Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1891-04-25

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five feet in diameter and, according
to the rings on the stump, was 496
years old.
Rev. j.. Polk stump was in the
city on Thursday. He is here on
account of the illness of his wife's
father Mr.. Samuel McKnown, liv-
ing at Gerardstown.
Mr.. John G. Randall, is preparing
to issue business directory of this
city, and we recommend the work to
the business men, espC cially so at
this era of our prosperity.
The foundation for the jail under
the foremanship of Mr.. Chas. Roder-
lex, is being rapidly built. and ere
long, our city will be supplied with
safe and secure building for the
breakers of the law.
The store-room in the Gerling
property on King street is being re-
modelled, and made ready for bak-
cry and confectionery store. The
room will be occupied by Mr.. Daniel
Slotterbeck, son-in-law of Mr.. Ger.
ling.
Work on the Worlds Fair site at
Jackson Park, Chicago, was entirely
suspended this week. Six hundred
of the $50 men at work struck Mon
day and the remainder declined to
60 to work. There has been no dis
turbance.
There is a necessity for culyert
or bridge on West Stephen street
extended, and our city authorities
should take steps to place one in
this locality in the near future. AT
present the roadway is impossible
from recent rains.
A severe tornado cut a swath
through Pittsburg, q small town in
Texas ON Thursday morning, COM
pletely destroying two residences and
badly damaging half a dozen others.
Mrs. Powell was fatally and her
daughter, Mrs. Burns, severely hurt.
A general lockout of stonemasons
was inaugurated in Pittsburg and
Allegheny, Pa, Thursday morning
by the Master Masons' Association.
The trouble arose after dispute OF
hodcarriers at work on the Proyl-
dence Mission Church, in Allegheny
City, over non-union men.
A Southern genius has made out
of drygoods box clock that keeps
thirteen different times with accura-
cy. 1t shows the time in Atlanta,
San Francisco, Carlo, Egypt; Shang-
hal, China; Paris, France, Quebec.
Canada; Melbourne, Australia; City
of Mexico, Dublin, Ireland; Berlin,
Germany, and Rome in Italy.
Senator Walthall and ex-Govern-
or Lowry, of Missippi, will be the
orators at the unwilling of the Con-
federate monument in Jackson, June
8. The former gentleman will pay
tribute to Jefferson Davis, and the
affair is expected to prove the most
important Confederate demonstra-
ton in that State since the war.
The international Bible studies for
next Sabbath are in Jonah 8: lilo.
Title, Nineyah brought to repent
ance. Golden text, "The men Of
Ninevah shall! rise up in the judg-
ment with this generation to con-
denim it; for they repented at the
preaching of Jonah, and behold
greater than Jonah is here" Luke
IL: 80.
DEATH OF SAMUEL MoKowN.-
After a short illness, at five o'clock
on Thursday afternoon, Mr.. Samuel
McKown, one of the Oldest and best
known residents of this county pass
ed away. He was in his 75ht year,
and has lived his entire life near
Gerardstown. His funeral will take
place at 10 o'clock this Saturday
morning.
All the trackmen on the Balti-
more & Ohio system of railroads are
rejoicing over an increase of wages
given them by the voluntary act of
the officials. These trackmen, num-
ing hundreds, received the notifica-
ton that on and after May 1st the
$40 per month men will receive
$42,5O, and the $l.10 men will re-
ceive $1.l5 per day.
Miss Julia Mariowe is said to have
the most wonderful faculty of memo
rizing of any woman on the stage,
and she finds that this faculty has
been intensified by her recent illness.
As test the other day she repeated
word for word Baron Fava's letter to
Mr.. Blaine, consisting Of about five
hundred words, after it had been
read twice in her presence.
The highest place in the world
regularly inhabited is stated to be
the Buddhist Monastery, Haine, in
Thibet, which is about 10000. feet
above sea level. The next highest
is Galera, railway station in Peru,
which is located at a height Of 49,
635 feet, Near it, at the same level,
a railway tunnel 3,847 feet in length |
is being driven through the noun
tains.
We learn that on Friday night of |
last week the house of Mrs. Tieman,
east of this city, along the line OF the |
B. & O. was broken into, and Mrs. |
Tieman, who lives there alone, was
considerably injured by the scoun.
drels. They were in search of money
and demolished considerable furni-
ture and bedding in their plundering
and the Williams not finding any, took
their revenge on the old and helpless
innate.
WAKING UP.-Cumberland Nd,
after years of gloom, has had erected
along portion of Baltimore street
five arc electric lights. We are not
of a Boosting nature, but can not see
why the largest, wealthiest and best
toaon in Western Maryland, claim
ing population of 10000, can only
afford five lights within its border
while Martinsburg, with neither
claim of wealth, population or
strength, has every public street bril-