Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-02-22
NEWS AND NOTES.
The hangman takes life easily,

Only one person in a thousand dies
of old age.
Dealers say the sale of cigarettes is
on the increase.
The more married man is blown
up the smaller he feels.
What will the leap year girl think
of the man with past3
A mad cat attached woman in
Gettysburg, Pa, and injured her Sc
verely.
Prize fighters may lose the use of
their eyes, but never their vocal pow
ers. -Ex.
CSmithland, KY. has red-haired
negro, five-eared hog and four-leg-
ged chicken.
The greater your secret is the more
liable your confdant is to tell it,
Atchison Globe.
J. r. Miller, Morgantown tobac-
conist, has been indicted twenty-seven
times for selling cigarettes.
Daniel Kellar and wife have been
acquitted of the charge of numbering
Clara Shanks, at Terra Haute, Ind.
John Brown, farmer, was kicked
by horse at Morgantown and so bad
ly injured that he may not recover.
Rev. VIM. Baily, a Christian Scien-
fist preacher, was tarred by a mob at
North Platte, Neb., Saturday night.
A boarding house at Bradford, Pa,
caught fire Monday, and Peter Ben
son. woodman was burned to death.
A peach orchard at Clearmout, n.
J., containing 1900 trees has been
rooted up because they have ceased to
bear.
Gertrude Charlotte Pianka was mu-
tilated by ferocious lion she was ex-
hibiting in museum in Minneapolis,
MINI.
In the contest for the figure skating
championship of Canada Tuesday
night at Montreal NJ. Rubenstein won
easily.
John Wright died at his home In
Santa Rosa county. Fla. Sunday, aged
I2S. He was blind but mentally
sound.
1t is reported that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is preparing to sell
the Frederick and Pennsylvania line
Railroad.
James Fully has been sentenced to
is years in the penitentiary at WEIGH
for the murder of William Faulton
last April.
The restaurant of A. w. bennett on
Park Row, New York, was broken in
to Sunday and about $1,000 in cash
was taken.
There's a laundry next door to
church in Kensington, Pa, whose
motto is: Cleanliness is next to
goodness.
The Buckeye Glass Works at Mar
tins Ferry, Ohio, was destroyed early
Monday morning by fire, causing
$50, 900 loss.
Beatrice Plummer a servant eni-
ployed in a New York apartment
house, fell from a sixth floor and es-
capped without broken bone.
Peter Deyo, president of the defunct
Douglass County bank, at West Su-
perior, Wis, was arrested and bailed
on charge of crooked banking.
After having been ashore off Fire
Island for nearly week. the Wilson
line steamship Otranto was foated
Tuesday by a wrecking company.
The big oil cloth plant of Fair &
Bailey, at Camden, N. j.. was burned
Sunday. Six buildings were destroy
ed. the main building being spared.
Barbara Kossler. pretty German
girl aged 10 years, shot and killed her
lover. John Rohl6ng at St. Louis, Mo-,
Sunday night and then killed herself.
1t used to be that the small boy had
to wear his big brothers. pants. Now
he has the laugh on his little sister,
whohas to wear his big sisters bloom
ers.
A small frame cottage was stolen
from corner of Third avenue and 18TH
street. New York City. last Saturday
night, and though advertised for can
not be found.
The winter scenery at Niagara Falls
is now finer than it was ever known
to be before. The recent rains, fol-
lowed by cold weather. have prodnced
wonderful effect.
Robert Williams, a negro, killed
Police Officer Snuggs. at Montgom-
cry, Ala, Sunday. He was captured
and was being taken to Jail when he
was Iynched by mob.
Emie Davis was hanged at Lynn,
Mo, Monday for the murder of his
sisters sweetheart, Frank Henderson.
He claimed he was innocent. His
parents refused his body.
Bob Laughlin killed his invalid
wife with bar of iron. near Augusta,
KY, early Saturday morning. He
then assaulted and murdered his H.
year-old neice and burned his home.
Ina quarrel at Kansas City, Mo. Sun
day, George Crooks. aged Ie, shot and
fatally injured Fred Vessel. aged 81,
and is now in Jail. They were both
Western Union Telegraph operators.
A man released from jail in Win
chester, Ind. several days ago, after