Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-04-08
The NEWS.

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Of Jacob Snyder. OF Port Trevorton Pa.
disputed about trivial matter, and one
struck the other on the forehead. Death re-
suited instantly. The murderer is in JAIL -
| John Smith and William Mitchell were held
In g, 500 bail each by Commissioner Shields,
In New York, ON the charge of passing eoun-
| terfeit silver dollars. When the men were
arrested Smith threw away several OF the
! bogus coins, which were recovered. The
/ nre a good imitation.-Charles W. Good
speed wealthy and highly connected young
| man OF Joliet, H., committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart. The
I Atlanta and Florida Railroad has been or
/ dered sold by Judge Clark on the first Tues
| day in May. The minimum price is fixed at
! $500 000 and the purchaser is required to
/ assume the bonded debt. Marshal Harris
| of Forsythe. Ga, who was shot by negro,
| died. The Negroes threatened to storm the
! Jail and release the prisoner. The local
militia were ordered out and dispersed the
| negroes The militia remained on guard all
| night City Treasurer Strong, of Omaha,
| confessed to his bondsmen that he was 3d.
| 900 short in his accounts. He surrendered
| his property and turned over his Office. An
investigation is in progress. The Houston
and Texas Central Railroad. which has been
| in the hands of receiver since 1885, was
/ turned over to the Huntington syndicate
/ The forty-fifth anniversary of spiritualism
in Michigan was celebrated at Saginaw,
Mich.-The summer house of Joseph JEFF
ferson, the actor, at Buzzards Bay, Mass,
| was burned Ten miners were killed by
/ an explosion in mine near Shamokin Pa.
| The Higgins Hotel at Bradford, Pa, a
I railroad station and several other buildings
were burned. Six persons were burned to
! death and large number injured.
! mour Stern of Richmond, Va, attempted
I suicide in a Petersburg hotel.--Gibson
| Peacock, editor-in-chief and the principal
| owner OF the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
/ died suddenly. Two young ladies, Blanche
Keister and Maggie Blair, were drowned in a
creek near Butler, Pa, by the upsetting of
their bouts. Governor Turney, of Tenn,
| appointed Judge W. X. McAllister, Jr., to the
! Supreme Bench to fill the vacancy occasioned
! by the appointment of Chief Justice Horace II.
| Lurton by President Cleveland to be United
| States Circuit Justice in place OF Justice
Howell K. Jackson, now an Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the United
States.-Judge John D. Brien, a lawyer of
| Nashville, Tenn, was stabbed and badly
wounded by A W. Griswell. Brien, in the
] heat of a debate, used harsh language to-
wards Griswell some days since and APP
preached him in Paig's drug store to apollo
| gize. After he had done so, Griswcll seized
him and stabbed him, infiicting a serious,
but not fatal wound. Griswell is in Jail.
| typewriter company, with capital OF
$40 DOC, 900, has been formed, and articles OF
incorporation were filed in the Office Of the
Secretary of State at Trenton, n. J.-Mrs.
Adeiine Townsend, the wife Of the wealthy
New York importer, R. H. L. Townsend, who
had been isolated for two weeks in her resi-
dence, No. 1927 Madison avenue, while ill OF
! typhus fever, died there. Mrs. Townsend's
| case is noted as being the first instance for
some years of typhus fever patient in New
| York being treated at home. The last of
the five million Worlds Fair souvenir half
dollars was struck off at the mint in Phila-
delphia. The preparations for the mint ex-
hibit at the Exposition are nearing compile
ton, and it is expected to move the press and ,
cabinet of coins next week. In accordance
with an agreement reached at meeting held
about ten days ago, the wholesale sash, door
and blind manufacturers combine has an
nounced another FIVE per cent advance in
prices. The scarcity in lumber and the great
demand for doors and sash caused by the
Worlds Fair are given as the use.--Daniel
Sweeringer, q wealthy stockbreeder of Cherry
Fork, o., was waylaid, robbed and killed by
highwayman. john Hill, sentenced to be
hanged April 18th, in Camden, n j., has con-
fessed to the murder of Joseph Dodson. He
denies his first story, that he was hired by
Reed and Derrickson to commit the crime
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has
recommended pardons for ''Abe" Bu2zard,
the notorious Welsh Mountain outlaw, and
James S. DUNCAN, the wrecker Of the Bans
of America, Philadelphia. Pat
tison issued the death warrant of Pietro
Buccieri the Italian who murdered his nurse,
Sister of Mercy, in hospital In Reading
He will be hanged on June 1st.-Impeach-
ment proceedings will be instituted against
the Secretary Of State, the Attorney General
and the Commissioner of Public Lands in
Nebraska. President Higginbotham, OF
the Worlds Fair managers, issued an address
TO the public, stating that the Exposition
will be opened May 1st, and that every con-
venience had been provided for the public
without extra charge
The Mers.on roller mill in Newton, Iowa,
was destroyed by fire. Loss s45.O00.-At
McCarys saw mill, near Pueblo. Col. the
boiler exploded with great force Charles
Languame, the engineer, was blown over one
hundred feet and instantly killed J. NJ Har-
din was seriously injured and two men slight
ly hurt The mill is total wreck The
five f1ve-story buildings, Nos. 1873 to 1877
North Front street, Philadelphia, owned and
occupied by the Weikel d Smith Spice Com
psny, were partially destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000; covered by insurance. Peter
Bloom, aged ffty-two, who made fortune
In the Bradford ,ilfields during the oil ex-
element, committed suicide in sunbury. Pa.
Bloom was injured in the head several
months ago and has since been subjected
to fits OF insanity-Mrs. Mackenzie
tae WIDOW OF the late Premire
ier of Canada, died in Toronto. William
B. Van Dyke, twenty-six years ofage, ma
tive of Cincinnati, Is locked up at police
headquarters in New York, for the forgery OF
mis- employers name to 81 900 check which
he had cashed for him and then lost the
money upon the horses. A dynamite ex-
plosion near Etna, Pennsylvania, caused the
death of one quarryman and the serious in
jury OF two others. Rose. a boot
black fifteen years Of age, and VIM. NogeI, a
bakers helper of the same age, engaged in a
quarrel in Paterson, n. J. Nogel picked up
heavy stick and beat the bootblaek into IN
sensibility, and badly fractured his skull.
Rose was removed to the hospital in a dying
condition. Internal Revenue Collector
hle u seized the brewery of Philip Klein &
So /. in Philadelphia.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
The Collapse of a Church in Russis