Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-11-01
GENERAL NEWS.

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Two hundred and sixty Irish
Democratic voters have formed a
Blaine and Logan Club in Milwaukee.
a careful canvass Of the vote IN
New York on Tuesday, November 4,
makes the majority for Mr.. Blaine
26.51O.
The British ship Little Beck, while
on a voyage from Ibraila to Rotter-
dam, was wrecked. Fourteen per-
sons were drowned.
One hundred thousand people met
in Hyde Park, London, Sunday, and
adopted resolutions calling for the
abolition Of the House Of Lords.
j. T. Vanmeter, of Hardy county,
w. Va, sold last week 81 head OF
cattle of his own feeding aud graz.
ing that averaged 1,719 pounds in
weight.
An explosion of fire-damp near
Uniontown, Pa, is known to have
killed two miners, and twenty others,
imprisoned in the mine, are believ.
ed to have been killed.
General Butler has written let
ter denying the report that at his
meeting with Secretary Chandler on
the Tallapoosa he made a bargain in
the interest of Blaine's election.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 26.-In.
ties, Gain & Co.'s gg-packing estab-
lishment, together with 225, 900 doz-
en- eggs and a quantity of cheese
and dried fruits, was destroyed by
fire today. Loss $4,000.
The Southern exposition closed at
Louisville, KY, Saturday, aud was
a success in every respect. The
immense building was crowded all
day with people and at night fully
40, 900 persons took part in the clos.
ing scenes.
Lorin Blodget, the statistician,
says that English mail steamers fire
quently throw American mail mat
ter overheard in order to prevent
United States merchants from gain
ing foothold in South American
trade.
The United States Circuit Court
at Philadelphia has dismissed the
application of the Baltimore and
Ohio for an injunction, the Pennsyl-
vania Road agreeing to allow the
Baltimore and Ohio trains to run
until November 2.
In speech at Washington on
Saturday night Mr.. Mcpherson
showed that during Buchanan's adj.
ininistration the Democratic party
squandered on Mail contracts more
than the entire sum charged to have
been lost by the star route frauds.
FAYETTEVILLE, w. VA, Oct. aS
In fight growing out of politics,
between James Armstrong and
James Roach, at Oak Hill, Fayette
county, Roach kicked Armstrong in
the stomach, from the effects oil
which he died III flew hours. Roach
has been arrested and lodged in
Jail.
Miss Hattie McCreary, of Gettys
burg, Pa, has bequeathed $4,000 to
Princeton Theological Seminary, for
the support of students preparing
for the missionary field; $1,000 to
the American Bible Society 81 200
to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions, and $500 to the Presbyter.
ian Board of Home Missions.
| LONDON, Oct. %. "A violent
northwest storm prevailed last night
and today throughout the, British
Isles and the neighb0ring seas
Houses were demolished at Shields,
vessels in the Clyde were driven
from their mornings, and many
small wrecks are reported along the
coast. Four vessels were driven
ashore off Greenock. Incoming
steamers report that fearful wealth.
er was encountered one at sea. A
steamer from Lisbon for Cardiff was
wrecked at Penzance, and the Ger
man cruiser Undine was wrecked
off the Danish coast. The crews OF
both were saved.
Fallen forest leaves are giving the
Maryland Central Railroad trains
trouble. For the past day or two
the trains have been delayed by the
accumulation Of leaves on the tracks
at steep grades and deep cuts in
Baltimore county, especially near
the Gunpowder river. The slippery
debris has made it difficult for the
locomotives to make time on then
trips.
Last week a barn belonging to s
V. Loughey, near st. George, Tuck
er county, w. Va, was burned in
the night. The next day 1t was
found that human being had been
burned in the building. 1t vas sup
posed to be tramp, who had been
seen in the vicinity the day previous
Friday some children playing near
the ruins discovered in fence cor
ner the horribly burned body of a
middle-aged man. 1t is supposed
that lie succeeded in getting out oil
the building, but was overcome and
died. 1t is now certain that there
were two men in the barn.
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