Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-02
THE MARTTNsBURG HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 2, !
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
An attempt was made on Sunday |
hight to fire the new skating rink at
Janonsburg.
John Madden, of Long Reach, w.
Va, brakeman, had both legs brok-
IN besides other injuries. He may
At the end of the present year Just
100 young men viii have graduated
at the Morgantown University since
the beginning about eighteen years
ago.
= A man by the name of Yatrell,
hailing from Central Station, visited
Parkersburg, got glorioHsly full, went
to sleep in tough dive and was
robbed of $500.
In the death of Prosecuting Attor
ney Mcknight, of Tyler county,
which occurred this week, legal pro-
fessiOn loses brilliant member and
the community good citizen.
BELLToN, w. VA, April 24.-The
fast stock train east to-day was
wrecked by a broken axle at Gar
rett's station, two miles west of here.
Nine cars were thrown off the track.
The sawmlll Of M. M. Miller s. Co.,
in Summers county, was destroyed
by an incendiary a few nights ago.
Loss, S2,400; no insurance. An en-
ploye sleeping in the mill narrowly
escaped.
James Shifett, of Gilmer county,
was very drunk, and laid down in
the road to rest while on his way
home at night. Exposure had IA
tai effect and he died shortly after
being carried home.
Gen. John w. Perry, for years
past a prominent lawyer of N York,
died OH Friday morning last. He
was born at Wellsburg, W. Va, in
1886, and served during the war un-
der Gen. Lee, in the Confederate az
my.
Suit has been entered in the Circuit
Court of Taylor county, w. Va, by
s. w. Pierce against 8. P. McCormic,
United States collector of internal
revenue, for $4,000 damages for de-
famatiOn Of character. Pierce was a
clerk in the internal revenue Office
and was discharged by Mccormick.
While Louis Hess and Martin
Flanagan, of Grafton, were amusing
themselves with bottle of powder
1T caught fire and exploded in Elan.
agan's hands. cutting them badly
and blowing pieces of glass in young
Hess face and neck. The surgeons
have been unable so far to remove
one of the pieces which lodged near
a large artery.
The Writ county Transcript con-
tains the following in relation to the
wheat crop: The small amount OF
wheat not frozen out by the terrible
weather of the past winter is show
ing some growth of under the warm
sunshine and showers of the past few
days. The crop will be exceedingly
light, many fields having been pillow
ed up to be cultivated in other crops
The Supreme Court of West Vir
ginia has rendered a decision in IA
vor of M. o. Chapman in his suit
against the Pittsburg and Steuben.
VILE Railroad Company, now part
of the Panhandle line, for $3.50, 600
due contract work for the construc.
ton OF the road. Mr.. Chapman
bought up the claims of the con
tractors. The case will probably be
appealed to the United States Su
preme Court.
Ex-Sheriff Hassler, of jackson
county, who came up on a business
trip, says he has great difficulty to
collect money on the tax levy of 1884
Between the drought of last season
and the hard winter subsistence for
stock has been scarce and money is
scarcer. Besides, a good deal OF
money has been put in slaves, for
which the demand is not good. The
wool clip will bring some money into
the county, and the rains will let out
some lumber which has represented
dead capital. Col. Hassler thinks
the people Of the three districts to
which the proposition is to be submit.
ted will vote S15, 900 in bonds for the
Ohio River Railroad. He expects
the railroad to be of great benefit to
jackson county.