The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-15
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


cation in that State. The Republican Con-
vcutlon Of the First Congressional district Of
Connecticut rcnominAtcd General A. II. IIawloy
for Congress. %. Tho ProhibItionists Of Ohio
have renominAtcd State ticket. George
! II. ChAlsick, Now York brokor, convicted Of
ultoring a United States bond four years ago
aud sentenced to the Albany ronitcntlAry for
ten yeArs, has been PaHioncd by President
Grant ..... ToruAloc- have been doing eSlon.
slye damage In Mi,souri anil tho Wet, The
public printing Of tho United States cost last
year over two million dollars, Tho Hppropris-
ton for this year Il sl,GO5, OLA burning
well meas Butler, Pa, sends np mass OF fame
forty feet high by fifteen wide The surround
ing country Is Illuminated by the light. Tho
roar OF the escaping gas is described to be like
that of a mighty river
Another man supposed to be Bender, tho
murderer, has been arrested iii tho mountains
Of California Gee. A member Of tho North
Carolina Legislature was expelled from that
body for the use OF blAsphomous language. go.
Thomas Muiphy, resident OF Ansonia, Conn,
has Lcen arrested for numbering his wife, by
striking her with al AZ, because shc asked him
to get pail OF water. .... by Hood In Ten
nesseO number Of buildings and bridges were
s6Cpt away and much damage done .....A
irghtiul dsRder occurred In st. Andrews
Catholic Charrh, New York. While services
wore being held, aud the church filed, tho wall
Of building adjoining fell, crushing in the
church roof, killing five persons instantly and
seriously injuring over thirty more. The wall
which fell was that Of = burned bulldog which
lad been left standing by itself New York
State alone has put in applications for space in
tho Centennial building equal to the full
amount allowed the United States. .....A bill
introduced in tho New Jency Legislature
against kidnapping inilicts 4 punishment Of
twenty years imprisonment aud $4,000 tlno
for each oIenso. -. Another new planet has
been discovered. Tue honor Of discovering
belongs to Berlin.
,Ir. Gordon Claude, cadet engineer OF the
naval academy at Annapolis, has been expelled
for refusing to fence with a colorcd midship-
mar..... Mn. Ann Eliza Young has been
granted $1,000 for lGvyers fees, and an all
mony OF $500 per month, pending tho trial Of
her suit for divorce from Brigham Young. +.
Much damage to property has been caused by
freshets in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
..... The one hunlrcdth anniversary OF the
beginning of tho revolutionary war was cclC-
brStoi at Salem, Mass. -. 1t Is reported that
the Protestant clergy Of Spain have forwarded
a memorial to Germany aud other Protestant
powers complaining that liberty of worship Is
threatened. .... Tho Legislature Of POnnsyl-
rania has passed. and Governor Hartranft has
signed, bill defining tho ofronao Of kldnap-
ping, aud imposing fine Of $4,000, and i'm
pnsomnent for not moro than twenty-five
years on ali persons found guilty Of tho
onensc.
Tho Kansas Assembly has instructed the
committee oil ways aud means to report bill
Immediately, GppropriAting s2OO, Geo for tho TO
lief Of the grAsshOppcr nHorcrs..... Several
persons were drowned by tho foods In TennOs-
sCO. go. Tho spAnards hope to finish the
CarlIst war by defeating tho lat Of the Carlistl
within few weeks. .... Tho Civil Rights bill,
as IL passed the United States House aud vas
adopted by tho Senate applies only to Inns and
service in tho jury-box. 49,. Michael Sullivan,
convicted Of tho murder OF Daniel TalmGdgc,
at NIetuchsn, n. j., December l. 1874, was
sentenced to DO hanged. 80. The ClIH Loco.
motive Works, at Scranton, Pa, wero burned,
with loss Of $500, 900. 80. Tho building in.
spectors who pas, cd tho wall which fell on St.
Andrews Church in Now York wOro arrested to
await the verdict Of tho coroner's Jury. Tho
Wisconsin Legislature has passed railroad
bill which is considered By tho roads even
moro Questionable than tie Potter" law.
THE Minnesota Legislature passed rail.
road I'LL which repeats past legislation.
Tho United s.atcs House Of Representative.
adopted resolutions recognizing Kellogg a,
Governor Of Louisiana, and recommending the
Hahn Legislature to seat the Conservative
mcmbcn. frnudulontly counted ont by the re,
turning board ... Gen. Fitz-John Porter La,
been appointed commissioner Of public worli
in New York city,, Tho Cllicfsccretary fol
ireland introduced bill in the House Of Com
mons to repeal the stringent laws now in opera
ton IN the proclaimed districts. ...A loubl,
execution took place in Sacramento, in tn
hanging Of Gotta and Estrada for tho tnurdo
of John Cruise, whom they killed while attompt
Ing to rob him. Tho nCeks of both wcr,
broken . Commander MeTiman, Of til,
United States navy volunteers, Is to lead an OK
petition to fud tho North Pole. e. Tho Score
tary Of the United States Treasury has Issued
call for the redemption Of s50'O,OOO coupol
bonds OF the fsuo Of lsG2 uponwhicll intcrcs
will cease juno !, 1876. Tho bonds arc en-
baeed within the numbers following: 50
bonds from No. 1851 to No. 10000; $40
bonds from No. 2J,iOl to No. 1880; $50
bonds from No. 11,1Ol 10 No. 1900; sl,OO
bonds from 40. o5,TOl to No. $1,000. see. Til,
new Tariff bill was defeated in the Unite
statos Senate by vote Of 30 to 20.
Tic city Of Knoxville was nearly inundate,
by tho late food.....In tho Ohio House
joint resolution requesting Congress to rcdne
the United statOs Presidents salary to s25,OO
year was adopted" railway aec!dcn
occurred near IAtchaold, England, by vllcl
thirty perons were injured. Tho ArkAnsa
Legislature has made an appropriation for th
Centennial. ..,. The resolution Of ccnsurc pu
upon senItor Simon Cameron by tho House o
Representatives Whom no vas Secretary o
War In 1862, was rescinded by the House. go.
Both tho principal hotels In Alexandra, Va.
closed, tho proprleton fearing trouble in con
ennrrnrn OF flo 1,aasnrn of TIN civil nlrhL