Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-22
THE NEWS

syndicate. 7. ID. Armour of the Big Three "
says that A. b. Sticllney made the contract of
sale without the consent of the stockholders.
Mr. Stickney has been asked to explain.
The tobacco trade at Louisville is disturbed
At Cleveland, o, the second annual con.
vention of the Young Penp'e's Christian
Union of the Uniyersalst Church was in ses.
sion.-Charles Lawrence, ex-assistant cash
Ter of the broken Keystone National Bank,
was sentenced at Philadelphia to seven years
in the Eastern Penitentiary at labor, and to
pay fine of 81, 900 and costs.--At Quincy,
ILL.,, DR.. Julius Gunther, one of the best ply
sicians of the city died at the age of sixty-two.
lie was one nfthe city physicians of New Or
leans during the yellow fever scoUrge of 1878.
Michael Ahern, farmer living near
Murray, Iowa, became angry with his daugh-
ter, aged fourteen years, while the family
we're at the breakfast table, and deliberately
drew his revolver and shot her hi the back
while she was attempting to make her escape
from him. Physicians are unable to extract
the ball and say the girl cannot recover.
Threats of violence have been made. A
house, Jacksonville. Fla, destroyed fifty
buildings in the business part of the city, and
caused a total loss Of about $500. 600. 4 guam
tiiy of dynamite exploded, causing a shock
like on earthquake, and scattering the flames
in all directions FIX. City Solicitor William
n. West, of Philadelphia, del suddenly Mt
his summer home, at Radnor, Pa aged fifty
one years.
Jacob Franzred, ex-secretary of the Camp
Washington Building Association of Cincin-
natl, has Incorporated about $4,000 of the
funds.-Nrs. James K. Polk, widow of ex
President Polk, died at Nashville, aged eighty
eighth a collision on the New York On
tario and Western Railroad, about two miles
below Guilford Center n. Y. The engineer
of freight train, Albert Booth, of Walton,
was instantly killed, and Fireman H alden
Davis, of Norwich, was badly injured abo ut
the head and shoulders. Head Brakeman
Webster received slight injuries. At Az
bany, n. Y, Frederick Guther, aged sixty
eight years, committed suicide by hanging
himself wi q rope in his woodhouse. lie
leaves n wife and child. Dependency is sup
posed to have been the cause of his selG-kill-
ing.-Near IIiawatha, Ks, a threshing
machine on the farm of NJ. d. Hammond eX-
ploded, killing the engineer Charles Mozart
ney and badly injuring w. w. Loofboro, aud
two others.--A heavy storm passed over
Ellsworth, Benton, Warrington, Fulda anl
other towns in Minnesota, Great damage was
done.--The attorney general of Pennsylvania
has notified six newspapers of Philadelphia
that they must pay back forty per cent. rebate
paid to an alleged state agent for securing ad-
vertisements of mercantile appraisers lists.
John K. Gamble, elected last fall to Con
gress from South Dakota, died at Iankton Of
paralysis of the heart, aged forty-eig ht.-At
No, 2 shaft of the Tamarecll mine Calumet,
Mich, the engineer by mistake pulled the
cage with fifteen miners to the top Of Che shat
house. All were injured, bat none fatally.
The wire hosting cable was broken, but NJ
damage was done to building or machinery
The cage was jammed between the guide tim
bers or else would have dropped 3,0)j feet to
the bottom of the shaft.--Govcrnor Albeit,
of New Jersey, has refused TO allow thee xtra-
dition from that state of Harry A. Copeland,
indicted in New York foraidirS anil ab'tting
his brother, Morton T. Copeland, boot AMI
shoe jobber, in fraululenly disposng oi his
stock of gools aud absorbing with thu pro-
ceads.
The Pan Republic Congress Committee call
upon ministers and teachers to take as their
text on the anniversary of Discovery Day,
Sunday, October 1tth, the words from Levitt
Gus, cast in the old independence bell: "Pro-
claim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto
All the Inhabitants Thereof. THE Prcsi-
dent has about completed preparations for his
tour through New York and New England. -
Owing tc ;heir insufficient strength, the fouu-
dations Of the Worlds Fair build ngs will be
taken up and relaid at an extra cost of $3.50
Oo0,--Chris Young, who killed Steven Fer
guson, was hanged at Lexington, Mob.
ID. Whilden, arrested in Oregon for obtaining
money under false pretenses and for attempt
ing to d'traud an insurance company. was
taken to Birmingham, Ala. Whiliep gave
bond in the sum 8, 00a, and was released. His
wife is with him,-A freight wreck occurred
on the Cincinnati division of the Pan Handle
Road near Columbus, Ohio The train broke
In two and ran together again, piling up IS
cars. John Holland a race horse trainer, was
seriously injured, md the horse, valued at
Si,5o and owned in SteubenviIe was killed.
Cars were loaded with low-class merchandise,
and the loss is estimated ut $4,000. job
Haas, sixty years old, was found dead in
Philadelphia with his skull crushed WIN.
Spieiman, prisoner in the Camden County,
n. j., jail, attempted to murder Nightkeeper
Andrew Robinson by stabbing him in the
head, Spielman afterward cut his own throat
and was then removed to the Cooper Hospital.
He may recover. Robnsou's wound is not
iatal.--Our ships are making it lively for
the sealing vessels near the Seal Islands,
Henry Henson, for the murder of his wife.
was hanged in st. Louis. -Speculator Par
fridge, of Chicago, is all right SO far.-Five
crooks were arrested ut Detroit for abducting
Joseph Perrein, wealthy miller, March 10th.
An agent Of Baron Hirsh is reported to have
bought nine hundred acres of land in Wood
bine, on the West Jersey Railroad near the
northern boundary of Cape May county
The citizens of Portsmouth, Ohio, are terror
lied at the number of ineendiary fires in that
town.-Fiiteen meat packers Of Chicago
have formed a combine to establish n stock
yard of their own and thus be removed from
the power of the Big Three.-New York de.
tectives arrested green goods sharper in the
net of receiving money order package at the
United States Express office in that city
Fire in Norfolk destroyed number of build
ings in the business part of town, including
the American Peanut Company's warehouse
together with forty thousand bags of peanuts
During FIRE in Philadelphia three chill
dren, aged two four and nine were dropped
from the third floor of house into a blanket
and saved. Revenue officers seized Si51, coo
worth of smuggled opium in Chinatown, in
San Francisco. They also seized ten thousand
forged labels.---An aeronaut, named John
sou, fell from balloon 1000 feet at Tacoma,
Washington, and was crushed to death
Special agents of the Treasury seized brill
liant and interesting collection Of jewelry.
which for month or more has been displayed
in window in North street, Boston, as the
stock IN trade Of recently arrived Italian,
but which was seized on probable proof that
itihad been smuggled from Naples through the
port Of New York about three months ago
The residents of Shelby county, Indiana. at