Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-16

Tammany Hall Democrats, New |
York, nominated Abram s. Hewitt
for mayor.
Prairie fires in Dakota have swept
miles of farm lands and rendered
many families destitute.
Lawerence's cotton mill and other
property at Chorley, Lancaster,
Eng, destroyed by fire. Loss, one
million.
SIR JoHN's RUN, w. VA, Oct 9.
The Republican convention OF
Morgan county met here to day and
nominated Lewis Largent for the
House of Delegates.
The Hindoos tied squealing pig
in the grand mosque of the Mobam-
medans at Delhi, which so enraged
the latter that a riot ensued, 10
which several persons were killed.
The Circuit Court of Harrison
burg, Va, has refused to grant a
new trial to William Finchum, under
sentence of death for killing hls
brother, and he will be hanged
November 5.
SHENANDOAH, PA, Oct. 12.-
This town and the entire Mahoney
Valley is threatened with a water
famine, which must result in serious
loss to business. But one shower of
rain has fallen here in nine weeks,
and the streams in the valley are
almost wholly dried up.
| The man nominated for governor
of Colorado by the Democrats was,
until two years ago, a straightOut
Republican. Iu Massachusetts the
man who is the gubernatorial nomi-
nee of the Democrats declared
several years see that the Demo
cratic party was dead. The Jack
sonian dyed-in-the-woo Democracy
seems to have got setback this
year.-American.
: CHICAGO, Oct. GA daughter
was born in West Polk street yester-
day at the same hour that its father,
Samuel Fielden, in Judge Gary's
Court, began giving reasons why
sentence of death should not be pas
sed upon him. But few who listen
ed to Fielden's plea guessed the
cause of the added bitterness in his
bitter speech. The knowledge of
the scene being enacted in his little
home made his burden harder to
bear.
The mother was heartbroken at
, the thought of the improbability of
her new born ever seeing its father.
PANAMA, Oct. 10.--A horrible
, tragedy occurred at Chinguinquira,
in the State of Cundinamorca,
,, where child thirteen years of age
murdered three children by stab
) bling them with a rusty table knife,
, and subsequently beating their
} brains out with a stone.
The child murderer is very small
: for her age and it is believed that
she committed this horrible deed
! while suffering from the effects OIL
having been bitten some weeks
previous by mad dog.
Congressman Willis, who was
: Instrumental in having Mrs. Thomp
, son reappointed postmistress Of
4 Louisville, KY, has been defeated
5 for denomination. The charge
: against him was not that Mrs.
Thompson was inefficient, for the
administration of the office was
excellent, but that he should have
had a good Democratic voter in hel
place. This is a great season for
reform in Kentucky, and the star
: eyed goddess is as happy as the
: day is long.
!, KEY WEST, FLA, October s.
Havana advices by steamer to-day
+ state that the cigarmakers' strike
there, which has continued seven
, weeks, will probably assume very
serious aspect before settlement
is reached. 1t is estimated that
: twenty thousand persons who derive
!, livelihood from the tobacco indus
, try throughout the island are idle,
and considerable distress prevails
among them. As usual, the rough
element, taking advantage of the
general excitement, is committing
depredations. Highway robberies
and assassinations occur daily.