Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-27
THE NEWS

refinery, hear Washington, Pa: loss, $50 900.
a big furniture strike Is threatened in
Strand Rapids, Mich, where the employees of
the School Furniture Company have been
locked ees.--Prof. Omandon, of Drury Col
tsse, Springfield, Mo-, has absconded, leaving
Sl,sW due to his fellow professors The
Hamburg American Steamship Company,
running to New York, has issued circular
to Its European agents that any one who sells
ticket to an undesirable person shall be held
responsible for the price ETA return ticket
A construction train belonging to company
that is building a road from Richmond; Ky,
to BeaUyville left the track at Mellon, FIVE
miles from Richmond. and killed four men.
Six others were wounded, and Conductor
Stevens was Seriously hurt.-Speeisl Allot-
ting Agent j. C. Robinson, of Kingston, Ind,
has completed the task of allotting land in
severalty to the Iowa indians. Most of The
Indians have taken their lands on the CHM
marrcD tiver.-The New Albany, Ind,
division of the Knights of st. Edward has
been communicated by Bishop Chatard for
giving Sunday excursion where beer and
danelas were among the attractions, A
Sseftss on Sunday struck the fruit belt Al Villa
Rldge, ILL.,, with disastrous effect. Five thous-
and apple trees, loaded with fruit were blown
down. Wheat and grapevines were badly
damaged. The Australian Ballot bill was
signed by the Governor of Illinois and became
law. Section p was at first missing, but
the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker and clerk
held conference, certified that the Bill as
passed by the legislature Rad contained this
sectich. They Inserted this section and in
,hsssAape the bill was signed The high
license people have won, after long fight, in
the City Council of Aurora, Ill.--A Rich
ardat, wealthy Frenchnan who is largely
interested in the gold mines of Madagascar, is
now in Chicago having made tour of the
gold mines ofthe West, and will introduce the
American methods ofmiuing into Madagascar
Waiter G. Shaw aged seFty-ohe, shoe
maker, of Beverly, Mass, found his daughter
Sarah in the kitchen with Henry L. Roberts.
teaTder he did not like. Shaw shot his
daHghtcF in the thigh, and Roberts in the back.
tie then put bullet into his own brain, diving
soon afterwards, The girl will recover, but
Roberts may die,
On complaint of Rev. Sam Small, the grand
jury at Philadelphia found an Indictment
against Rev. J. Wesley HilI, ST Ogden, Utah.
The charge is writing and publishing letters
charging Ms Small with crookedness in
managing the funds of Utah University
At Brushton, Franklin county, n. Y, Satur-
day, forty persons were poisoned by eating ice
cream not properly prepared. All are out of
danger warrant has been issued at Ian
caster Pa, for The arrest of Rev. n. A. Barr,
who is chaTged with sending an abusive pos
tsl card to Rev. Mr.. Spreng, of Cleveland. -
The banking firm of Sax Bros, generally
known as Sax's Bank, at Nashville, made an
assignment Liabilities 5000, 900; assets about
the same.-W. Bensinger & Sons, dealers in
furniture at Louisville, Ky, assigned Liza
bilities $4,000, assets $4,000 Secretary
Rusk pat in working order, at Chicago, his
new bureau for the microscopic examination
of hog products for port-The maintenance
and transportation of state troops during the
coke riots in Pennsylvania cost the state $50
o29,-A terrible explosion of dynamite oc-
CURED at Leipers quarries, in Chester Pa
Peter Mclaughlin and John Poker the lat
ter naturalized Italian, were working on a
large rock. Mclaughlin put in quantity of
dynamite, and was tamping it when the stuff
exploded. Mclaughlin was hurled high into
the air in a cloud of smoke, dust and living
stones, and killed.--The Border CITY Mills
at Fall River, Mas, were damaged consider
ably by fire, a st0rehouse containing 1856. 900
worth of cotton and fancy clothes being de
stfoyed. Three firemen were slightly hurt
by falling walls.-The German steamer
Hafs arrived at Philadelphia with Captain
Jansen and crew ofthe Norwegian bark Carl,
which was abandoned at sea June %, in a
sinking condition. The Carl sailed from
Bristol in ballast May 10, for Quebec. She
experienced heavy northwestly gales, and on
June 10, sprung aleak The water gained
faster than it could be pumped out by the
crew, and on the 18th she had settled TO such
en- extent that ii was decided to abandon the
vessel. The men were very much exhausted
from their three days work at ihe pumps and
had suffered greatly from the cold and from
being wet by the seas which broke over the
vessel. They left her in their own boats and
were taken on board the Hafs at night
A petition containing 300, 900 names, the
singers all living in the United States, will
shortly besent from Philadelphia to ST, Peters
burg praying the Car to deal kindly withhis
political prisoners Davis attempted
to outrage the fourteen year-old daughter OF
Robert IIelton, of Bosonville, St Clair county
Alabama. Her cries brought her mother, but
Davis threatened to kill her if she interfered.
Tine father heard his daughters screams, and
when he went to her assistance Divis fled, but
was soon arrested.-Max Freeman, Phila.
delphia detective, was shot and seriously
wounded While attempting to arrest a man
supposed to be fugitive President Marsh, of
the Keystone Bank, in cottage in woods
near Asbury Park, n. J.-Charles T. Frank
of the broken banking firm of Theodore
Schwartz & Co, Louisville, Ky, died sud
denly of paralysis ofthe heart.--A sandbank
along the lake shore at Erie, Pa, caved in on
a dozen boys who were playing under it.
Freddie Andrews, aged nine, was killed.
Eddie Coleman was so badly injured that be
will die, and half dozen others were badly
hurt IN wreck on the Illinois Central
Railroad, near Sauve, La, the engineer and
two tiremen were killed.-The Supreme
Court of New Jersey gave a decision against
the state insurance commissioner in the prose
cution Of the short term societies. United
States inspectors in Philadelphia seized eigh-
teen letters containing tickets of Hamburg
lottery company. Elmhurst, Pa, Daniel
Freas, highly-respected young man, was
called to the door of his home by some un.
known party and then shot twice with re-
volver. One of the bullets entered Freas' head
near the eye, and he is lying in critical con-
dition. There is no clue to his assailant,---
Harriet Hosmer will soon bring the statue Of
Isabella, as designed by her. to this country.
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