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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-19
MARTlnsBUR9 :lMDEPEMDEMT.
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1855.
The Mother Tells the Nurse
10 Let Him Have Id.
And He Gets HI.

~ -
And He Gets HIT.
Among the passengers on the ST.
Louis express on the Erie Railway.
between Post Jarvis AMI Jersey City,
was very much over dressed woman,
accompanied by bright-looking
Irish nurse girl, who had charge of a
self-willed, tyrannical two-year-old
boy, of whom the over-dressed woman
was plainly the mother. The mother
occupied seat BY herself. The MUSE
and child were in seat immediately
in front OF her. The child gave such
frequent exhibitions of temper, and
kept the car filed with such vicious
wells and shrieks, that there was .
general feeling Of savage indignation
among the passengers. Although he
time and again spat in his nurses
face. scratched her hands until the
blood came, and tore at her hair and
bonnet, she bore with him patiently.
The indignation Of the passengers
vas made the greater because the
ch;ld's mother made no effort to cor
rect or quiet him, but on the contrary
sharply chided the nurse whenever
she manifested any firmness. What
ever the boy yelped for,the mothers
cry was uniformly:
sLet him have it Mary"
BY the time the train passed Tur-
ner's the feelings Of the passengers
had been wrought up to the boilin4
point The remark was made audi
bly, here and there that lit would be
worth paying for to have the your &
one chucked out of the Window
The hopeful's mother was not moved
by the very evident annoyance tn,
passengers felt, and at last fixed he
self down in her seat for a comfor.
able nap The child had just slap
ped the nurse in the face for the hun
dredth time, and was preparing for
fresh attack when a wasp came iron
somewhere in the car and flew agsinsi
the window in the nurses seat. The
boy at once made dive for the warp
as it struggled upward or the glas
The nurse quickly caught his hand
and said to him coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch! Bug vii
bite Harryp'
Harry gave savage yell, and be
gan to kick and slap the nurse: Th'
mother awoke from her nap. She
heard her sons screams, and. with
out lifting her head or opening he'
eyes, she cried out sharply to tht
nurse;
en- by will you tease that child So
Nary Let him have it at onceT
Mary let go Of Harry. She settleo
back in her seat with an air OF resie
nation. but there was sparkle in he
eye. The boy olutched at the wasp
and finally caught it.
The yell that followed caused jo,
to the entire car, for every eye Wa
ON the boy. The mother awok
again.
"Mary "she cried, ''lst him hav
itW
Mary turned calmly in her seat,
and with wicked twinkle in her ey.,
said:
"Shure, he got it, mum !"
This brought the car down, Every
one in it reared. The child's mothe,
rose up in her seat with jerk.
When she learned what the matte
was she pulled her boy over the back
Of tire seat and awoke sympathy fo'
him by laying him across her knee
and warming him nicely In ter
minutes he was IS quiet and meek as
lamb, and he never opened his
mouth again until the train reached
Jersey City.
1t is said to be a singular fact that
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-19

WILL attend to the Real Estate business
wv il all its branches. Will buy and sell
lands on commission Persons having Land
or Town Property to sell, will consult their
interests by placing them in our handa at
once OF advertisement.
zr- For fsle. On AP RAILROAD TICK.
ST TO ALL POINT WEST.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
The Dyusmiters.

CHICAGO, Feb. "a morning paper has
the following: Within the past few days a
meeting Of dynamite chiefs has been held
in this city. The names and the coming
and going of the members from abroad were
kept secret. There was no display but the
outcome Of the consultation is expected TO
produce new activity and possibly modi-
fcation, if not change, Of programme
Chicago has always been in the van of
Irish revolutionary methods in this country,
and to give to this city and to the north
west boom in the dynamite direction, it
has been determined to have O'ConoVan
Rosa here on March 4th next, the ami
versary of Robert Emmett, when he will
appear at public demonstration. It Is to
be the Inauguration of anew crusade against
England in which it is said other agencies
as we'll as dynamite will be employed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
DRANESVILLE.

Correspondence of the Alexandria GAZETTE
EVANSVILLE, Fairfax county, Va, Feb
This is d peaceful and quiet little vii.
lage, full of neat cottages, well-kept gardens
and thrifty orchards and free from all that
intoXicates nestled down near the broad
Potomac in picturesque region and I;rs
climate, but unfortunately we are Soma.
what deficient in enterprise and capital
No roar of machinery distracts the ear. M
army of labor is daily marshaled Dy IN.
clang of the factory bell. Yet we are SLOWLY
improving and looking forward for ber,ar
times under the incoming Administrations
which we hail with gladness, for We know
It meaus reform III all the branches u( ,Lr
Government and free trade with TN, world
Our school here is in hourishinp co.,Ii.
ton, with larger attendance ;iInn .rv
previous session, aud fair prospects f,ra
graded school in the near future.
The old church which has stood the storms
OF many winters has been repaired and f..
painted. This has been consumma,,L
through the indominable energy and per.
severance of DR.. Dulany. the preacner IN
charge, and a handsome and commoijons
vestibule and spire, pointing heavcnwurd
have added greatly to its appearance
The /. 0. of G. Il. have we'll organized
and we'll attended lodge here in good work
ing order, which meets once week. Tn,
order has exerted some influence paricu.
larly among the young people. The suhiec,
OF incorporates is made especially inter
esting to the young, from the fact that this
vice is often contracted in early life, in com.
parative innocence, without the thought Of
The evils to which it inevitably leads.
Cards are out for the marriage of our
liberal and enterprisng fellow citizen, Mr.
VIM. Saunders. This promises to be bril-
liant affair, and many are looking forward
to it with anticipations of pleasure.
Wheat does not promise large yield,
owing to the dry fall, and the winter has
been unfavorable. The acreage is not large.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
Farmer Assessiuated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 9.-There is in
tense excitement in this city and Brent
wood, ten miles from here, BY the assassi-
nation of old James Carter, farmer, by
the Sawyer brothers, near Brentwood, Sat
urday. A lady who saw the shooting says
"Obediah Sawyer and his two brothers
were hidden in thicket opposite Gennett's
blacksmith shop, on the Hillsboro turnpike,
when old man Carter drove up in bis wag-
on. Carter beard uoise in the bushes and
turned toward the thcket. He saw guns
pointed at MIN and threw up his right hand
before his face. Two loads Of buckshot Ell
tered his hand and face. The old man fell
back in the wagon and expired" ven.
delta exists between the Sawyer and Carter
families
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

A PRETTY SHoP-GIRL's CAREER Mary
Halliday, the wife of a once wealthy gentle
man who has been ruined by the woman g
dissipation, was arrested last Sunday in
New York for drunkenness. When she was
released from the cell, it was found that her
auk!e had been broken during the debauch,
and she was sent to the hospital
Tweuty-four years ago she was q pretty
shop girl, in the employ of Philip Belsinger,
a wealthy cloakmaker in Philadelphia. Bel
singer fell in love with his fair working
woman aud married her. Before the crre.
mony was performed she was converted to
the Jewish faith, and took the name of
Rachel For years they lived happily, and
twelve children blessed their union. Mr..
Belsinger prospered in business, and was re-
u'ed 10 he worth over $500, 900. In 1870 his
wife began to drink, and at times would
leave home often for weeks together, but for
TIE eli dren'5 sake her husband took her
bick. She lived extravagantly and wasted
b ar husbands wealth reck essly. In order
TO avoid further scandal, Mr. Belsinger NOV
Ell bis children to Savannah, Ga. Then the
woman grew repentant and begged her hus-
band to receive her, and promised to stop
drinking. He came to Philadelphia TO
meet her and agreed to give her another
trial. "Your mother will arrive by
boat on Wednesday, meet her and
strew her path with flowers" he tele-
graphed to his children at Savannah.
Three daughters went to the wharf and
scattered roses OH the gang plank on which they
ex pected her TO walk but instead four sailors car
ried her senselcss form down the plank. She was
holplessy drunk. The woman has now become
confirmed irnnkard and has been in every Police
Court in New York. Last Friday she was released
from Blackwell's Island Penitentisry where she
had been serving three months term The un-
fortunate WOMAN, now 50 years of age is past re-
claiming. Her husband secured a. divorce from
her two weeks ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8.

THE INDIANA DELEGATION who casieu
upou the President-elect in New YORK. anu
who are reported in New York paper as
saving that the President intended 10 rec
ogoize the independent republicans IN Inc
disposition of the federal patronage and TO
retain such republicans as have been goo"
and efficient officers, say that that report Is
correct aud that Mr.. Cleveland did talk
to them to that effect. This, of course, Is
not satisfactory to those democrats who be-
Iieye that to the victors belong the spo'ls;
but if honest and faithful federal office mold
ers can I've found, who, during the last cam
paign, attended solely to the duties OF tneir
respective ofices,a and did not take an active
part in politics, no reasonable democrat will
demand their removal. That independent
republicans should be recognized goes with
out saying, for had it not been for their ef
fec'ive aid the democrats would not have
carried the election.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

FROM THE just published letter OF the
Secretary of State, reviewing the reports
from the consuls of the United States in
relation to the state of labor in Europe, 1t
Is plainly shown that the price OF labor IS
much higher, and its general condition bet
ter in every respect, in free-trade England
than ia any of the protected European
countries. And it is between England ana
those countries that comparisons respecting
the effect Of tariff, upon labor should be
made, because the conditions in them are
alike. This being new and cparsely set
tied country, where land is cheap, easily
obtained, and agricultural labor in many
parts of it always in demand, the conditions
are altogether dissimilar, and therefore
afford no legitimate factors for comparisons
between the etfect of tariffs upon its labor
and that of the old and densely populated
European countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
The War in EpyDt.

LONDON, Feb. 9-It is believed that q
brigade Of the Guard will be ordered to
Egypt. No tidings have been received at
the War Office up to midnight last night
concerning either Gen. Gordon or Col Will
son.
CAIRO, Fen. SIN an interview today
the Khedive said he believed that General
Gordon was still alive, as the Mahdi was
too wise man to kill him. The Mahdi had
no interest in wishing the death Of General
Gordon. but, on the contrary, would do all
in his power to prevent such an occurrence.
Instant action on the part Of Eaglaud, he
said, is necessary to prevent the further
progress Of the Mahdi's cause and avert
new disasters. The abandonment of the
Soudan by England, under the present cir
cumstances, would be grave mistake. The
tribes hitherto friendly TO Great Britain
would now join the Mshdi, and if England
does not take immediate steps to crush him
his influence may seriously threaten the
stability Of the British Empire in India.
LONDON, Feb. 9.--Lor1 Wo!seley tele-
graphs to the War Office to-day from Korti
as follows: 1.-THE advance guard of General
EarIe's column, consisting of a squadron OF
cavalry under the command of Col. Butler
surprised large body Of the Monassir tribe
under Wad Gam, the murderer of Colonel
Stewart, encamped at the Shakoob wells
The cavalry charged the ehcampment, and
the enemy fed in every direction, leaving
behind thirty men killed and large num-
her Of camels and cattle and many Reming-
ton rifles. Col Butler also captured six
prisoners.
CONsTA NTINoPLE, Feb. 9.-Orders have
! been issued to put the Turkish fleet in read
mess for duty at sea within a month. The
impression prevails that the fleet will go to
the Red sea, and that the order has been
made because OF The recent movements Of
Italian ships in the Red sea. The Turkish
fleet has been lying practically idle in the
Golden Horn ever since the Turco Russian
war 1t is asserted that the machinery Of
most of the ships has not been sci in MOTIF II
nor cleaned for at least five years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

NOTWITHSTANDING the lateness OF the
session and the press Of business, Mr.. Pal
mer, republican from Michigan, delayed the
U. s. Senate on Friday last for more than
an hour by speech in favor of woman
suffrage. A man who advocates woman
suffrage is even more of a crank than the
few old and middle aged woman who, hay
ing lost hope of every thing else, wish to
degrade their own sex by bringing it into
intimate contact with the filth Of politics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
Tragic Murder.

COLEMAN, Tex February "a tragic
murder occurred Saturday hight at the
ranch Of A. J. Sathans, ten miles north OF
here At about dark, stranger rode up,
and without disncuuting approached the
door and asked woman 10 tell Dudley
Henderson to come out as he wanted to see
him As Henderson appeared in the yard,
the stranger covered him with bis revolver
and said TO several by. ISLANDERS: "Now see
me kill him." Before any one could move,
ne sent bullet through Henderson's heart.
After Henderson had fallen, the stranger
fired four more bullets into his body, any
one Of which would have proved fatal.
Bidding Mr.. Nathans good evening, the
stranger rode away. Mr.. Henderson WAS Il
handsome young fellow, who, il is now
learned, had sought this secluded spot TO
hide away from an Infatuated and wroneed
husband, who is a wealthy stockman, re-
siding some fifty miles from Coleman. This
mans wife and Henderson had been school
males in Georgia, and when she married
the Texan, Henderson followed her to this
State about a year ago. BY an accident the
husband discovered his wife's uufaithfnl-
ness. He sent her back to Georgia and be-
gan his search for Henderson, which ended
Saturday night. Henderson and the UNI
faithful wife belong to highly respectable
families. The sheriff. is in pursuit Of the
murderer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were $50 deaths in Baltimore last
week
Presidentelect Cleveland spent Sunday ut
Greys,one, in conference with Mr.. Tilden
Nine convcts were whipped at New Cas-.
tie, Del, Saturday, eight for laceny and one
for burglary.
The Gnion Line steamer, Alaska, about
the safety which fears were entertained, ar
rived yesterday at New York.
VicePresdent Hendricks arrived in New
Orleans Saturday and was formally welcom-
ed by committee from the exposition.
A futile attempt was made Saturday night
to break into the banking house of Conway,
Gordon and Garnett in Fredericksburg.
The gunpowder works at Fat-Sban, four
teen miles from Cnnto, China, exploded on
December -, killing two hundred and ny
workmen.
Eice-Presideut elect Hendricks will deliv-
er the address of welcome to the Worlds
Cotton Convention, which opens in New Or
leans Tuesday.
The Farmers National Congress will
meet on Tuesday at the exposition building
in New Orleans. One thousand delegates
are expected to be present.
The bishop Of Madrid has issued notice
oIbidding members of the church to read
the works of lola, the French novelist, uu-
der penalty of accommodation.
S7vera! desperate fights have occurred in
Texas, along the Rio Grande, between
ranchmen and Mexican marauders In one
of these liz hts twelve Mexcans were killed.
A number Of naval cadets, deficient in
hap oil n,1
OF the thirty seven members of the gradual
ing class of the Academy this wear, seven
are from Virginia.
An old fellow in New Jersey named Kelp
had s. 900 in cash, and was told that he
must die. He bought himself a cemetery
lot and coffin, and arranged for the funeral,
and then burned $4,000 by the flame of
candle.
An express train of eight cars is valued at
SOC 700 the engine and tender at SO 800;
the baggage car at 81 ,000 the postal car at
$4,000, the smoker at s., 200. the two COM
mon passenger cars at $4,000, aud three
sleeping cars at SIS 800 each.
The packing house of G. Cassard g. Sou,
West Baltimore street, Baltimore, was de.
stroyed by fire yesterday morning, entailing
loss of about $4,000 The livery stable
Of Joseph Bergman, next door, was damag-
ed to the extent OF 81, 500.
Wo!seley has been ordered by the British
government, in case Gordon is killed, to
suppress the rebellion in the Soudan. Italy
is anxious to aid England, but there is talk
of no action unless the latter agrees TO an
alliance offensive and defensive.
The heaviest suow storm ofthe season oc-
Cured in the region of Halifax, N. S., Sat
urday. Traffic through the streets of Hall.
fax was greatly impeded, the drifts in many
places being 8 and 10 feet high. 1t was
showing heavily in Chicago last night, and
at Omaha and other Western points.
The body of George f. Strother promi-
nent young farmer Of Stafford county, who
committed suicide about two months ago,
was found in the Rappahannock river at
Carsons Ferry Friday night. Around his
neck was a piece Of rope, to which was at
tached piece of iron weighing about six
teen pounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

NOTHING illustrates the vicissitudes of
fortune under republican governments more
glaringly than the fact that the heirs of
General Andrew Jackson, once the Presi
dent, and forever the pride Of his country,
are in such necessitous circumstances that
they have been compelled to sell the gold
medal voted him by Congress in commemo-
ration Of his victory at New Orleans. And
still the dynamiters are not sa!ifed with the
equality of opportunity atfordeds them in
this country
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

GENERAL MAHoNE's own and personal
organ having stated that General Lee con-
templated recommending the General as
his successor, General Early wrote to Gen.
GUSTS Lee about the matter, and the re-
Spouse he received was to the effect that if
General Lee entertained such al idea none
Of those closest to him ever heard him ex-
press it. From this, and the failure of any
one of those who are reported 10 have heard
him do SO, to reveal himself, Generly Early
naturally concludes that the entire state
ment was manufactured from the whole
cloth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
The War in China.

PARIS, Feb ~9.-Gen. Briere de Flsle tele-
graphs to the Government as follows: On
Friday and Saturday wedestroyed five forts
belonging to the Chinese. The enemy had
evacuated them without fighting In the
forts we're found immense stores Of provi-
sions, guppowder and other war materials.
LONDON, Feb. "a dispatch to the Times
from Foo Chow says: Admiral Courbet
with seven men -of-war has arrived at Ma
tcon. A mutiny recently occurred on one
Of the ships aud twelve Of the mutineers
were shot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

ONa certain street in Denver is stone man.
sion which, with its grounds cost nearly 81 600
Oo0 Directly opposite, on vacant lot, is a
tent boarded up inside as far as the angle Of the
roof The back end of it is pierced with 8 stove
pipe, and in the front end are door and window
In tho window hangs . curtain of costly lace and
in the tent is piano of exquisite tone. The
tent i'self did not cost over 800 The piano, up.
holstery and furniture inside are said to have
cost over $4,000. The owner planted his tent
there over twenty. five years ago, and is one of
the moderately successful Colorado miners, being
worth about $4,000. He prefers his tent to any
dwelling house, and says he would not e1cban, .
it for Windsor astls
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

The U. 8. House Of Representatives
passed bill last saturday appropriatiug
$4,000 for the use of the property of the
Christian Brotherhood of St. Louis, Mo-, by
the federal soldiers during the civil war.
The U. S. Senate, on the contrary, has de-
feated the bill appropriating smaller
amount for the use and abuse of several NJ.
E. Churches in this immediate section by
the federal troops during the same war
WHY the difference?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
Railroad Accident-Four Persons Killed.

CREsToN, Iowa, Feb. ga serious acct
dent occurred about ten miles west of this
place yesterday afternoon. As train No. 3,
west bound, on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad approached a bridge across
small stream it struck n broken rail and
tilted along on the ties until it ran upon
the bridge, which went down, carrying with
it two coaches and sleeper containing
from twenty to twenty-five passengers
Four persons were killed and eight jured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

An eagle has just died in Vienna which
has been kept in confinement ia years. It
probably was young bird whsn caught, so
that IFS age must have been not far from 100
years. A record of the eagles condition was
made from year to year: Swans are on the
river Thames that are known to be $50
years old. For Eve centuries the Winners
Company there has kept record OF certain
swans, aud the ages of the specimens of
this loHg-lived species of waterfowl are
known to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

GENERAL" SMALLs, the colored member
of the United States House of Representa-
tives from South Carolina, who when pilot
of Confederate vessel ran her into the
federal lines where she was captured, intends
to bring up the case of that vessel again aud
thereby try to get more prize money. The
colored legislator is not a whit behind his
white colleague in looking out for the main
chance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
story about the discovery Of an assassina-
ton society in Florida has long since been
found to be- solely and entirely the work OF
vivid i'm .ginstou, and so published
throu yhout the country, the american, OF
Philadelphia, newspaper that carries Its
republicanism to the extreme of centraliza-
ton, reiterates it. and says, 1.-THE organiza-
ton of such society is but the formulation
of principle which has been put in prac-
tice in nearly every Southern State" But
the people of thu South have long since
ceased to entertain any other feeling than
pity for their silly, unhappy ard malicious
detractors and maligners among the repub-
licans in the North.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-09
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