The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
News Summary.

vERMoS1's personal property amounts
to 81, 555, 1882.
GREAT BRrTAn pays tax for over a
eleven million dogs.
Is the New York market about $1,000
barrels OF shad are sold annually.
The insurgents of Paris have fired on
the people, 80 persons being killed or
wounded.
MACE and Coburn, are without con-
ceaIment, training in New York for their
coming fight.
LORD LYONS telegraphs to the Govern
ment that he Is confident OF the early
restoration of order in Paris.
The American Minister, the Hon.
George Bancroft, las received an ova-
ton from the people OF Berlin.
The English House OF Commons, sus.
tained the Ministry on various clauses OF
the Army bill by heavy maiorities.
The Havana journals protest against
the reported negotiations for the sale Of
Cuba and Porto Rico to the United
States.
PGErRo SALINI made balloon ascen-
sion from Messina Sicily, on the 18th
OF February, and has never been heard
OF since.
An accident occurred to railway train
filled with informed artillerymen return
ing to France, by which twenty-five were
killed and seventy-two injured.
WHILE the Germans in Bucharest were
engaged in celebrating the birthday OF
the Emperor, they were attacked by q
mob and several persons were injured.
TIE Pennsylvania Legislative Commit
tee on the coal question recommend the
application OF the English system OF
arbitration to the Anthracite coal mines.
An old pedlar who has travelled over
New Hampshire for thirty years past,
has this winter, for the first time, kept
his cart upon wheels, never putting it or
runners for single day.
A RESOLUTION was adopted in the Ca
madam House OF Commons removing the
duty on salt, peas, bran, barley, rye
oats, Indian corn, buckwhest, and al
grains, and on Indian meal, oatmeal and
-four.
WILLIAM VAN DOVER, the Ellenville
\. Y, incendiary, has made full comics
sion, and duplicates fifteen members o
his hook and ladder company in thu
firing of many buildings in Ellenville
during the mast winter.
THE physicians OF a county of Mis-
sissippi, Yollobusha by name, hay,
formally and publicly announced tina
they VIII not attend the families OF an.
planters who have mortgaged their crop
to the merchants, unless the latter wi
become responsible for their fees.
A HOLDEN, Mass, hunter lost his do
in singular manner The dog ran
rabbit into hole, and began to dig 70
him. a root impeded his progress, an
he gnawed it off and continued diggin
till the end of the severed root caugh
in his collar and he was strangled t
death.
THE Cuban insurgent Gen. Machadc
with over sixtyarmed men, has surrender
ed to the Spaniards. Antonio YiIlegas
who surrendered last week, acted as negc
tiator. OF the surrender. The Spaniard
estimate that this only leaves two sma
bands OF insurgents in the Cienfuego
district.
OFFICIAL notice is given in Berlin tha
Germans going to France cannot hav
their passports riStd and If they go with
out them they are liable to be stoppe
on the frontier. The reason is that tn
French authorities are unable to Civ
efficient protection to German subject
in France.
ST. LOUIS has decidedly cosmopoli
tan population, including l76, $40 white
and 22,045 colored Americans, 1904
Germans, 80, 239 Irish, and 1868 Englis,
and Scotch. The total number Of for
eigners is 1l2, 249, while the colored pop
ulation has increased fourfold sine
before the war.
JAMES GRADY was hanged in Washing
ton for the crime OF rape and murde
committed on the 9Th OF last October
His victim, Mrs. Fanny Faulkner, was
woman of 20, who was so beaten, stampe,
upon, and choked by Grady in the &C
complshment of his purpose that sh
died on the following day.