The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
IntsreIting Itsu, nom Home and
Abroad.

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The smallpox preylilA 70 an alarming extent
in Montreal. 80, simeon, NJ. p. for South
Norfolk, cGnidA, has boen unsSAled for bribery
and corruption. .s.,.ThsrS d stsite among
the stOnO-cutteu on tho wellarl Canal,
Ontario, -. Three men, siirang TO 10 Ameri-
can fishermen, wore arrested by tho Spanish
authorities at pacuhno, near HAvAns The
men claim that they wVnt lahore to purchase
provisions their StSck bellg exhausted. -.
A dispatch from HShdiyo says peremptory
orders have been received from Paris for the
expulsion OF ali spIniIrds from the frontier
towns. .,.YRkoob Khan, son OF tho ANGER Of
AfghAnissln, has rebeIled against bis father,
and has raised an army to eight him. O.. u.
The New Jersey Bord OF Education reports
tho number Of children in the stAlo between
the ages of Eve and eighteen yOaru As 2sS, 900.
There arc 1893 school buIldings and tho
number Of teachers employed Ia ass. The
number OF pupils enrolled A. in attendance Ii
ls6,sV2, the increase OF children within the
agOa mentioned being 1851. Tho statistics
show that thpre was IL, COS Whs do not attend
the State schools. An accident occurred
on the Grand Dsplds and Indiana railroad.
In which one passenger was Killed and fifteen
injured. ~. It WSa discovered that = woman
has been baHSd alive In Montreal, The APP
pOs:anee 81 the corpse on opening tho coffin
wAs narrowing. Tho affair has bean hushed
up and the victims name not giyon. -. The
Aeoune-HOgan Or HoAglAnd suit, involving
81, 0OO, 900 worth Of laid In TiogA county, Pa,
Is entered at Caldwell, Ohio. -. While firing
a salute at Madison, Ohio, cannon burst, In
stAntly killing young man named George r.
Martin.
A passenger train on the Grand Rapids and
Indiana railroad, ailOen miles south OF Grand
Rapids, met with an secdOpt, tho rear car and
the SlOOpIng-ear being thrown from tho track
by broken axle. Several passengers were
Killed and many injured. An epilpptc
inmate OF the insane department In the Aims
house al Philadelphia, named George Homo,
wss beaten to death BY another inmate. ....A
fouryeir-Old child In TuscArorA, Pa, has
actually died OF drunkenness, Its besolsed
mother fed Il with whlAly until, after weeks Of
steady lnIoIicAiIOn, |. dlsd.. According 10
the FrieNd u India, number OF NesapAtam
youths have been arrested on charge Of
hanging q boy ain fun" Deceased had muir.
dered lizard, and The novel court decided
that no was worthy Of death, ali tho proceed.
ings being carried out ia tbs, most regular
order -, Therols 4 strike among the miners
In all tho cOllieties in Pictou county, Nova
Scotia. The alleged cause Is q reduction Of
u pcr cent. in the wages for the winter.
The reception given to Charlotte cu.hmau,
on the occasion Of her bidding farewell to the
4tage in New York, was grand AMIR. After
tho play Of the evening the stage Of the
thoaler was occupied By distinguished citizens,
and Miss cushmAn was presented with laurel
wreath and addresses. Prof. Roberts read a
poem by stoddGrd, dedicated to Miss ouah-
man, and then VIM. Cullen Bryant advanced
to present Miss cuahman with a wreath Of
laurel. II was a. once Simplo and Appro-
pirate thbulo, Tho wreath, formed OF laurel
leaves, tied with white ribbons, rested on
black velvet cushion. Mr.. Bryant made y
shor. address 70 which Misc Cushman 70.
sponded briefly. After this Miss oushmGn
was serenAded, escorted to hcr hotel BY thou.
sands Of people, and her farewell TO the stage
wa one Of the notable events Of her life,
Charlotte cushmAn Is to become n reader In.
stead ofan actress. Peter Bowen, who was
sentenced at vapaneO, Ont, to receive forty
lAshes for committing an outrage on his own
daughter, received twenty llihea, being tie
first InstAllnent Of the sentence. Daring the
operation he screamed and cried bitterly, beg
ging for mercy. His back was yery much
laeerated and blood oozed from tho wounds
made by the lI4h. lie will receive twenty
moro lAshes at the expiration OF two months.
.-...It Is reported In Chicago that most Of
the National Board Insurance companies that
Withdrew from that city on tho first OF October
will return shortly and continue business. -.
olielal notice Is given that Earl Dunerin has
resumed tho government OF Canada from the
Sd Inst. ....ssyeu on. OF the eleven propo.
sitiOns submitted 10 the people with Wow TO
tho amendment OF tho State Constitution Of
New YSTk were defeated. t..e H.a.
Edward Mcclure shot and instantly killed
his wife In San Francisco. Jealousy Is said to
have prompted him to commit tho deed. 80.
Archie Powell, colored, OF Little Rock, Ark,
shot his wife in the mech, and then shot him
self In tho mouth both MORALLY wounded.
Jeaousy was tho cause Of the deOd......
Jeremiah o'sulllyAn, who was in the Hudson
county, N. J.. jail awaiting transportation to
State prison TO servo 1 I've yesrs' sentence,
committed suicide by cutting his throat With
razsr. ,Ahurricane passed over the Island
Of Jamaica and caused considerable damage.
In that hAfbOr there were few small wrecks
and several lives lost. Tho storm Is believed
to be most severe in DArbAdoes, Santa Lucia,
and Hayti and the north Side OF Jamaica.
There has been no intercourse since between
Kingston and either OF tho sister Is!Ands mem
toned, or northern Jamaica. !. .HAftridges
majority for Congress in the FIRST Alabama
District is AN, and Smiths majority In the
Second District ia. 2,lA.,.,..wm. Walter
Phelps, for NJ. O. In New Jersey, Is beaten by
five votes. ...,.E.s s, Stevens has been elected
Delegate TO Congress from Arizona by about
200 majority. The Official count OF tho
Congressional votes in the Fourth MaSsAohu-
sets District gives the election to Frost by
a small majority. 1.-THE Pennsylvania Senate
stands 20 Democrats and 80 Republicans the
House 1O7 Democrats and o. Republicans.
Democratic majority on Joint ballet s.......