Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-01-13
State News.

Huntington expects to get the
stove foundry recently burned at
Hanging Rock, o.
The postoffice at Elkins bscame a
presidential Office January /, 1894,
with a salary of 81 900.
A mad dog Iii lot of horses aud
cattls in Trout Run Valley, Hardy
county, md ;i.ey :e silled.
A colose.l man stole SIS il money
and some notes and parers from L.
M. Alhright's store, in Kingwood,
and escaped.
AtGuyandotte. last week the Drys
were successful N the municipal
election, and the aloons will close
for year at least.
1t is whispered that three we'd
dings are so N expected in Davis,
with father and two sous on one
side and three sisters on the other.
An insane man, who had been put
off a West Virginia Central train,
attempted 10 wreck the following
train by piling rocks on the track.
He was locked up.
We understand a butterfly was
seen on Christmas day flying about
as though it were summer. Bees
were out long distance from their
hives.-Pocahoatas Times.
At the Pawpaw election last week
the entire Citizens ticket, with the
exception of the Mayor, was elected
against the regularly nominated tick
ct. The Mayor elected is Morris
Flora, an old and esteemed citizen.
The main issue was against the accu-
muating of surplus in the city
treasury.
Glass was made at the Eagle Glass
Works this week, to test molds The
managers expect to start the factory
regularly about the 18th inst, and
hope to have steady run. This
will be good news to the people of
Lazesrviile, as the prosperity of the
town depends largely on the running
of this factory = Wellsburg Herald.
DR.. Fl L. Shriyer, of Logon, while
on visit here last week, received
message informing him that Mr.. Ca
ry, his partner in drug store, at
Logan, had skipped out with wo-
man, and the property was being at
tached. The Doctor returned at once
to Logan, leaving his wife here to
continue her visit Wayne Neaos.
John Jose, of Atlantic Mines, was
sever ly injured in the arm by frag-
ment of ''bull nose" of car, which
was loaded with powder and fred off
by some young men in celebrating
the New Year at those mines. Mr..
Jose was standing about eighty feet
from the point where the charge was
fired, and was struck in the right
arm.
Word has reached Parkersburg of
terrible fight which occurred be-
tween two prominent farmers a few
miles outside of that town few days
ago. One of the participants broke
the others jaw in two places with his
bare fist, making very serious inju-
ry. Friends OF each have made an
effort to keep the matter quiet, and
only few have heard of it.
In the trial Of case in the Wayne
Criminal Court, Monday, by some
means thirteen juryman were drawn
and by oversight the jury was not
sworn. Neither of the irregularities
were discovered until the jury re-
turned into Court and announced
that they were unable to agree on
verdict, and called attention to the
fact that the jury had not been
sworn and there were thirteen men
on it.
They had a rush at sulclding in
Palatine last Saturday night that
didn't pan out as the principals had
anticipated. Rumor says that one
went to phys clan and wanted ar.
senic. The NJ. D. suspecting some
thing was wrong, gave him "aqua
pura' and labelled the vial poison"
This was drained to the dregs and
the suicide laid down expecting to
wake on the other shore. The other
went to the druggi-t and wanted
poison, and be was served with a big
dose of Rochelle salts.