Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-05-08
state News.

william Long. prominent farmer
OF Greene county, has been found
guilty of burning the church known
as Asbury chapel
Forest fires became quite general
the past week in the mountainous and
thickly wooded portions OF the State,
and considerable damage was done.
Near Charleston, few days ago,
Mrs. Harvey Meadows, while stand
ing in her yard, turned suddenly,
tripped, fell aud broke her neck.
The authorities at the Moundsville
| penitentiary have refused to receive
any more United States prisoners,
unless the government will defray
their expenses.
Jonathan Getz, of Grant county,
suffered n loss Of about $500 hast
week from the bursting of water
spout on his farm. 1t was all over
in about fifteen minutes.
Sunday night Michael Owen, q mi
ner in the Winifrede mines. while
drunk, went to sleep with his head so
near the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
that passing train killed him
The farmers along the South Branch
have already turned large herds Of
cattle out to Craze until fall. Several
car loads of fine stock have recently
been received in that locality from
Chicago
Deputy u. s. Marshal A. f. RAIDER,
has lodged in the Charleston Jail
Thomas belong, of Mcdowell coun-
| ty, and William Ripley, OF Greenhrier
county, charged with violating the
Internal Revenue laws.
Saturday last Governor Wilson APP
pointed John III. Holt, editor of the
Grafton Standard, Il member of the
Board Of Regents of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Institute at Romney, vice
j. T.. Hall, of Barbour, resigned.
4 w. T.. Delay, Of Petersburg found
| a very singular egg. IL was four
! eggs in one After one she'll was
broken, another egg, with an imper
feet shell, was found, and inside Of
that an egg with perfect shell, and
next one with o soft shell.
The mortgage for two millions
originally placed on the Ohio river
railroad has been cancelled, and a
new mortgage for three and half
millions issued iii it's place, covering
the entire line from Wheeling to
Point Pleasant.
Duff Rogers, an Upshur county
farmer, aged 60, while passing along
the streets of Buckhannon, fell dead.
Heart disease was the cause On the
same day, Jacob Critics, another aged
citizen of that county, while telling
some of his hunting experiences, fell
dead
AT the meeting of the Presbytery
Of West Virginia at Parkersburg last
Friday and Saturday, Rev. Il. j.
Stanley, of Charleston, was elected
Moderator, and Rev. j. B. Reed, of
Fairmont, and j. r. Jones, of Terra
Alta, were elected delegates to the
General Assembly.
Three skeletons were found in a
cave opposite Ceredo few days since.
They were those of man, woman
and child. They could not have been
long dead, as their bones had on
them shreds of flesh. Some think
they were murdered. Others are of
the belief that they froze to death.
James Bean, an estimable citizen
of Grant county, died very suddens..Jy
last week while sitting in a chair.
He was SO years old. Last winter
he was severely injured internally by
the overturning of sled loaded with
fodder. His death is thought to be
the resultof the injuries received then.
The Wayne County 1dvocate says
that it is strongly suspected that an
organized party of horse thieves ex-
lists in Logan county and the eastern
part Of Kentucky. Henry Brewer, of
Wayne county, had valuable horse
stolen last week. The thieves were
pursued so closely that they were
forced to abandon the animal in Lo-
gan county just before crossing into
Kentucky.
About six months ago Hon. George
@. Sturgiss, Prof /. @. White and
George w. Johnson, of Morgantown,
purchased 1000 acres Of land on |
Cheat river for $1,000. The tract |
was recently sold to Pittsburgh par
ties for $4,000, the three gentlemen |
retaining tenth interest in it. About |
lis acres Of tits cleared; the balance
is heavily timbered Il has 81 miles
river front.