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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06

RIDENOUR SCHooL.-We do not
wish to be either forgotten or neglect
ed and we most respectfully announce
to you that we number As; average
attendance this month 81: pupils who
have won the highest number of mer-
its for excellence; Lee Davis, Frank
and Lizzie McGill, Ella Backer, Mag
gle Daily, and Clifford Tabler. We
use Holcomb's School Currency-and
work verv hard for the green backs,
that will purchase for us such beauti-
full cards of Honor and " Appropri-
ation." We wish the Co. Superinten-
dent would call. We would hail the
event with joy and song, for his visits
are like angels-few and far between.
PUPILS.
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APPOINTMENTS. = Sheriff Lamon
has made the following appointments:
VIM. t. Noll will for the next four
years ensuing the first of January,
1885, collect the taxes in Gerardstown
and Hedgesville districts. George l..
Sencindiver takes charge of the Office
and assists MIR. Lamon in Martins
burg, Arden and Mill Creek districts,
and Charlie, r. Hollis does duty in
Falling Waters and Opequon. John
Dumf0rd gets the jail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06

Gen. w. NJ. Vancleve, after whom
was named, has been
elected a State Senator in Missouri.
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Revs. Freehold, of Keyser, and
of Staunton, visited Rev.
Ill. j. McKeefry this week.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06

A new grocery store, Walker & Co.,
has been opened in room next to
Nicklas and Bros.' store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. John D. Burkhart lost one of
fine pair of Norman colts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06

Game, especially deer, is very
plenty in the mountain counties of
this State and many are being shot.
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Mem advertisements

Wi MINORS money than at anything a,s.
MlNtakilg an agency for the hes, e sss,, by,
oo1R out % Beginners succeed grandly. wing Ming
land, Maine. VN w. Port
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LOCAL HISTORY
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

A brief sketch of Norborne Parish and
Trinity Church. Martinsburg. Read in
Trinity Church on Trinity Sunday night,
May Esd. 1880, by the Rector, Rev. Robt.
Douglas Roller.
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improvements in the
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: TOWN AND COUNTY HIS

men me me osai ais sketches
promised to help and THE HERALD col
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-06

1t is thought the missing paint
ing by Rembrandt, 1.-THE slaughter
of the Innocents," has been discov-
cred at Louisville, KY. 1t is not
correct.
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so well established that even its enemies ~
newspapers Of this end of the state, for es ~,
been established II has led the way in ail "a y,
In the future Its course shall be stu on nj
neuspnper, Republican in politics IN all thal
lities. and subseryient 70 no other interest," -
! prosperity of the town. county and state
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The Irish-American Independents
held IA meeting Tuesday afternoon at
the AstOr House. in New York, and
they issued an address on the evils
of Free Trade to the Irish American
| voters of this country
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DIR. John B. Hicks was found
guilty at Hagerstown, Md, Tues
day of attempted felonious assault
on Cora Spielman, aged IL.
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Fourteen persons have been kill
ed By the explosion of the boiler of
the French man of-war Rigault &C.
nouilly. off the coast Of FormOsa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
ExpIosion'of a Keg. Containing q
Few Gallons Of Paint.
Seven Children Blown Up While Playing
Around An Election Bonfire.

CHICAGO, November 16.-Runnen Poole,
aged thirteen, whose parents live at 10 West
Washington street, and his ten-year-old
brother, Adam, stole keg containing a few
gallons of paint Saturday afternoon, and
number ofslittle boys and girls joined them
intent upon starting a bonfire. The keg
was placed upon top of a lot of shavings in
front of 102 West Quincy street. A guam
tity of kerosene oil was then thrown over
the pile, and while young Runnen Poole
stopped down to light the fire a dozen child
rem Joined hands and circled
round him, singing election songs.
Instantly the fire was kindled, the oil in
the paint keg exploded with a noise like
thunder, and a huge blast of flame swept
about the children, enveloping them from
ling sight was revealed moment later.
The smoke cleared away, and seven little
children were seen stretched out upon the
ground, hideously mangled and burned,
of the paint keg were driven into the midst
of the little ones with terrific
force by the explosion. Then
the flames caught their cloth
ing and burned the heads, faces and limbs
of the seven children so badly that most of
them will die. Runnell Poole, who tstarted
the fire, was blown distance of ten feet
by the explosion. A blazing stone struck
him ON the head, racturing his skull. He
was also badly burned about the head, arms
and limbs, and can not live. Adam Poole,
his brother, was burned about the
face, body and limbs, and will also die.
Eddie Burke, aged seven, burned about the
head, face and hands, and can not live.
His sister, Aggie, aged four, had her face,
hands and body burned in some portions to
, a crisp, aud will die. A two-year-old son
of James Daley, teamster, was burned
about the body, face and hands, and will
also die. Stephen Bassett, aged ten, fatally
burned about the body. Annie Ward, aged
seven, burned about face, head,
body and limbs, and can not survive.
A three-year-old sister of the latter died
last night from burns received at a bonfire
a week ago. Nearly all the children had
homes on the street where the casualty
took place, district inhabited by labor
ing people. Their excitement for a while
could scarcely be restrained. Women
wrung their hands and wept, while the
eyes of many strong men were mois-
tened, and their emotion too great
for utterance. Several women tainted as
the little sufferers were bor1e into the pa
troll wagons for removal to the hospital.
The mothers of the children that were
burned gave way to the widest grief. One
of them, it is reported, has been made crazy
by the event. Up to twelve O'Clock to-
night none of the children had died but the
hospital authorities stated that few of them
would be alive this morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Modest INQUIRY.

When Huddle was in New York,
strolling about and seeing what was to
be seen, he noticed by the side of the
door of large mansion on Fourth Ave
nue., right under the bell, the words:
please RING THE BELL FOR JANTToR."
After rejecting for few minutes,
Huddle walked up and gave the bell
such pub that one might have sup-
posed he was trying to extract it by tie
roots. In a few moments an angry
faced man tore open the door.
..Are you the janitorg" asked Huddle.
..Yes, what do you want?"
~ saw that notice. Please ring the
bell for ianitor, so rang the bell for
YOU. and now l wa,It to. krew why you
can't rsrs the bell yourself. ~ Teras
Stftiisas
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY.
The Chagres Fever and the Paua-
ma Canal.
A Saying That Every Tie in the Panama
Railroad Represents a Tombstone
for Some One Engaged I'm Its
Construction.

NEW YORK, November 14.-One of the
passengers arriving from Aspinwall to-day
by the steamship Colon was Geo. Mowbray,
Brooklyn machinist, who has been work
ing on the Panama Canal. His health
has been broken down by the Chagres
fever. He describes the mortality among
the laborers as really frightful. Nine
tenths of those attacked by the fever
die in the hospitals. Unless the victims
have money or influence their bodies are
dumped into pits and covered with quick
lime: There is a saying that every tie of
the Panama Railroad represents tomb
stone for some one of those who were en-
gagged in its construction, and it may al
most as truly be said that for every yard
of earth turned up on the canal
there is a death in the hospitals.
These institutions are constantly
crowded. 1t rains great deal, and the soft
banks of the ditch are constantly being un-
dermined, making re-excavation necessary.
Mowbray brings several farewell messages
from dying men to their friends in this
country. He says skilled workmen earn
80 30 per day, and laborers from So to 81
The board, which is very poor, costs from
$12 to Sis per week.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
FROM OVER TIE OCEAN.
Cholera Continues Its Onward March in
Paris.

PARIS, November 13.-Prime Minister
Ferry communicated a dispatch to the Cab
met this morning, from which it would ap-
pear that General Gordon had been shot
dead while passing from Khartoum to
Berber.
PARIS, November 13.-From midnight up
to noon to-day there were thirty three
deaths from cholera in Paris. nineteen of
which occurred in the hospitals. A revised
report for yesterday gives the total at
eighty-one deaths, all but
twenty of which occurred in the hos
pitfalls: Eighty-four fresh cases were re-
ceived into the hospitals yesterday. 6P.
M Fifty EIGHT deaths from cholera
are reported since midnight-thirty in the
city, and the remainder in the hospi-
tails. Two deaths are reported at Oran.
ToULoN, November 13.-One fresh case of
cholera and one death are reported here to-
day. In consequence of the popular indig-
nation at the filthy condition of the city,
the municipal authorities are having the
streets and cutters cleaned.
BUENos AYREs, November 13.-Another
case of cholera has appeared here, causing
great alarm. The strictest quarantine will
be observed on all vessels coming from
France. Three italian steamers are ex-
pected soon. They will not be allowed to
enter the port. The press censures the
agent of the italian line, and all others who
have tried to evade the sanitary law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Mr. BIaine Accents the Results.

AUGUSTA, November 16.-Mr. Blaine re-
CARDS the official count in New York as
practically settling the Presidential ques-
tion. Mr.. Blaine, it is stated on the best
authority, received yesterday afternoon a
telegram from New York announcing the
completion of the official canvass of that
city, and informing him the plurality for
Cleveland in that State would be ], ,137. The
same authority states that Mr.. Blaine
accepts the result very cheerfully, and has
no regrets growing out of his connection
with the campaign. He feels that he made
good fight, and he gracefully bows to the
verdict of the American people. He be-
lieves the Republican party
will prove true to it's grand
past, and will increase in strength
with the coming years. Mr.. Blaine leaves
for Washington the middle of next week,
where he and his family will spend the
winter. He has leased the "Sargent
House." in Farragut Square, and will
shortly resume his work on the second
volume of ''Twenty Years of Congress-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
AThriIIing Criminal Trial.

NEW ORLEANS, La, November H.-The
youngest criminal on record was brought
before Recorder Ford to-day. George
Samnovitch made an affidavit yesterday
against Edward Brooks, charging
him with malicious mischief, and OFF,
Ger Gordon was detailed to arrest
the prisoner. To-day he produced him
before the Judge in the person of three
year-old child, who came to the court in a
baby-carriage guarded by the officer. The
Judge ordered the prisoner to be supplied
with stick of candy in order to keep him
quiet while the case proceeded. Samno-
witch testified that Eddie
had crawled through the fence
and cut some flowers, which he interpreted
to be malicious mischief. After hearing
the case in full Judge Ford informed Mr..
Brooks that he might go free, as the law
did not consider him old enough to be
guilty of malicious mischief, whereupon he
was placed in his baby carriage and rolled
off by his grand mother amid laughter
and applause. Eddie will not be four
years old until next year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
A STRANGE FREAK.
A Body for Twelve Days After Decease
Retains a Life-Like Appearance.

CINCINNATI, o., November 15.-Jacob
Weber, of Newport, KY, aged twenty three
years, while out in a procession, contracted
a severe cold, which to all appearances,
terminated fatally on November 2, after
one weeks illness. On the following Tues
day the funeral took place, and the body,
in wooden casket was taken to the Ever
green Cemetery, three miles back
of Newport, and placed in the vault
with others yet unburied. Like all caskets
of the present day, this one had the fat
detachable lid at the head of the coffin that
on removal would give view of the face
through the glass cover. Young Weber
had hosts of friends, and since the funeral,
ten days ago, many of them have paid
visits to the cemetery, where Sexton Brown
has kindly permitted them again
to see his features. The pa
rents of the young man went out
daily. The life-like appearance of young
Weber was commented upon by every one
who went to the cemetery. A flush of
health marked the face. and the lips re-
tanned the redness common to them in life.
Not until yesterday morning did it begin
to fade and the ashy pallor of death set in,
accompanied by discoloration of the fore
head and temples. The bereaved father
was told in the morning by the sexton
that, for obvious reasons, to-day's look
must be the last.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

scH,oL AND CHURCH.

The professor of anatomy at EdiE>
burgh University is paid $4,000 .
year.
No student in Tulane University Is
permitted to pursue more than four
studies.
The Swedish Church has recently
adopted the revised version of the
Scriptures.
William 81. Vanderbilt has given
S500,OO as building fund to the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York City.-N r Sun.
The Salvation Army claims that its
colors are flying in nineteen different
countries, and that it prints eighteen
journals in six different languages
1t is estimated that the South is
spending to-day twice as much as it did
five years ago for education, and four
times as much as it spent in 1870.
Robert j. Burdette, the HaDkeye
humorist, has presented to the Baptist
Church of Lower Merton, Pa, church
bell in memory of his wife.
There is Methodist preacher in
Phillipsport, Pa, who travels over forty
five miles on his Sunday circuit, hold
ing four services. His salary is only
5000 year.-Pittsburgb Post
The conductors of the Palestine
Survey Expedition think they have
| identified the sepulcher of Joseph of
Arimathea. in which our Lord was laid
after the crucifixion.
Mr. Avar a wealthy GROCER of Bos-
ton has bnilt on the Rack Bay section
of that city $3.50, 900 pile of granite,
the s.First Spiritual Temple - to be used
by the Spiritualists.
| -A1erander Graham BeIl homes to in.
troduce oeneralIy into deaf and dumb
institutions the entire substitution of
articulate conversation for the present
system of sion NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
ter ocean.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
DEATH IN OLD RAGS.
Prominent New York Physicians Urge
Cholera Precautions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November 49,
Secretary SMcCulloch has received the
following letter urging immediate action to
prevent the introduction of cholera into
this country.
NEW YORK, November II, 1884.
HON. HUGH MCCULLoCH, Secretary of the
Treasury, Washington. D. c.: We the under
signed, recognize the fact that there is great
danger of the Introduction of ASiatic chol-
era into the United States through the medi-
um of old rags imported into the country
and coming from European ports, do hereby
respectfully suggest and urge upon you the
necessity for Immediate and decisive
action in reference thereto. We are
prompted thus to appeal to you
because of the recent removal of restriction
on the importation of old rags, and it is our
firm belief that this Threatened danger can
only be averted by the most thorough and
systematic disinfecting of all old rags COM
ing from any and all European ports. The
letter bears the Endorsement of about twenty
prominent physicians of New York, among
others those of Prof. John c. Draper, Drs.
Hamilton, Flint, Doremus and Weisse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

why don't you literary men get
richp" asked lady of a Bohemian. Il
don't know" he replied, ''unless it is
that dollars and cents never go to-
gether. IN 7. Independent.
Many persons seem to imagine that
they are always in. an amphitheatre
whereas, all the while. they are playing
to empty benches Monthly Magazine
-Ouida says: "a girls love must
never be begged, but conquered.
That's all very well, but how to subdue
the thick-soled parent of the period is
what's bothering our young men just
now.-San Francisco Post.
-.If you want to look for heroes in
our days. says woman writer, .tyou
must look for them in the kitchen
That's where the policeman spends
most of his time while on duty.-Bnr-
Hngtors Haaokeye.
"A favorite style: s'WeH, my daught-
er, YOUR mother and / have been con-
sulting recently about the windows for
our new house. What kind would you
like in the parlorp'' %, thank you,
papa, for seeking my advice. / should
prefer beau windows by all means. -
Boston Budget.
Health Hints: Never go to bed
with your clothes on. Never sleep with
your eyes open. Never drink
cocktail after dinner. Don't look
down the. barrels of gun to see il
it is loaded. Never kindle the fire with
kerosene. Never fool with a buzz-saw.
Never try to conciliate a strange dog
with kind words. Chicago Tribune.
"A little girl was told that she must
not 90 to the currant bushes-that the
currants would make her sick. She
tempted her. .sWhy didn't you pray:
Get thee behind me, Satanp'" asked
her mother. II did," was the reply,
"and he got right behind me and
pushed me into the bushes. y
Baby Mine with a Twist:
I've letter from your sire,
Baby mine, baby mine,
And he says he'll come and see US
y he ever gets the time.
Aid he thinks far in the distance
He can see coming day
When his very busy business
Will send him down this way.
And while the engine stops for water
Eull six minutes and half,
| He will listen to the music
| Of your winsome baby laugh.
| Twice already he has seen you,
| Twice has kissed your dimpled cheek.
| How you grow, you little beauty,
| One year old last Wednesday week.
Inter Ocean.
| Darling" he whispered, as the
clock sadly struck two, and he still sat
there trying to impress her with his
love, ..there is one thing SO much de-
sire. Would you let me take some
thing that would be eternally sweet to
my remembrance" 81 don't know, I"
she coyly replied, making move as If
to fall on thirty-cent shirt-front, "but
there is one thing you could take that
will fill my happy cup to overfiowing." I"
"What is it, loved one?" ready to catch
her; but only cold answer came, that
sounded like the bottom of coal-box
in December. .'You might take your
leave. ."-Atlantd Constitution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
catholic PIenary Council.

BALTIMORE, November 1.-THE work of
the Plenary Council, to-day, consisted of
reports of several committees, and it is ex-
pected some of the subjects will be voted
upon Sunday next at public session at the
Cathedral. All proceedings in public ses-
sions are in the Latin language, while the
discussions in secret sessions are in Eng
lsh. There was conference this after
noon in the Cathedral of the Arch
bishops and Bishops, at which the work of
the week had been reviewed, but nothing of
the particular subjects, nor conclusions
the Cathedral, Archbishop Seghers, of
Oregon, preached on "Indian Missions"
A meeting of the Catholic National Coloni-
zation Association is called for Tuesday
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Narrow Escape from Death.

LIVINGSTON, KY, November 15.-Simon
Griffin, while at work digging a well, forty
feet under ground, struck foul air, known
as the damps, and soon became suffocated,
aud fell PROSTATE to the ground.
Mr.. Champ Mullins, who was
attempting to get him out also be-
came similarly affected and also fell, and
had to be pulled out by rope. Mr.. Geo.
Sambrook, in the attempt to get them out
became somewhat suffocated, but not un-
conscious. Mullins soon revived, but Grif-
fin is still unconscious, but will get over it.
Both of them narrowly escaped.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
The Mystery of a Bake.Oyen.

CHICAGO, November 14.-George w.
Brooks built fire in his oven to-day. He
is baker, doing business at No. 465 West
Madison street. As the oven grew hot he
heard faint sound issuing from it, and on
opening the door discovered bundle. He
took out the bundle on wooden shovel,
and from the midst of it bright-eyed boy
baby extended his hands. Mr.. Brooks says
he has no idea how the baby was placed in
the oven without his knowledge, or to whom
it belongs. He turned it over to the police,
who sent it to the Foundling's Home.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Terrific Powder ExpIosion.

TOLEDO, o., November ia large lot of
powder, slowed in shed on Delaware
Greek, four miles from the city, exploded at
10 o'clock this morning. The report was
heard for forty miles in every direction.
Windows of houses in that quarter of the
city were generally broken. At Broadway
School, three miles from the scene, the win
dows were smashed, and the scholars
states holding windows up were broken.
Several persons working in the shed were
seen running and shouting. Every
body near took this as the signal of
danger and fed. A terrific explosionIfol-
lowed, but all were far enough away to es-
cape except an old man called Fred, who
had charge of the shed. He had got some
distance away, but was thrown down and
his hair was scorched by the explosion. A
spring wagon containing man and three
women, in the road hundred yards away,
was blown into ditch, but no one was
seriously injured. Fences were leveled in
the vicinity and limbs blown from trees.
The ruins ignited from the explosion.