The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-01

10 investigate tho charges that alterations had
been made in tho last years Supply bill. .....
Railway travel was greatly impOdod In the
North and West BY snow and Ice during tho
late storm Many roads were entirely closcd.
a....A man, supposed to DO Bender, the
notorious Kansas murderer, was captured In
Arizona by two mon who tracked him through
Western Texas and New Mexico, -. The Now
York State Senate confirmed the nomination Of
A. Melvin Osborn, Of Greene county, to bO
justice Of the supreme court in tho third Judi
Cial district in place OF Theodore Miller, re-
signed. 49,. The National Changers adopted a
resolution that manufactures ought to 10
encouraged In the South.
A den was broken up In New York In which
All old man had twenty-five boys, from eight to
fifteen yean of ago, Of whom 10 was making
thieves. .....It is said that during tie cold
weather In New York the water pIpea were
frozen, and thasa fire under even ordinary cir
cutnstsnccs would have proved Chicago or
Boston eonlagratlon. 80, .Thcnew bounty bill,
passed by tho United States House. proposes
to pay $685. per month to all soldiers aud
sailors who served In tho war Of the rebellion,
dSdurtgng from tliIa amount tho bountIea al,
ready paid by tho general government and
States. 1t will cost It ia estimated, from
sOventy-AyO to ono hundred millions OF dollars.
..,...ThO National Grange adopted q tcsOlu-
ton asking tho United States Congress to aid
tho Texas Pacific railroad. g. Rufus Hatch
swoan that S2,O0o0OO was tRkon from the
Pacific Mall treasury by its officers on false
vouchers. Tho barracks OF Fort Sill, Kansas,
wCro burned and all the Indian prisoners cs-
capped Poor Marshal Dazaino receives
nothing but insults from RrOnchmen in Spain.
.n..JudsO Wexford, Of the circuit court OF
Richmond, Virginia, rendered decision that
no execution can DO made to sell property Of
the State for debt. .,..Sixtsen business houses
were burned at Independence, Mo. $50. Gov
CASTOR. Of Massachusetts, has signed tho new
State Detective bill, abolishing the present
cOnstabulary Oil the LIST Of March. .... Evan
Morris, Of Pittsburgh, Penn, has issued a
challenge to row any man In the United States
a ivc-mIlO singlo.sc race for $1,000 to
$4,000 side. Tho race to tako pace In April
on the MonOnsahola, at Pittsburgh.
In the British House OF Commons, Mr..
Lopes, by the advice OF Mr.. Disraell, apollo
gisod for and withdrew tho offensive express
sions he had used in regard to tho Irish Homo
Rulers. riot occurred recently among
tho Chinese in Singapore jail, aud slIty-sOycn
prisoners woro killed, including sixteen OF the
keepers of the jail IA dro at Daricn, Ga,
destroyed property valued at 100000 1t wAi
tho work Of an incendiary. Henry G. Free
man, tho Oldest member OF the PhilAdelphii
bar excepting Horace Dnney, died recently
In the Oighty-sixth year Of Ills ago. Howls I'd
United TO the bar in 1900. .AIn. McCarth!
} was found dead on tho floor Of her house Ii
Portsmouth, n. IL, having frozen TO dealt
while intoxicated -. Darcy Boulton, Q. G..
; N. r. r., and Grand Master Of the ontAri,
Orange Grand Lodge, dICdsuldonly in Toront,
Of apoplexy. ....,In tho English House o
! Commons Mir. Dourke, Under Secretary for til,
! Foreign Department, in reply to An inquiry b.
Mr. oElOg, said that Instructions would b,
!. sent to Mr.. LAyard, tho British Minister a
, Madrid, to recognize Alfonso az King Of Spain
, The Democratic Convantion Of Connection
runomiuAtod tho present State officers, and tn
platform adopted Is in favor Of hard money
against an increase Of taxation, and condemn
tho action Of the Federal government. 80,
Near Helena, Colorado, thirty yigilGntes wen
( to the house Of one Gibbs to hang him, anise
fro 70 tho house. Gibbs leaped out througl
tho flames with a revolver aud shot tire
: OF tho party dead aud wounded another, whc
tho rest took to their heels and fed. -. Thre
! aged brothers, old business men OF New Yorl
! named DOlOfeld, diei-the flnt Friday, I'll
!, second Saturday, and tho third sunlay-An
9 were oil buried at tho same time. :. Til
|, British steamer George la.ters, for Gibraltar
I Is supposed to have been Oat, with twenty-on
2 pcnons on board. 80. Tie Canadian govern
r rnSnt has consented to grant loan Of 10000
\ 10 1000 Mennonite families who desire to In
! migrate to Canada. .....A fro broke out /
port-au-Pripeo, lIayt, which destroyed fv
hundred houses. Tho house OF D. !
Mcllott, OF Belfast township, Pa, was burned
and thrCO of his children we're burned t
death. Mr.. and Mrs. MCllott went away OH
visit, and loft tho children locked up in til
house D., :, The United States House comnlttC
0 on Indian affairs reported adversely on tho BIZ
/. to provide for tho organization Of TerritOil
d government over the Indian Territory. tn
. liOu Mr. LCssOrman, pastor o. tho Methods
= Episcopal Church in Lowell Mass, was nj
4 over by the Lowell and AndOvor raIlros
I express train, and ground into 10 many frag
/. moats that It was with difficulty tho remain
0 could 10 gathered up......T The rebellion Il
bolivia still continues and the soldiers arc com
t rnittIng tho most aayas. o1cessos upon til
nennlo