The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-12
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Interesting Items from Home and
hhroAA.

Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.
Tho narrow GpugO engines built and in pro-
gress In the United States during the present
year, amount to 90 per cent. Of tho whole loco
motive business. Tie Directors Of tho Denver
and Ohio Central Bailfoad Company, shfSS feet
gauge, report !hss they have no difficulty In
Conveying cattle in their eight fcOt wide cars.
..... Nearly tho entire business portion OF
Leno1Sillc, Csnsat, SAs burned. Over thirty
private residences werO destroyed. The total
loss IL estimated at s10O, 900. .... Lieutenant
Wheeler and DR.. YarrOw have returned to
Denver. The results OF tho expedition are far
beyond tho work OF prOyiots SsGrs. A new
pass han been discovered over tho main divide,
low enough for railway to duniaon valley,
tho rIchGst region OF tho Rocky Mountains,
The finest collection OF fossil remains ever
found In America has boon discovered by Pro-
fessor Cope, palOoutoloBlst, On the shore Of
tho Ancient ocean in now Mexico forty-soyOn
SOrO found in ono day. Tho megatherinm,
tho mAstodon And all classes OF sAuriAn mon
s,ers Illustrating the gigantic natural wonders
Of extinct ages arc among Thorn, ..,, GCnOrRl
Brisbin, who was cent ont by tho Omaha Aid
Society to gain information concerning tho
condition OF tho people in tho gras-hoppCr
district, returned to Omaha. Ito reports that
fully FIVE thousand people In SIX counties arc
in actual danger Of starving, ,.,. Four italian
organ grinders were camping In grove noar
Wilkesbarre, Pa, and wero visited by gang
OF men aud boys under tho leadership OF
Patrick Melvin, WHO tried to pick quarrel
with them. The Italians conducted them.
selves quietly until Melvin struck ono of them,
when tho insultOd italian drow revolver and
shot Melvin In tho breast Tho crowd then
aOd, and when they returned tho Italians were
gone. Melvin will recover. .... John A. Barn.
hill, OF Tlscarawas, was nominated by tho
Republicans Of tho Thirteenth Ohio District
for Congress.
The reward of $4,000 In tho Ross case
Is still In force in Philadelphia, and Allen
Pinkcrton announces tina! tho Same will DO
rollnquIshCd by him and his force TO tho par.
tics who shall give information which shall
lead to tho recovery OF tho child aud tho
capture Of the Abductors -. Tho boiler OF a
locomotive exploded while near tho depot In
Port Jorvis. The fireman, Geo. Page, was in.
stantly killed, and boy named outwin, stand.
ing near tho engine, was also injured 10 that
ho cannot recover. The engineer, Mr.. Dean,
was oil tho ground oillng tho engine, and
escaped with a slight scald. .... Tho Mark
Lane Express, in It's roviOw OF tho crop pros.
poets In Europe, says tho recent rains have
materially benefited tho root crops. There
has been too much raiu, however, for lAto
potatoes, which have shown tho commence
ment OF disease, and this will cause greater
demand upon the lower descriptions Of wheat
aud prevent their further depreciation. The
grass possesses tho YerlurO OF spring. which
will hOlp growers to carry their stock through
tho winter, Notwithstanding tho deficiency In
tho hay and straw crops. The wheat trade
shows neither encouraging or dlscouragIng
features. Prices In France arc q shilling
lower, but elsewhere on tho Continent they
arc unchanged, except at Odessa, whcrc prices
are armer III tho hope that tho fnC quality of
tho crop will eventually secure better prices.
.,...T The Austrian Government will dispatch
another expedition to tho Arctic regions next
year to ascertain whether tho land discovered
by the expedition Just returned. aud named by
It Franc JosopAa LAID, is portion OF the
continent or an island. The expedition will DO
divided, ono-halt going by tho way of Siberia
and tho other via Greenland.
The American team having beaten tho Irish
team at Creodnoro, tho lattor has challenged
tho Americans fer tue return match to DO shot
In Dublin in the month OF June, 1875, tho
team to consist Of not moro than eight or lees
than si1 mon, at tho option Of the Americans.
1t will Of course DO accepted. 80. "A frigltful
and destructive typhoOn at Hong Kong, a
warning earthquake in and around Mount
E!ns, heavy aud disastrous inundation of the
River segro in Spain, and an earthquake III
Guatemala, arc among tho latest atmospheric
and subserrAnean disturbances reported from
different parts OF tho world. zee. Tho complete
returns from tho tho department of NIainO.Ot-
Loire show that tho Republicans have elected
their candidate TO tho French Assembly BY
almost four thousand majority.