Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-15
state News.

A Pennsylvania syndicate has pur
chased O largo tract of coal land IN
Harrison county.
Mrs. Mary Kent, a colored woman,
died in Moundsville last week, and it
is said she was ia years old.
The handsome residence of ex'
Sheriff A. A. Handley, at Point Pleas
ant, was burned Saturday with all
the household effects.
John Ogden, an Englishman, who
murdered Samuel Huff, at Tipping,
w. Va, last week, was found dead on
a doorstep in Roanoke, Va, on Sat-
urday last.
Hon. N. N. Hoffman a well-known
West Virginia journalist and editor
of the Morgantown Post, died last
week. He was veteran of the Mex
lean war
Isaac Morris, young man en-
ployed on the engineering corps OF
the Ohio Valley Railroad, was drown
ed at Moundsville, Monday, while
crossing the Ohio river in skiff.
Wednesday afternoon while two
daughters of E. w. Riddle, of Glen
vile, while crossing the Kanawha
river, the boat was capsized and both
were drowned.
Deputy Sheriff Anderson Walker,
of Wayne county, fstally shot Moses
Napier, at Wayne Court House, Fri
day night. The murder had its orr
gin in the arrest of Napier five years
ago by Walker, for stealing timber.
The murderer is in jail.
Governor Fleming has accepted
the resignation of Judge A. G. Sny-
der, of the Supreme Court OF APP
peals, to take effect at once, and ap-
pointed Hon. Homer A. Holt, of
Greenbrier, in his stead. Judge Holt
is one of the best known legal lights
in the State, and was for many years
Judge of the tenth Judicial circuit.
At ound House, near Hinton, last
Saturday, James A. Burnett, white
man, driving a team, had a narrow
escape from being run over by a loco
motive, and had some words with q.
I.insley, colored, the engineer man.
Burnett drew revolver, when Lins-
ley seized a pick and jumped from
the engine. Burnett fred, and when
Linsley fell shot him three times,
killing him.
All the prisoners in the Mercer
County Jail-ten in number, includ-
ing three murderers-escaped Friday
night. Among these were Rob Bur-
nette, the notorious desperado, who
attempted to shoot the mayor OF
Bluefeld short time ago Monroe
Jones, who murdered negro at Mill
Creek, and Randolph Franklin, who
killed a negro woman in Bluefeld by
breaking her skull.
Expert Hill Marshall, of the State
AUDITORS off ce, is investigating the
crooked work of Circuit Court Clerk
Clouston of Parkersburg, and it is
believed q complete examination will
show the State has been robbed Of
over 100000. Mr.. Marshall found
that the further he goes the worse
the situation becomes. In thirty
four separate cases so far investigat-
ed not one but shows rascality.
A few days ago the crew on West
Virginia freight train short distance
from Dobbin, discovered a bear on
the track few yards in front of the
engine. It was determined to cap
ture the animal if possible and as his
bearship did not seem inclined to
leave the track but trotted along at q
moderate space, the train was stop
ped and the engiue uncoupled and
then began an exciting race for dis
lance of about fourth of mile at
the end of which the bear was run
over and killed He weighed about
lao pounds and was in good condi-
tion.-Keysel' Tribune.