The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.

AhfoAus
A special dispatch from correspondent al
Sioux CITY confirms the report Of tho finding
Of gold at the Black Hills, and says that The
lnInsrs think tho preeious metal viii DO found
In large quantities, Spotted Tail thinks the
Custer expedition in violation Of the Indian
treaty, but Is not disposed to fight about It,
Bishop Hare thinks tho Government will have
the trouble Of buying the lands Of the indians
...."Ls Soir reports that tho investigation
into tho circumstances OF BAzAlno's escape
shows that the director Of the prisoner L
grayely implicated, while the other srclals arc
c1OueratOd. Tho MilAnese journals lsay that
Daznino has passed through that city on hi,
way to the Chateau d Ardemberg, Switzerland,
the residence OF tho Empress EugonlO, So,
Tho bathing party who met with such sad
fate at Centre HArbor, N. H., was composed
Of lIx persons, thrcO ladies and three gentle
men. Two ladies and one gentleman were
saved, Wiki Miss Jessie Coo, Miss Lima Coo,
aud John Pierce. Tho others were lost,
A terrible attempt at double murder was
nAdO At Guelph, Ontario, A man named
Hazel threatened to shoot his daughter, GIL
Of sixteen, IL no found her again in male com.
pAny. Being informed that sho was with a
man, he went out and sho. the man and sill
whom no supposed no was in search Of, In
dicting probably fatal wounds. On reaching
them, however, no discovered to his horror
that thoy were not the guilty pair, bu! another
man named Hurley in company with a girl
named Mary Calvin, Hazel then acd, and has
not since been captured, .,..,A shocking muir
deraecompanicd by torture, was perpOtraIed In
ooliaI county. Nebraska. A numbero Of Indians,
supposed to DO PAWneos, campcd near home
stoadOra cabin, and two squGws went In search
for food. They cimo TO tho house when tho
man was absent and went through II, In spite
Of tho Wiies circumstances. Finally they
attempted to take away the family provlAions,
to which tho wife objected. Tho two squaWS
beat her over the head. Just .hcn tho husband
came In, aud seeing his wife wounded, took
lis gun and shot ono OF tho squAWs. The
other squlW ran to tho Indian camp and rO-
ported what had boon done. Twelve Of the
Indians then entered the house, captured the
homestcador, skinned him cut his hands on
and his heart out. This was done in the
presence Of his wife,
The Attorney. General Of Arkansas has de-
cided that /. is tho duty Of tho State Treasurer
to recognize the Convention ordinance direct
ing him to pay out OF the sinking aud school
funds the money necessary to run tho State
Government witli..... Ten thousand people
arc annually punished In England for violating
tho game laws, and there Is cry for reform
.... Balances in tho U. y. Treasury: Cur
rcncy, si5,s79, 1856 special deposits Of legal
tenders for tho redemption OF certificates Of
deposit sSO,o7O,OOOi coin, s7O,6is,7OO In.
Guiding sSi 1904 900 in coin certificates out.
standing legal tenders, sSS2, 900. 900. -. The
Kentucky tobacco crop OF 1874 is expected to
DO only 10 per cent. OF tho average annual
yield. ,", Tho number OF cases Of smallpox
In Now York last week was twonty..hree,
against thlrty.hye for tho previous week, 4
fact which does not by any means indicate that
hero need DO feSrs OF an epidemic. 80. Atl
recent election in tho ChoctAw and ChlckAsaw
nations, l. T. Coleman Cole was elected Gov.
sruor Of tho Chsetaws and Frank oyerton
Governor Of the chlekAsaws, This is regarded
V triumph Of progressive principles.
The recognition of the Spanish Ropubllc by
England, Franco and Austria Is officially
promulgated.