Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-26
THE NEWS.

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part of Galesburg, Ill.-The order of Rail-
way Telegraphers and the Brotherhood OF
Telegraphers in Chicago have been amalga-
mated. IA tornado struck the northern por-
ton of Deuel. county, S. D.. and passed into
Lac Qui Parle county, Mimi, unroofng
buildings blowing down barns and scattering
grain staeks.-Two large buildings at Con-
gers City, n. Y, own'd by Mrs. Roome, and
the lumber yard of Picott & Whippe were
destroyed by fire; loss 81 000-The grain
and feed establishment OF l.. Daube & Bros,
Chicago, was burned, with twenty horses; loss
$40, 000.-At San Quentin prison, California
Henry Baker, San Francisco crook, serving
fifteen years for burglary, stabbed and killed
James Bailey, another convict. There was
an old grudge between the men.--At Irvine
Ky, William Pickett has been sentenced to
hang, and Ambrose and Tobias Pucke;t, his
sons, to life confinement in the penitentiary
for the murder of Henry Hale, at Forks pre-
cnct, the same county, last September, The
father is to be hanged December "A char
ter was granted at the State Department at
Harrisburg, Pa, to the Susqueha ma and
Buffalo Railroad Company for line OF fl teen
miles long, from Cooks Run, Clinton county,
on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, to
Trout Run same county The capital stock
is $4,000. John r. 7. Ryan, of Williams 4
port Pa, is presdent.--State Cashier
Livesey, OF Pennsylvania, has resigned, giving
domestic circumstances as the cause. a
burglar tried to rob the Blaine mansion at
Augusta Me. but the neighbors were aroused
and he led.--Peter Folles e. John Gilbert
and Eric Jaryola were taking down two pill
lars of ore directly over the mouth of shaft
No 6 at the Republic Mines, near Marquette
M;ch., when the ground gave way beneath
them. Another cave covered them, and it
will be weeks before the bodies can be re-
covered.
An attorney for parties unknown paid 10
the State National Bank, at Boston, SIS, $50
as a conscience money" The lawyer does
not himself know from whom this money
comes, and the only clue the bank has is the
fact that in 1865 bag of gold containing about
s., 900 was stolen from the bank while the
cashiers back was turned. This amount
taken at its premium valued at that time and
with interest compounded, figures just about
the amount returned to the bank.-At
Thorpe, Wis, between $500, 900 and 1900, 900
feet of hard wood and pine lumber we're
burned, also several hundred cords of wood
and lsths; insurance $l4,0J Loss on stock
outside of this amount $50, 0O0.-Fire started
mysteriously on the prairie near Cramer's
farm, near Lisbon, N. D. Nearly 10000
bushels of wheat were destroyed The fire is
still raging, and running in a northeastly
direc on.--Forest fires are raging near
Cumberland, Wis.-Mrs. Robert Kennedy,
her son and daughter, of Duluth, have fallen
heirs to IS, 100000, which has been in the En-
gish Chancery Court for years y. L. Bay,
on trial at Little Rock for stealing 100000 of
Arkansas scrip was cleared. The mill-yard
of the Rodney Lumber Company at Round
Lake, Meeasta county, Mich, was burned, 1t
contained over 8, 000, 900 feet of lumber. The
loss is estimoted at $25, 900; partly insured
At ST. Joseph, Mo-, John Lohalotte stab
bed and almost instantly killed his cousin,
Frank Lohalotte John had stabbed and
seriously wounded a neighbor named jacques
Lafava, when Frank interfered He turned
upon Frank and stabbed him in the heart
The murderer fled, but was captured few
hours later and lodged in jial.
Albert Van Ripper, boy supposed to have
been murdered, returned to Celina, o. John
Tongass, tramp, is now serving a life SEN
tence for the supposed murder. John,
Dan and Bill Squanos, three Indians, were
murdered in Bayport, Mich.-A four-story
tenement house in Chicago was destroyed by
fire, and five persons burned to death.
Hart, wealthy stockman of Oswego, Kan,
was shot AMI killed while asleep in bed
L. Weidemeyer, mail clerk, and four In
dians were killed in railroad collision on the
Union Pacific, near Port Neuf.--Fires are
raging in North Dakota and other sections of
the Northwest. Much grain has already been
destroyed. A collision between two fir, lights
on the Cincinnati Southern railroad took place
between Hartman and Rockdale, in Tennes
see caused by mistake or disobedience of or.
ders by the north-bound train which should
have waited at Hartman for the south bound
Brakeman Stewart, of Chattanooga, and Fire
man William Weir, of the north-bound train,
were killed. Fireman T. Connor, of the
south-bound, was injured. Both engineers
escaped
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