The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-06-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Item. OF Interest irop Home and Abroad,

. AuIANAul dAaAN9AH NAN Va Nv AAs-N AN-NANs
Of Doston's lawyers. Investigations show that
for number Of years past no has been untrue
to tho many interests eOnhded to his caro- He
Is charged with being in default OF $4,000 In
the accounts OF the old Franklin Insurance
Company, OF which he was reeoiytri also,
$4,000 private funds for which hOWaatrustso.
Tho American Steam Safe Company, Of which
no was president was, It Ia alleged, compelled
to suspend owing to deficit OF $4,000, which
he was unable to explain. 1t is further
claimed that another party has los, ESQ, 900 BY
his operations. - John II. Conner, secretary
and treasurer OF the National Stock Yard Com
pany Of New York, who disappeared In April,
leaving deficit OF $4,000, has returned aud
made satisfactory settlement through his
attorney. BY the capsizing Of tho yacht
Cora Matte, near the llmOkiln crossing, De-
troll river, X. @, Barker, Fred DugeOn, Prank
TrObb, and boy named Miller we're drowned
80. -Four prisoner in tho county jail at
NoWbuTgh, N. Y, throw handful Of pepperln
the turkeys eyes and escaped. They arc
James Nichols, indicted for highway robbery !
james Smith and Barney Kildu1, indicted for
burglary Samuel johnson, eolorcd, charged
with burglary. All have served terms In State
prison. :. Ono Senior TrovIno, living neAr
ReyuosA, Mexico had somo cattle stolen, and
on following tho thieves, found some Of them
TO be Gen. CortInAs mon. Ho told them they
must 90 before the AleAldo with him, when
they fred upon him; no returned tho FIRE,
killing one and wOunding another. lie after
ward captured ono Of them and took him to the
Alealds, when oortina, with 1856 men, went
10 the AleAldo and demanded the prisoners
release. The demand was refused, Whsruupon
CortinA hanged the Alealde and afterWaTd shot
sonor Treyino. oortinA received an order to
report to the city of Mexico for duty. Ho do
ellned to obey the order, saying that his resig
nation had been forwarded to the proper
authorities. +. "A lre in oseeolA, Pa, destroyed
two hundred aouses and tifteon million feet OF
lumber. Twelve hundred people are by this
disaster rendered homeless. -, Tho people
Of Moeklinburg, n. G., celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary Of tho declaration Of
independence made At thatplAee.
Tho Hou. D. A. Macdonald, Postmaster
General Of Canada, has been appointed Leu
tenan. Governor Of Ontario. The Canadian
government has received GdvIeca that band
Of Blackfeet Indians made araid from the
United States into oAnsda, recently and stole
large numbers OF horses. Tho Canadian Au-
thorities call upon the United States 10 pre-
serve the same onlor south Of the line that Is
maintained north Of It, While two brothers,
John and Thomas KAdlen, Esro digging well
in Parnvillo, N, Y, they came across a large
stone which 1t was necessary to blast 1t was
drilled, and hoavy charge Of powder inserted,
when II was discovered they had no fuse.
They improyIsod one Of tNinei but a. II was
difficult to ignite, John got a live coal from tho
house to start IL Tho coal slipped from tho
tongs In which he held II, and falling on the
powder, dcafoning explosion followed, kill
ing John instantly. and severely woundlng
Thomas. John was blown to pieces his head
being picked mp forty yards away" The
Philadelphia Press Published two hundred dis
patches from wheatgrowing dIstricts Of New
York, to show that tho wheat crop will not DO
moro than half the average, on account Of cold
weather and wet spring -. The hOrO Mon
mouth won tho two and onO-elgbth milo race
at the Louisville races In sAsIC-belng the
fastest time ever made by over second !, 49,.
Reports from Spain say that smallpox prevails
In the oarllst camps. The total profits Of
= fair held in New York city for tho benefit Of
tho Homeopathic hospital, amounted TO s27,-
iS2.. Mayor Tfaphagsn, Of jersey City, fixes
the city indebtedness at els, 800, 1885,. -. The
sides Of the wrecked steamship Schiller have
fallen in, covering tho specie, the greater part
OF the cargo, aud probably number Of bodies.
blasting will 30 commenced Immediately.
Mn. Abraham Lincoln has been declared In
sane, and confined in private asylum.
Father McGlov, Of tho Catholic church Ia
Chelsea, MAss., has been sued for s2O 900 by !
member Of the church for denouncing him te
the congregation on account OF his marriage
\ by a magistrate. -. Gray Beard, one Of til,
most troublesome OF the Indian prisoners,
jumped from a train going at the rato Of
twenty-five miles an hour While m rotite foi
St Augustine Fla. Tho train was stopped
when Cray Beard. got up from the ground and
ran. Tho guard shot at aud killed him. :.
Josiah Mower, of Jaffrcy, N. L., ninety-fYt
years old and deacon Of the baptist church
rose in tho night and set fire To his house. thar
called bis wife and idiotic sou, the only oceu
pants, who went to nelghbor'a Mr.. MoWel
meanwhile went to an unoccuPiod house hall
milo distant where no committed suielde b,
emitting his throat 1t is thought he was in,
sine. .....1. is estimated that Abraham Jack
son, the dofAulting lawyer OF Boston, got away
with 100000. &. "A fire in South NcrwaIi, Ct
destroyed property to the amount Of $4,000
on which there was an insurance OF s7b0O0. :,
The notorious eounterfoiter, Pete MccArty
has again escaped from custody while being
conveyed by United States Manhal Purnel
from Tyler to Anstin. -. Tho Italian govern
meut hiss ordered tho removal Of all bIshopl
who have not received the royal e1rqaahr
approving their appointments. The archbishop
OF Palermo has already been warned to lcAy,
his SEQ -. President Grant and family
will leave for Long Branch about the third OF
fourth Of June. having abandoned tho idea Of
visiting his farm neHst. Louis for the present.
..... The St Paul I'ionor Prcss pubiisheu
dispatches from all parts Of Minnesota alow.
Ing that there arc grasahoppcrs in only very
small portion Of tho state......A case ha,
Just been decided by New York court which
settles lOug-yoSOd question in regard to raw.
lngs banks. Isaac Allen, OF Drooklyn. had