Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-12-11
State News.

IA young man who gave his name
as flames Marshall but who was
afterward identified as S. s. Grover,
was lodged in jail here today to an
swer the charge Of breaking in the
postoffice and store, at Torch, few
miles from here, and stealing goods
and money to the value of several
hundred dollars. Grover was once
a prominent school teacher in the
neighborhood, and halls from the
East. He had served a term In the
Ohio penitentiary, and after the
United State Court gets through
with him the authorities here will
hold him for the other robberics.
! Goods stolen from the Torch post
office were found in his possession
and after preliminary trial this af-
ternoon he was sent to Jail to await
further proceedings.
Jas. Hogdin, John Evans and
Charlie Hill, of Petersburg, Grant
county, went out on Saturday last
in search of Mort Ford and Chasles
Turner, the former having broke jail
at Moorefield on the night of the
burning of Fishers barn, and the lat
ter supposed to be an accessory with
/ Ford, if he fired the barn. They
captured the two colored individuals
near Mcdowell, in Highland county
Va, and brought them into Peters
burg on Tuesday evening on their
way to Moorefeld. Turner is thought
to be party wanted in Ohio, and
both are suspicioned of firing Fish
er's barn.
On Saturday some unknown per-
sons, from wantonness or malice ZOOS
ed the brakes on ten flat cars belong
ing to the Chesapeake Il Ohio rail
way, loaded with iron, and standing
on the incline just above the Hunt
ington wharf, and allowed the whole
train to run into the river. The iron
had just been brought down the road
and was awaiting the arrival of the
steamer Andes for shipment up the
river. The river being high, the
cars and cargo, consisting Of 12e
, tons. are under water and cannot be
reached until the tide subsidies.
A most distressing affair occurred
on the Gushing farm in Mason conn
ty, w. Va, opposite Chambersburg
Saturday. A lady named Mrs. Kane
a sister Of Mrs. Cushing. eighty-twc
years of age, was left in the house
: by a member of the household, wht
when returning, discovered her lean
} ing over the manteI, the flames from
: the crate having caught her cloth
: ing. The shoes were burned from
! her feet. Mrs. Cushing survived bn
9 a few hours. ~fs.gssv ~yFT1 r., -
A certain married woman and ar
unmarried one, of Parkersburg,. ar
exciting a great deal ofcomment b,
their conduct, and some persons will
whom they have been out at improp
err hours, think they are laying tn
ropes for bold scheme of black
|, mail, if they can get the right kim
!. of suckers to bite. tits certain tina
! public opinion gives them credit 70
|, being on crooked lay, and the al
mosphere down there is full of scan
dial.
} John Morgan, q prominent hors
3 dealer of this region, while some
: what under the influence Of liquor
i took large dose of what he suppos
/. to be medicine. He was seized wit
. violent commissions, from which b
died at Centerville, few miles fror
, here, last night
Thomas Delliard, an employee o
: the Paint Greek Coal Company, fel
from moving train near Blacks
burg on Sunday last, and was crush
ed to death by the trucks His heat
was cut in two, and his body terri
bly, mangled.
, The largest residence, with all it
contents, belonging to Henry War
. wick, few miles this side of Clarks
burg, was destroyed by fire yesterda,
loss about $4,000. w
AT Cutter, a few miles west of Thu
city, the large barn of of John Burk,
containing twelve head of cattle ant
quantities of hay and grain, was des
troyed by an incendiary fire, loss 81
500. No insurance.
A fire at st. Adams, w. Va, yes
terday morning, destroyed one of the
largest flooring and saw-mills in the
state. The property belonging to
the Mohler Bros. and the loss sna