Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
THE NEWS.

hres in Northern Winconsn are gaining
ground--James Atwood, of Rockfort, Ind.
fired into party of whitecaps who attacked
him, and shot Vim. Miles, neighboring far
mer.--Edward Valvis, an artist, was struck
by train on the New York Central Railroad
IN New York, and instantly kilIed.-Another
secret Irish association is said 10 have been
formed in Canada. Near Star Lake, in the
Adirondacks, Henry Farney shot and in.
stantly killed VIM. Montrieff -The Allen
Line steamer Partisan struck an iceberg off
the Banks of Newfoundland, and narrowly
escaped disaster Mayor Vaux, of Phil
adelphia, has accepted the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress, TO succeed Mr.. Randall
-The Massachusetts Senate passed the
amendment abolisuing the poll tax as pre-
requisite 10 yoting.-Leslie Mcleod. asso-
ciated editor Of IFaiiace's Ho,tfhiy, was ar
rested in New York, charged with stealing
$4,000 worth of bonds.-Deputy United
States marshals are looking for Mayor w. W.
Cottrell, Of Cedar Keys, Fla, who interfered
with the customs collector in the performance
of his duty Huntsville. Ala, George
Griffin and john Robertson, negroes, killed
the illegitmate twins of negress and fled
The deal for the purchase of the sewer
pipe works in Toronto, Ont, by an English
syndicate has been completed. John Crouch,
his wife and son Andrew were murdered at
Behtleysville O.
Violent wind storms occurred in Illinois and
Iowa, several buildings being struck by light.
ming at Burlington, and the steeple of st.
Agnes Church, Springfield, H., being de-
stroyed.-Fire at Ashley, Ga, destroyed five
buildings, causing an aggregate loss of 100000.
BY wreck on the ST. Louis, Kansas City
and Colorado Railroad, near st, Louis, Richard
Jones, engineer and Richard Shelleraft, con-
ductor, were killed.-Judge Crozer, of
Leavenworth, Ks, has declared certain sec
lions of the Kansas Prohibitory law unconsti-
tutlonal.-Rev E. Andrews, Catholic
priest, ofJeffersonville, Ind, narrowly escaped
assassination, some one shooting at him while
he was walking on his porch.-The Luthe-
rams and German Catholics in Illinois have
gone into politics to repeal or modification of
the school law.-Frank Ely shot and killed
Harry Leborn in quarrel abouta stone quar-
ny at Oklahoma City.-Th national conven-
ton of the Order of Railway Conductors met
in Rochester, n. Y.-Patrick Higgins, aged
one hundred years and nine months died at
Elizabeth, N. J.-By the explosion of the
boiler of locomotive on the Reading Rail.
road, near Shamokin, Engineer Herman Hog
lpqonz and firaman Cho rlas K q =, fir,a, ,vare ~
stantly killed, and Conductor George Yeager
fatally injured.-The cornerstone was laid
in Pittsburg of music hall to cost 81 100000.
A. b. Russ, a wealthy Chicagoan, who
bought the old gold mine in Montgomery
county, Nd, says he has struck something
rich.-Myriads of worms resembling the
army worm are playing havoc in Lancaster
county, Pa.-Reports that agents of the an
thraeite coal companies are in Italy engaging
men to fill the places of the miners, who are
expected to strike this summer has led the
American Federation of Labor to pledge its
support to the miners.-Professor A. w.
Magnum, ofthe University of North Carolina,
is dead, at the age of ffty-six years.-Re-
turns from all but five of the presbyteries in
the United States show that 1888 have voted for
revision and SO against.-The forty-frst an
nual convention oS the Ancient Order of
Iloerhiahs opened IN lammany Kan, New
lofk'-l me Louisiana Lottery Company now
offers million dollars year for the privi-
lege of maintaining lottery.--The board
oil olshops OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
met in New York and passed resolutions adj.
Voeatlng the proposed national university at
washington, ana assigning bishop John +.
Newman 10 Visit Japan ana hold the confer
ehce there.
A tornado swant over plv,bosdo,o No
wreckinp dozen bonses and seriopsIv ininr.
ing every member of Henry Yonpe,s family
Mrs. Charles Frost Of Portsmouth \ r.
during a fit of temnorarv ;,sa,itv ot,enrted
10 drown her four-loontbs.oId babv and her.
self but was nrevented Inv = tron,n William,
Berry. a matchmaker attemnted IN murder
his sick wife at their home in New York bv
crushing her skull with q stove id-Fl;za
O'Brien. of North Wobnrn Mass aead thir.
teen, died of bvdropbobia. N Stern a
clothing merchant of New York was killed IT
Linden, N. j.. while attending To board a
train.-The Consumers Powder Comnanv,s
mill at Scranton, Pa, was blown IN and three
workmen killed.-General Joseph Z. Johns
ton, will unveil the Lee monument at Rich
mond
The village of Ellicottsyille. n. Y. was
swept by fire that caused losses appreqatinp
SjnO00-OIiver w Obese, of Iaorosso
Wis, was killed by William Deyer for refusing
TO pay for a round of drinks.-The bark
Emetic of San Francisco. was wrecked on the
New Zealand coast, and the captain and seven
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