The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-26
General News Summary.

tanamo.
A FIRE described as terrible, destroyed
a large number OF buildings in Con
hives, Hayti.
The damage to Paris by the Commun-
ist instruction is estimated at SOO,OOO,-
900 of francs.
ADuoEs from Peru state that peace
and the prosperity OF the coun-
try is increasing.
The wheat harvest has began in Cali
fornia, and shows better result than
was generally anticipated.
JOIN BRENNAN, resident of West
Roxbury, Mass, is under arrest charged
with beating his wife to death.
LAUREN AYERS, who murdered his wife
in Manchester, n. H., and then shot
himself, died few days since.
The live stock markets, except that
for lambs, rule very low and are dull
and heavy, with more sellers than buyers.
JUDGE INGALLS,, of Troy, has appointed
a commission to inquire into the mental
capacity OF Asa Kittle, the blind boy
murderer.
A PRuss1AN sea Captain, residing in
Folsom-street, San Francisco, committed
suicide because his wife absconded with
another Captain.
EHnERT BRAND, German, committed
suicide in San Francisco, on receiving
refusal from young country woman to
his proposal of marriage.
THE siamese Twins have deaf and
dumb daughter in the Asylum in
Raleigh, n. G. She is said to be one
of the brightest children there.
A BOY in Fairbury, H., lately fell
through the glass of a hot-bed, and a
long tapering silver of the glass pene-
trated his heart causing instant death.
B. A. SIoCoMB, Chief OF Police at
Woonsocket, r. L, was killed. He at
tempted to get on a railroad train while
it was in motion, and fell under the car
wheels.
THE bodies of the unfortunate journal
lists, Spaght and Lodge, Of the Montreal
Gazette, who went over Lanchine Rapids
on the Queens birthday have been re-
covered.
DIR. SpARR, the brother-in-law of Olaf
lin, Woodruff & Co., of New York, was
found dead in u room ut French's Hotel.
The supposed cause of his death was
apoplexy.
The English House of Lords has pass
ed the bill authorizing Canada to organ
ize territorial governments in the coun-
try lying between the Domain and the
Pacific coast
ADy1cEs from Hong Kong to May 26
have been received. The ship Dolores
Ugarte, from Macao for Callao, was
burnt at sea, and 600 Coolies persisted
in the flames.
An officer from Fort Mcpherson re-
ports that two white men and one negro
were scalped near that post by Indians.
One of the men is dead the others are
expected to survive.
CERTIFICATES of citizenship or pass
ports issued by State officers or judicial
or municipal functionaries Of the United
States are not recognized by the officers
OF foreign governments.
SYLvANUs KENDALL, Sem, aged so,
n member of the firm of Kendall X Son,
hardware dealers of Augusta, Me-, hang
ed himself in his store. Continued ILL
health is the cause assigned.
FIVE young men employed in the
machine shop OF Davis, Wiley i Stone
at North Andover, Mass, were drowned
in the North Andover Pond while fish
ing, their boat being capsized by squall.
Iris announced that %, 900 Communist
prisoners will be transported to New
Caledonia. The discovery of important
documents, rendering new indictments
necessary, have delayed the trials by
court-martial at Versailles.
LEWIS J. GuIEr committed suicide
at the Talbot House, Syracuse, by taking
poison. A letter found in his room
states that he was unable to obtain en-
and therefore did not want to
be a burden to his friends.
JAMES ROBERTS, the mate of the ship
NItphri' DIOOhlIu, pleduSu Bunny uSiOiS
Justice Delmar of assaulting Jacob
Brown, the colored steward of the same
vessel, with IN iron bar, and was SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for four
months.
A MULE thief was captured a few days
ago about forty miles south of Fort
Scott, in Kansas, by party OF five men.
While in custody he stole two reyolyers
from his captors, and then, taking the
best horse in the party, rode jauntly
away, firing several shots as he left by
way of parting compliments.
AT. the annual meeting OF the New
England Associated Press, the following
officers were reelected Gen. j. R.
Hawley, Hartford Coura,i, President
K. NJ. Pulsifer, Boston Herald, Secretary
and Treasurer. S. n. Stockwell, Boston
Journal; r. Worthiugton, Boston Trar-
,ller, and Samuel BOwles, Springfield
Executive Committee.
A DISPATCH from Cons'antinople says
fires broke out simultaneously in four
places, and at one time 200 houses were
in flames. Fortunately the wind was