Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-07-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

of Dakota is 10000 bushels short.
Fire destroyed the large stables OF
Moses WE'LL, in New York. One hun
dred and twenty five horses and l2O
carriages were burned.
John l.. Sullivan arrived in New
York so drunk that he could not talk
sensibly on any subject. Mitchell is
said to have fed to Canada.
James Sylvan, of st. Louis, fred
at his wife and she fell, but was
unhurt. Thinking he had killed her,
Sylvan fired a bullet through his
brain.
A wild scene occurred at Stand.
ing Rock Agency, OAK, during a
thunderstorm The Indians were
terrorlzed and two were killed by
lightning.
James Averill, postmaster of Sweet
Water, wy, and Kate Maxwell, the
notorious Cattle Queen, were lynch.
ed by cowboys for stealing cattle.
Another family feud prevails, this
time in Alabama, between the How
ton and Simpson families. Three
Howtons, one Simpson and deputy
sheriff have been killed thus far.
Nothing additional has been learn
ed of the fate of Aeronaut Hogan,
who undertook to sail Professor
Campbell's air-ship and is supposed
to have been lost in the Atlantic
Ocean.
No such storm of public feeling
has been known in England for a
century as that which the present
demand for royal marriage grants
provokes, popular sign that royal
ty has seen its best day.
In political life, if you'd avoid strife,
Five things observe with care
To whom you write, of whom you
write,
And how, and when, and where.
HAGERsTOwN, July 19.-The
body of Joseph Creager, who was
drowned on the 1st of June during
the recent food near Rock Forge,
this county, was found yesterday
evening in the race of Mr.. G..
Lehman's mill, about a mile north
of Leitersburg.
The Reading Railroad Company
levied upon the property of the Penn
sylyania State Agricultural Society
upon bond of $4,000, conditioned
on the repayment Of S25, 900 advanc.
ed to the society to put up its build
ings in 1884.
Albert Bnlow, murderer, was
hanged at Little Falls, Mimi, two
hours after midnight, in accordance
with the new law of the state which
prescribes that hangings shall be
strictly private. The newspapers
paid no attention to the law, but
published columns descriptive of the
event.
Mrs. Annie Smith, of Danville,
Va, was refused by the court the
certificate allowing her to stand the
examination to obtain license to
practice law on account of there
being nothing in the Virginia statu.
es permitting the judge to grant a
certificate. This is the first instance
where a woman has applied for such
license.
The conference of Malone and
Anti Malone men, held for three
days in Washington, resulted in a
call being issued for a state conven.
tion to be held August %, at Norfolk,
Va, signed by General Malone,
chairman of the State Republican
Committee, and also by the opposi-
ton, who are promised recognition.
1t is approved by the Republican
National Committee.
A tramp, replying to the Altoona
Tribnne, denies that all tramps are
dishonorable. He says: " am
tramp. 1 pay for everything ] get.
| don't ask for any favor from any
one. l am an old soldier. am en-
titled to walk the length and breadth
Of the country. L fought to save,
and don't want any one to sneer at
me.n
The son of Mrs. Moncure, of
Fredericksburg, Va, being afflicted
with troublesome cough, the physi-
clan who was called in found a part
of watch chain protruding from the
nasal canal into the throat. The
chain, about six inches long, with an
acorn charm attached, was taken
from the child's nostril. This deli.
cate operation was successfully per-
formed without injury.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-The
steamer Belgic arrived from Hong
Kong and YOkahOma this morning.
A recent fire at Lu Chow DESTROYED
thousand dwellings,
over l, 200 persons perishing in the
flames and 400 others were killed.
Nearly one hundred and seventy
thousand people were obliged to
camp out without shelter and were
dying at the rate of hundred day
from want and exposure. The
authorities are providing tor their
necessities.