Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29
GENERAL NEWS.

HOftSb ultS al AaStn6 IA 4tAtoS.S
and northern w sconsin.
There is general move for high
er wages on the railroads running
out of Boston.
The village Of Runkels, Wis.,, was
destroyed by fire on Monday night.
Loss $4,000.
A wind and hail storm did great
damage at Danville, Hendricks
county, Ind, Monday.
A boiler explosion at Lima, o.,
killed the engineer and seriously
wounded six persons.
Indictments for murder have been
found against number of Anarch-
lists in Chicago.
Congressman Morrison says Con-
gress will adjourn early in July.
His scheme is to get bis tariff bill
up and make it unfinished business
for the next session.
A freight train on the Chicago
and Alton Railroad dashed into n
drove of cattle. p. Monday, the
fireman, was killed and the engin-
eer and brakeman seriously hurt.
CHICAGO, May GA disastrous
fire occurred in a large brick and
stone structure at the corner OF Con-
gress street and Wabash avenue,
early this morning. The loss will
approximate 81, 100000.
G. w. Grenshaw and Alexander
Irving, of Cotulla, Texas, were in
the habit of greeting each other by
swapping their revolyers. Grenshaw
snapped his when it was loaded,
and greeting was fatal one.
Mrs. Riel, widow of the leader in
the rebellion that cost him his life,
died at her home in Manitoba on
Monday last. Her father reached
her bedside too late to see her alive.
Her remains were inferred beside
those of her husband in the Cath
edral Cemetery at st. Boniface.
TYRONE, PA, May 25.-The strike
of coal miners in the Clearfield re-
glon commencing March 18th was
declared off today, and work will
be resumed on Thursday, the 9th
inst. They are to be paid forty
cents-same as before the strike.
Pay day to be every Two weeks ;
abolition of store orders, and wages
to be paid in cash.
The body of Tillie Smith, the SER
want girl at the Hackettstown Col.
legiate Institute who lost her life in
defending her honor, has been re-
moved from the panper grave where
it was first deposited to beautiful
spot in the cemetery, and a monu-
ment is to be erected to mark the
spot. The fund for this purpose
amounts to $500, and is rapidly in
creasing.
Clark North, a blind man, carries
the mail from Claryville, Sullivan
county, to Big Indian, Ulster coun.
ty, N. Y, distance of twenty
miles, three times week. The
road is so rough as to be impossible
for vehicles, and the route is ac-
complished ON foot. He has been
the mail carrier on this route for
thirty years, and has never missed a
trip either in winter or summer.
The New York Tribune remarks !:
When Mr.. Blaine said the Repub-
licans were robbed of trust of Gov
ernment by Bourbon outrages in
the South, he was waving the
bloody Shirt" but when jeff DAVIS
talked rank treason the other day
at Montgomery he was merely
wrapped in the mantle of regret"
The Democrats and their allies have
convenient eyes and can cross them
at will.
The gubernatorial fight IN Georgia
is one of the most exciting political
contests this country has had for
many days. The candidates-Gen-
eral Gordon and Hon. A. o. Bacon
started out on joint debates, but
so bitterly personal and dangerous
ly vindictive have the discussions
become that the party managers
have stepped in and declared these
debates off. At Augusta, the strong
hold of Bacon, the audience Kissed
Gordon SO that he could not con-
clude his speech. The peculiar thing
about it is that it is entirely a fam.
lily fight. Both Candidates are
Democrats, and all the audiences
are Democratic.