Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-16
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
General Grant was so much better
Sunday that he added another block
to his afternoon walk.
A report of the Imperial Stats
ticaI Bureau for Germans aboard es-
Inmates the number of persons born
in Germany, now resident in Amer
lea, at 1,966.742.
Gen. Middleton and the Canadian
government forces encountered
Riels band at Batouche Saturday.
Riel's band was driven back with
heavy losses by the gatling guns of
the Canadian forces.
A monument has been erected at
London Park, Baltimore, in honor
of the Union soldiers, by the ladies'
who we're prominent in efforts in be.
half of tho soldiers during the war.
1t WIN be dedicated on Decoration
Day.
The usual Texas tragedy has oc-
Cured. Sheriff Ragsdale, of Fan
min county, that state, was killed BY
a mob while attempting to arrest
Sam and Eli Dyer. One Of the Dyers
is reported killed. A posse is in pur-
suit Of the murderers.
GRAFTON, w. Va, May IL
Charles s. Dlenuen, a freight brake
man on the Parkersburg Branch of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
fell from the top of a car, near Cairo,
today, and was instantly killed. He
was about twenty-five years of age,
unmarried, and resided with his par
ents in Parkersburg, where his re-
mains were taken.
PIEDMONT, w. VA, May H.
Twenty more men went to work this
morning in Elk Garden mines Nos.
and 2. They are said to be general
" men OF some property and of in
fiuence. The managers of these
mines now feel satisfied that these
mines will 60 safely ahead without
further trouble, and that the num-
Der of men at work win steadily in
crease.
WASHINGTON, May 10.-Father
Chapelle has already selected and
purchased q site for the new Cath0-
lie university. The property select
ed lies within mile OF the city lim-
its, and between the city and the
Soldiers Home. Tt is piece of
ground known as the Middleton es-
tate, contains sixtyfive acres, is we'll
wooded, and on it is located. the
spring which supplies the Capitol
building with water. The price paid
for the ground is not stated.
The President last Friday appoint
ed George V. N. Lothrop, of Mich
igan. to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Unit
ed States to Russia; Boyd Winches
ter. of Kentucky, to be minister resi-
dent and consul general of the Unit.
ed States to Switzerland; j. E. w.
Thompson, of New York, to be min.
lister resident and consul general of
the United States to Hayti.
PHILADELPHIA. May 6.-The ord
nance board of the United States ar
my has recommended the construc-
ton OF q monster war balloon for the
use of the government, and Gen.
Russell Thayer, of this city, the in
yentor, has received instructions to
begin the work.. The board recon-
mends that a balloon of seven tons
ascending force be constructed and
that trials be made with it. 1t will
ostnearly $4,000. It will be the
largest balloon ever constructed,
with diameter of go feet, and a
length of 1876 feet.
The "dirigable war Balloon as it
is called, is cigar-shaped machine
pointed at both ends, and, unlike or
binary balloons, sails through the air
longitudinally. 1t is about three
times as long as it is wide. General
Thayer claims that he can lay city
in ashes with it in a night. Tons of
dynamite percussion bombs may be
carried into the clouds and dropped
while the balloon sails over camp
or fertilization or feet ofships.