Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-04-01
STATE NEWS.

The Wayne Adcocate denies the
existence of smallpox in that
county.
The people of Moundsville are
talking about lighting that place
with the electric light.
Two men supposed to be tramps
violated the person of Mrs. Kin
caid, in Greenbrier county, last
week.
$3.50. 000,0 Is lying in the Bank
of Eugiaod belonging 10 the He'd
ges heirs of Americas great many
of whom reside in this State.
A compromise has been fleet d
between the b. &. o Railroad Co
and Mr.. Rector, of Aurora. whose
daughter was killed in the disas
ter at Thornton. The Company
will pay $3. 900 -Reyser Tribune
There is now linz Of log raft
about two miles long laying at the
mouth of Kenawha river. fhey
are said to contain some of the fin
est timber that ever went out of
the river. The RATS are intended
for the lower markets.--Pt. Pleas
ant Regi ter.
Early last Sunday morning as
two young men named Frank Da
Wis aud Wilbur Milligan were re-
turning home from a dance Ia
Wheeling, they got into a Difficult
" about girl. Milligan drew
revolver and shot Davis In the
breast from which he died in
twenty minutes.
Last Tuesday night a pack of
dogs from Sutton and vicinity kill
ed Mr.. Jennings Skidmore's whole
flock of eleven fine Worcestershire
sheep, for which ne paid So per
heal. Ii Is not likely all the dogs
in the county have done $50 worth
of good in a year. Mouataineer.
DROWNED Mr.. u .chariah Ar
mentrout, an old and respected
citizen of this county in attempt
ing 10 cross the Gauley River. at
Copenhaver's Ferry, on Monday
evening last, lost his control of the
.anoe and jumping into the river
was drowned At last accounts
his body had not been recovered
Nicholas Chronicle.
1t seems to us, that the burning
of j. Mad. Williamson's store nesr
Fairview, ought to set our county
authorities to work to ferret out
the rascals who are guilty of such
lawless acts. This is the second
store that has been robbed and
burned in that community within
short time. The county should
nave taken steps before this TO
hunt down the scoundrels. - Tyler
Independent.
The acreage of wheat In this
county is said to be larger this
year than for several years past.
and reports came TO us that our
farmers are going TO put In an un-
usually large crop of corn. Ina
is sensible. A European war
seems not improbable from late
dispst ches, and q fracas across the
Atlantic, means high prices for
breadstuffs in the United States
FdirmOnt Isadea.
The New River Railroad is be-
ing rapidlyconstructed. The ear.
ly completion of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad will enable the
company 10 transfer its c0ntrac-
tors, plant Iaborers. fully organ
lied force of about 300 men, to
this new field of labor; and this
same process can be repeated by
early summer, when the first di-
vision of the New River Railroad
will turn over some $500 men and
its organized staff. - Border Watch.
man.
WHEAT CRoP.-Our farmers
throug hout the county, so far as
we have heard, speak encourag-
ingly of the wheat crop, and in
form us that all the present indi-
cations portend to an unusually
large yield this year. We learn
that a great deal of new land was
prepared last fall and a much larg-
er average of wheat sown in this
county than heretofore. - Hinton
Herald.
The same can be said of almost
every county in the State. Not
Que of our exchanges speaks dis
couragingly of the crops in any |
portion of the State. This is GER
tainly gratifying news.