Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-10-28
THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL
A Summary Of Happenings al
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
A Review of What Has TRANSFERRED
of Public Interest.

OF FuDilC ttteIcSL.
Fostoria, o., Oct. 25.--William D.
Robbins. aged Sc, has died here OF
typhoid fever, the disease which de-
prived him of his wife and only child
within the past IL years.
Springfield, Ohio, Oct 25.-Charles
Arbogast, of Catawba, bought lot at
Vienna and started to dig well. The
workmen struck a coffin and found
therein a petrified body There was
a graveyard in the vicinity half cen
tury ago Mr.. Arbogast has decided
not to build there.
Nyack. N. ", Oct 25.--Forest fires
are making disastrous inroads in the
woodlands on the Ramapo Mountains
in the western part of Rockland coun-
ty, this State. Heavy loss has all
ready been caused and acres of cord
wood cut and piled for shipment have
been consumed. The fires are still
burning.
Chicago, Oct 25.--William Jennings
Bryan stopped in Chicago long enough
to meet John r. Altgeld The ex-
governor assured the former colonel
that he was ready to go into Ne
braska and make ten speeches when
the campaign committee was ready
to bid him do SO. Assistant Secretary
of War Meiklejohn will visit Nebraska
in the interest of the Republican tic
ket
Muncie, Ind. Oct. 25.--Col Frank
Freeman, blind scholar. has been
arrested on the charge of wronging
young girls from the Children's Home.
The alleged victims are Anna Miller,
10, and Emma Six, IL. He is a fine
linguist, having classes at Winchester
and Anderson, Ind. and Sidney and
Piqua, Ohio. He has taken a promin-
ent part in literary circles here.
Princeton, N. j., Oct. 25.--Ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland has arrived in
Princeton from New York. He was
met at the station by Mrs. Cleveland
and drove at once to Westland, his
winter home on Bayard avenue Mr.
Cleveland will enter upon his new
duties as lecturer in the University
next month. His subject win be cur
rent topics.
New York, Oct 25.--Philip A. Bar
ton, of Baltimore, Md, has been
awarded $4,000 damages in a suit
brought by him against the Third
Avenue Railroad Company, which was
tried before Judge Simpson and jury
in the United States Circuit Court.
Barton was in this city on October 2.
1897 and boarded an open car of the
Third avenue road at Fifteenth street.
The car started before he had gained
seat and he was thrown against a
pillar of the Il" and seriously injured.
New York. Oct 25.-Mrs. Edwin E
Berrin, accompanied by her son Har-
old, twelve years old. who recently
arrived here from England, has been
excluded by the Board of Special In
CURRY of the immigration Bureau.
Mrs Berrin last month sold her house
in Yorkshire, where her husband died
and came out here for the purpose of
joining the Latter Day Saints in Utah
The woman has glass eye, and this
excludes her without appeal to the
Treasury Department, and conse-
quentIy she will be deported
Philadelphia. Oct. 25.-Grain Ex-
ports from this city show continued
increase over the corresponding per-
iod of last year. From Jan. to the
present time the shipments have been
as follows Corn, 2417S,296 bushels.
as compared with 21 1874, 760 bushels
wheat, 1881 ,226 bushels. as compared
with 1888. 581 bushels; oats, 6,4S3,679
bushels. as compared with 5,430,S73
In atrara1 Re, x.f .xrx.
there has been a slight falling off.
From Jan. /, 610,9S7 bushels were
shipped
Fishkill Landing, n Y, Oct &c.
The steam propeller Rogers, loaded
with 1900 barrels OF cement, was cut
in two by a New York, New Haven
and Hartford transfer boat and sunk
with her entire cargo The crew had
narrow escape. The loss is about
$4,000
London. Oct. &c. The new Plym-
outh-New York steamship service has
been inaugurated by the Hamburg
American Line steamship the Patri
cia. "A special traii will be run from
London to Plymouth in connection
with the departure pf the vessels en-
gagged in this servi e.
Peoria, ILL.,. Oct. 26.--Juan Garcia,
a Cuban. and his sweetheart, Miss
Bessie Mahoney, da lighter OF prom
inent publisher, we're found dead in
the road near here Garcia had shot
the girl and then hisaself The Cuban
was in love with thS girl and wanted
10 marry her, but her parents OBJ
jected
Wooster, o., Oct. 26.-The remains |
OF Harry McClarran. ex-Senior Vice
Commander Department of the Ohio.