Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-02-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


School children at Aberdeen, Da.
kota, perished in snow storm.
Whltecaps bombarded houses in
Bloomington, ILL.,, with bad eggs.
A missionary and thirteen follow.
ers have been killed by the natives
In Zanzibar.
Wheeling is to have an artificial
ice factory, a company being orga.
nized with $4,000 capital.
j. j. Burns & Co., railroad con.
tractors, of Battle Creek, Mich, have
failed for 100000, with unknown
assets.
William Wacker was killed by n
heavy bell falling upon him from the
cupola of school house in Williams.
burg, o.
Mr.. Charles Adams, of Hagers.
town, Md, is a candidate for door.
keeper of the next House of Repre-.
sentatives.
Patrick O'neal, an indianapolis
wife. beaten, was given twenty-five
lashes and rolled in the snow by a
crowd that broke in to his house.
Three men were killed, one being
Judge Stramount, and three serious.
~ injured by the boiler explosion at
the Perkins Saw Mill, Poplar Bluff,
Mo.
Joseph Tape was killed, his neck
being pinned to an iron bar, as the
result of joke played by two of his
fellowworkmen III a rolling mill Mt
Newport, Ky.
The British Secretary Of War SAYS
a thunder-cloud is hanging over Eu.
rope, and that when it bursts there
will be the tiercest and most horri.
BILE war ever known.
The opera house in Duluth, Mimi,
owned.by Munsell & Markell. was
destroyed by fire, as also the stores
and offices in the large building
The losses will aggregate 100000.
Peter Duffy, an old and highly re.
spected citizen Of Weston, aud an
uncle of Hon. Pat. Duffy, was killed
ON the 22d, near B:axton Court
House, by the falling of tree.
A farmer from Rosby's Rock, with
two baskets containing fifty dozen
eggs jumped from q Baltimore and
Ohio train at Twenty,sixth street,
Wheeling, Saturday forenoon, aud
falling, mashed all his eggs.
Ex-senator Camden, of West Viz.
ginia, announces the completion of
negotiations for two big syndicates
to open a new railroad IN West Vir.
ginia and develop $4,000 acres of
coal land.
Henry S. Ives and George II.
| Stayner, the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton financiers, were lodged
in the Ludlow Street Jail, being un
able 10 obtain $250,000 bail each.
The defalcation Of Joseph A.
More, agent for the Connecticut Nh
tual Lie Insurance Company in In.
dianapolis, are placed at $4,000 al.
though they may amount to $780,.
900.
| William r.. Rogers, q Pennsylvan-
la Railroad engineer, who was asleep
on his engine when collision occur
red near Columbia, Pa, causing the
death Of a conductor, has been ar.
rested, charged with involuntary
manslaughter.
The third day of the New York
street.car strike was marked with
| increased violence. Tracks were
barricaded and several sharp con.
fiicts took place between mobs and
police, pistols and clubs being used.
A severe shock of earthquake at
Rouett, Col, detached large masses
OF rock, and great gushes OF water
emitted from the earth; also poisO.
nous gases which made the people
sick and caused the birds to drop to
the earth.
J Senator Allison spent an entire
day and night with President elect
Harrison. Senator Collum, who was
also in Indianapolis, said be had
, little doubt that Blaine and Allison
would both be in the Cabinet. Mr..
Allison expressed his belief that
there would be an extra session OF
Congress.
| Senator Allison left Indianapolis
for Washington and expressed him
self as well pleased with his visit to
the President elect. Ex-Governor
Porter expressed the belief that War.
ner Miller would be IN the Cabinet.
Another good authority says that
the only men certain Of portfolios
are Blaine, Allison, Wanamaker and
Alger.