Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-15
News in Brief.
A coNDENsA TON OF INTERESTING ITEMS
ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
Another case of varioloid has beer
discovered at Columbus, O.


Frederick Crock and his son
Charles were drowned near TifIin, O.
At Louisville nine young ladies
took the white veil Of the Ursulines
Edward W. Aldred was acquitted
of man-slaughter at Anderson, Ind.
At Camden, n. j., Walt Whitman
celebrated bis roth birthday Friday.
The drainage warrant case at New
Orleans, involving $l,200,000, was
decided in favor of the city.
1t is estimated that there was de-
crease of S., 900 900 during the month
of May in the public debt.
Hon. Wilson Vance, of Findlay,
o is a candidate for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination.
Rev. w. i. Gage jumped from
fourth-story window at Philadelphia,
and was fatally injured.
Oil leases covering over 1000
acres of land in Auglaize county, o.,
were filed for record the past week.
The Presidents granddaughter
Mary Lodge Mckee, was christened
at the White House last Friday.
State Statician Worreil will deal
with Indiana "facts and figures" by
appointment Of Governor Hoovey.
DR.. s. P. Moore, who was surgeon
general of the Confederate states,
died suddenly at Richmond, Va.
The St. Louis brewers have form
ed trust with capital stock of S.
100000. There are eighteen brewer
les in it.
1t is believed that Harry Hayden,
of Columbus, o., was killed in the
Grand Trunk wreck, near Hamilton,
Ont.
The Indianapolis Grand Army re-
ceived box of flowers from Presi-
dent Harrison to place on the SOL
diers' graves,
An answer has been filed at Tole-
do in the proceedings to enjoin the
pipe line trustees, OF that city from
issuing BOMBS.
Ben Hayden was arrested at Ne
braska City, Neb., for the murder Of
Richard Bramhall, of Iowa, seven
years ago.
John Allen and f. II. Platt, who
are riding from New York to San
Francisco, stopped Friday at Cadiz,
o.
Professor Hazel, the spiritualist
exposer, Wo45ted trance medium,
Mrs. Hillard, in the public contest at
Springfield, O., Friday night.
James Phelan, mail agent on the
Michigan Southern railway was shot
and dangerously wounded by Frank
Lefevre, at Chicago.
At Coalton, 0. train loaded, col
lided with 1ther. Milt Dow, Mar
shall Steed and John Brown were
killed and ten seriously injured.
Wells Work, aged so, section
boss on the Boston and Maine rail-
road, committed suicide by cutting
his throat Dependency from III
health.
John Bel 1d Nellie Sullivan, of
Chicago, aged . and 81 respective
ly, concludmg % die, took morphine
together. Nellie is dead, John win
recover.
Albert Anderson, of Brazil, Ind
II, recovered from q long siege of
fever only to end his own life with a
halter with no imaginable reason
therefor.
BY the falling of a tree neer New
Orleans, wednesday evening, The
house and family Of Joe Raftela were
crushed ST. were killed, Raffela
alone escaping.
Counties OF Holmes, Belmont and
Jefferson, O, have made reports un-
der the Dos Is chat show a steady
Increase in Sic number OF unsteady
saloon devotees.
Oakland, Ind, ladies who put
clothes pins on their noses and sat
in Kletfers saloon with the loafers
and skunk brought in for their
benefit, cohec.ol sufficient evidence
to secure tie rayoking of the saloon
ist's license.