Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-04-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK

.nO o'i Su"SOi'utilis ciectrlcltv a,
hanging. ~
Half a block of buildings Wa.
burned at Greensboro, Ky.. eaps;a
losses aggregating S15O,OOO.
Henry Dickman and his son w..
shot and the latter killed by Inn,
lars in their residence in Toledo \
Sixteen lives were lost nv ;,
sinking of the steamer vina. WIZ
ccllided with the steamer Biela ~
Deal. wv
General strikes of workinvm.
are being arranged for in BerI%
Altons, Carlsruhe and other nlaou
in Germany.
There have been fifty cases q,
smallpox in Philadelphia, and tbrt,
FIVE are now being treated in n.
hospitals.
Major John S. Rudd, an ex.oO,
federate officer, took an overdose :,
chloroform at bis home, in Coal Val
ley, w. Va.
The enthusiasm over Gener
Boulanger continues in France, ana
Russia is disturbed over the new
turn of affairs.
Opponents of Elk Senator MaboD,
published an address appealins
to Virginia Republicans to curta1
the chairman's political power.
CHAMBERsBURG, PA, April Is
The Franklin county Republican,
nominated John Stewart for jude
and Hastings Gehr for Congress.
The Louisiana Supreme Court ds
cided that in the coming election tbe
Republicans were entitled to an
election commissioner at evey Doll
ing place.
The brewery lockout began in
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey CITY.
Newark, Paterson and Staten Island.
more than 5000 men being affected.
The striking knights of Labor at
the Braddock steel mills decided IN.
on a course of action neeessitating
a shutdown unless Andrew Car,
negie recedes from his position.
The Republican primaries in Gin
cinatti resulted in the selection Of
several delegates who are friendly
TO Blaine and Foraker and are moi
ultra Sherman men.
Cumberland county, Pa, is losing
a great many of its most useful Clti
zeus this spring by reason of then
removing with their families and ei
fects to the west.
A number of Pennsylvania Ger
mans, who emigrated to Kansas las
year from Lancaster and Mifllin cour
ties, have returned TO their oil
homes heartily disgusted with Kal
sas as an agricultural state.
Mr.. Mathew Arnold, the note,
poet, scholar, critic and theologial
whose recent article on "Civilizatio
in the United States" attracte
marked attention, died suddenly
Liverpool Monday from heart d
ease.
A dry goods merchant in New
vile, Cumberland county, Pa
dreamed one night last week that b
was selling and measuring off grea
quantities of dress goods. and s.
realistic was his dream that b
actually tore the sheets of his be
into pieces.
| We should not feel too strougl
against Mr.. Arnold for his structure
upon our social life. He once dt
scribed English society as consistin
of Gan upper class materialized,
middle class vulgarized, and a lowe
class brutalized." This is hardr
than anything he said about us.
Soon after the recent flood in III
Susquehanna river, the PennsylvaI
ia Railroad Company moved out {
Columbia, Pa, where they had bee
| blocked, eighty-five freight train'
consisting OF 1900 cars. If place
in line they would have street.-the
over seventeen miles.
A young man in Washington TIE
| ritory who advertised for a CORE
lpondent" has been neatly trickel
He received a very nice letter froI
Wheeling, and, responding, be b,
came very much interested in th
writer, who continued the correspol
dence for several months. II
ljourneyed to Wheeling, and, aftc
travelling two thousand miles, di
covered that the letters had bee
written for fun by Young man.