The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-09-06
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


Spanish vessel, which was shipping ma
tcrial Of war at Barcelona, Spain, suddenly
exploded and sunk. Fifty persons were killed
by tho explosion or drowned. .Ms. Hal
dSnd was struck dead by lightning near Frost
Station, Tenn, tho electricity bIrnins every
shred of clothing from her body. A steam
yacht, carrying the Queen and tho royal family,
while crossing from Osborne to Portsmouth,
| England, colIided with and sank tho schooner
yacht MiStletoe. 4 purity OF ladic. and gen.
licmcu were on board tho 1iistletoc, three VI
whom were drowned and ono killed. Mono Of
tho royal party werc injured. Reports
have been received Of great floods in Brrmal.
The Irrawaddy has overlooked its banks for
miles in the district Of Prone, doing inmonsc
damage 10 the rice fields and to property
generally ......A party OF about forty men
made RAID within three miles OF Colon, Cubn,
Sucked and burned store, killed nno volun-
escape 900. The towns OF Glncl0v, kiZliAr
and kariZin, Russia, have been nearly totally
! burned. Numerous other destructive tires are
rrpUrGdiu l.ull;lauiAaud clsew here IN liussla..
Ia Springfield, Nar-., John ]. KcnealOy, aged
twcnty.folT years, YVES killed by falling about
forty feet from ScaiToling. ..... Graham
brothers b Co, wholesale Sroccrs and CON.
mission merchants, Baltimore, Nd, have su7.
pended with liabilities Of go, OOO..... D. NJ.
Key, OF Chattanooga, Tenn, has bccn mp.
pointed by tho governor to Ill the vacancy in
the United States Senate caused by the death
CT Andrew johnson.
Three hundred houEes were burned at Rycn,
Russia. Milan, prince Of Serbin, has adj
dressed circular note TO tho great powers
asking their advice az to tho Herzegovina III.
surcction ...... 4 snit has been begun under
tia civil rights law in Washington against the
Pullman palace car company ...... Alrs. Clara
l.. Carter, who was taken to the insane asylum
IN Augusta, Me-, committed suicide by stgal!-
Cling her.Glf with pair OF elas:ics ......
George ". pombCrtJn, who was scntcnccd TO
bn hanged for the murder Of Mrs. bingham III
csst Boston, stabbed himself IN the neck,
breast and arm. The deed was committed
with the handle Of tablespoon, which he had
sha,pcrcl on the .lroE Of his cell go. David
Dobbin-, in Disby county, n. S., beat ont
bis wIfos brains with mallot, set fire to her
bed, AID thcn lied to the woods. The murder
was evidently prcmedtatcd. The wife War u
quiet, inoTensive wouan ...... Latest reports
" tho crops in the Wet aro acknowledgements
70 than could he expected after the scriouj
| Hoods.
As u party Of men wcrG ut work on tho new
lunAtic asylum at DNnverS, Mass, thunder
belt fell among them, killing ono man and
injuring anothor.... While largo Now Yorl;
excursion party were ut Iona Island, in the
Hudson river, ono woman was crushed to
death between the boat and tho wharf md two
Glcn were drowned by falling into tho river. -.
While boy named Joseph S,ahl, from Al
to1na, was riding up tho mountain i'll n coal
ear tho trap gave way and hc was thrown
to tho track. Ills body was cut into hum
drcd pieces. go. Tho family Of Hon. Thurlow
Weed was poisonCd in New York by n servant
gil using oxsc acid to clean tho kitchen
kettle. with. Fortunately MI recovered. -.
| ,nsu, his vito and three small children were
found dying from starvation IN a New Yorl;
tenement house. $50. Rear Admiral Collins Of
tho United States navy il dead, Three
children named Lord, aged ono, two and four
wears, liyingin the narisl OF Cashmere, Canadl,
were burned to death in their housc, their
mother having locked them in for safety while
she WI, attending 10 some work outside,
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council at Geneva has received to snpprcg cou-
vents and Sisters Ct Charity. zee. Tho United
States inspectors have been looking after the
oycrlQading Of PASSENGER boats, and Oh re-
cent Sunday fifteen hundred people wcre LETT
on Egckaway beach near New York. Mr..
Lincoln hks become 70 much Letter As to leave
tho ASYLUM in which rho was placed, In
the great race at U;ica, n. y, between Gold.
smith Maid. Lulu and American Girl, the
Maid won tho heats in ,lsa;, o 7g; md . 10.
Buld poblc tho Maids driver will advocate
her Withdrawal from tho track. =, Tho Ameri-
call riNo team werc enthusiastically received
tho return from Europe. =. "A tramp, after
being refused nights lodgings in II house in
Minnsuort. Pa. Uccupicl only by n widow.
sccrcted himself behind u door, VIII 70 he Wa
detected By the lady, who got a revolver aud
started toward him, when le slapped her, ulll
zIc shot him twice. killing him .,,,, The
F,u,ftia OF Rome says tho late Emperor Fer
dinand OF Austria belucathed :G,0OO,UGO to
tho Pope, which amount has already boon paid.
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