The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-12-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abroad

NCDelllOus hlbptcnhhb EcccHLly cAptuIou tHe
town Of Samanghan, Khokand, after General
Kaufman had loft. General scabclcT returned
and defeated tho Kipirchaks, who fed, leaving
8 500 dead on tho field. Tho steamer
Amerique, OF tue General Transatlantic limo,
was disabled ut sea by the breaking Of hcr
shaft. Her passengers and mail were taken
on by tho steamer China. -. Tho HerZe-
govinian insurgents captured an important
fort with commanded ZIbc!, with all it, gar
rison. The insurgents also occupied several
strong positions in tho neighborhood Of Piva.
49,. Forty students have boon expelled from
Princeton College for insubordination In be-
longing to prohibited secret society. By
the destruction by are OF Jones' brewery, 10
New York, three hundred mon wero thrown
out OF employment and loss Of $500, 900 ell
tailed on tho owners ...... The report OF the
ordnance bureau gives tho aggregate strength
OF the militia OF the country as 4, 724 organized
and 3,701077 unorganized. ... Cyrillc Dion
beat Maurice DAILY in Now York, in CONTEXT
at billiards for $1,000 and the championship.
Dion m,do 6Oo noints IN DaIv.. bs7 "A
LOGON tive and five freight oars wen. through
an open draw near Rutherford Park, n. J., on
.le Eric road. owing 10 tho signals not being
given. The train hands jumped and avoided
injury.
r,,o .,.,.,o- =, M....,,r..,,, u,r,o,o,
o ~. -. A.
tho time.honored custom. :. Several fishing
boats were lost on the coast OF Pifeshirc,
England, and sixteen fishermen are known to
hAvc boon drowned. Fourteen more arc miss
ing. -. A coal oil lamp exploded In the bed
room OF Mrs. Charlotte Chew, at Camden,
n. j., aud sot the carpet on fire. Hor daughter
Laura sprAng out OF bed to give tho alarm,
when her nigh. dress caught tile flames and
the young lady spra,s out OF 4 second.stoy
window, receiving injuries from which she
diei IN few minutes. Mrs. Chow also died
from tho effects OF hor burns. -. "A lunatic
named liilc confined in tho hospital at dettys-
burg, Pa, killed woman named Beatty, who
entered his room TO clean 1t. He clicked her
and thon jAmmcd a broomstick
into her brain ...... Tho Quebec government
have decided to send five hundred barrels Of
flour to tho people Of the MagdAlen islands,
who arc without their winter stock Of provis-
ions, owing to the wrecting few days ago OF
the vessels which were taking the same to the
islands.
r, ,, A.. .,
Va. p.o.iI.,, VII, rroro .on1ro,.1 hv ,,,o
,,'S.,,.,, ~ A.. g.. ~, n p.,,,,.' 49,
.a.. ,I.... .Io,ront o',Ioo- MA o..Lo. ,..
T.. -, =. n.,,,.,t:.. -. !. -, l.
49,, =. ~ MI.
- ~. =. -. -, -,
49,, 81, ,., -, go -, -, 80 A.
49,, A. .,,a ,,,,.in,aa 49,
Suez canal shares siyes England tho virtual
OF that country ..... Ben Edwards
and Oscar Freeman, both coorel murderer,
wc:c hanged at SGrdis, Miss. in tho presence
OF about four thousauG people, tlIree-torrths
OF whom were colored ...... Three small boys
woro buried in sand pit III Brooklyn, y. Y,
aud when they were c1cAyAted life Was OK.
tinct IA. Hartman, Of Auburn, Me-, won
tho atty-milO walk against g. F. Avery, Of
bangor, who gave out OH tho thirty eighth
milo. Harriman's time was ten hours AID
tScnty.six minutes 80. Now York city milk
dealers have raised tho price to twcyo cents
Per quart. -. The schooner Sunshine was
overturned on tho Columbia river, California,
and forty people Loaf ..... A colorcd man and
woman wore hanged At Monroe, La, III The
presence Of dyo thousand people, for the
murder Of the woman's husband. go. Chief
Justice Waite declines To allow his name to be
used In connection with tho Presidency, be-
lieving It inconsistent with Ills oflco to DO
in politics.
c..u ,,,.... =, A., L.,,, ~.
80 , ,..N., ~,
-. IT. ...a,a,,,,,, A. -.
Co.. Ch..5,.. H., r.ta,
r.n,. =, 80, ~. o.. :, -, 49,.
r. a. MI, p-.cor ,.mo.P rn,,,i.,,
:, w.. IT.. g., -, 49,, .,,,,.,,to, :,
ali ,i,o n,,axn;ro1 49,, - u,o H. I-,,I,oJ
s..,o. eon..nr rorrr ma o6,.rio rr.n \
,nan,,.o,,r.r. h.rS .1,n,,1 ro.",n,to,S al,
;,n ,or ,I,o ,,-,,;o, ~ Amor;..m r.rr, nrn.
,,,'.,. ,.,,rn,,h ..r.n,si,, r.oI,,,. .ra, ..ol
-, ..n.s,no - nj. ILL., a.. a., ,,,o o,.,..,.
10 mora .,,;,,,. ,ootod &C., M. o.,
OF tho lost steamer Pacific werc blamed BY tho
coroper's irry for poor discipline, , , Col. Des
Auges, a New York custom house Official, COLI
cesned In the revenue frauds on .muggled
silks. has been ssptepccd to two yenrs' i'm.
pri.onment and pay a fine OF $4,000 .
lie Nord, the Russian organ. snys that tho
purchase by England OF tho Suez canal stock
will not affect tho peace Of Eurore. 1t |,
stated that, with n view to preventing Austrian
Montenegro has proposed to