Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-01-02
THE NEWS


Killed. He was patient in the hospital
terrific and fatal accident occurred at the
Middle Fork mines. near Danville, III.
Workmen were tamping a spot where powder
was stored, when it exploded killing a man
by the meme of Anderson, and woundiny an.
other man 10y the name OF Peerman so badly
that It is thou ,ht he cannot recover. The
residence OF William Dolton, wholesale
grocer at Trenton. was Quilted by IRE. The
loss is about $4,000. The family had 10 Ace
IN their night robes to save their lives. a.
Montreal, the wholesale tweel and woolen
hrm Of Mills & Dougall, owing to succession
OF bad seasons, has been forced to call a meet.
ing Of it, creditors The firms liabilities are
stated to be $4,000, Principally owing in
Canada.--By the falling Of a derrick in
Chicago, Andrew johnson and John Allen.
two carpenters, were killed. John Eads
and Harry Boyes, rival suitors, in Gallipolis.
o., slugged each other until they were nearly
dead "A mammoth tin.plate factory is 10
be erected in Philadelphia. a mistake,
collision occurred on the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Road, which cost four lives At a
special meeting Ct the b ard of directors Of
the National Bank of Commerce, in New York
William W. Sherwood, for many years il,
cashier, was unanimously elected president.
Rob Sims. the religious outlaw, and his
gang have been surrounded by the sheriff Of
Mcmillan, Ala, and troops will 60 to help
capture the desperate. Comptroller
Lawrence /. Getz died at Reading, Pa
Prof N. c. Dougherty, city superintendent Of
schools in Peoria ILL.,, was shot in the car by
Miss Maggie Harrigan. Peter Fisher, Of
Charlottesville, No., became suddenly insane
and sliced off a mans ear.-At Lowell,
Mass. Frank L. Mou.on beat out his wfe's
brains with fist-iron because she would not
give him more room in bed. The steamer
kershaw arrived at San Francisco from Val.
psrai~o with Patrick Shield, the iircman, who
wss bru,eily beaten ut Valparaiso. Isaac
B. snwtelle. the murderer, was stricken with
apoplexy.--A huge brewery combine where.
By all the breweries in Chicago and Milwau.
kee are to be united is now being planned.
A dwelling IN Pittsburg was blown TO atoms
by an explosion Of natural gas. The family
consisting of seveu people escaped sith in.
iuries uons OF which ere ta,nl,-Gen. \. d.
sharpe, leading lawyer Of Carlisle, Pa, and
soldier with an excellent record, died OF
heart iailore. "A policemen named Krouse
shot and killed Joseph Shade and wounded
his brother, Flank Shade, at Littlestown,
Pa.--Duling quarrel in Tom Gould's no
torious saloon, in New York, Joseph Selling
shot and killed Thomas Wosan, the bouneer
in the p ace. VIM. Kinney, a lumberman
Of Jewett, Pa, drank gallon of whiskey and
died
Al Los Ang les, Californi,, w. Per Nc.
tregor, newspaper reIor.er, and girl of
seventeen, named Leah Benjamin, whom he
secrrtely married two months ago, attempted
10 commit suicide by taking morphine. Nc
Oregon died, but the girl recovered No
cause other than the secresy Of their marriage
q known for the act.-Threc-fo urths Of the
people in lIamilton Ohio, have the grip.
The town has 20,oo0 inhabitants. The place
Is mainly supported by its factories, and so
prevalent is the disease that more than half
the places are closed down. The death rate
Is the highest ever known.--At Fairbury.
H., Charles Bradley, dry goods AMI cloth
ing, failed. Liabilities probably $50, 600.
Creditors have already lied claims amount
Ing to $50, 000.-All the leading colleges in
the country are represented in the National
Conference on University Extension in Phila'
deiphia-Lew Jones was hanged at Oliver
Springs Tenn, for the murder of his wife
he If
fointed Edward J. Tracey state treasurer,
vice Francis J. Pond, deceased. Policeman
Daniels shot and MORALLY wounded Charles
Hodge, whom he caught stealing from corn
crib at Waukoto, Minn.-Frank Cooley,
the leader of notorious band Of robbers who
infested the mountains in Fayette county,
ps., wds shot and fatally wounded.-The
loss caused by FIRE at the Eastern Michigan
Insane Asylum, at Pontiac. will not be over
So, 900. No insurance in Philadelphia
Ellen Winter, girl, was found dead with
her head crushed. John D. Haney was
arrested or suspicion of having killed her
One section of a freight train ascending a
grade between Mt Carmel, Pa, and Centralia
smashed into a second OF a terrible speed
Loss $4,000
A tough looking fellow, with two big re.
volvers. held up 10. of passengers in coach
on the Chicago and Northwestern road, near
Esu Claire, Wis. and compelled the passen-,
gers to hand over their valuables. The con.
ductor and brakeman, assisted by & plucky
young woman, however, brought the fellow
TO bay, and he finally managed to escape,