The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-02-01
General News.
Earthquakes are occurring in India.

tlsc Soou dlllner lor 20 cents. hl'Hl ~
Napoleon promises to beat everything
aaoat with his yacht now building,
The new postage stamps will bo issued
in February. ,la55le IN, m6 aoiiiea
Chicago is now trying to get rat-proof
buildings. i!a q 5aE1 '''.N ~ -
Rosecrans was escorted TO- the hall Of
the Nlontcrumas by fifty soldiers. la5 IA
,Montrqalhas mountedits fire engines
on runners for tile winter. 7''rt!
A Washington, special saysltho Presi-
dent will shortly pardon DR.. Mndd. II
One Of the jury (which tried Aaron
Burr for treason is still living at Chilli
co.he,, Ohio. .ti4aI ioWc' ait
Andrew Reed, western merchant,
was chloroformtd and robbed Of $1,000
tNew York last week. .'
Public worship is regularly conducted
in Chicago ip eight languages. That ac.i
counts for, the goodness of the place. y,
The year 1868 had SO Thursdays, and
as consequence the year 1889 will
have but 81: :rms Iph5 'rif'1". u 80
Daring the last twelve years, twelve
thousand five hundred lives have been
lost in the British coal mipes. N NJ, .r.y,,
Judge Tyler, of Chicago. .a,dicd tile
other day, while being ejectcI from, po-
lice court, for refusing to sit down. i1u'I
A Nashville dispatch of tho 18th, re-
ports the whipping Of two men in That
vicinity by Ku-Klux.. . +" f, 2'. ..,'ss
4 shock Of earthquake was .feltat St
Johns, NIB, Saturday morning. about
one cyminute, during which time the yibra-
tions werc. quite perceptiblcea g9g 9iA''9L
Colonel IIeiu,zelman IS ,thac' T. ranking,
Colonel in The army, and expects 10 bc
made a brisadier iu place ef Hooker Or
Rosscau. AZ %" -i' 7No g"n y ii
A member, Of the law. fraternity was
fined $40 . few days ago ,at St. Joseph,
Missouri, for whispering in the court.
room. .,E.,.sBi 7sarcli gjai. VI
The warlike preparations in Prussia,
interrupted since tho commencement of
October, havoc been actively, taken in
hand. 5sia' 16i gFii9@91l i.'tt9 "
I Tic name of,hc new King of Siam is
Somde,ch-Chufa-C -Cl'ulalopgcragut, n d
that OF lis prime minister Kalalomc !.
Chho.P o.Phyasrisary-Wonsse. arlaa,ra D
At,uWauconda,y Illinois, on Saturday
last; Thad. Raymond, farmer, strangled
himself. inliislo@ni barn. liFinancia and
domestic troubles were the cause. =
The Georgia Legislature, on Saturday,
rejected by;a large majority !, a motion 10
allowthc colorcd members to resume the
seats from which they lad been rejected.
r. In tile Criminal Court at Washington,
on the 18th. agic prescqai was entered in
the cases Of JEFF. Davis and John H..
surratt4tlie Presidents amnesty procla-
nation being the grounds.
Larry Farrell, an employee Of the Union
League Committee Of New York, .sayshc
has witnesses who are willing to swear to
anything before the election frauds COM
mittec. OF course! ydt ii0R 19a
Edward Ball. hailing from Posoy coanl-
ty, Indiana, was recently sentenced TO the
penitcntiary, in New Brunswick, for be-,
ing too much married. Flo. was proved 10
have eleven wives all living. 7 ~
A telegram announces that Governor
Smith, Of Alabama, has appointed 4 coiu-
missioners to Florida to negotiate fortho.
annexation Of the western portion of that
State 10 Alabama. rt4,,sl, a,'s;s III -e
The steamship Gulf-City, was lost be.
tween Galveston aud New York on the
l4th. Out 4 of twenty-five persons oil
board, but three are known to llayc been
savcdS Geyg =5i Gonl 7ai 2'a 1ils.i'
The county court Of Louisville, KY,
has decided the test oath unconstitutional.
A case is also before the Supreme Court
Of Kentucky, in which the constitution
ality Of The civilrights bill will bo tested.
f. Trouble is again brewing in Ireland.
The feeling among the tenantry, in some
parts of the country, is reported rs very
bitter against the landlords and violence
is feared. .,..-..,......g.. -.,....s.. -.-
The Coroner ofst Louis reports thir-
ty-two murders and Thirty suicides COM
mitted in that city last year, and FIVE
deaths were occasioned by coal oil explo-
sions. ...,.. ,-,-4,. ,..44f. ,....
The HerolFs Port at Prince letter Of
The 2Gth ult., states that the American
consul at Aux Cayes had been severely
beaten BY the authorities, and Minister
llollister ut Port au Prince was about nA
ycstigating the matter. aaa 40
Colonel Toonis, of Colivater, Nlichi-
gan, waslrecently advertised rs dead. IN
IA card to the papers he denies the fact.
The question, therefore, becomes one of
yeracity between Colonel LoOmis and Tie
papers. gi~,p psrfr
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