The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-28
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Interesting Item. from Home and
Abroad.

Abroad.
Thsy arc culaylting tobacco successfully A.
far down East as Aroostook county, Me......
Such Is tho faith OF Plymouth Church In the
virtue Of Mr.. Beechsr thA. 1t Ia proposed to
raise Henry Ward BOechsr's salary to $4,000
a compensation for his trials. large
vein Of corundum has been found near Union
VILE, In Chester county, Pa. This mineral
SERVES the purpose Of emory. It haa hitherto
been found In limited quantities, but now the
supply Of II Is said to DO immense. "A woman
iorty.avo years old died in an insane asylum in
Edinburgh after having. been confined to her
bed for hyo years. After her death It vas
found that her bones had become soft and
light and had In fact almost disappeared. She
suffered no pain. 80. The strike Of operatives
at Bolton, England, stops seycnty-four mills,
which employed 1900 hands. Forty-elshI
mills, employing 1000 hands, continue opera
tons. Subscriptions for the strikers have
been opened by tho trades unions thFoushon.
tho manufacturing districts. .,...PrAneoiA
Pierre dulllaume GuIzot, the eminent Protes'
t.ut statesman and historian OF Franco is dead.
Hs WA born In 1857. Mr.. james Watson
webb has bOon sued for $4,000, said to have
been received by him for tho United States
Government while no was Minister 10 Brazil
49,. The following mills and other property
veto destroyed by fire a. Cornwall, Ontario
John Cdlly a; Cos paper mill I, Mr.. Hodges
planipg mill; tho ssormont Cotton MAnufas-
turing COmpanys oilec and magnificent mill
P. Z. Adans's saw, lA.h, and shiuglO mill; and
an old nhey. The total loss is estimated At
s2S0OOO.
r,,. u.,,h c.,o,,,. R0urh,lc.n Couyontion
ro,n,r!tss n n obamberlAiu for Governor
n II GI.,ys. I'M present incumbent, for
Ti.n,or.r,. f,oy,rro, n n Elliott Chairman
~ M P,.cutIvo Committee. . Tho latest
NAM. rov. Inn, ,r,zoa gantlaro 1. IN tina
80 ,h,. ali rrono,tv an tbo Island including
,hO novo,nmsnt IIgb,bou.s IA totally des.
,ro,oJ reside tbo Fronsh bark reportOd
i,st tbs .cloouor Josoph T,udd and .toamboat
seller. ara Moi and dry ono milo from tho
vnlsr The number Of lives Lost cannot DO
ostim.,s6 Tho lo,, Of proporty in tho late
storm includes Tho ports ofioiarksylllo, Texas.
ma n.ri.d az MEXICO. quarter Of mil.
lion Of dollars will probably cover the whole.
c.II,tc Garcia Tho captured ipsurrent
lO,lor az Cpb. IA now On board A runbost At
M,py,nilo wben surpri,od by bIs captorr
Carl, drov :. pIstol and fIred two shots Al
,bom Wbsn t,ksn bs WAS found 10 be
wonpaOd IN tbo mead tho ban having passed
M. mar ll,o no.o. mo spanIards sAy no shot
S,ms.f Il Ia holIcyod tb,t in Monmouth
Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, and
Gloucester counties, N. j., over Eve hundred
square miles OF land have boenswept by fro, In
many places the touch Of the flames has been
light. Thoy have been rather beneficial than
injurious, converting old docAying brush into
good ash manure. But in other sections large
tracts Of valuable growing timber have been
burned over and the wood made worthless for
other purposes than charcoal or cord wood.
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The redemption Of thciF circulation. Tho