Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1891-01-24
STATE NEWS.

ed in Taylor county, last week, with
a stolen horse in his possession.
There were only rs deaths in
Braxton county, last year, popula-
ton of $4,000. There were 458
births.
There has not been wagon to or
from Dunmore, Pocahontas county,
since the 18th of December. Too
much snow.
A father and two sons, named
Williams, are in Jail at Sutton Oh
the charge of robbing the mail of$20
in cash and $l70 in checks.
While working at the saw mill at
cambridge, near Pennington We'd
nesday, Calder Whiteman cut one of
his legs dangerously with an ak.
Since last week we have collected
go cents on subscription. Thanks.
We appealed to the people last week
to come in or send and help U.S.
Putnam Democrat.
A mail carrier named sHinchman
was snowbound in the mountains of
Randolph county in little hut for
nearly three weeks, He was finally
dug out by a rescuing party.
James Musgrove, of Winfield dis
trict, Marion county, died last We'd
nesday, aged 81 years. George W.
Swisher, of Paw paw, district, same
county, died Thursday, aged 80
years.
The Baltimore Sun of last Satur-
day notes the appointment of Miss
Sallie Tierney as deputy clerk of the
County Court of Lewis county as the
first female deputy clerk in West
Virginia.
Col. U. N. Orr, of Kingwood. has
sold his property in Preston county
for $4,000. There are several thou
sand acres, and capitalists were the
purchasers. Oil wells will be drill
ed and coal mines opened.
A negro named T. j. Niche, was
arrested at Huntington Thursday,
by Marshall Mitchell and Officer
Wilson, charged with shooting a
man at Stone Cliff. He was put in
Jail and remained over night, and
the next morning was taken to Fay.
cite county Jail to await trial.
A "reliable correspondent" from
Valley Head, Randolph county,
sends us the following: "a strange
freak of lightning occurred month
or so ago. near the residence of John
A. Tacy, in Mingo. Nine chestnut
trees, all in line of about 60 yards
were riven and torn to pieces by one
flash of the fiery fluid.
Mr.. David Longanacre, an old and
respected citizen of Monroe county,
died at the residence of his son, Mr..
j. w. Longanacre, near Sinks
Grove, that county, on January 9Th,
1891, aged 80, years, 4 months and
19 days. He was born in that coun-
ty on August 18th, 1908. where he
spent all of his long and useful
life.
7. R. Evans and E. NJ. Grant, of
Morgantown, have adopted a novel
scheme by which they expect to Sc
cure a supply of fine ice sufficient to
cool the palates of Morgantown next
summer. The gentlemen have se-
cured already over a thousand empty
cement barrels and employed two
men whose duty it will be to place
the barrels in q row and commence
ing at the end, armed with q hose,
walk along the row allowing half an
inch or an inch of mountain dew to
flow into each barrel. By the time
the end of the row is reached the wa
ter in most of the barrels is frozen
solid; the work is to be kept up
throughout the night, and during
the day when the tempature is low
enough. When all the barrels are
filed with solid ice they will be
placed in a pile in Mr.. Evans lot
back of his residence, covered with
saw dust and a shed built over all to
protect it from rain and sun.