Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-27
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1884.
GENERAL NEWS.

The largest fire ever known in As
bury Park, N. j., occurred Sunday.
The town of Eureka, New, was
nearly destroyed BY fire. Loss S7O,-
900.
Henry Clay, grandson of the great
statesman, was fatally wounded in
all ARRAY at Louisville Sunday.
Fifty thousand people attended
the Republican meeting at Akron,
O., Tuesday, where General Logan
spoke.
FREDERICK, Nd, Sept. 23.-The
hog cholera is doing sad havoc
among the hogs in Frederick county
as well as in Montgomery.
The democratic national commit
tee has issued an address to the
voters Of the country appealing for
aid in carrying on the campaign in
favor of Cleveland.
Gen. Warrick, of New York. adj
dressed a republican meeting at Har,
per's Ferry, W. Va, Saturday even
ing, taking strong ground in favor
of a protective tariff.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil,
while returning from naval review
recently, had narrow escape from
drowning. The boat which he was
in capsized, but he was rescued.
A row occurred at Burr Oak, Kan
sas, between citizens and circus men,
in which one Of the former was kill
ed and several wounded. The circus
men were subsequently arrested.
Ephriam Keyser, young artist,
whose home is in Baltimore, but
who is now in Rome, has been desig-
mated by Mr.. Frelinghnysen as the
sculptor of the monument to Baron
De Kalb, to be erected in Annapolis
under the act of Congress of 1888.
A government veterinary surgeon
recently made an examination of the
herd Of cattle belonging to Samuel
Pidgeon, living near Wadesville,
Clarke county, Va. He pronounced
the disease tuberculosis. The whole
herd is afflicted. By his order one
was killed for inspection.
Between 2 and o'clock last Fri
day afternoon, shock of earth
quake was felt in Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and parts Of Canada. 1t
was not severe, but frightened peO-
pie considerably in some places. 1t
was felt in this State, at Wheeling
and Parkersburg and. points along
the Ohio.
Mr.. Wilson should choose his
words with greater care. Profanity
is not becoming in any man, but
much less in Il candidate for the
highest position in the gift of the
people of the State. Mr.. Wilson
should remember that one of the es-
sential conditions of success in i'm
portant public positions is dignity
There may be such thing as having
too much dignity, but that is not as
bad as having none at all.-Charles-
ton Times.
WHEELING, w. VA, Sept. o.
Boyde Hannah, a Pocahontas coun.
ty squatter, went to hunt his cows,
and on the top of Ganley Mountain
he encountered gaunt she bear
with two cubs. She attacked him
ferociously, and he took refuge in a
small pine tree few hundred yards
off. There he remained twenty. -four
hours, almost paralized by fear, as
the old bear several times started up
the tree after him. He was rescued
By party Of hunters, who had been
sent out to search for him.
There are indications that the
Democrats are taking fresh alarm
about the situation in West Virginia.
So little has been said of late about
that state and its prospects in the
October election that many had rath-
er lost sight of it. They have, how
ever, been suddenly awakened to
the fact that the Republicans have
not forgotten about the State, and
that they are doing some very able
but quiet work there. West Virgi-
MIA has since its erection as state,
cast its electoral vote only twice for
Democratic candidates for the presi-
dency and three times for Republi-
cans. In 1864 Lincoln carried the
state by over Il, 900 majority. Grant
had it in 1868 by over 5000, and in
1872 by more than 1000 plurality.
Tilden's plurality in 1876 was $4,000
and HancOck's was 1900, though
the majority of the last mentioned
candidate was but 1000. In the
congressional election, however, of
two years ago the combined plurali-
ty of the Democratic candidates
reached but a little over 5000. while
counting The whole amount of votes
cast they were really in a minority
of over thousand, the Greenback
vote of that year being 5000. There
are indications that the Democrats
are gong to wake up OH the morn
ing after the October election in
West Virginia to find their majority
greatly reduced, if not entirely swept
away.