Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-07-17

~ AASANe 80 uDt 1Os
Another big gas well has beer
struck at Cambridge, O.
| The telegrapher's strike ut Oma
ha appears to be small affair.
| The State Liquor League of Penn
| syivania, will hold a convention a
! Pittsburg.
The Kansas Prohibition convention
meeting at Emporia, will nominate
full state ticket.
Five bu. einess buildings and on,
dwelling were burned at Anderson
! Ind, loss 1000.
The proprietors Of number 0
policy stops have been arrested By
the Cincinns. ii police.
Joliet I'll, rep rts h'ailstorm il
which the stones ranged in size ron
HICKORY nuts to apples.
Fishermen Of Carrolton, o. nave =!
aoeen arrested for using 4 asnanlll9 -
the Miami river contrary to la,,
In the opinion of many people
Blaine and Cleveland win again be
the opposing candidates for Pres
ident III 1888.
The water works department Of
Cincinnati was turned over by the
late board of public works with
deficit Of $4,000.
The amount ofmoney contributed
in Chicago for the relief of the
officers wounded in the Haymarket
riot reaches nearly $4,000.
The army of the Potomac society
will meet in San Francisco in Au-
gust. Sherman, Sheridan and Lo-
gan will be among the famous gener-
ais present.
A large and enthusiastic Home
Rule meeting at Toledo, was adj
dressed by Bishop Gilmour, Of Cleve-
land, and United States Senator
Jones, Of Florida.
Martin Conkin, planning mill pro-
prietor, Lancaster, O., was killed by
being caught in machinery.
The damage to the Northwestern
wheat crop by drouth is estimated
from twenty-five to thirty percent.
Four boys, of Marietta, o., maxi
ing trial trip in a little steamer OF
their own building, were blown over
board, one being seriously scalded.
The Kansas Republicans have
nominated John A. Martin for Gov
ernor, A. p. Riddle for Lieutenant
Governor. and II, 3, Allen fon Sec
rotary of State.
One of Senator Cockrell's boys was
blown up by powder explosion on
July 5, but is getting in good shape
again, and will be ready for another
celebration next year.
Mrs. Mitchell, of Chadbourn, N. c.,
was very i'll in bed, and sent her eight
year old boy to the we'll for water.
He fell in, and his helpless mother
was forced to lie there and hear his
screams, until his voice was still in
death,
Judge Bannon, of the common
pleas court at Ironton, O., declared
the Dow law constitutional, dis
solving the injunctions Of nearly q
hundred liquor dealers in Scioto and
Lawrence counties. The cases have
been appealed.
Amos Redwolf, Billy Sommers
and Enos Pelow, three Apache in
dian boys, aged respectively eigh-
teen, seventeen, and fifteen years,
who escaped from the Carlisle (Pa. }
Indian school week ago, were cap
tured at Oakland, Pa, and sent back
to Carlisle.
G. d. Graham, the Philadelphia
cooper, who ran the Niagara rapids
| in a barrel, is to follow the example
of Yankee Sullivan, and set up q
drinking saloon at the falls. He
holds himself open to further travel
of the "yeasty waves" but will de
mand royalty from the railroad and
transportation companies, who will
benefit by the perilous exhibitions.
Edward Bruner, lad aged seven.
teen, was induced to play poker in q
saloon in Carlisle, Ind, recently, and
the proprietor won all his money
eleven dollars. The plundered boy
stayed at the saloon all night, and
while the saloon-keeper was ASLEEP
secured the eleven dollars and made
off with it. For this act the boy was
sentenced to the penitentiary, but the
governor committed the sentence tC
term in a reformatory, that will enc
when he is of age.
FIRE.-We regret to learn that ou
| friand Mr. Insenh Kitchen has had thI