Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-26
THE NEWS

Canon, Col, destroyed considerable property.
Unknown parties murdered a Mexican
named Milena, his wife and daughter, in Will
hanson county, Texas.-The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers are in secret session
in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Arabs
who were imported by New York merchant
to sell foreign goods will be sent back. The
merchant will be prosecuted - heila- ex
ploded at North Jackson, o., killing two men
and fatally injuring another-In Center
vile, O., Vaudeville Ault killed his wife and
then hung himself -Mrs. Catherine Crane
Halstead, of New York, by will distributes
about $4,000 in charity.-The President
visited an encampment at Fort Washington
and saw the troops ill.-The population of
Wilmington, Del, is 81, 1888 an increase since
1880 of 1S9i0.-John McTague, locksmith
of Philadelphia, committed suicide by jump
ing in front of moving train at Melville, n.
J.-By the bursting of naphtha tank in
New York James Devoe was fatally burned.
Steps have already been taken in New
York towards reorganization of the sugar
trust, which will be reformed in compliance
with the laws of the state as laid down by the
Court of Appeals.-The Chicago City Coun-
ell adopted the site on the lake front for the
'sExposition. -G. Tate Carr, ofCoala,
Fla, shot himself on the eve of his marriage.
An incendiary fire destroyed $4,000
worth of property in Spokane Falls, Wash.
John Staber shot and killed Frank Muller,
IN Kansas City, because the latter insisted on
visiting Staber's aughter.-Engineer Will
liam Strope was scalded to death when caught
beneath his engine in Lennox, Ind.-Marion
Bandell Kendall recovered s., 600 from White.
caps, who had beaten him at Lebanon, Ind
-Fire destroyed the johnson and Comstoek
grain elevator in Binghamton, New York.
The elevator companies in North Dakota will
charge the farmers for storing their grain
An express train struck wagon containing
Winslow Harrison, his wife and five-year.old
daughter at Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Harrison was
killed.--The Stanton wooden mill in Stan.
ton, Del, was burned to the ground-The
coroner's jury in the case of the Tioga disas.
ter returned verdict censuring the steam.
ship company in Chicago, Knitting e. Bick.
ford's sawmill at Lock Haven, Pa, was de.
stroyed by fire.--Alanson Lee, a wealthy old
New Yorker, was buncoed out of S., 0O0at As
bury Park, n. 1.-THE damage by the
drouth in New England has been great
A. T. Reeves, who assassinated Father Ash.
field in Memphis, Tenn, aud who ESCAPED
from the insane asylum in which he was con.
fined, was recaptured in PHILADELPHIA
boiler explosion in New York fatally injured
an Italian laborer.-Two miners EMPLOYED
at the Logan colliery were caught in fall of
coal at Centralia, Pa, and fatally hurt.-A
party of men from Mcdowell, w. Va, rode in
the town of Pocahontas, and fred into a squad
of the town sergeant's men who tried to arrest
them. Several men were wounded. Two Of
the men were captured.
j. NJ. Cameron, of Los Angeles, Cal, was ar.
rested on charge of forgery. lie is an ex.
assemblyman.-Dr Goodson and A. S. Mont.
rose were killed by a boiler exploding in
Bridgeport, Cal.--In Anderson, Ind, Louis
Peppin and David Meka were suffocated by
gas while digging a well,-A pretty woman
caught in Chicago opium joint offered the
policeman $4,000 worth of diamond to release
her.-Messrs. Hendricks and Jolly, two
young men lost liz the woods near Evansville,
Ind, fell over a cliff and were fatally injured.
While trying to save two lives Pat Nal
lone, of Bear Creek, Wis, was struck by a
windlass and instantly killed.-Dr Christian
Henry Peters, the famous astronomer, was
found dead in bed in Utica, n. Y.-Train
robbers boarded north bound train at Enter
prise, o., and killed the engineer.-By the
explosion of kerosene stove at Three Rivers,
Miss, Mrs VIM. Prairie was kilied.-Thc
steamer Algonquin was launched in Phila-
delphia.- men were seriously burned
in New York by the explosion of cauldron
of iron.-Dr. Edw. G. O'Malley, of Wilkes
barre, was thrown from his horse while riding
in Aspen, Col, and killed.-During a storm
at Whitneyville, Me-, Ambrose Abbee was
killed.-Cougressma James Peter Walker.
OF Missouri, died at his home, in Dexter. of
apoplexy.-Thee extensive machine works Of
]. c. Todd & Co, Paterson, n. j., were de.
stroyed by fire. The loss is S150,000-John
mooney, Is utiAtf III view IOGh charged
with the murder OF VIM. Prussing.- Morris
S. Belknap, an American banker of the City
of M-<ico, died suddenly in Louisville
BernA J Aaronson, a New York banker. was
arrested on the charge of swindling poor peo-
ple.-Thomas f. Farquhar was killed near
Jersey City by locomotivein the presence Of
his children.-Dr r. c. Ward, prominent
official of Decatur, Ga, is dead.-Michael
Clark was shot and fatally wounded in Cam.
den, n. j., by Joseph Pennoek. F. Spin
ney, business man of Colorado Springs, Col,
was kidnapped by Texan named Harris, and
is thought to have been Killed. Hattag,
a Turkish peddler, was murdered near Bing-
hamton, n. Y.-Col. Thomas Goode Morrow,
until lately editor and proprietor of the Sun.
day Gazette OF Washington, died in that city.
Mrs. Wilson was murdered in Rusnviile,
H., the first that ever occurred there.-A
Rock Island train went through bridge near
Lyman. The engineer cannot be found, and
is thought to be dead---A family named
Webb have been arrested at Oskaloosa, Ia,
charged with beating child TO death.-Geo.
Olsen, farmer, was murdered in Granville
county, n. Y.--Fire caused loss of $4,000
at Poplar Bluff Mo.-City Marshal Hodge
was fatally shot at Pontiac, III Michael
Enright, ian oarsman, was drowned in the
Don river, Canada.-Nine people we're hurt
at Redkey Ind, by an explosion Of powder.
Molten iron in blast furnace exploded
at Bay View, Wis, and fatally hurt Joseph
Lewis.-The foundry of the Atherton
Machine Company, at Phoenix, Mass, was
burned. Loss SIS 000.-The Hill School
building in Pottstown, Pa, was burned. Loss
50,000.--A disease is destroying many black
bass and other fish in the Royston Branch,
near Huntingdon, Pa--The steamer VI. II.
Cliff was burned in Tennessee river. Thirty
passengers eseaped.-The Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union Assembly met in
AshyiIle, n. C.--Efforts are being made in
Virginia to extend the Cumberland Valley
Railroad up the western side of the Valley Of
Virginia Van Yalkenberg was
arrested in Chicago the charge Of chloro.
forming and robbing women.-Annie Good.
win, beautiful cigarette girl, has been
murdered in Harlem, n. " and Dr. Henry
q. McGonig. e E,s been arrested, charged with
performing act OF abortion. Augustus
Harrison, her lover, Is charged with being
accessory. \ number Of other witnesses have
been arrested. Clear Creek Canon, in Colo.
rado, was visited by fierce cloud burst and
hail-storm.- The wooden mill Of Brarley 4
Co., at Allegheny, Pa, was burned. Los.
S75.oo0.--By the explosion of threshing
machine near Princeton, Ind, Andrew cret
singer aud Charles White were killed