Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

explosion 1T Blocton yesterday. The
dead are. Il. l.. Davenport and w. w.
Davenport, white, and Robert Cnreton,
Mark Dooley and Joe Carpenter, coli
ored.
fredericksburg, Va. Feb. 17.-Mr. A.
X. Ware has sold his handsome home
n valuable stock farm "Snowden,"
just on the outskirts Of this city, to Mr..
B. G. Spencer, Of Chicago, for 500, 900.
Mr.. Spencer will ak possession Of the
property on March l. and with his
family will make it his home.
Petersburg, Va, Feb. T.-Miss Viola
Chance and her sister. Miss Alice
Chance, died yesterday within a few
hours of each other. This makes six
deaths thai have occurred in this fam
lily within the past two weeks. They
all died of pneumonia. and there is an
other member Of the family now Ill
with 1T.
BerryviIle, Va, Feb. 17.-Dr. Thomas
NJ. Lippitt. son of DR.. c. e. Lippitt.
of this county, who is assistant surgeon
in the United States navy, has been
ordered to Manila on the Solace. Clarke
county can now boast of having two
Of her sons serving their country in the
Philippines, as DIR. John f.. Page, of
this place, Is passed assistant surgeon
on the Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flag
ship.
Suffolk, Va, Feb. 1.-THE Suffolk
knitting mills, one of the largest hos
iery plants in the south, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. The blaze
cf a ~ aI In tho hoi1ar yaproc The Mo f
covered more than an acre. The fire
department could do no good because
of the distance from plugs. The loss is
$40.0 900; insurance, $4,000. The pro-
prietors, A. II. and w. E. Cobb, for
merry of Brunswick. Me-, will rebuild.
Lynchburg, Va, Feb. lion Monday
night a colored couple, Harrison and
Polly Graham, each nearly 80 years of
age, were frozen to death in their cabin,
neal Rustburg, Campbell county. They
were found the following morning sit
ting upright in their chairs cold in
death. The house contained fuel and
provisions, but it is thought that the
intense cold, combined with the ex-
treme old age of the couple, prevented
them from waiting on themselves.
Cape Charles, Va, Feb. 20.-Informa-
ton has just reached here from Captain
George Pitchens, keeper of Smiths ISL
and life saving station, that the bodies
of four drowned and frozen colored men
were washed ashore there yesterday. The
men were attired in oystermen's clothing,
and it is supposed they were carried to
sea in a small boat by the recent storm
and wrecked. Owing to the ground be-
ing frozen TO a depth of u inches, great
difficulty was experienced in burying
them.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Feb. 20.-Sev-
enty-fve cans, containing 500 quarts of
nitro-glycerine, stored in the magazine Of
Frank Winch, i'll the oil field southeast
of Sistersville, exploded with tremendous
force yesterday. The magazine in some
manner caught FIRE. The force of the ex-
plosion was felt for miles. No buildings
were near, and it is not believed that
any persons were in the vicinity at the
time. A large hole was torn in the
ground and huge rocks and heaps of
earth were thrown high into the air.
Trees were torn up by the roots and
thrown some distance.
Huntington, w. Va, Feb. 2O.-The po-
lice now have six men in Jail here who
it is believed constitute the most noto-
rious band of robbers known in the Ohio
Valley. Tom Carter, alias Harrington,
supposed to be wanted in Louisville for
burglary, arrested here Saturday, told
the police officers last night where five
pals of his were to meet for the purpose
of robbing several stores in this city.
W. - GE one xx,A,@ 20 fha ala M ny1 ann
the men, and with much difficulty cap
tured the suspects after an exciting
chase. All were heavily armed. They
are well known crooks.
Richmond, Va, Feb. 1.-THE ex-
ecutors of the, late Rev. DIR. Moses d.
Hoge have instituted suit for $40, 900
against the Richmond Railway and
Electrical company. This suit Is for
damages sustained by deceased in be-
ing struck by n of the defendants
cars on Nov. A, which resulted fatally.
Some time before his death DIR. Hoge
told a friend hat If he should recover
1t was his intention to sue the com
pany for damages. In the event of his
recovering damages the doctor said he
should give every dollar he received to
some cnarltaDie OBJECT. Inc executors,
1t is supposed, will carry out these
views.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 21.-The crew of
the schooner James E. Beyles, ship
wrecked and abandoned at sea, arrived
here yesterday. Monday of last week
the schooner sprung a leak, and on Tues
day began to fill fast. BY nightfall she
was awash, the seas swept over her and
the crew, dashed TO the rail, suffered
fearfully from the cold. Mrs. Darling,
the captains wife, Il resident of Hunt.
ington, l.. L.. who had for hours been
held by her husband in his arms, sue
stumbled to the fearful cold and died.
From Tuesday until Wednesday the
captain held her body, that the seas
should not sweep it away. For three
days the crew, without food or water,
were dashed to the rail. the seas washing
over them almost continuously. Thurs
day they were rescued by the schooner
Mount Hope.
Alexandria, Va. Feb. 17.-Three color
al carvoptc Tana Moptao,,a CAnbia