Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-08-12


4, 1882, and agreed to meet there
again, if living, in fifty years
Last Friday seven Of them kept
the promise, coming with their
wives and children.
A laundering composition on the
London Telegraph recently made
an expression used by Mr. Glad
stone to read that he had sat "at
the feet of the Gamebird of Man
chester instead of the Gamalial
Of Manchester.
Quite a number of century
plants in California are throwing
up stalks preparatory to blooming.
One in Sonoma Valley grew six
feet in eight days. A mamoth
plant in the Gabriel Valley Is ex-
pected to throw up q flower st, m
more than forty feet in height
The plant spreads over a circle
forty-five feet in circumference.
a man on a New Hampshire
railroad train accidently sat down
upon fellow passengers hat and
by some means was compelled by
the conductor to pay "a for it. He
then demanded the damaged hat
which he had paid for, and was
refused possession. His next pro-
ceeding was to bring suit against
the conductor, and there for the
time being the matter rests.
a concern in New York known
as the Toilet Manufacturing Com
pany has been engaged for months
i'll enticing girls to learn the art of
making lace, with promise of
steady employment at from IS to
$25 per week. Hundreds Of girls
have been induced to abandon
their country homes, and after
spending all their money in pay
ing for instruction, cannot obtain
the promised employment.
The Sullivan farm in Illinois.
once ten miles 10y seven, but after
ward reduced to 10000 acres, has
at last been sold in small tracts.
Elk Governor Sullivan originally
bought it at 40 cents an acre, hav-
ing brought about its classification
by the government as swamp
land. He was at one time rated
at three millions, but died insol-
vent, having failed to make such
tremendous farming profitable.
The right of 3 woman past the
age of 81 TO marry whom she
please5 has just been vindicated in
Missouri. The father Of Laura
Robbs, aged ", attempted to hold
her TO continue service In the pa
ternal home by lock ing DER up in
room when she bad made a ver-
bal contract 10 become the wife of
George w. Bishop. A writ Of
habea5 corpus unlocked the door,
and the marriage took place in
spite OF the fathers objections
The new marriage bill before
the British Parliament provides
that marriages may be s0lemiZed
at any time between eight O'Clock
in the morning and six in the sv-
ening, with the proviso that 40
clergyman Of the Church OF En-
gland shall be under aay oblega-
ton to perform the ceremony az |
ter MONDAY. The Law has always
been that such rites must be per.
formed in the forenoon, but The |
reason Of this Limitation has never
been explained.
A man in California has been
granted "a new trial, after being |
convicted of murder IN the second |
degree, because the jury drank so
much beer during the trial as 10
unfit them for the serious deliber-
alton. The trial lasted eight days,
and il was shown that during that |
time four five.gaiion kegs OF beer, /
FIVE gallons OF wine, ten bottles Of |
claret, and considerable whiskey I
were purchased by the jury at |
their own expense and consumed |
by them without The knowledge |
OF the court.
A remarkable sand storm, ac.
companled by an intensely cold |
temperature, is mentioned in Ice
landic journals as having ragged on |
that island for two weeks during |
the past spring. The air was fill |
ed with dry fine sand to such a
degree that it was impossible to |
see more than a short distance, and |
the sun was rarely visible, though |
the sky was clear of clouds, No
body ventured out of his house |
except upon matters of most ur- |
gent necessity, and many vino |
were exposed to the storm were |
frozen. The sand penetrated into
the houses through the minutest |
crevices. It was found mixed |
with food and drink, and every
breath drew ii into the lungs. |
Thousands of sheep and horses
died.