Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-04-05
THE NEWS.

shipbuilder. died at Wilmington, Del
mine explosion at Nanticoke, Pa, resulted
In the killing of three men and injuring six
others Mrs S .aton, OF Marsh Run, York
county, Pa, hanged hersef.-Henry Burck
living near York, Pa, committed suicide.
The two parties in Reading Railroad
affairs have made an arrangement which
puts at an end all legal proceedings
Work has been resumed at the Pennsylvania
colliery at Mount Carmel, Pa.--Major
James C. Colt, nominated for lieutenant
governor by the Farmer Convention of
South Carolina, has declined the nomination.
Jerry Hatfield, cousin of Devil Anse,
was killed at Logan county court house by
NJ. c. Lee a Caddal, county treasurer
and president of the First National B AJAX in
Roanoke, was brutality murdered near Ta,ri
Spring crossing. Spellman Fosser III Joha
Fallon have been arrested, charged with Ia
crime.-E. Novgratz was drawn mo aA
ore crushing machine in Pittsburg an
ground into pulp. Canton, o., Henry
Popp, laborer. cut the throat OF Moritz
Grether from ear to ear. - Members of
suit against the Grand Lodge of Ohio, charg-
ing conspiracy. --Guther KEEL, an aged
man killed Ere derrick Van Sise in Hicksyille,
L. Mrs Kate E. Atom, of r. und Rock,
Texas, walkeI II train near Birmingham,
Ala, while asleep, and was terribly injured
The grand jury of Memphis, Tenn, indict-
ed Benjamin Pullen, Jr., ex-city registrar,
for the ENLIGHTENMENT of city funds to the
extent of $4,000 -Postmaster General
Wanamaker delivered an address, and Score
tary Proctor sent letter to temperance
meeting in Washington, under the auspices
of the soldiers and sailors department OF
the w. C. T. U.-Not half the women reg
iStered in Kansas towns cast their ballots at
the election Morris Marks q commission
merchant of New York, committed suicide,
having quarreled with his wife, whom he
married last October. riot
among colored miners at CIp 'rton, w. Va,
one man was killed and two fatally injured.
The tornado destroyed go houses in Fay
etteville, Tenn, causing an aggregate loss
of $4,000. --Ruiolph Hicks and VIM.
Burke, of Wheeling, w. Va, fought duel
on account of a joke cracked on Burke.
TIE seconds removed the lead from the re,
volvers, and no harm was done. The works
of the Toledo Licorice Company at Toedo,
o., were destroyed by fire. Loss s25. 900
fully covered by insurance. in the viii
mington, D.l, NJ. E. Conference, the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the charges
against Rev. S. r. Maxwell, declared him
innocent. Toe conference selected Centre
vile, Md, for the next meeting place.
Grant Adsit, his three-year- old child, and
Elmore Thomas, were drowned in attempt
ing to cross a swollen stream at Milford, Ill.
The School Board Trust is reported to
have determined on horizontal reduction
of IS per cent. in all books. BY an explo-
son of the Metallic Cap Company's works,
at Beth Ayres, Montgomery county, Pa,
the building was wrecked, aud Stephen
Burroughs instantly killed. Wood,
colored, was sentenced in New York, to be
executed by electricity for numbering fel.
low-workman. Hollingsworth, the
first successful manufacturer of paper from
old manila rope, died at his home in Bc-ton,
aged seyenty-five years - Michael Coleman
a cabin passenger OIL the steamer Normandie,
on arriving in New York was arrested for
smuggling
Vice Admiral Stephen c. Rowan, retired.
died at the Eobjtt House, in Washington,
aged eighty five. The Republican Tariff
bill was presented at a special meeting of
ha nd II
cause reduction of forty-five million dol
lars IN the revenues. The reading of
paper before tue Methodist Ministers meet
ing, in Chicago, on "The attitude of Rome
to our system o. oducation,n caused sharp
observation-disclosures Hill has vetoed the
Saxton BallotsRelorm bill Morris Tasker
& Co.'S Building at New C-stle, Del, was
turned, and dozen firemen ere injured ny
a falling wall. Fiddler" Smith, tough
character OF Newark, N. j., murdered Geo.
Hastings and Frederick Butler in bat fac
tory at that place. -Charles Emory Smith,
editor in-chief of the Philadelphia Press, and
tie recently appointed minister to ku STA,
was given farewell banquet by the news.
paper men of pbid--The relatives
OF andrew J. Davis, a anker of Butte, Mon =,
has been u6able 10 6od a viii, and it i be
lieved that he died intesta;e, leaving a for
tuoe Of 100000 e ward Hofr;. thr
son Of u rich Louisville, KY, merchunt. Ia,
been LIST GA Hunting trip on tn. RDc4y
Mountains Three families made a narrow
escaps from fire in Schenectady, n. Y, the
wife of a saloon keeper being lowered from
a win low with a rope made OF twisted bed
Observation-Disclosures Stain and Diver
Cromwell, convicted Of the murder Of John
Wilson Barrett, the cashier OF the Dex-
ter Savings Bank, Of Bangor. Me-, were
sentenced to state prison for life.--Sherif
Flack, of New HorA convicted OF conspiracy
to obtain a divorce from his wife, gets II
W tn the light sentence of two months in the
county jail and $500 fioe.-Jerome Baker,
q farmer at Homer N. Y, was found in bis
home with his throat cut, and in another
room was bis son asleep with slight cash
in his throat. The son was arrested st.
Josephs Convent, Milwaukee, was destroyed
by fire, and several sisters we're seriously in
jured by jumping from windows.
The Lutheran Church at Ashland, Pa,
was burned. Loss SO 0O.-Toere was a
shecA of earthquake in New Hampshire. -
Five miners at Marquette, Mich, were
crushed TO death by cave in. Am cleo
trio light wire set fire to an elevator in St
Louis, and the tuilding and SIX y THOUSAND
bushels Of wheat were destroyed -Flnny
Davenport the actress, has been compelled
TO cancel weeks engagements on account
OF sickness. Marks, New York
tailor shot and kill d a burglar in tue act Of
entering window Of his house. D. Eek
hart, OF Fulkton S. D., stabbed his two soas
and cut b S wife'sthroat. The wife OF Ross
Peters, one Of the most prom nsns men on The
Chicago Board OF Trade, b IS ap2.isI for
divorce On the plea that her husband is 50
engrossed with club life that he does MOI at
tend to his home.-Mastie Ba 7on, a pretty
and talensed young woman OF Chicago, con-
mitted suicide A land trust company has
been formed in YORK, Pa, VITA a capital OF
$4,000. SIX men were s.riously injured
by the explosion Of boiler in Speer's axle
works at Wheeliny, W. Val w. Davis
& CO. furniture mandatory at Louisville
WIS destroyed " fire. Loss $40 000. -E5er-
Princeton, \. J. by thief whom he tried to
shoot, but who turned his pistol upoa him
selE-A gro3er at Bath, lie. WIS sentenced
to thirty days in jail, and TO pay a fac Of
S50 far sallfn1 n ofa9s If a51ar pft.e