Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-07-29
GENERAL NEWS.

In the swimming matcn lot the
championship of the world, which
took place at Chester, Pa, on the
ODD inst, Coyle led johnson steadi-
" nearly to the end Of the course,
but gave out, and was taken from the
water apparently liteless. johnson
swan on making ten and half miles
in $40 time. Coyle was very low
in the evening, and fears were enter
tanned of his life.
The Democratic Convention of the
First Mississippi District has nomina
ted General l.. 9. c.: Lamar for
Congress. The following resolution
was unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we are opposed to
the formation of parties among the
people of this State, formed on diff
trences ofrace or color, and we cor
daily invoke the union of good
citizens of every race and color i'll
patriotic efforts to defeat at the
next election the present State adj
ministration and It's supporters, and
to secure for all, blessings of honest
and capable government.
1t is said that another declaration
of independence, ante-dating Mr..
,Jeficrson's by two weeks, has turned
up in Kentucky. What purports to
be the original document is in the
possession OF Col. John Mason Brown,
of Louisville, who received it from
the venerable Col. George Hancock,
to whom it was presented many years
ago by relative, the son of Patrick
Luckheart, who was Secretary of the
' irginia Convention. 1t bears date
June, 20, 1916, and purports to be a
declaration OF the settlers on "kcn-
tuck Cor Louisa)' river against the
right OF King George to exercise the
right of sovereignty over them.
John Thompson, of Algiers, near
New Orleans, lives close toa railroad,
and one day his dog was killed by a
locomotive. The dog was a favorite
with his master, whose resentment
was aroused by his death. That
night he misplaced switch and
threw a freight train off the track,
and two days afterwards he repeated
the act. Then a watch was kept,
and he was caught fastening iron
bars to cause disaster to a passen-
ger train. His trial is in progress in
New Orleans.
FAILURES IN TIE GRAIN TRADE
Cuc1gO, July 22.-The rapid rise i'll
wheat the past fes days has resulted
in much excitement among COM
mission dealers, and a few failures of
minor importance have been reported
to-day. The firm of Baldwin & Stone
which does an extensive commission
business both here and in Milwaukee,,
became embarrassed and suspended
payment; members u the firm state
that the suspension will he only tenn
porarv, and that it Is due entirely to
the default OF the country dealers on
the Board to meet their liabilities.
The July returns to the depart
ment of Agriculture show that the
acreage in corn is about per cent
greater than last year. New Eng
land and the Pacific States have re-
duced their acreage, but all the great
corn growing regions have increased
1.-THE Middle States , per cent ; the
South Atlantic States , per cent ; the
Gulf States 10 per cent; the inland
Southern State, y per cent; States
North of the Ohio : per cent; States
West of the Mississippi II per cent.
The condition Of the crop is below the
average in New England, the Mid
die, and the South Atlantic States.
FIREs.-This morning the distille-
ryrf II. 7. Jasper, in Covington,
KY, was burned, together with 500
or 400 barrels of whiskev and 1000
bushels Of malt. Loss, $50, goo; in
sur,rco So 900