Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-04-16
The NEWS

ired and 6fiy negroes was held in St. Louis
to denounce the recent so-callei outrages in
the South. especially the triple lynehing at
Memphis and the burning at the stake of
negro at Texarkana.-The Winters Print
and Lithograph Company's building, Spring
field, O., has been burned Loss $500. The
company has the contract for the Worlds
Fair liihographing.- Holtsberry,
arrested for attempted rape in Columbus o.,
was saved from lynehers by polce.--Gsmble
Weir, Pittsburg's superintendent of police.
was poisoned.-John Ewing and wife have
been arrested in Fort Madison, Ia, charged
with frightfully beating and burning foster
child. They have also, it is alleged, been
starving her two days. The couple came from
Pontoosuc, Ill. The little girl is from the
ioundlings' Home at Springfield, Ill.-An
explosion occurred at the Cressona powder
mills few miles from Pottsville, Pa, blow.
ing one of the chaser mills to atoms. -The
foundry of Young, Evans & Stanbach, at
Williamsport Pa, was destroyed by FIRE. Loss
i've thousand dollars.-Esom Mayhem,
weIl-known West Nirginian, died at Martins.
burg, aged seyenty-seven years--The st.
Louis Cotton Exchange adopted resolutions
declaring that recent crop reports issued By
the Agricultural Department were misleading
and devoid of fact, and Statistician Dodge, of
the department. in reply calls the st. Louis
merchants band of spectators, stultifying
themselves to deny the open iacs of produc-
tlon.--Agents of the Sugar Trust are trying
TO arrange with the wholesale grocers of
Philadelphia to allow o rebate to the grocers
FOR the maintenance of local prices Fred.
Roller, thirteen-year-old boy, committed
suicide in Philadelphia In fight between
cattlemen and rrstlers at Douglas, Wyoming,
several men were killed.
Boomers are gathering in large numbers at
Guthrie, preparing to hurry across the border
when the new lands are opened for settle.
ment.--The instructor of the Boston Farm
School and ten scholars were drowned while re.
turning from church in yacht.-People in the
vicinity of Mulyane, Ks, are greatly excited
over the mysterious disappearance of DR.. J.
NJ. Bradford, we'll known all over the state
for over twenty years as o practicing physs
cian.-Aiderman George o. Fall, an inmate
of the Dsnvers Mass Insane Asylum.
escaped, and, after wandering about barefoot
was recaptured. Jonas Laubenstein. thu
extensive screen-manufaeturer, with shops at
Ashland and Minersuille Pa, died at his
home, at the latter place, aged sixty.fy,
years. Harry Charlton, of PHILADELPHIA.
died in the Philadelphia Hosp tai of frsc.
tured skull by a blow from large chip which
flew up from block of wood which he wa,
chopping recently The Lehigh Iron Com.
pany, of Allentown, assigned to Marcus C. L.
Kline. Efforts are being made to reorganizs
the company and resume operations Judg.
ments aggregat.Eg over $50, 900 were recently
filed against the company. II. W. Mitchell.
? J. Gerhard, George Rankin and William
Colbert, all old men, were arrested in Phila
delphia, charged with eonspiring to defraud
Thomas White. n land agent of that city. out
Of 81. 009--Frosts in Norfolk did damage to
early vegetables and strawberries. -James
Scott, coiored, brutality murdered his wifs
with an iron poker, at jackson, Miss
Partridge, the great Chicago grain operator.
scooped in half million dollars, anu the men
who several days ago formed a combination
to beat him were themselves made heavy
losers-Howard Echols and Jennie Harris
both colored, fought duel with pistols. in
their room In st. Louis Both were fatally
woundei'--lhe Broker Hotel and a whole
block of houses at Bedding, Mich, were
burned. Loss $4,000.
cyclone struck the northwestern portion
OF Faulkner county, Ark, killed several
peopie and iniured others 4 ooor,oupt Of
property wasidestroyed- There is great ex.
citehaeht aecheyenne Wy, over the departure
iof enspar OF twenty-five Pinkerton men and
hi'eeh stocAheh VINO nave gone after the
raS'iers VINO nave oeeh stealing STOCK IN
that reg'on.-A Raymond shd Whitman
excursion WAS wreckeu ABOUT twenty miles
from behvef, eol' Inc coolness OF the hre-
man anu engineer saved tho passengers from
nafnl' CORRECTION Oh 300 was presented TO
Tue heroeS'----A lreight war is pending De-
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ABOUT ten O'CLOCK me other night, an
explosion OF dynamite placed under tae step
Oh the baylor female college, bei.on, Texas
destroyed them, but did no other damage
Inc cause OF the crime is unknown. High
water has swept away one span OF sne new
10000 bridge being built across the Des
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