The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Interesting Items from Homs and
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sAWduSt in planning mill in Philadelphia, her
head came In contact with a circular saw, and
was severed from her body. -, Tho boy John
schutlOburg, who was arrested on charge Of
Obs.ructing the track OF the eanarsiO, /, l.,
railroad, by which a locomotive vas upset in
tho ditch, when arranged, admitted that no
placed tho log OF wood oil tho rails, and then
wanted 10 EeO tho locomotive 10 over u. He
added that he did IT for fan, and did not sup
pose that any damage could DO done. ....It is
estimated that tho cotton crop OF California
this season will amount to 10000 pounlA -.
Twenty-Five agricultural laboFpn, marching
through the north Of England, Wcrn ordered
into custody by tho chief constable OF Brad.
furd, while passing through that town. The
chief constable, when tho men wero ehNySed1
before the magistrates, md 10 had ordered
them into custody rOs begging. Tho masis-
trAtes discharged the men, but said thOy would
bN scnt to prison II thOy were again seen in the
town with collecting cards or boxes. Tie
soldier McllAnd was hanged At Fort Garry Tor
the murder Of young Brown In June last
MeHGnd, in paper which no intended to read
OH tho scAHold, attributed his crime to drunk.
ounces and bad company, The execution was
private. Hundreds, who eamo In from all
parts Of the province wero disappointed In not
seeing the hanging. ..,..At Dalston Spa, n. Y,
Names Il. stan1ish, was found guilty OF muir.
der in tho second degree aud sentenced TO i'm {.
prisonment ut Dannemora for life for the
murder of George W. Sec, in the town Of
Wilton, on the 2sth OF February last. .....A
special dispatch from Paris gIyOs an account Of
the duel between FerrO do cOuto and Senior
ltosldO. It Gays the affair camo OF with
pistols GU the belgian frontier, and Do COuto
was dangerously wounded in tho eide.
Al Shasta, California, John E. Baker, aged
20, and Charles Crouch, aged 1s, were hanged,
tho former, for tho murder OF Geo. Kline,
mS.i rider, in December last, aud tho latter
for the murder of Mrs. Raider, in January. -.
In his answer to tue divorce charge from Ann
Eliza, Brigham Young repliOp, showing Ann
Eliza to havO been divorced from James L..
Dee, Dec. %, 1865, aud states that tho jldg-
mont was made at the request OF brigham
Young In writing addressed to the presiding
Judge. Tho claim is mAdO that tho Superior
Court OF the Territory having ruled that the
Probate COur. had no Jurisdiction in divorce
cases Ann Eliza stu remains tho wife Of Dee.
......A boy 10 years old was gorOd and killed
by bull in Brooklyn, .... Tho cOlorOd people
Of MarOngo county, Alabama, have resolved
that they do not desire nor ask for mixed
schools, And that as for social relations, they
arc governed by the laws OF nature, which
cannot even II desired, DO controlled, rCgu-
lated, amended or repealed by any laws enacted
by man. ...,.A An American protectOrato is now
virtually established and maintained on tho
Sandwich Islands.
It Il believed that tho now appropriation bill
OF tho United States cuts OF all travelling fees
OF United States MGShals, beyond actual
travelling expenses. go. There is an intense
feeling OF indignation In Memphis, Tenn,
against the murderors Of the negro prisoners
at Trenton. The press Of tho city dcnounce
thCm for their cowArly butchery. A Bluf
City battalion OF tho State Guards have ton.
derOd their services TO tho Governor TO bring
thOm to punishment, and Gov. Brown offers a
reward Of 1900 for the arrest Of each OF tho
Jail breakers. .., Senator Chambers libel suit
against tho St. Louis Republican aud Detroit
Free PreH will como on before tho next term
Of tho Criminal Court at Washington, D. O.. =.
Tho will Of old John Harper, the noted horse.
man Of Lexington, KY, divides an estate Of
s5O00OO among his nOphsws and nieccs, cut.
ting OF Lis nephew John, without penny d.
Bowen has sued tho Brooklyn Argus aud the
Eagle for libel growing out OF statcments made
in tho Dccchor Scandal Damages, 100000
in each case. "A little Italian boy was
whipped In the New York Five Points House Of
Industry go severely that ho dlcd. go. .Ex.
Gov. A. A. Hammond, Of Indiana, died in
Denver. Col.
Thomas Burke, Chairman On Greeley Statue,
Of tho Printers Union, writes that what the
printers OF Now York and tho United States
propose to erect to tho memory OF Horace
Greeley, Is modest monument over his grave
III Greenwood Cemetery, consisting OF a granite
base some ten feet high, surtnountod by life
size statue OF our late fricnd-tho advocate
aud defender OF our rights. He says they
have very fair prospects Of being able to place
tho statue In position within tho next aix
months. ....L Leonard Lundquist, fugitive
from Sweden, was before Now York United
States Commissioner on charge Of burglary.
IlO was formerly a merchant in Stockholm,
aud was In good circumstances. lie bought
si2,0 900 worth OF coffee In that city, put Il in
storehouse, and got large advance on 1t.
Then hO broke into tho storelouse, took the
coffee, and sold Il for cash. With the proceeds
about s20, 900, he fed from the country, aud
was arrested in Philadelphia lie acknowledged
his guilt, and was locked up to await q requIsl.
ton from Sweden. ..... William u. Curtis oil
tho AthlOtlcs was tho winner OF tho single
scull championship Of tho last Saratoga 70,
gatta. Tho pair-oared race was won by the
Argonauts. ,.. Many persons remember the
commoLion created in Europe few years age
by tho baptism Of jewish boy named Nor.
tara. Thus young man Is at this moment al
Augustine monk in tho monastery VI Eotrt
Daulo do DOauchono. .,.. Female physiciant
arc popular in London, aud strange 10 say
they arc especially popular with their own sox,
In New York city number Of dlsgraecful
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