand
But Inc ia led to act Fr r,m that m.'m mt
the natural >ympa'hies Of American man
hood tnrn ID from him CnSt m has es-
tablishel an unwr.t.en Law OF mlrital PRIV
ilegrs III tbs ciust-y. Among It's pro
and thst statute lay asa:nst Spragu, the
moment ConkiIn9s magnificent tors"
passed beyond tn. rsnue rf his unaveng-
my SHOTGUN
Let the evidence in the forthcoming
suit lie wha. it mav, the public verdict is
made mp. In the court IF public opinion
Spragne los; his case when he failed to
avail himself of the privilege which Amer
ican custom, fortified hy hundred yer
diets "f mt gnilfy," coEfcrs upon an
INJURED husband
, 1881-01-15

In l6oG Charles l., of England, wrote
to the Duke Of Buckingham: 81 can s.y
but Iteil yet. Yrlande (IrelAnd) beng
the onlie egg We have yet sitten upon,
and having thike shell, we have not yet
batched it" For more than 80 year.
England has been sitting upon that eggs
and has not yet hatched it, And yet It -
far from being Aided, as the vigorous
signs of life it daily pu's forth sat"faS
torilly shows s.sr --r
, 1881-01-15
u.,sus Cyov1yy & FoRp, prupri, TO

If the Spokane B.idse, have ne" and
strong ferry in running order across the
Su..kaus at that place, and they efer to-
cross teams As cheap as ~iltsdr-~, At any
other point On the river. Mess't .osiey
g Ford are nnu building and will sonn
I.av. completed strong bridge at thus
,.I.ee LOUIS I-es conducts = comfortable
b. .txl here for the accommodation OF the
travelling public
, 1881-01-15

SEATS at the New York Steck Exchange
are in demand and 81, 900 Is bid, while
the asking pricsi,s,5,oo 600 These high *
ures sufficiently indicate the profitable ns-
lure of the stock brokerage huslnesstorsome
time past, and are creditable to :he E1-
change in it. position and standing among
other leading institutions Of the oonntr1.
Inc rate of stocks average half million
shars.S daily.
, 1881-01-15

TaEDaliEs Times very mildly prots'ts
agains. supplying editorials for fellow
named Shepherd, who issues sheet called
III. Grant. County Ners Let him steal.
Brother, the poor devil is really hall .n
IDIOT, and you had better aiio, MIN 20
steal from the Ties, for he IS oouhd u
IL, :, auyhoW
, 1881-01-15

THEN AND Now Perhaps the most e.
traordinary thing which has happened for
wears ON Wall street was the subscr'Pslon
Of g, 600, 600 to Jay Gould to lay ts"
new cables across the ocean. When you
think of the dieiulty which Cyrus Fisld
had to raise any money at all for the Arst
Atlantic cable, and then had to raise u N
Europe, You will appreciate the Piuef e'
American capital and its eoihdenss IN
Gould, when i'll forty-eight hours he OBJ
tanned on this market 81, 900, coo more
than he asked for. The capital stock N
the cables will be only s. 90, COO
, 1881-01-15
MAssGER ABEEI withdraws the -

SION" Th.re is joy in Gotham. Gd
sinners, who have nat been to church f"r
twenty years, congratulate cash ether
T,.ey feel that their calling and election
Is .urr. 4 great Lad u taken from their
minds. A great SIN is averred- IT mat
t.rx not. nos that the stree:s sre dirty
that diphtheris reiGns that the toEn'
averages a murder per day; that the
tenement house drass its endless cham o'
domestic misseries Nth it-thc Pas
sion Play sill nat be played, and Ne"
York Is saved
, 1881-01-15
Revised Census Statement
Translation of frriafs ssrf~- and Terr!
tsFte>.

The fuIIoxing statement. acc'rdin: To
WAsh;rst"n dispatch al recent date,
shows the pnpuiatiJ,i vf certain states and
t7rritories according t., the Emitted States
census Of 1880 This statement Is still
subiec. to possible corrections by reason
Of tie discovery IF omissions or duplica-
,;on of names in the Isis If inhabitants
, 1881-01-15

KIsa ALyoSso of Spain ceieb'ated MS
twenty second birthday recently. Asood
deal has been crowded into his short hfe.
Exile, restorat Oh, quellins of the Carl''s
rebellion, marriage with his cousin, Aer-
cedes de Montpcnsier. her death, mar.
riaas with the Archduchess Christina OF
Austria, an attempt on his life by an as
.assian and birth of al infant frefsy
good running for boy Of twenty -t~o.
, 1881-01-15

"Ths Deuocrati: party is dead 10
i. indeed That's strange paAang
strange Hancock has q, 900 or &c! ~
mai,ri,y over Garfield On the p'psi.f
vote ani vet the D,m,cratic Psrty II
dead. We confess that we don't quite
Ind .rstand il: .F,
, 1881-01-15

PoxrlANp, Jan. British bark Glen
Rmri.., laden With coal from AUSTRALIA
overdue. and is probably lost. as xreckage
i. e.,a,iny ashore mar the mouth Oh the
Columbia The vesse! arrived"f thrt
lee. 5th anil refused a ting but wanted q
pilos The wind crinmeneed blowing
gale the next day SINCE when the lark has
n,t he. IA sight. d ''r heard fro'n.
ne WHia.eise EriAse.
A suit instituted in the Z. S. Court ty
M. @. Lnunsdale and s. ID. Hatch declare
they viii enj'in work "n the Willamette
bridge, As hey claim It Is seri"ns 90
structi"n I" navigation.
O. z. & y. Co.
R-,..rt says rhnt the q. X. 4 y Ca $
depot will b.: at Alpina- g. W. "e'dier
asks for a .ic,use to run ferry there IN"
North P.i,iand. F. F. 0atrs and other
ra;lr.ai nacnat,s will leave "n the oth
for San Francisco "n mpor:a ant business
for the COMPANY So reported
Posr G;ar1cid:
san Fr.Nrrs,o. Jan. . Ef'rts are
,b,in. u.,ae here I" have Garfield apPnnt
Mcdowell Secretary Of War Tie I,ri'ae
movers in i: are Leland Stnnf'rd, tha--
Cruekrr and CIV. Perkins
Ta~ Chss~sc Tr~aiy.
S,N EKaS,ISa.. Jan b the ir.,a't
III. Cni,,-! S,a...- es., lin,,. ar Allspena u J.
nrse i.,-.r.rs c..,,ira. ,at fii~y can e,n'e
- M rui,au's. ui,-.,:s, e:e- Nr'ibsr
c..unt,y.S., IN H. any determinations
n.ai:,.s.a1e' '"rIr- ~" s>,is or ''are."'-
:Annr can. ~, f.. iIp.r-,r :" '!esi IN ''iiin'h
IN China amI the Cajnr,e the saine ID
Anicr.car-
raad!ss D&li.
The debate on the fund ng bii VII
cant Ihue tfI4 week
rhe CzJiforzis Senassr>hfD.
G-n.ral wri.ia.us is the probable IT, D
senator :,u,n California. !, gives s-ea!
sa;isflcrinn-
Farewell to the Chief.
G..u. q. D. H..uari and family, Gap.
Slxsirn and fanny. and Licns. Z. T. .
Wouis and family leave San Franeise" iof
the E,., ..d-.-
AhanssneA asl issi n sea'
Tue Bri is!, bark 6ieafTiR szs Ai's''
dn,-i q ssa. The vreckage o"nh's
lslu,rr rt C..'s p beach Is from the "'e'A
OF t,r i;rii,sh s.Iip LssIa!a. bound 10 thi'
p.rr T., load wheat. No advlces from tse
c.-x and hence ns,hing is known g. u
how or when she was Lost.
, 1881-01-15

the Union in its statement that Thom.
a, counsel "went through the fOsn o.
moving foe a new trial, which. Of cou1ss
was not granted mad- Al assertion 70
tally without foundation and .h'ca ~
editor must have known TO be f.sse-
Such mistakes are not made by newspaper
, 1881-01-15

The daughter Of Senator C"nkiing "'f-
r;;.,d .psins. h.r fathers consent, and e'ef
sine, the senator has alluded to her NOS
hand a. " Mrs. conkiings s'n- in-lsg, ne
never f.s = moment recognizing the yesne
m.u in any way Such 10 the rnAsnnoen'
grandeur Of my Lord Rnsc"e-
, 1881-01-15

GoxE UR-Judging by the tone Of the
financial columns f our New York eI-
changes, American inventions don't 6"
much On the Monroe doctrine" - the
general feeling in Wall street il that the
Grant Nicaragua canal scheme will not 90
through, and xil probably fail for
want Ut funds One cara; Is enough
at present, and that is already secured
The DxLcseps canal company have al
ready made the preliminary sF'aneemehts
to charter steamers for the trAnspor-
t.tion Of labcrers, materials and supplies
10 the Isthmns, when the work u actually
ie-un. Verify, the world moves
, 1881-01-15

The Power Of the Press.

The returns SO far received for Hub
bard S Newspaper Direet"ry"f the World,
to be pubIished early in 1881 by ii. r.
Hubbard, New Haven Conn. Indicate
that the newspapers published IN TIE
world are divided about as follows:
, 1881-01-15

The reason for Hungarian emis ntioa
TO this country Is that the government on
its public work pays the following wages
per diem Men, thirteen centa .omen'
nine cents; children, five cents, and there
is for many of the population n" sork sn-
cent public work .-.
, 1881-01-15
Telegraphic News.



CHICAGO, Jan. S-The Inter Oceans s
Washington special says that Cen Long
street writes from COns,antinople regard
ing the building mp of the republican par
ty IN the South, and SAYS tha,. the only
way is through the influence and Efforts
Of Southern republicans Their Influence
is measured by the influence they have
with the administration A different pol
icy has prevailed h.ret"f"re, bat the pres
ident elec; is man of we'll balanced aind,
good Judgment, and his policy VII he
1ise and s:a.esmanlike for practical work
The cclored man has heretofore been used
by the republican party as only 4 rePubii-
can fsc:or in the South and the whites
totally ign"red.
That Marcy Litter.
The following special to tbe Star FROM
Washington does not carry out the asser-
tions Truth has mace during the last few
DAYS relative To the forgery of the Morey
letter. Mr.. Weaver is well Convinced
that the forser is we'll known p"litieian,
and assertions having been made that two
letters we're written by the same hand
takes the odor from the latters shoulders
ON which Jayne placed it. Weaver. who
is the late srrrnback candidate for the
presidency, in speaking Of the discoveries
with regard 10 The similarity between TIE
Weaver letter published in the Star and
the Morey letter published in Truth, saws
he has information connecting 4 we'll
known politician wi'h-the forgery Of both
letters, hut refuses t., publish thc name
of the individual whom he suspects He
said, however, that h" expected to be able
to furnish conclusive proof "f the gnll' OF
this man IN dag "r 81. and would then
make public the who'll affair These
statements Weaver has made III priva'c
conversation with a friend the night be
fore last
Ercafs Heard frVn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Delegate Brent
has presented memorial in the house
from the Astoria chamber Of commerce,
asking appropriation for the improvement
of the mouth Of the Columbia.
Congressional Appsrtionuseni BILL
Congressman Thompon. Of Kentucky,
has presented new congressional aPpnr-
tionmeut bill, whereby the gain on pres
ent members w"uld be, from Arkansas !;
California I Georgia inwa /; kans'.'
); Michigan !; Minnesota 2; Mi>sisSip-
III /; Nebraska 2; North Carolina :
Texas 4; West Virginia /. The sia'es
losing representatives would be, Flor'da
1; Maine l; New HAMPSHIRE L, Yer
mont /; New York 2 Pennsylvania ].
Representation from other states would
remain az now
, 1881-01-15

The list vii probably b, incn .e-'-'
slightly, SO that the aggregate viii "a.
:sl. far short Of 30,OO9 Of'hi. number
ovrr Is, 900 are printed in the English
! languzge
, 1881-01-15

Grx HAscocx's majority n Tssas y
lns go instead Of 81, go, - repofsse.
Tb,s puts him nheaA on tbs PoSsl1 W.
Of the country sOnse 25,DS u SSSs
, 1881-01-15

Ror.Err @ CoAISG--Ksiakaus, Hns
of the Sandwich Islands, intsnds bssor'
ing tLi. republic his graei"ns Psssssos
early IN February next
, 1881-01-15
I. o. o. z.

New Jersey reports Us 10 's*. ''' ''i
members. being slight inefe1se tor t's year
Tie Grand N sr-r. s. Aiph-ns : NTH n'aae
80 of;c;ll visits daring the year. ihree
new lodges were instituted and one rem
>. ted. Ee:irf paid darins the year. >'''
50S %.
The h'e.t joke l. tne r-Por' "' 'he ".-''u
p-,n,.,., t,tires OF III ,ast ri' Inrisdictn'n,;; ;;
A., c,,y..,os forty -ssyeu G.:"s, III Sinaii
tvue they close by saying. ''l"H nni no'
-yr.ct from us an extended report fr""a,
lIy the Grand Lodge did not expect ~ Du'
.-ihry 20. i, allie slmec- -,,
In The tieTm.'.i'; states a'"'
,b,, 70 rpes are ACTIVE a: ID eni- rpr'sias-
A. ,a.,e.n uagazins speaks OF a, i.'s,ruc'
t,n uho IN tao hour. a'.iS es ni'i'i''a ',.'
RI IalliurIIaI- are a,i'f'uT "
k,,os h..u b- mid UP the tme-
.,,ut :, ,ufhce, here fer tn 'i"~"st '"A''
10 20 through the rnt're 'n.sriT Lon.
t;rx,l Secretary Ly.sn u hsi'iin4 sci - ..
,,.tr,,..i,. Ia tie ner work. sh'e-' arc We,
:. nil He has over 100 'i"it"r i-e'i'c'
iupI,. a., r,;,,u. ,..rt. O
, Aust ala III J. .!oins Wei ,o, .r,,
I,rii.na r, p.rts $50 lnds.s. w iie"'
~. g OF 742 mem nSefs tor I've rraf
| R.l;.f oaiI lnnpg the year, sss.98 ~
, 1881-01-15

APsxssYLvAxIA funeral about % tsss
plaee might have been avoided had nssss1
been kept out of reach Of esHa'n -"
b.ov ...-.-.af.. -
, 1881-01-15

c,,c.c. has become a theaiet .'r spec
8, ;, ON ..u a most s:upendous scale The
,..ui. Ia. ben growing f'r yeais' D"t II
i,., only Teen within the pat tSs''s
,,,b. th,. i. has assumed anything X
is prr.eu, pror4rtlons. Val .tf.'. ~ a,',. .,s
er.1rs, day. ners, 'a" anyia,ns q r. s,.. s
are l,n b.usht and sold here n"s .l'er- tens 's'i'
. ,t,ns.nd, changed hands hre yeas
%, and transactions in pax and IN s"sh'
"a ond, have increased in hike rA''s
r. t,e;Ii:,., that are of,rei IN Ch'eAs''
~ hat Lind Of gambling are nnil n'tr'''
and Of late vast sums "f Wall sire, moI'.
hay, b,en received By Ch;eas" "fs'"si' - j."
.pecalzrise invesiusrnt-
, 1881-01-15

Nz PE.cr Csunty hs 400 nLs
t.u.. Idaho county 500, snd sho's'o'
county 800
, 1881-01-15
Progressive leaasia-

IosIr,N, Jan. The .4genee RnSe, OF
St. Pete, sl.ueg, SAYS hat IN districts
where ercps have failed, the state will
adr.re., .-,.ds ard cree pubic wrfks M
steal df advancing ni"nry as formerly.
I'm SdulIivr,i provinces the construction OF
two RAILWAYS 70 the 6ua and salt districts
will be inn,. dlatelv proceeded Nth, The
state has reserved itself the exclusive
right to construct railroads and has re,
solved % suppress all c''neession. Of iand
cou,;ny under the head If Imperial tar"rs
and the Senate alone will determine
whether sleh e,,ieessiuns shall hs made
in ex,,.,tiaual cases
, 1881-01-15

IDAHO Territory bossts 1t 49,
hshitants, an increase I'd io'"'S
yearA
, 1881-01-15

BoAsTlsG WEsroS.-Westou now boasts
Of new drug store
, 1881-01-15
Congressional Appsrfionuseni Bill.
Thr Nsrfh Pacific BsRas In lsnsaon-
Inynox- Jan, n,s-SDrthsrn Pacific rail

LpNp6H, JaR.s e--NDrth6rn facilic r3il-
road bonds are quickly taken mp hire
Parliament formally opened TO day:
The Qneen's address was moderste and
highly cummen.lat"ry- She reviews hrrrt-
ly the relations OF the c,mntry with other
powers. Refers Ia agitation. Ill Ireland IN
words temperate bnt showing great tirm-
hess. She closed by saying that a measure
will he submitted for the establishment
Of county government, founded upon rep
res.nta:inu principles anu framed with
the double aim of cLhhrlning popular con-
trnl over expenditures, and supplying a
vet more serious want by extending the
fnrna'iu If hab Is # local government.
In the huuseof Lords B-ac". ..sii-ld made n
speech strongly arraisnias the present
ministry. In fle house "f c"n,inois
F,Is'cr -nid he would introduce the blu
alluil.t Il Ey the Queen Parnell said
he wnull opip,s,. Il, Elsd9.oiie, amidst
loud che rs, SAID tina the bill Wild liatr
precedence over al others every day.
Ih~ Holy Father idvises-
The Pupe, III an address t. the Irish
bishops, al, a,;,,...a'.- ..a Irish to abstain fr.in
I~.,less demonstrations an.. .'.siaIh the
;overnmeas. mo al '"e S"'''e' sA"
ing their rights
, 1881-01-15
Ts~Valsrd Kingdom.

LoNpoS, Jan. In the House "t
Commons, the Chief Secr-tary"s ir,ta"d'
in repb ing t" question: put by Right Hon.
Mr.. Gil,srr, C..nseu vative, stated that
iaS I,erauns aere ander police protection
ia Ireland and thai there had been c"na-
mittea 2573 asrarian ou'ra-es Up t" the
rud of December.
, 1881-01-15
ST, PAUG,S SCHOOL,
p,x,8;Ag and Day School for :iiris.

THE CHRISTMAS TERN BEGINs On
Thurs lax. September , lSSl II ~ I'M
liant for every pupil T.. h i.--~ NJ 'hr ART
;i.tz ..s th- Sci"l.
Far r,,ticu.ars all At Ia: s:ii-s, IA Poplar
-tr,<<. rsrner q Sres.usi a,'a T'Iir: srests; -
,I,r ss tine Psineiial.
-''' Mrs. LEMUEL II WELLS.
,a o. WAIa Wau,. w. T
, 1881-01-15
Ercpf> Heard frVH,. .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Delegate Brent
has presented a memorial in the house
from the Astoria chamber Of commerce,
asking appropriation for the improvement
of the mouth Of the Columbia.
, 1881-01-15

A suit instituted in the {. s. Court ty
NJ O. Lounsdale and S d. Hatch declare
they will enj'in work "n the Willamette
bridge, as hey claim it is a seri"ns 90
str,.cfion t,, navigation.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19
Select BreVitics.

The Bible is the faith Of the
church, ard the doctrine Of the
gospel shall not perish.
The world will rock the Chris.
tian to sleep whenever he ceases
to watch and pray.
/ can endure everything, but |
cannot abandon the Holy Script
ures.-Luther.
Talents are best matured in soil
tude; character is best formed in
the stormy pillows of the world.
Consider, young friends as you
stand with that glass of liquor in
your hand which you woold better
throw away-the liquor or your
self?-FTemOnt Journal.
The mere gross the fraud, the
more glibly will it go down, ana
the more greedily will it be swal-
lowed, since folly will always find
impotence.
The faith that carried Us safely
through yesterdays exposure
may be overmatched by the OK
posures of to-day, unless that faith
is renewed by prayer and suppli-
cation, with thanksgiving. -Zj0n'S
Herald.
DsA't try to crowd all the ras-
cality and villainy and heartless-
ness and badness in the world
npon the Church. 1t isn't fair; it
isn't true; it isn't sensible; it's fool
ish; and it isn't honest. You don't
believe these sweeping insinua.
tions yourself when you make
theme Burlington Hdarkeye.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19
THE PISTOL.
Jerry Green Shot and Killed by
Charles Douglass.
DOUGLASS I'M JAIL.


Considerable excitement was coca
stoned on our streets last evening
about $50 O'Clock, by Charles Doug
lass shooting and instantly killing
Jerry Green, both parties colored.
The shooting took place on Martin
street, in front of the shoemaker
shop of Douglass. 1t appears that
Greene was in Douglass shop, and
they quarreled, Douglass charging
Green with having broken open his
trunk and stolen therefrom sum
of money. Green went out on to
the pavement and was followed by
Douglas, who drew his pistol. Green
stopped at the curb and faced Doug
las, who fired, the ball striking
Green just above the eye, forcing it
from the socket and killing him in
stanly. Green fell with his hand on
his pistol, as il in act Of drawing it.
Messrs. g. o. Lambert and z. Show
ers arrived on the spot shortly after
the occurrence, and arrested Doug
las, who way taken before Justice
Colston, and sent to jail to await the
action of the Court.