The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Intsrs.ting Items nom Home and
l--i ~ Abroad. u. IL


iI-i Abroad. III.
Mr.. Potter, Of Amsterdam, N. Y, returned to
his house Aitor short absence and was mot
by hts little girl, who said she did not like
70 stay with her mother, because shO looked 20
white. Mr.. Potter, on entering tho house,
found the lifeless remains Of his wife, who had
expired from heart disease. .,.. Basil Har-
rison, a nephew OF President Harrison, died
in Michigan recently, aged 1o4 years. ia
community similar TO that at Oneida, Is TO DO
established on vGleour's Island, Lake Cham
plain. -. GAribaldi is described rs living on
his .aland with two male companions and an
old female cook. Tho members Of the
Austrian Polar Expedition, for whose fate
grave fears were felt, have been heard from.
They were shipwreckod, and took 10 sleighH, In
which they succeeded, after a long journey, In
reaching tho Norwegian Island OF Wardoe.
After abandoning their Ahip tho party travelled
for seven months in slodgOs, and two winters
were passed on tho ice, Tho highest point
reached was in latitude 80 degrees. A large
tract OF land was discovered to tho northwatd
OF Nova zembla. The expedition arrived at
Wardoo on Russian boat. Only ono death
occurred during tho entire voyage. Tho
Official ropor. Of the French commission ap-
ppIntOd to investigate the circumstances OF tho
escape OF Marshal pazaino Is made public.
IL duplicates tho jaiiers, aud states that they
were instigated by Col. villotte, BAzains's
Aid.de- Camp, to facilitate tue prisoners flight,
but acquIts tho garrison Of the fort Of COM
pllcity In the affair. y. Hon. George r. Hoar'a
reply to the earnest letter Of largo number Of
his constituents in Massachusetts,, asking him
TO withdraw his refusal to DO again candidate
for Congress, is publIshed. Mr.. Hoar COM
plies with their request, and will accept
another denomination. The town OF Drazos
Santiago, situated on tho island OF that name
thirty milea distant from Brownsville, Texas,
is entirely submerged. Tho houses, which
were built OF wood, all floating on. The in.
habIsants, who number about hity souls, took
TO open boats. ' "
a United States army officer Is undcr arrest
at Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory, charged
with cutting logs and timber on tho Govern
mept reservation, hauling them out with
Government teams, and selling them 10 tue
Union Pacific Railway Company, putting tho
whole proceeds In his pocket It is said that
no not only paid nothing for tho lumber and
the hauling thereof, but that tho cutting was
done by soldiers, to whom, during his COM
mand at the fort, an unusual number Of passes
aud furlouglis were issued. Judge plerson,
OF Philadelphia, has decided that q transgres-
aor OF the Sunday law can DO fined for each and
every salo Of cigars and merchandise during
Sunday. ...Noarly every vessel arriving at
Baltimore recently from tho West Indies has
had yellow fever on board, and tho experiences
OF some crews have been terrible. Two
thousand men have boon sent TO Cuba 10
ro.CnforcO tho Spanish troops on tina. island.
Two men named Robinson and Harris had
an encounter in HOLSTER, California Dotll
mon fred together Harriss shot struck
Robinson In tho neck, cutting the iugular
vein, and tho blood gushed forthln a torrcnt
Isobinson's first shot missed Harris. Tho
latter throw his weapon at Robinson, and ran
into billiard room. Although mortally
wounded, however, and with Lis lito.blood
gushing from the terrible hole in his neck,
Robinson staggered after his aspailAnt, whom
he had now cornercd in tho billiard room.
s.eadyins himself against one Of tho tables,
no took deliberate aim and fired at Harris,
who was facing him at the opposite sidc OF the
table, tho ball taking effect and inaicting q
wound which will prove fatal. Again tho
dying man raised his pistol and fred, the ball
striking Harris in tho hand and tearing on the
thumb. he then dropped dead go. One
hundred years ago the first Continental Con-
gress assembled in carpentOr's Hall, phila-
ielphia, TO demand OF Great britain redress OF
tho grievances the colonies endured. 1t was
then that Patrick Henry made tho declaration;
"The distinctions between yIrginilns, Penn
sylyanians, Now Workers. and New EnglGndOrs
arc no more. l am no. ylrgInIAn, but an
American"