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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-03-08
In q Blazing Mine.
REPORTER.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March "A
disaster occurred at the South Wilks-
barre Colliery of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Company which will
probably involve the lives of eight
men. During the process of timber
ing one of the gangways, the wood
work took fire from an explosion of
gas, and is now burning fiercely. Be-
yond the working, eight men are en-
tombed by the flames, and, as all eff
forts to rescue them have proved I'M
availing, it is feared that suffocation
must ensue, if the men are not alrea-
dy dead. The names of the men are
Thomas Williamson, Hugh Duggan,
Thomas Jameson, Michael Ferry,
Frank Call, Thos. Mcdonald, James
O'Donnell and man whose name is
unknown.
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NO HOPE OF SAVING THEM.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 4.-The
situation at the South Wilkesbarre
shaft, in which eight miners are en-
tombed, remains unchanged this
evening. One exploring party after
another has descended the shaft, only
to be driven back by gas and smoke.
The compahy's officials are now busy
flooding the mine. Dense volumes
of smoke are still ascending from the
air-shaft tonight, and the destruc-
ton In the interior of the mine will
be enormous. At eight o'clock this
evening the last exploring party re-
ported that the fire is rapidly burn
ing in the shaft, and has made a
Roadway of over 100 feet from the
starting point of last night. All
hope of finding the victims or any
part of their bodies has been given
up, as they have all probably been
incinerated.
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Druggists everywhere report that
the sales Of the Restorative Nervine
q nerve food and medicine-are as
tonishing; exceeding anything they
ever had, while it gives universal
satisfaction in headache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, sexual debility
backache, poor memory, fits, dizzi-
ness, etc. Taylor Bros, of Bryan,
o.; Ambery & Murphy, of Battle
Greek, Mich G. B. Woodwork &
Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind, and hun
dreds of others state that they never
handled any medicine which sold SO
rapidly, or gave such satisfaction
Trial bottles of this great medicine
and book on Nervous Diseases, free
at A. M. Gilbert's who guarantees
and recommends it.
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CORRESPONDENCE
For the Independent.
RETRIBU7TON.

Oh, how often in the twilight, as the even
ing shadows grew
Into shapes and forms fantastic, like a
shadowland review;
Creeping over yonder mountain, as 1t tow
cred into space,
Till its rigid outline trembled in shad-
owy embrace,
Have / fingered on the lake-shore, by the
side of gentle Ruth,
Whilst my heart was wildly throbbing
with tn passion of my youth,
Speaking words of deep expression, audi
bic to us alone,
Save the wind as it repeated them with
soft aeolisn tone;
And how often in the moonlight as the
moon-that mystic orb
Sought with beams of silyery beauty every
shadow to absorb,
Would she sit at yonder easement, meath
its arch of ivy green,
Gazing dreamily upon the shining aerial
queen.
All, the memories of those moments stir
my soul and heat my blood,
Coming DER my troubled spirit in a great
Overwhelming flood.
All is gone, and gone forever, naught but
vain regret remains;
Whilst deed of dark and bitter wrong my
soul and conscience stains.
1t was jealousy the action prompted, jeal-
ousy of Ruth:
D how evil is the wild impulse that gov
ems thoughtless youth.
twas my friend, my dearest friend, alas
my rival proved to be, a
And yet how could he refrain from loving
one as fair as she?
All twas so indeed, in jealous rage, q
curse the luckless dayl
My best friend, but yet my rival, In mine
anger did l slay;
Then in fear of retribution, from my home
quickly fed,
Till my long and heightened absence led
my friends to think me dead.
Would 'twere so, for after many weary
years l now return
But to find those things forever gone for
which my soul doth yearn.
Here hath death with all its dread and
sombre doom performed its end,
Scarcely leaving in its pathway one famil-
lar face or friend;
She Is dead for whom l ruined life, how
poignant is my grief!
Nothing do find but torture where / turn
to seek relief.
What world is this we live in, what a
luckless state TO gain:
Paying for a single action with life of
bitter pain.
How dread to meet the future, that re-
sistless in its course,
Nothing holds for me but sorrow and the
burden of remorse.
Louis NJ. Grice, Baltimore, Md.
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The Kanawha & Ohio.
BOUGHT IN FOR A THIRD ITS VALUE BY
FORMER OWNERS. THE Ex-
TENSION LIKELY TO BE
MADE SOON.

COLUMBUS, o., March 4.--The Kama
wha & Ohio railroad was sold to-day
under decree of foreclosure in the
United States court, granted the
Mercantile Trust Co., Of New York.
Agents of Romans & Co., New York,
secured the road for $505,000.
The Charleston Gazette says it
was CLEANED that the real purchaser
wa snone other than Nelson Robin
son, the President and principal
stakeholder in the road under its
present organization.
The supposition now is that a
road will soon be built from Charles
ton up on the north of the Kanawha
to Gauley river, and up this river
for some distance. The right of way
has been purchased, the surveys com.
pleted, and estimates made on con.
structing the road. Everything is
In readiness, and now that the K. &
o. is again in the hands of parties
favorable to the project, it is thought
the road will be a 60.
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Additional Locals.

CouNcIL PROCEEDINGS
met IN regular session Thursday
evening.
Committee on heating lockups re.
ported, contract with w. S. Snyder
at cost of $55.75.
Water Board reported the practi-
bility Of putting in water main on r.
John St., a feeder pipe of sufficient
size TO be put in as far as petitioned
for by Snyder and Shober. Receiv-
ed and adopted.
On motion, Sergeant Wien was
authorized to pay the corporation
witnesses in the cause OF Jos. West
versus the corporation of Martins
burg.
On motion the Mayor was author.
lied to notify all merchants to either
have their signs (Which hang too low
put higher, out ofreach of umbrellas
or removed altogether, as some at
present are nuisance.
On motion the Street Committee
was instructed to give the proper
grade for Jno. A. Homrich,s pave
ment on Il. Martin st.
Petition of Bender & Bro. for wa
ter mains to be put in on their new
extension east of High st. Receiv-
cd and referred to Water Board
with power to act.
Light Committee to examine and
report on practibility of placing
lamps on the following streets At
Queen st. near corporation limits,
Choppers ford road, Albert Street,
Boyd Avenue, w. John st. and w.
King st. external end.
On motion Water Board to act on
petition for the extension of water
mains on 3rd street In 9Th ward.
Crossing ordered put down on
Boyd avenue of Race street.
Culvert near Mr.. Grozinger's on
+. Burke st. ordered cleaned out
and holes on said street filed up.
Street Committee to act on petit
ton for crossing plate at corner of
Queen and Tobin st.
Petition for proper line of Tobin
Street in First Ward to be defined.
placed in hands Of Street Committee
to employ an engineer TO survey,
same and report back.
On. motion Street Committee to
examine the present bad condition
Of W. Martin st. and report back to
Council.
On motion the Mayor was author
lied to notify County Assessor Butts
to look up the question Of assessing
the whiskey stored in the Hannis-
vile Distillery.
A number of bills were read and
ordered paid. Adjourned.
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A 9-year-old boy was playing in a
yard at Surry G. H., Va, one after
noon, when he heard the dogs after
deer. Running to the woodhouse,
the boy took an axe and started
across the field to intercept the deer,
which he did. The dogs had nearly
broken it down, so it was not run
ming very fast. The boy knocked it
down with the axe and killed it.
Running back to the house, he told
of it, and sent out after it, 1t was q
nice buck, with seven prongs.
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Forgot His sweetheart's Name.

Rather singular thing occurred
at the county clerks Office in Des
Monies a few days ago. A young
fellow came in and got a license to
marry young damsel. and departed
after going through the necessary
preliminaries. He had been gone
about an hour or so when he return
ed in great haste and confusion and
said he had made mistake in the
name, and was thinking of another
girl at time he got the license. Their
first name were the same. but their
last names were as unlike as they
could be. The name was corrected,
and the absent-minded swain de
parted.
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Mysterious Death of Brakeman.

ROANOKE, VA, March 2.-George
A. Dooley, freight brakeman on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
was found lying dead upon the
track, near the Union Passenger De-
pot at l:l5 this morning. His body
was nearly cut in two about the hips.
As he had just stepped from his Ca
boose, and no trace of blood can be
found on any engine that passed..that
point, if any passed, his death is
regarded as mysterious. He would
never allow a tramp to ride on this
train, and as there are several in the
city there is a suspicion Of foul play
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NEW TOWN.

Mr.. Jacob McQuilkin and brother
took the fast line on the b. & o. in
your city last week for Illinois where
they expect to seek their fortunes.
On the Goth ult., after protected
illness, Mrs. Geo. Miller passed from
the shores of time into the land be-
yond. Her remains were inferred in
the cemetery at Shepherdstown on
the 28th. She leaves husband and
thirteen children to mourn her loss.
We heartily sympathize with the
bereaved family and would point
them to Him who is a present helper
in time of trouble.
Mr.. Towner Schley, the jovial
agent, of Shepherdstown, was in your
city on last Saturday with as much
vim and cordially as ever.
The cold snap rather deteriorated
the growth of the forward trees.
Peaches will be great luxury here
next summer.
We were informed that Mr. Jacob
Syester found his sand boat below
dam No. on the Potomac-which
was cut loose at Falling Waters some
time ago.
We noticed a few days since in
your city Mr.. Aaron Swartley and
his son, Jerome, who were once resi-
dents of the neighborhood of Broad
Lane.
Mr.. Bailey, of Falling Waters dis
trict, has moved into Mr.. Thos. Viii.
lisms' property near here.
Mr.. Lambert the blacksmith, at
Falling Waters, contemplates moving
to Greensburg in the near future
where smith is much needed.
ARCTURUs.
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Constable Bacher, of Bramwell,
w. Va, was shot and killed last Fri
day by Charles Dabney, a colored
man he attempted to arrest for the
murder of Jessie Staunton. Belcher
was very popular, and a large party
is searching the mountains for Dab
ney, and if caught he will be proba-
bly, lynched for his crimes.
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We learn that Mr.. Geo. Newkirk
of Little Georgetown is on the in
valid list, but hope he may ere long
be restored to health.
Mr.. William Richard, Jr., and
wife are in the village recuperating
preparatory to taking up their abode
in Springfield, Ohio.
REPORTER.
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ONE-THIRD of the fools Of the coun

ONE-THIRD of the fools Of the coun-
try think they can beat the lawyer
in expounding law, one-half think
they can beat the doctor healing the
sick, two-thirds of them think they
can beat the minister preaching the
gospel, and all of them think they
can beat the editor in running a news
paper.
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When Baby wan sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss she chung TO Castoria,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
ORDERS FOR CAMP.
The Question OF Excessive Baggage
Brilliant Prospects for the Second

The Question OF Excessive Baggage.
Brilliant Prospects for the Second.
Colonel Doherty to-day issues his orders
to the Second regiment for camp. The
Waterbury companies will leave at
6:20 o'clock Monday morning, August 1S,
meet the other companies in New Haven
and leave that city on special train at
$40 o'clock. Throughout camp week SER
geants will report at 7:45 o'clock in the
morning. There will be guard mounting
Immediately on arriving in camp. Con-
corning the subject of baggage, he calls
special attention to the paragraph in the
adjutant generals orders relative thereto
and says:
For sometime past the custom of carry
ing excessive baggage has been growing to
such an extent that the entire first day ia
spoiled by the continued Transportation
from the depot to the camp ground.
Where few years ago one team could ac-
commodate two companies,it now requires
two trips for one company
It looks now as though the regiment
would go into camp with larger number
of men than ever before. Nearly all the
companies have their full quota and it is
estimated that at least $50 officers and men
will march across the color line that Mon
day morning. At the officers meeting
Wednesday night much pleasure was
expressed at so brilliant a prospect.
1t was voted to engage five extra pieces
for the band, making twenty-five in all.
Adjutant General Embler says concern
ing his limitation of baggage this year,
that If men were going on campaign
they would not think of taking FREIGHT
car for each company; the knapsacks
would suffice. The authorities have been
cutting down the baggage the last year or
two and now he thinks it should be brought
to minimum-the knapsacks, two chests
and officers trunks to each company. IF
the New Haven companies are going tn
provide cars for themselves, he saws he
does not know how they are to get them to
camp
The arrangements at Camp Embler are
being carried on as rapidly as possible.
This year the brigade will be encamped in
the following order: Third regiment, Sec
ond regiment, Fourth regiment, First
regiment, First separate company, Sec
review by Governor Buckley will tale
place Friday August 90, at Q D. m. I'm
mediately following will be battalion drill,
by infantry, drill by artillery and brigade
dress parade. The following is the daily
routine Of duty:
Reveille, 6 am; surgeons call. Gao
am; breakfast, 6:65; police call. ": in.
spection quarters, 8; company skirmisb
drill, to $3.50; guard mounting, O.; batta1-
ion drill, 10 to 1870; orderly hour, 12 M:
dinner, 1880 Pm; battalion drill, 2:15 to
5:l5; police call, q; brigade dress parade.
5;S0; supper, $50; tattoo, 10; taps,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
A BROKEN SHAFT:
Narrow Escape at Winchester
ArmOry.

A Narrow Escape at Winchester
Arm0ry.
Yesterday mouning, about 4 O'Clock, a
shaft snapped and broke in the pfojectile
department Of the Winchester Arms Co.
This department has been running day
and night for some time, on account of
the accumulation of business. Four "a
inch pufleys slipped off the shaft and flew
in all directions, striking the floor with
such violence that they were broken into
more than a dozen pieces. 1t was shaft
in Dick Russell's room that snapped and
caused jail the trouble. William Good, Of
98a Nash street, who was at work in that
room, had very narrow escape from in
slant death. Que of the pieces of the
pulleys was making directly for his head,
but he fortunately saw it. in season,
lodged, and the flying missile flew past
him. He was however struck on the leg
by another piece Of one Of the pulleys
and sustained quite severe coutusion
of the hip. It was extremely fortunate
that nc. more serious accident resulted from
the breaking Of the shaft.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
PEOPLE wILLREAD.

The Free Library Has q Large De-
mand for Its Volumes in Spite of the
weather.
Even if the weather is hot and disagreea-
BILE people will read just the same, and
consequently the free public library is well
patronized during the summer months.
There are between six and seven hundred
volumes given out every Saturday, which
is about as large number as during the
months of the year when nearly everyone
is in town; but on the other days Of the
week, possibly excepting Monday, there is
some falling off in the demand.
Work on the old Third church building
is progressing favorably and begins more
to resemble library building. The letters
Gree Public Library" have been cut in
the highly polished stone over the en-
trance. With the edifice completed in all
it's detail and books filing the shelves,
New Haven will have free library to be
proud Of.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
THE SNEAK THIEF.
A Small Theft on Brown Street
RenOrteh

n small Theu on brown street
Reported.
DR.. G. l.. Fitch came into the police sta
ton last night to report sneak thief who
had been making the rounds of his neigh
borhood. Early in the afternoon while he
was absent from the house man came and
told the Swede girl who answered the bell
that he had been sent by the doctor to fix
the piano. He gave the name of the doc
tor all right, but the girl would give him
no access to the house and slammed the
door in his face after some parleying of
words. Then the conversation was resum-
ed through window and demands made
for something to eat, to which the girl
paid no attention. He is described as be-
ing about thirty five years of age, medium
height and rather poorly clad. A man an
swering the same description appeared the
day before at Ne.9 Brown street and said
he had been sent to clean a carpet The
lady of the house, knowing there was no
carpet to clean, told him so, but when she
turned away to get the bread and butter he
requested he improved the shining oppor-
tunity to make away with a lot of hand
kerchiefs and some pieces of clothing. He
did not leave his address.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
AT INDIAN NECK.
Quite Party of Meridenites at Lime-
wood GroYe House.
Personal Notes.

Professor Wheeler of Yale and family
are ut Grove Beach.
Ex-President Porter of Yale university
is now at Norfolk, Va. E
Mrs. H. W. Benedict of No. II Howe
street is at Saratoga for the summer.
Mrs. Church, wife of J. A. Church the
builder, is at the White mountains.
Leo Morris has postponed his trip to
Europe, owing to sickness in the family.
Rev. T. Brinley Morgan of Christ church
and family are spending the summer at
Woodbridge.
Miss Anna Coomes of 70 Williams street
returned yesterday from sojourn of sew
eral weeks in North Kent, Conn.
Mr.. j. T. Demme of Boston, Mrs. j. M.
Hurlburt and Miss Julia Love of New Ha-
ven are rusticating at Sound Beach.
Messrs. J. p. Goodhart, Simon Good
hart and Philip Goodhart of this city left
yesterday for brief visit to Litchfeld.
Willis Parken of II William street, with
his wife and two children, will leave in
few days for a two weeks vacation at the
Thimb1es.
Miss Estella Poronto of James street is
to start Monday for several weeks visit
among friends in Clinton county, north
ern New York.
Miss Hope Lewis, daughter of Rev. A..
w. Lewis, takes the place Of Miss Belden,
contralto in St. Pauls choir, during the
latter's vacation:
Rev. Mr.. s. H. Watkins of the Church
of the Ascension is still suffering from
typhoid fever and will be unable to take
charge of his parish until late in the fall.
Mr.. o. @. Harrington, tutor in Shelf
field Scientific school, is to leave August
10 for his home in Portland, Me. He will
return little while before the term opens.
Rev. DR.. Toof and wife of Texas have
come to the city to sojourn. They are
stopping with Mr.. Toof, the inventor,
brother of the doctor, on Winthrop av-
enue.
Henry e. Nettleton, chief clerk at the
Union depot, and wife leave next week on
a vacation trip down east. They will stop
at Bar Harbor most of the time and give q
few days to the quaint and interesting
places on Squirrel island.
Miss Hattie A. Davis, an accomplished
young lady who has previously resided in
this city, graduate Of the Hillhouse high
school, and also of the WEIGH training
SCHOOL, has decided to make her home in
Norwich with relatives. She intends 90
ing abroad in the near future to complete
her education.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08

Edward L. Butler af West Torrington,
who has been i'll less than a week with
bilious fever, died Wednesday morning,
aged forty years. For the last five years
he worked in the needle shop and was uni
versally respected. Six years ago he was
elected deacon in the First Congregational
church of which he was an active member.
Funeral services will be held from the
church, Friday, at o'clock
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
Rosa Browns Escapade.

Mrs. Rosa Brown, wife of an employe
of the New Haven Chair company, created
quite scene with her husband at the
company's Office yesterday afternoon.
She drove up in ph@ton and could not
be prevailed upon to depart until she was
placed under arrest. She was somewhat
intoxicated
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08

Drowned In the Naugatuck mt An
sonia.
ANsoNIA, Aug. 7.-William Reardon,
twenty three, single, was drowned in the
Naugatuck here while bathing near the
Derby railroad bridge at $3.50 this after
noon. He was seized with cramps. He
caught hold of a boy and pulled him down,
but the boy escaped by kicking the man in
the head.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-08
Knights Of St. Patrick.

About 200 members of the Knights of
st Patrick spent the day at Pawson park.
1t was family affair and greatly enjoyed
by all who attended. Dancing and a base
ball game were feature of the days out
ing.
A shore dinner, however. constituted
the main feature of the days exercises.
man James E. McGann, City Clerk
Downes, Registrar James J. Carr, Assessor
William F. Shannon, John J. Carney,
Hon. G. T. Driscoll, Attorney David Cal
lahan, Colonel John G.. Healy, John F.
McHugh and Michael Walker, Michael
Fahy, John Cunningham, Hon. J. P. Pig
OFT