Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-13
THE NEWS

| factory, in Birmingham, Ala, was damaged
$50, 600 by fire-Hot Springs, South Dakota,
was visited by a heavy rain and hail storm,
which did great amount of damage Near
Sharpsburg, KY, Mrs. B. F. Ravelscroft was
decoyed from home by three negroes, who told
her that her husband was lying by the road.
side. When out of reach of help she was out
ragged. One of the negroes was captured.-
Most of the miners of Polk county, Iowa, have
returned to work Many of the stockraisers
who were driven off the Cherokee Strip by
the government have returned their herds to
their former pastures, There are twenty-five
thousand head of cattle now grazing on the
forbidden land.-Apaehe Indians IN adj
dition to killing Calcium in Sonora last week
fred upon four men, killing an Italian pedler
A band Of eight Indians attacked q group of
vacpueros, killing one of them Mexican
, cavalry are in pursuit.. l.. Champion
cashier of the Consolidated Tank Line Com.
pany at Omaha, Neb., has been arrested on
the charge of crookedness. -Petersbur Va,
/ celebrated its memorial day, the anniversary
of the day the Federal army made its first at
tack on that city,-The American Seed
Trade Association is in session in Cincinnati,
and Will take action to prevent the fraudulent
importation and smuggling of seeds.-Col
calvin I. Brice, chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee Is in favor Of holding the
next convention IN New York-James f.
Miunaugh was convicted in New York of
murder in the first degree for killing Edward
Moran in a saloon, December % last Glenn
ent NJ. McCloskie, formerly bookkeeper for
A. I. Stewart Il Co., of New York, was held
for trial on the charge of passing worthless
drafts drawn on the Davis & Wiley Bank Of
Salisbury, n c.
While engaged in row over game Of
monte at Fort Douglass, Utah, Rufus Smiths
private of Company D, Sixteenth Infantry
shot and fatally wounded William Carter, Of
Company H.-~The grand jury at Pittsburg
returned q true bill against F. c. Fitzsimmons
the Canadian, and wife for killing Detective
Gilklnson chief of the detective bureau of
that name. Laura Hill, alias Snowden, the
accomplice who 'peached" on Fitzsimmons.
and several other members of the gang were
indicted for burglary. -Schoenhausen's
Royal Palace concert and beer saloon, at New
Orleans, was burned, and Toroterch's shoe
store, adjoining, was badly damaged The
buildings in the rear of the Palais Royal, on
Exchange alley, were also burned. Loss est.
mated at $50 900, 1t was for supplying girls
to this concert saloon that one Elbogan was
recently sentenced to the penitentary in New
ferk.-Much damage has been done by
storms around Peoria, Ill. The water works
pumping station was struck by lightning and
two men at work on it seriously injured. One
was totally blinded. In Tazewell county
just acros the river, many cattle were killed,
and five horses were killed near Morton.
Three horses standing near barb-wire fence,
at Delavan, were also killed. The wind
which almost amounted TO cyclone did a
great deal of damage to fruit trees and grow
ing crops on the high lands west of Peoria
Two people are reported killed at Mar
tinsvilie, Ind, by the tornado in johnson
county. Grant has promised his aid
to a celebration October r. 1892, of the ami
versary of the landing of Columbus Imre
Kiralfy is director general. There will be
procession in costume and exercises at Central
Park.-James Shahan, young man, was
struck by an engine on the Delaware Railroad
at Clayton, and almost instantly killed.
Otto Meyers, an aged man, was run over and
killed by an ambulance in New York.
Crops i'll the Northwest are looking un
usually wcll.-James Hughes, of Chicago,
master workman of trades assembly, has
been convicted of extortion.- enemy
Of Joseph Crews, of Nashville Tenn, fired
load of buckshot into the latter's bedroom
Fortunately, no enc was injured, A man
, named Stockton is suspected and he was ar
rcsted--~E. 8. Terry, prominent dry goods
merchant, of Fayetteville, Tenn, has made
ait assignment. -Tramps who were refused
something to eat by James Brennan, a farm
ers son, in Waterloo, Iowa, committed a
nameltss outrage on the boy and then escaped.
During trial in Chattanooga Tenn,
I Colonel W. J. Cliffs and II. B. Case, lawyers,
came to blows, and were each fined $50 by
Judge Moon. Wateryille, Wash,
Jacob Won Brennan shot and killed his two
brothers, John and Henry, after a quarrel
arising from division of stock. The murder
er fed on horseback but as the horse returned,
it is thought he has been killed or committed
suicide.-The mayor of Philadelphia has
written letter to the President, asking him
to investigate the action of the United States
Treasury Department with reference to the
Keystone National Bank The corner-stoa
I of the new city hall in st. Louis was placed in
position with imposing ceremony Richard
\ g. Haskell, manufacturer of boots and shoes
in Boston, has made an aSsisnment.-Th
buildings ofthe Cleveland Hardware Company
in Cleveland, Ohio, were destroyed by fire.
/ The elevator in the Gaz tie Printing Com
pany's Building in Montreal was coming down
with three men in it, when somethin3 went
wrong and caused the elevator to be precipi-
tated to the bottom with great force. The
three men were terribly injured. One of them,
Francois Heret, cannot recover. john L.
Hammond, president of the Merchants
I National Bank in Savannah Ga, is dead
s. Samuels, of Martin, Texas, made deed
of trust to Moses Frankel; liabilities, Ss7, 900;
( assets, not yet known. Losses on cotton and
money stringency are the causes. Samuels
will ask for an extension -Rumor in Chi
cago says great new railway scheme is on
foot which includes n new-line of steamers
The plan is to connect Lake Superior with the
Atlantic Ocean, the terminal cities being
Duluth and Norfolk, Va, One of the con-
Meeting links of railroad-the Columbus,
Lima and Alilwaukee-has just been bought.
Instead of running it to South Haven, or
Holland, it will be extended to Muskegon,
and the line of steamers will ply between
Muskegon and Duluth. The corporation
managing the whole scheme is the Duluth.
South Shore and Atlantic Railroad. 1.-The
approximate gross earnings of the Atchison
for may, including st. Louis and San Fran
ciscos ystcm were s., 64l, III; increase S54 075.
/ All Wiekeliife, KY, Evan E. Shelby was
taken from the Jail and hung by a mob.
Shelby was charged with the murder of Mrs.
I Sallie Moote in 1SS2.--At a meeting of the
stockholders of the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railroad, at st. Louis, a resolution pro-
viding for an increase in the capital stock
from $40, eco 600 to so, O00, Goo was adopted by
vote Of 225 goo shares for, and 20 600 against
the proposition. Professor 5. ". Williston,
/ professor Of geology and paleontology in the
Kansas University, has returned from Grove
county, where he has been for two weeks past
securing specimens for the natural history
! museum. Near Mountain Rocks, in the
Smoky River Valley, he found the skeleton of