Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Rome Is CartattittU Will DoOA3 eAc
Tiber having risen 40 feet.
The Ohio Wool Growers Associa.
| ton adopted resolutions calling for .
union OF American industries to sus-
tain protective tariff.
/ The Chariestom Journal is new
Republican paper started IN this
State. The more of them the bet
ter. Long life and prosperity.
Strikers at the Oliver Plow Works,
South Bei,.i, Ind, caused riot Tues
day. in winch one WAS fatally, and \
dozen others less seriously, injured.
The steam saw-mill belonging to
j. r. Williams, near Smithfield,
Ohio, exploded Tuesday. The boil
rr was blown a mile away. Three
persons were killed.
Striking railway men at Fort
Wayne have stopped all freight trains
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chic ,go Read. because Of the attempt
to set up the :. double hradern sys-
tenn of freighting.
KEYsER, Jan. PA large barn
belonging to Col. T. +. McCsnle, OPP
pn>itp the round house, was burned
about 3 o'clock this morning, des-
troying farming implements, wagons,
scales, &C.; also two valuable horses
belonging to Henry Baker, persisted
III the flames.
In the United States Senate, Tues
day, Messrs. Vance and Brown made
personal explanations in relation TO
the Sherman Davis controversy.
Mr.. Hawley's re olution calling for
the publication OF the Sherman pa
per was adopted. Elk Speaker Col
fax's death was announced.
Hon. John S. Marmaluke was IN
anguratpd governor IF Missouri, Mon
day. Hon. John A. Martin was in
augnrated governor of Kansas.
Grand ceremonies attended the in
Eaagnratinn of Gov. Gray, of Indi-
ana, at Indianapolis. Vice Presi-
dent elect Hendricks was present.
PARKERsBURG, w. VA, Jan. IL.
The municipal election held yes
terday resulted as follows: Mayor
DR.. Isaac Scott, (Rep.); Councilmen
ID. Henry Fischer. (Rep.); w.
Vrooman, {Rep.); William Burk,
(Rep.); r.. H. Thomas, rep; G. q.
Martin, (Dem.); G. j. Reynolds,
(Dem.).
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 9.-Mrs.
Myra Clara Gaines, the famous liti-
giant, died at lilo tonight, aged 80
years. The first suit brought by
Mrs. Gaines Uhen Mrs. Whitney,
was against the trustees for some
property left her by her father, Dan
iel Clark. in his will of 1911, Int that
was abandoned, as she claimed tn
have discovered proof Of a later will,
IN which she was recognized as his
sole heir.
i CHARLESTON, w. VA, Jan. 12.-
Mrs. Laura A. Shrewsbury, aged
seventy five years, is dead. She
was "A relative of General Washing.
ton, being the daughter OF Harriet
Washington and Major Andrew
Parks. of Baltimore. Mrs. Shrews.
bury possessed many memorials OF
| General Washington, including 4
gold snuffhox presented him by the
city of New York.
4 Mr.. Vanderbilt proposed to release
the debt owed him by General Grant
hut, after correspondence, his offer
has been declined, except as it r.
lates to Grants swords, medals, com
missions and gifts, which are re
deemed by Mr.. Vanderbilt and pre-
scented by him Co Mrs. Grant, on con
elition that they shall go to the gov
ernment at Washington after til.
Generals death, and "there remain
rs perp .tual memorials OF his fame
and OF the history Of his time"
The Parkersburg journal tells O
the following dastar,lly outrage
Some party or parties unknown
: gave Paris green TO the Two milcl
cows owned by w. L. Hoy, of Lauck
port. There was no discoverablt
motive for the deed, but it was a
clear case of poisoning by Paris
green, rs shown by Il post-mortem
examination. The animals were
valuable, and the only live stock
owned by the family. What adds
to the meanness of the outrage il
that Mr.. Hoy is poor man, and has
Il wife and five small children"
i Ex-Vice- President Schuyler Colfax
who died Tuesday at Mankato, MINI.
was horn in the city of New York in
March, 1928. Having in 1886 remov
ed to Indiana, his career as a poll
iician is identified with the histor,
OF the latter State. Beginning as a
clerk in country store, he became
afterward lawyer, an editor, "A del
egate to .he wlIig national c0nven
ton of 184S. and in 1854 member
of Congress. BY successive re elec
tiOns he continued in Congress unit
1868, when he was elected Vice Pres
idrnt on the til ket with Gen. Grant
His aIlegeil participation in the
Credit Mnbilier stock distribution
made by Cakes Ames cloulrd hi,
/ POLITICAL prospects in his latter years
| and perhaps prevented his renomi
nation along with Gen. Grant for 4
second term.
j MACON, GA, Jan. PA cyclone
passed over tile adjoining county q