Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK..
Sixty miles of ranches have been
swept by prairie fires in Montana.
The earthquakes in Greece have
caused great distress among the peo-
pie.
Much property has been destroy
ed and many lives lost by the floods
in Spain.
Two thousand men were thrown
out OF employment by the San Fran.
cisco fire. ~,~.Y
Hon. W. A. Quarter, a prominent
West Virginia lawyer, died at
Charleston, W. Va. aa3o
Eleven deaths and forty eight new
cases OF yellow fever were reported
in Jacksonville Tuesday. m ~,
There is report that 1000 hogs
have recently died in Cumberland
county, Pa, from cholera.
Tremendous damage has been
done to the crops in South Carolina
and Georgia by the floods.
Eight persons we're killed and five
| injured by the explosion OF a thresh.
ing machine at Ciron, France.
Augusta. GA, is flooded, the Sa-
vaunah river having overlooked its
banks and done great damage. b.
There il u general strike in the
Bevier (Mo.) mines against a reduc-
ton of wages, and six hundred men
are idle.
A premature explosion OF blast
in tunnel ON the Montana Central
Railway killed ten men and serious
ly injured FIVE. i
Bishops Newman and Joyce, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, de-
clare that they will support Harri.
son and Morton. aaF.
| Masked white men in Alabama
went to negro camp meeting and
killed seven. men over a quarrel
about a we'll. #s.s... ..,it
Hailstones from five to eight inch.
es in circumference Tell in Washing
ton, Pa, Wednesday, breaking hun
dreds of window panes.
A catholic priest has been remov.
ed from the church at Waterloo, New
York, one OF the charges being that
he had edited-a Volapuk grammar.
The village of Huntington, L. L.,
lost nearly all of its business houses
by fire. The total loss is estimated
at one hundred thousand dollars.
Joseph L. Baker, a Fayette coun-
ty, Pa, wool grower, who has always
been Democrat, publicly announc.
ed himself for Harrison and Pro.
lection. GA
William FL. Horstman, Phlladel-
phian, shot William Mahoney fatal.
ly at Cumberland, Md, and washim.
self wounded. Family troubles the
cause.
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Four persons were killed and
twenty. five injured in a railroad
wreck on the New York, Pennsyl.
vania and Ohio road near Wads.
worth, o.
Several Mexican towns are under
water and the inhabitants have fed
to the mountains; but many persons
are reported drown d, and there is
great suffering.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Sept. 12-
Richard Lane. who killed John
Mclaughlin in Wheeling in 1888,
and sentenced to be imprisoned nine
years in the penitentiary, was par.
doned by Governor Wilson today.
FAIRMoNT, W. VA, Sept. 49,
Pete Manley, who murdered William
Berns here about three months ago,
vas arrested near Abingdon, Va,
brought here last night and taken
to Morgantown to-day and logged in
ljall.
William s. EIgin, a lifelong Demo.
crat of Sandy Hook, Nd, has an,
nounced his decision to vote for
Harrison and Morton. He has let
fly fine Harrison and Morton ban.
ner from the top OF his store build
ing. ss eaa m ..t a. ,1.
Great danger and damage In var.
ions sections of Virginia by the wind
and rain storm Of Sunday and Mon
day. Z. T. Cross, farmer of
Nansemoud county, was killed by a
falling tree, and in Danville trains
were delayed by washouts.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. VA,
Sept. 12.--St. Marks Episcopal
Church to-day was the scene Of a
brilliant wedding. The contracting
parties we're Mr.. Harry w. Ransom,
of Baltimore, and Miss Mamie D.
Cooper. of Pittsburg, Pa.
Darius Deyilbiss, of near Union
vile, Frederick county, Nd, pur.
chased 9S head OF cattle in Chicago
three or four weeks ago, and sold
them for feeders among the farmers.
Soon after, Texas fever developed
among them and quite a number
have died. The spread of the dis.
ease is greatly feared, and measures