Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-08
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.
TIE democrats Of Berkeley county. have
dominated the following ticket: sher,R.
seorge l. Sencindiver prosecuting attorney
Stewart Il. Emmert; House Of Delegates. A.
hunter Harlan, county Commissioner. D. S.
SriHith; county surveyor. Clarence Rinker.
assessors, Jacob NJ. syester and W. F. Ian.
ders.
WASHINGTON DAvY, one Of the Oldest citi.
sers of Hampsh re county and an ardent
democrat died last week. His greatest desira
was to vote once more for Grover Cleveland.
A short time ago he said If he could live to
cast his vote for Cleveland this fall he would
be willing to die. He was soldier in thu
Confederate army
IHE large barn, meat. house, ice-house.
sranary aud courthouse on the farm OF W.
r Hemp one mile north of Charlestown.
was entirely destroyed by FIRE, together with
IS tons Of hay, !, 100 bushels OF wheat and a
iotof farming implements Mr.. Harry Bane
tenant Of the farm, lost his whole wheat cron
and most of his farming implements. The
hre originated in tn strawstack, fromwhich
u communicated to the barn and other build
ings and is supposed 10 be the work Of an
iucendiary Mr., Bane's wife and CHI Idren
were the only persous on thu place whom
the fire was di covered. The loss is estimated
at =, O0oonthe building, insured in the Farm.
ers and Mechanics Mutual, Of Martinsburv
for a,sOO; loss on wheat, hay and nipple
ments 81 500, insured in the Peabody, OF
Wheeling, for q, O0O. The burned buildings
were comparatively new. The dwelling
house also took fire. but was saved after
slight damage.
AGNES UNDERWOOD, tho young women
who killed Milford Brown, printer, at Cat
lettsburg, nine miles below Huntington,
was captured st Louisa, Ky. She had
cut her hair aud had false nous
sache and mems clothes with her.
She will be taken to Catlettsburg.
She Acknowledges she killed Brown during
free-for-all fight on her shanty boat.
On Fudge Creek, the S aud 10 year old
daughters of Charles Billups were shot while
sitting in ne door of their home by Mrs.
James Pike, an aunt of the children. She
was melted to commit the deed by an at
tack made on her husband by Billups. There
has been bad blood between the Pixies and
Billups for several years aud numerous
shootings have occurred. Three years ago
BilluPs and Mrs, Pixies fsther-in-law had
terrible encounter with axes in the woods
and Woods killed his opponent but was ac-
quilted at the trial
rsE Fast lying Virginian,n on tho
Chesapeake & Ohio Road, was dcrailed AZ
Huntington early the other morning. The
train of seven cars was coming into the city
at twenty milcs an hour and left the track
at the Sixteenth street crossing, causcl hy a
split switch The engine, mail, baggage.
smoker and two coaches left the track aud
ran hundred yar,ls ON the ties Fortunately
no one was hurt, though all the passengers
were badly shaken up. A special was made
up and sent through to Cincinnati. This
train was crowded with eScursiont,ts return.
ing from Washington.
THE Supreme Court OF Appeals at Charles
ton renilirmed the decision Of the circuit
court Of Cabill county in tho case OF Allen
Harrison, who murdered his sweetheart,
Bette Adams, last April Judge Harvey
will resentence him TO hang in the next few
days II viii be the ii.e ''-al hanging IN
Cabill county
MRs Kenny, wife Of NJ. p. Henry, Of tho
East End, died from blood poisoning from
the effects Of having tooth extracted few
DAYS ago,
ETHEL, the eighty oar-old daughter Of Vie
Bannister, at Enstbank, was run over by a
c. s. o. train and instantly killed. Her body
was so mangled and torn that IL could not
have been recognized as hers.
a SENSATIONAL an somewhat peculiar
homicide was committed in Wayne county,
Charles Msinard, prominent citizen, being
the victim, and Ephriam Queen tho slayer. A
brother Of the dead man induced daughter
Of Charles Mainard to 60 to party against
her fathers wishes. The latter met Ephriam
Queen, and, accusing him Of taking his
daughter, compelled him 10 get down on hia
knees, and while holding revolver at his
read with one hand he clubbod Queen over
the head with the other and yelled a. him
TO pray louder Queen watched his chance.
grabbed the pistol from Meinard and shot
him in tho mouth, the ball causing instant
Death
THE storage tanksof the Eureka Pipe Line
Company, at Sistersville caught fro, and
:, 900 barrels Of oil we're destroyed Chief
Engineer Davis, Of Mercer Pa, was on ono
d tho tanks, aud was burned TO death, and
Foreman w. Pealc, Of Belmont, WVa,was