Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-06-13

Inc artincial camphor sold as moth
balls is obtained from coal tar.
A man who will borrow and moi
pay is too big coward to steal.
The world is not made for the pros.
porous alone, nor for the strong.
The Hudson reservoir, in Arizona,
will cover goo. 900 acres of land with
water one foot deep.
The coal consumed at the Kimber-
ley diamond mines, in South Africa.
costs nearly $Ioo per ton.
Miss Helen M. Gould, of New York
city, sent her check for 81, 900 to the
St. Louis cyclone sufferers.
Three pallbearers at Eli Robinette's
funeral, near Cumberland, Md. were
hurt in runaway on the route to the
grave.
The official executioner of the sui
tan of Turkey uses silken cord in
strangling persons ordered to be put
to death.
Thomas H. Swope. wealthy resi-
dent of Kansas City, has presented
that city with 1914 acres of land for a
public park.
Portland authorities have been
shipping back to Boston organ grind
ers who have left the Hub for that
city to do business.
Nearly 10000 horses-aged, infirm,
weak from overwork, starving and
fatigued-are said TO be fed to leeches
annually at Bordeaux.
A gigantic, project, that of building
a second pipe line from the Indiana
oil fields to Whiting, Ind, 100 miles,
has just been made public.
Delegates to Ohio's Democratic
state convention, so far reported,
stand as follows on the money ques-
ton; For silver, so7; gold, "a; unin-
structed 20.
In Chicot county, Arkansas, and
contiguous counties in Louisiana and
Mississippi, hundreds of horses, many
cattle and thousands of hogs have died
from anthrax.
At Norfolk, Va, Monday night, the
ferry boat City of Portsmouth ran in
to and sunk an unknown lighter One
man was drowned. There may be
other fatalities.
Charles N. Duggar, one of the best
known marshals in Oklahoma, was
killed in the Usage nation, Saturday,
while attempting to arrest a band of
whisky peddlers.
Irwin L. Ford, the negro convicted
of the brutal murder OF Elsie Kreglo,
near the Geological Park, Washing
ton, was sentenced by Judge Cole to
be hanged June 70.
Stephen Dasseau, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern engineer, and for
mer member of the Michigan world S
champion towing crew, was killed by
a locomotive OF Elkhart, Ind.
Members of the family OF T. F.
Thomas, living near Connersville,
Ind, are not expected to live, from
the effects of eating ice cream in which
it is thought poison was placed.
Coleridge, when lecturing as young
man, was once violently Kissed. He
Immediately retorted, "When a cold
stream of truth is poured on red-hot
prejudices, no wonder that they hiss.
Frank Powell, colored, shot Charles
McGill through the heart at Grafton,
Monday, killing him instantly. Nc
Gill struck Powell Decoration Day
while he was assulting friend, which
caused him to do the shooting.
Flossie was being urged to get up
onecold morning, and did not respond
quickly to her mothers suggestion Of
a sponge bath. "'You do as you like,
mamma, she said, land let me do as
l like. You like to be cold and clean,
and like to be warm and dirty"
Window, heretofore one of the most
thriving towns on the line of the
West Va. Central and Pittsburg rail
road, is almost deserted. Window de-
pended on the mines and they have
been worked ont, which has caused it
to be abandoned. A lot of men are
now at work tearing down the coal
tipples and taking up the iron rails OF
the mine track and loading them for
shipment.
Bernard Krammer is under arrest
at Alpena, Mich, charged with
maintaining lottery in disposing of
custom made suits. He gets a club
of 60 persons, each to deposit 81 a
week. The first two whose names
are drawn out get their suits for 81,
the two who draw out the next week
pay but 81, and so on. The unfortu-
nate ones who are not lucky enough
to have their numbers come out until
the end put up $50 for their suits.
A citizen of Tacoma has found a
new pet. and is very proud of it. 1t
is a 25o-pound shark, which, was
speared without killing and then Sc
cured by tial to float in front of
his residence. The shark soon show
ed disposition to cultivate his mas
ter's acquaintance and displayed
many signs of amiability. FAMILIAR
ty ripened into friendship and now
while sharing his meals with his new
friend the happy Tacomas declared
that sharks are very much abused and
creatures.
DR.. Walker, a prospector in Alaska,