The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-07

GEN. PARKER has resigned the Com
missioneship Of the Indian Bureau.
CoRSILrus RYAS, John Garvin, and
Samuel Glass were drowned, while bath |
ing in Bdck-Yark Pond, near Philadel-
phin. i
TIE manufactures of Pittsburg and
Allegheny city are said to employ w, 630
hands, who are paid annually sl7,i3i,'
566 wages.
GEoRGE KIRK one Of the persons ban
ished by the Vigllantes OF Virginia CITY;
Nevada, having returned, he was hanged
by the Committee.
AT Oceola, Missouri, Jacob Hemming,
charged with the murder OF Jas. Hughes,
was taken from jail by n party OF "1gi-
lantes" and hanged.
RUBEN ]. DoLPH of Buffalo has been
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the State Prison at Auburn for black
mailing physician.
The Paris Official Journal states that
the explosion in the works Of st. Maur,
at Yincennes, was accidental, and that
six persons we're killed and 30 wounded.
CuBA-A dispatch from Havana
says Osoris was hanged from the yard
arm OF the war steamer Neptune at Nue.
yitas. The remains of Cebellino were
buried with great pomp and ceremony.
The Wapwollopen Powder Mills, ut
Hicks Ferry, Penn, exploded. Michael
OHM was killed, and Peter Stone Sc
yerely wounded. The cause Of the ex-
plosion is unknown.
The total value OF imports of general
merchandise Mt New York for the last
quarter, ending June 80, is SG9, 1871, 2j6,
which equals, il it does not surplss, the
heaviest importations ever known here.
Ar Burlington, Iowa, Mr.. John Par
nett committed suicide by shooting her
self with Il fowling-piece. She loaded
the gun herself, and, placing the mn1zlc
in her mouth, pushed the trigger with
poker. .. r
An order will soon be issued from the
} War Department announcing that no
: more applications for the discharge OF
private soldiers will be entertained, us
the army has been reduced to 10000 men
: in accordance with the recent net OF Con-
gress.
THREE employees Of the American
Watch Company, named Herbert Dustin,
Miss Ada McEvoy OF Lowell, and Miss
Ann Cummings Of Plymouth, N. H.,
were boating on the Charles River, when
the boat raDsiZel, and the Young women
| were drowned.
II. b. CASTLE, prominent citizen Of
Cleveland, Ohio, drowned himself. A
, Waterman threw n rope to him, but he
refused to catch it, but went further out
in the stream. He WIS so ileslly that he
; could not sink, but forcibly put bis head
under the water until he drowned.
The oflicial returns received Mt the
r Bureau Of Statistics show that during
| the quarter ending June 30, 1871, the
total number of passengers arrived Mt
i the port Of New York from foreign
! countries was l07, Ia, Of whom G,2l3
were males and 42,9Ol females,
AccoRDNo to returns made to the Bu-
: reau of Statistics Of the emigInnts who
] arrived at the port of Baltimore during
the quarter ending June 30, 1871, the
: whole number was ., 500, OF whom 2,9lG
were males, and 2,674 females. OF the
total number 5,5l6 were from Germany.
GRAssuopPERs AND BUGs IN NEw JER-
sEY.-The grasshoppers are damaging
the crops in Sussex county and the up
per part Of the State Aninsect hitherto
unknown in that section has greatly dam
aged the cherry trees, and nj the fruits
are being more or less injured by insects.
Ii the case of Mrs. Fair, under SEN
tence OF death in San Francisco for the
murder Of Albert P. Crittenden, m APP
peal has been filed in the Supreme Court,
aud writ OF superSedledS issued. The
appeal will he heard in October. There
Is no likelihood of the execution taking
place before the LIST of january.
The recent vote in Massachusetts on
the question of selling malt liquors shows
the following result Total number of
cities and towns 80 prohibiting the
sale by vote of "No," q by not vot-
ing, 242 by n tie vote, . total Of towns
where sale is prohibited, 3O5; places
where sale is permittedby vote of "Ycs, "
3O towns not heard from. 8.
A LEGAL DECISION. lady died two
years ago in Troy, and left her property
to her nephew, with the proyiso that If
he ever offered the farm for sale, the
property should be forfeited to n certain
church. The place was offered for sale
n lew months ago, aud the church inst.
tuted suit, but the courts have decided
that the conditions of the will were
against "public policy" aud have de-
clarcd the provisions null and void.
THE War IN TIE CoREA.-The war in
the Corea is again progressing. A re-
conn0isance up the river was made last
month by portion OF the fleets, and two
Corcan forts were attacked. After IL
slight fire on both sides the vessels re-
turned to their anchorage, enriched
mainly by the possession Of note init
mating that they wanted no intercourse
with outside barbarians, and stating that
the crew Of the General Sherman
we're put to death because of piraticll
acts in COrean territory. The Admiral
is yet waiting for further orders
SMALL FARMS. The census establishes
the fact that petite culture, or small farm
ing, has made rapid encroachments dur
ing the past decade upon the boundaries
Of large farms and the system Of mixed
lrusbandry in the vicinity OF our large
cities. The production Of poultry, eggs,
milk, small fruits, vegetables, &c, can
he successfully engaged in upon SIN II