Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-01-10


his tobacco and sketches, let him ge.-Gov.
ernor Thayer, of Nebraska, has despatched
Buffalo Bill on an important Indian mission.
One soldier and several Indians were
wounded in reported fight near Wounded
Knee Eighty-tour bucks and sixty-three
squaws and children were buried near the
scene of the battle at Wounded knec.-The
President and Cabinet considered the Indian
situation, particularly General Miles recon-
mendation that military officers be substituted
for the agents. Thomas J. Ring, the st.
Louis manager of the Armour Cudahy Pack
ing Company of Omaha, discharged with en-
bezzling 5000 belonging to his employers.
Fire at Owinssyille, Ky, destroyed four
teen houses, Loss s50,000.-John Delaney
was blown into pieces in New York while
thawing out frozen caftridges.-Rev.J j. 7.
Riley, Of the NJ. L. Church of Monongahela
City, Pa, charged by Wilson hinnicl1 with
alternating the affections of his wife, is being
tried by the church authorities The Penn
sylyania Railroad trainmcn on the lines west
of Pittsburg have presented 4 statement Of
grievance to the officias.-Genera Master
Workman Powderly, Of the Knights of Labor,
hasissued circular letter calling fora national
reform industrial conference in Washic. ton,
February 23.-The Susquehanna river rose
fifteen feet above low water mark at Wilkes.
barre, and an ice gorge f rmed. The river
was high at other points aIso--Mrs, Sarah
Smith, luuatic, was killed by West Vir.
ginia and Pittsburg train. Paul c. Cameron,
the richest man in North Carolina, died at
Hillsboro in tbat State, aged eighty-two.
wm. Mclean, was killed at Brazil, Ind, by
Daniel MeCauley, with an axe, during a
quarrel The Farmers Alliance has ninety
two men in the Kansas Legislature
the explosion of the tugboat Annie Roberts
boiler near Portsmouth,, O., two men were
killed and three injured. The boat was val.
ued at ),o01,-Fire did S35, 900 damage at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; insurance $1,000
Caldwell d Niblack failed at Tyler, Texas;
Liabilities ,000.-The Liabilities of NJ. w.
Dubois. Of Texas, are said to be 100000 and
assets S1,30A00o.- During a quarrel over
some land near New York, Ark, a negro
named Cleveland and c. L. Perdure killed
each other.-F. Nelson and Antonio Grin
ado, sentenced TO be hanged in Arizona, Jan
uary l9haveb been respited for thirty days
Clarence Armont, railroad employee, was
arrested at Chicago chasged with robbine
passenger trunks.-Charles f. Mullen and
Harry Fcatherstone, the South Chicago bank
robbers, made full confession.-A mail
wagon was robbed in Chicago loss s., 500
Two earthquake shocks were felt atSan Fran
csco.--An effort was made to wreck Del
aware and Lackawanno train near Paterson
n. J-Gen. Philemon L. Hawkins a prom
inent Republican politician, died at Louis
burg, n. c., aged sixty.seven.-By an ex-
plosion of gas in the Centralia (Pa.) colliery
Michael Ready was killed.-M. Kaufman,
q clothing merchant at Charleston W. We,
failed liabilities $1,000 assets the same
Daniel Clarke, Judge of the United States
District Court for New Hampshire, died at
Manchester, in that state-Serious damage
is reported from West Virginia from the heavy
Gains. The Ohio river has risen greatly and
more trouble is expected.
Colonel Forsythe has been temporarily re.
lieyed of his command Of the Seventh Cav.
airy pending an investigation of the recent
fight at Wounded Knee. 1t is reported from
Washington that any attempt to substitute
military for civil supervision of the Sioux
would be vigorously opposed by the Interior
Department officials. General Morgan, Com.
missioner Of Indian Affairs, has written to
Secretary Noble, expressing his willingness
to visit the seat of war and endeavor to bring
about q restoration Of friendly relations with
the hostile Indians. The hostiles have burned
the houses ola number Of settlers. The orders
to disafm the Indians in the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe country have caused great anxiety
among settlers in Oklahoma and the Texas
border. The sound of heavy firing was heard
at Nashville, Neb, and it was reported fight
had occurred north of that point. Judge
d. C. Tropkett, died at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Emma Abbott, the opera singer, died at
Salt Lake City.-IIarry Stouffer, seventeen
years old, died from the effects of whiskey at
Bowmansdale, Pa.--The Mutual Guaranty
Fire Insurance Company, of Clinton, Iowa,
assigned liabilities $4,000, assets s232, 200.
The Dueber Watch Company, whose works
are at Canton, o., assigned, nominal assets
81 SOC, 600, liabilities $3.50 GOETHE Pennsyl-
vania State Supreme Court decided against
Jno. Il. Gloninger in the million-dollar
case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Edwin Solomon accidentally killed himself
with pistol at Salt Lake City.--It is
thought that the shocks felt at Elmwood, Ind
were due to explosions of natural gas
Much uneasiness is felt along the Mississippi
river, owing to the unsafe condition Of the
leyees.--John lacy, a tough, killed Edward
| Dietz at Columbus, lad, with a razor---The
total amount of lumber surveyed at Bangor,
Me-, in 1890, was 179 io6,727 feet.-John
Rooney was burned to death 10 barn near
Platisburg, n. Y.
Harley B. Morse and George C. Merrick, o.
Denver, presented at the Philadelphia mint {
| silver brick, and demanded that it be coineC
into money for them. The demand was re
fused. The case viii 0e carried to the United
| States Supreme Court--A barking machine
in wood-pulp mill, at Lockport, y. u, ex
ploded and injured several people-Thi
District Court in Iowa enjoined the trustees
of the Evangelical Emanuel Church from
excluding Rev. George Brad-tetter from thu
church and pulpit.-C. II. Vessels, seventy
years old, was shot and killed near Lyons
Iowa.-Fire in Aurora, Mo-, did $4,000
damsge.-The Geneva worsted mills, nea
Providence, Z. l., were burned; loss $4,000
insurance SEC, o0o-state Senator 4. J
Robertson, of the Twelfth Ohio district, diet
Of hemorrhage at Sidney, in that State
| The crew of the bark James II. Hamlir
| (Halifax) were found at sea with fever an,
unable to work the ship The Oswego Fall
Tannery, at Fulton. n. Y, owned by D. J
Hamburger, was burned. Loss s100,0C0.-
Martin Boyer & Co.'S chair factory. al Gettys
burg, Pa, has been destroyed by FIRE. Los
sI0.ooo.-Charles Willis, for fifteen year
treasurer Of the stockbridge Savings Bank, a
stcckbridge, Mass, is defaulter for So, oot