Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-01-09
THE NEWS.

rested for false pretense. He was held TO bail
in 81, 600. IS. w. Lochs & Co, large plan
;ers in Tssaauina county. Miss, have failed;
liabilities SIS, o00.-A train of the Kentucky
and Indiana Bridge Company, ran of the
track at Louisville, and Frank Mahan. the
conductor. was killed.-Eight men were
killed in a general fight at Brights & Williams,
turpentine still, in Clinch county, Ga. The
fight started with quarrel between two of
the men named Ell. Williams and John
Parker, over alleged cheating in a game Of
cards Parker began the shooting. Both he
and Williams were killed--Joseph Garrison
in jealous rage shot his wife and himself at
their home in Philadelphia. Mullen
OF Philadelphia, while insane tried to force
rosary which he wore around his neck down
his throat. -Dr. Graves, who was convicted
of the murder of Mrs. Barnaby denies having
made onfession.--George 7. Mcconnell,
treasurer of the Modern Building and Loan
Association and real estate agent of Pitts
burg, was arrested on charge of embezzle-
ment The shortage is said to be $40 000.--
Hezekiah Parsons, of Parsons, Pa, aged
th.rty-six, died from smoking too many cigar
ettes.--The icehou.e and fermenting depart
ment of Char ct Theis' brewery, in Philadel-
phia, were damaged to the extent of S., 900 by
fire. Loss fully covered by insurance
The Cherokee Council ratified the agreement
with the United States with relation to the
Cherokee Strip, aud all that remains to be
done TO throw open TO white settlement over
5000, 900 acres of land is that Congress ratify
the agreement.--In Springfield Seward
county, Kansas, the sheriff and three deputies
were killed by squad ofmen in ambush, and
is supposed to be the outcome of pot TO kill
Thomas Bodkin judgo Of the judicial district.
Hiram Wesimoreland, prominent farmer
and stock dealer living near Springfield, Mo.
has failed. Liabilities, $50 600; assets $50, COO.
At Seymour, Ind, L. w. Marsh had o
fight with burglar, during which the burglar
shot him through the heart. D. j. Lawlor
the widely known naval architect, died at his
home in Chelsea, Mass, aged sixty-seven
At Windsor, Vt, Stephen II. Bell, who
murdered his wife in Fairfax, December s.
1889, was hanged in the Vermont state prison.
jas. E. Cooper, proprietor of Forepaughs
show, died in Philadelphia He was born in
Philadelphia November 4, 1S32.-At Biz
mingham, Ala, fire in the Jackson block
destroyed $4,000 worth of property three
fourths covered by insurance. The principal
losers are B. F. Jackson and DIR. Joseph r.
Smith.-Ex- Congres sinan Thomas B. Ward
died Mt Plainfield, lnd.-Rev. A. i. Saylor,
the anti Bowmanite, pastor of the Evangelical
Church at Terre Hill, Pa, has been notified
by the trustees to desist from officiating, the
trustees recognizing c. X. Fehr, the Bow
mantle appointee. -The Thomson Houston
Electric Manufacturing Company will erect
large factory at Pullman, Ill.-The Union
Pacific will relinquish the management of the
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad in the
coming month, and W. P. Robinson has been
notified that he would be appointed general
manager.
Forest Hyatt, son of Rev. J. N. Hyatt, of
the Baptist Church, at Pennington, n. j.,
was shot and killed by Theodore Stanitt
while shooting at target. REV. w. NJ. r.
Callan, the Catholic pastor of Orange, n. J.,
entered hall in which Catholic society was
giving a dance and stopped a waltz and
reprimanded the dancers.-W. Vanderbilt
a cousin of the late Commodore Vanderbilt
and q builder of monitors, died at Vallejo,
Cal-Dr. Graves, who was tried at Denver
for poisoning Mrs. Baranby, was convicted of
murder in the first degree. "A large build
ing at Columbus, Ohio, occupied by the
,Payner Manufacturing Company, was burned,
with loss of over $4,000. Several fremen
were killed-one fatally-by falling wall.
Alfred Owan, aged twenty-five years, as
,sistant cashier of the bank at San Pedro, Cal,
committed suicide Immediately on returning
from his wedding trip.-Five tons of pea
coal fell upon Richard Kelley, an inmate of
the Norrisown Insane Asylum, and crushed
him to death. VIM. lConnelI and O.
Crutcher were killed by snowslide at Pico,
Cola block of BUSINESS dwellings in
Nashville, Tenn, was burned, and several
firemen crushed to death.-The nitro.
glycerne factory of the Hi"h Explosive
Company, near Mcdonald Pa, exploded.
killing John Fair and George Goudy The
Condersport and Wellsboro Railroad Com
pany, witha capital of $3.50, 900, was chartered
at Harrisburg, The line will be thirteen
miles long, and run from Galeton, Potter
county to Ansonia, Tioga county.
Grip is causing many deaths in various
parts of Illinois. stage coach between
Bonner Ferry and Kootenai Station, in Mis-
soula county, near Idaho, was held up by
three men, who went through the passengers
aud secured quantity Of jewelry and money.
The heaviest loser was Ed. L. Huntley, of
Chicago, travelling man, who lost watches
and diamonds, which, he says. were worth
S13, 000.-By the arrest of Vinceizo de Lnr-
EMO at Petersburg suburb of Scranton, Pa,
the United States authorities believe that they
have captured another, and leading, MEM
Der of reckless gang of counte. feiters, nav
ing headquarters in Philadelphia. George
Francis Schneider, noted photographer, who
had made many important Improvements in
tie art, died in Philadelphia. Barrett
aud wife, an aged couple, OF Griffin, Ga, were
found by their grandson in dying condition,
their skulls having been crushed in by
coupling pin. The motive for the crime was
probably, robbery. --Ex-Sheriff James Stiles,
one OF the oldest residents of Cumberland
county, N. j., died ut Brdgeton, n. j., about
an hour after the burial of his vile. The de-
ceased was at one time the publisher of the
/ Bridgeton Chronicle, and was we'll known in
South Jersey politics. e was eighty-three
years od.-Ierman Smith fatally shot Vim
son Ne son near the mouth of Ugly creek, w.
Va.-John B. Carson, ex-president of the
Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Line Rail-
road. ex-president of the Louisville, New AL
bany and Chicago Railroad, who has he'd
many other prominent railroad positions, died
at the Hotel MetTopole, Chicago. Aili-
sou 0bear Glass Works in L st st. Louis were
burned. Loss $50, 600.