The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Iton. OF Interest from Homo and Abroad.

the second degree IN breaking lllto INC uhhtt
Luther Rryunis room in NewYorl, from which
$4,000 worth Of money and yaluablOs were
stolen. He wAa sentenced to ten years In State
prison. e. i. Two mon, captured in Pulaski
county, Ark, iOw weeks ago for robbing
store and boat in Yell county, we're convicted In
tho Circuit Court ut Little Rock, aud sent to
the pCnitenuary for i've Year,. The men be-
longOd to gang Of four who werO supposedto
DO the Gadslillem. Nlrs. Cronk, Of wanaquc,
N. j., who was charged with killing James
Luke, neighbor, who frequently offered her
insults, has been indicted for granddaughter.
The Passalc county prosecutor madO an effort
to induce tho grand jury to indict for murlerIn
the ilrst degree, but without success .. :, Com-
modore Vanderbilt hAs purchased from Mr.. n,
wateson, of New jersey, tho bay trotting
gClding Boy for $4,000. 49,. The election In
Newburyport, Mass, for Mayor in place Of
Cushing, elected and declined, resulted in tho
choice Of the Hon. L. r. Atkinson, Republican,
over EliphRlet Griffin, Democrat, by 40
majority in total vote of 1852. -. General
Sheridan telegnphs that Captain Reyes has
captured 50 ChCyOnnOs and 70 ponies at tho
north fork OF tho Canadian river. General
Pope reports the surrender of 100 more hostile
Choyennea and ArnpaloOs to Lioat.- Col.
Ncill at tho agency so. CBAunccy Rose, Of
TeTe Haute, Ind, made donation to institu-
tIOns located there Of s35G,OOO, divided ~
folloWa: 10 tho TeTO HaptO schOOloi Indus
trial Science 100000, and to tug yigo county
Orphans Home $4,000, lie has before
given large sums in bOnOyoleneO aud charity,
including 100000 to the Ladies' Aid soclety Of
TerO Hautc, $4,000 TO Wabash College, and a
largo sum to charities In New York. lie has
also promised 100000 to the Indiana State
Normal School, located there. 49,. Tho official
Ga1elte Of Berlin publishes Prince Bisinarcks
circular note of the 1ith of May, 1874 which
was read In the secret session Of the Won
Aipln trial. The note declares that because
Of the declaration Of tho dOsihA Of tho infallI-
billty Of tho Pope II Is desirable that the powers
should take steps toward concerted action in
view Of the next Papal election,
John Murphy, who was hanged At Carson,
Nevada, for the murder OF j. n. McCallum,
vas native Of Scotland, aud at ono time
travelled with John G. HOenan, giving sparring
exhibitions. -. Wharton Brothers & Co., iron
manufacturers, illOd their petition in bank.
rpicy. ThoaggrcsAtO Of the abilities Of tho
firm b s2l9,bSl. Tho assets arc stated at
s30S, Si7 ~. Thomas Pencil, Treasurer Of
Cumberland county, Me-, was knocked down
in his Office and the safe robbed Of between
$4,000 and 10000. Ono of the rObbcH finst
engaged Ills attention by asking to have a
check casled and Immediately AiterwAr1
knocked him sOnselOss. Will tho aid Of a
confederate, the safe was plundered of it's con-
fonts. Mr., Pencils pockets were also rifed..
The thieves escaped. .....A terrific faction
fight between tho Dryers and o,DriOnA at +
lin's Mills in TemplOtOn, Canada, took place on
Christmas day. There were seventeen Of
Dryers adherents 10 fifteen Of o'Drens.
They fought until evening and every man had
to 10 carried away. A priest tried to stop the
fighting, but no was also beaten. I, !. The
superintendent Of tho New York State Asylum
for tho Insane says that Kate stoldard, who
killed Charles dOodrioli'in Brooklyn Ia hope.
less Innate. 4. .John johnson, the murderer
Of Andrew johnson, was sentenced in Glove.
land, Ohio, to DO hanged on tho 18th of April.
John Goodman was hanged in ottaws, for tho
murder of tho Haywood family last April. The
prisoner confessed the crime while on tie
scafold. (,
jeremiah Pest, farmer, Of East Meadow,
Long Island, went to New York with load Of
hay. On his return he stoppeda at Hampstead
and took several drinks In the morning his
wife, alarmed at his absence, went to tho barn.
There she saw the wagon overturned, and
found Mr.. Post under the wagon, his neck
broken. The wagon was loaded with slabs,
and had been upset by piles Of stones. 80.
Since tho famine SGT in In Asia Minor $1,000
persons have migrated from various parta Of
the country to tho city OF Adana, half OF whom
have since succumbod to disease. Tho strange
climate, distress and extreme rApaciopsnoss
OF the taI.gatlicrcn aggnvAtC tic mortality.
-. .3Trs. Nolan was found dead In bed In
Chicago with knife wound in her FidC. Hor
two little children arc too Young to give any 40.
count OF the mothers death. The husband
said his wife died about ninO o'clock. That he
went for hClp, and aiterwarl got drunk, and
failed to return. Ho processes to know nothing
about his wiiOswounds 1.-Two men, Fuller
and Clemens, ut Fredericksburg, No., qnArrcled
about whisky, and ClOmons shot Fuller with
doublc-barelOd Ahot gun, putting the contents
Of two barrels into him. Fuller although
nearly blown pieces, stabbed Clemens, almost
dsemboweling him. Both mon died. =.
Another cAsS simllArto tho GuiboNi litigation
ia likely to arise out Of tho refusal of tho
Roman Catholic clergy to bury tho remains Of
a late murderer at St Marie, in consecratcd
ground. The remains are inferred for the
present in ali unconsecrated portion OF tile
cemetery. !. Tho recent labor dispute In tho
lscstToada slate quariCs, South Wales, which
Mted nearly three months, cost tho worEmou
about sl20, 900, besides tho loss in wages .....
ThorO arc nearly $4,000 oranges organized in
tho United states. Missouri, Iowa, and Ten
nosseo arc the banner States. Tho membership
exceeds 100000. 1t is claimed that tho
order now has over s1TOOO,OOO invested In
elevators grain warehouses, flour mills, agri-
cultural implements, cattlC-fccding materials,
and similar factories, banks, fire, and storm
insurance companies. e, Tho Spanish army
accepted Don Alfonso as King. Tie young
mAn.is son If Oz-QuCOn Isabella, and eighteen
years of age. gi'-F F",
Belgium has recognized Don Alfonso, and
it is announced that most II not all of the