Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-12
THE NEWS.

DICK Keith, who built q fence for him, over
which they quarreed Sullivan was sitting
on the bank when Keith pushed him in. Sui
livan was a prominent tobacco buyer and was
vice presid, mt of the Central City Deposit
Bank.-At Birmingham, Ala, Susie Healy,
ten years old, set her dress OIL fire AMI was
terribly burned about the waist and bosom,
She will die.-At Barre, VT, one man YVES
instantly killed and another fatally injured
by Il blast at Scott Georges quarry. At
Potsville, Pa, Phillip Williams and Fla
= Whiner, two notorious characters, got INTO
dispute, and William struck Ida with big
stone crushing in her skull. She died later.
Wi liams is in jail.-At Philadelphia the
three individual ledger clerks of the broken
Keystone National Bank, L. L. Mcguire,
Chas. r. Eye and ]. Frank Lawrence, who
were arrested, charged with making false re-
ports of the bank S condition to the bank ex-
aminer, were given hearing before United
States Commissioner Bell. They were held
in s., 500 bail each for court.-At Boston the
Standard Sugar Refinery and the Bay State
Sugar Refinery Company were dissolved rs
corporations by Justice Morton inthe Supreme
Court. - The Worlds Fair Commission,
after doing some business, adjourned till next
APRIL
Bill Dalton and Riley Dean, believed to be
men who robbed the train at Ceres, Cal,
were arrested near Travar, Cal, and taken to
Visalia, to jail.-John Rhodes and JOSEPH
Brown, under arrest for burglary, escaped
from Jail at Portland, Ind The heavy double
iron bars in one of the windows were sawed
Off Rhodes wife issupposedto have furnished
the saw during visit to the Jail. Rhodes is
bad character, and has served four terms in
prison, three at Michigan City and one at
Columbus.-Alliance o., had the most de-
structiye storm in its history. Twelve houses
and barns were struck by lightning, aggrcgat-
ing loss of so, OO0-Mrs KieFer fell from
a parachute at Peoria, ILL.,, into the lake, and
came near being drowned. 1t is thought she
will die of her injuries. Huron
Mich, the car shops of the Grand Trunk
Railway were partially destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of S75 0O0.-The bark Royal
Tar arrived at San Francisco from Australia
the crew suffering from fever and scurvy.-
Two conyicts in the Kentucky penitentiary
got into fight and third tried to separate
them. They are all in the hospital, with
fatal wounds.-Michael Davitt said at Oak
land Cal, that he is going to Ireland to live
Ireland he says, will soon get her freedom
Col. T. B. Hunt, United States army, re-
tired, died at Fort Monroe.-The Augusta
c. exposition delegation, composed Of
prominent citizens and merchants of that city,
started on tour of the Northern and Eastern
cities to extend invitations to the boards Of
trade of those cities to visit the exposition. !
VIM. w. Spotswood, veteran of three
wars. died at Mobile, Ala
President Harrison, accompanied by Mr..
George W. EoYd, OF the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, went On a cunning trip for rail bird, at
Maurice river meadows, near Cape May. The
President bagged fourteen birIs-IIarman
Murray, the co,ored desperate of Florida was
killed by Hardy Early, acoloredla of seven
teen years, who will get 81 $50 in rewards
Murray had murdered seven men in three
months.--The Cold Spring flour mills, near
Cape May, owned by George Hildreth, were
burned. Loss $4,000; partially insured
The Norristown PA. Steel Company made its
first heat of STEEL the operation being very
successful. The open hearth process is used
in the two furnaces thus far erected The
company will use the new process of making
STEEL direct from the ore. The enterprise gives
employment to about one hundred men
John Robbins was instantly killed by q pre-
mature blast in she William Penn colliery at
Shenandoah, Pa, and at the Eilangowan col.
liery fire boss Michael Flanagan and VIM.
Davis, n miner, were so badly burned by an
explosion of gas that fatal results are feared
President Gompers, of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor, has extended an invitation
in behalf of the trades unions of North Amer
leo, to the Trade Union Congress, now in .ses-
sion at Newc0stle-on-Tyne England, to hold,
an international trade union congress in Chic
ago during the summer of 893-The men
who robbed the South Pacific train near
Samuels, Texas, got at least $4,000, possibly
much morc.--At Louisville, J. J. Bethel's
tobacco and rehandling house was burned.
Loss $4,000 insurance covers loss.
The postoffice at Netherwood, n. j., was
robbed. Letters were torn open, and the con-
tents of some were taken. The safe was not
molested. Gutridge's grocery store and butch
er shop, adjoining, was also entered and
robbed of lot of cigars cutlery etc The rob-
bers were seen, but not identifel.-Nirs. Mary
Butcher died at Atlantic Hi h ands, n. j.,
aged 104. At Boone, Iowa, very sharp
frost has injured vegetation. The Erie
Beach Hotel on the Canada side of the river
opposite Buffalo, was burned; loss $40 Voo'---
john Guenther, at buffalo, because OF some
criticism OF Miss Anna Miller, whom he was
teaching to ride bicycle shot fatally Mike
Bohargcak and Frank Smlth'-After the
rescue OF Robert Sims, the Choctaw outlaw,
ana the killing OF Or A. p fugh' who was
pre- ent at the time OF the rescue the people OF
Choctaw' Alabama, formed posse and warn
ed the Simites 10 leave the country Inc