Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-07

and dishonorable.
Casper Hartlein, a farm hand at
Manchester, Conn, stabbed Miss
Louise Treble to death, because she
refused to marry him.
Good humor is the very air of a good
mind; the sign of a large and gener-
Gus soul, and the peculiar soil in
which virtue prospers.
Freight trains collided at Doane, on
the Norfolk and Western railroad. de-
molishing nine cars and fatally injur-
ing John Winter, brakeman.
Charles Carlton Coffin who became
famous as newspaper correspondent
in the war Of secession, died at Brook
line, Mass, aged Is years.
Ragson Tatters ION the road)-Dere's
house where got me fill once. Roll
lingstone Nomoss-Good grub, eh?
Ragson Tatters-Nawl Buckshot!
The four men who attempted to
break out of the Mercer county IN. J.)
Jail last week were on Friday sentenc-
ed to two years each in State prison.
A funny thing is the nalevolent in
telligence with which runaway hat
waits until its owner almost reaches
it and then blows merrily onward
again.
A big elevator of the Minneapolis
Terminal Elevator company, at Mime
apolis, with I $50, 600 bushels of wheat
was destroyed by fire Monday. Loss,
500, 900.
Hoax-I know a man who has
grown three feet every year since his
birth. Joax-Nonsense Hoax
Fact. He's the three-legged man in
the museum
Hiram H. Gerald, ex-treasurer OF
the East Brookfeld (Mass.) Savings
bank, said to have embezzle1 $40, 900
has been arrested at Baltimore for the
larcency of 5000.
A man that loves his own 6reside,
and can govern his house without fall
ing by the ears with his neighbors OF
engaging in suits of law, is as free as
a Duke of Venice.-Montaigne.
This bloomer fad will soon be Ger,
Despite what you may read,
For everything that ever bloomed
Has some day gone to seed.
IN. Y. Recorder.
The IS-year-old daughter of Sheriff
B. D. Yaw, of Perry county, Ohio,
was arrested at the depot at Charles
ton, on telegram from her father,
saying that she had run away to meet
an alleged convict, DIR. Lohr, at Staun-
ton Va,
A. H. Holmes, the noted bank
swiudler, has been arrested in st.
Paul, with Joe McCluskey, charged
with attempted bank swindling. He
is wanted in San Francisco for swim
ding the Nevada National bank out
of $50, 900.
Clergyman-Do you manage, with
the Lords aid, to combat with the
devil. The Other-I lick the spots
out of him occasionally. Clergyman
All; then you are an evangelist, l sup
pose. Other-No; I'm editor of the
daily Howler."
Happiness is sunbeam which may
pass through thousand bosoms with
out losing particle of its original
raw; nay, when it strikes ona kindred
heart, like the converged light on a
mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled
brightness. 1t is not perfected until
it is shared.
An item from Muncie, Indiana, dat
ed February 20. says; Thomas Camp
bell, a farmer of Fayette county, Ohio,
came here on business and stopped at
the new Southern hotel. On retiring
he blew out the gas. The Buckeye
farmer was saved after the hard work
of physicians.
A twelve year old boy attempted to
pass a forged check in Huntington
last Friday. He purchased a pair OF
shoes, and presented check for eight
dollars. and on examination the check
proved bogus. The boy was appre-
hended but on account of his age and
the fact that his parents are highly
respected people, he was reprimanded
and allowed to go free.
The record OF the last hve years
shows that there have been 45,oo2
homicides in the United States. an
average of s,7s5 each year. In the
same time there have been 723 legal
executions and 1 .IISlynchings. These
startling figures show that crime is
increasing instead of diminishing. In
the last year 10, 500 persons have been
killed. or at the rate of 875 per month.
whereas in 1890 there were only 4 1oo
or less than half as many as in 1895.
Pure, rich blood is the true cure for
nervousness. and Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the One True Blood Purifier and
nerve tonic