The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-11-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Teigumouth, and Dawlish were flooded, and
much damage was done to property. ..... The
Congress- OF Costa Isica, Central America, has
passed law declaring tho Port Lmop, on tho
Caribbean sea, free port, and offering induce
ments to immigrants to that section by per-
hitting public lands to bc acquired at a uomt-
nal rate and allowing manufactures OF rum
and tobacco TO DO established In thEt part
OF the State for domestic uso or export without
payment OF dutics..... The Warren avenue
Baptist Church, OF D1ston, has stricken ou,
that portion Of the declaration OF faith which
makes immersion Il prerequisite to com.
munion. Tho church il one hundred and
twenty-five years old. Tho trunk lines
running out OF Chicago have advanced passcn-
ger fares about 20 ...... a verdict for 10000
damages aud five per cont. for counsel foo was
rendered in Brooklyn N. Y court against a
liquor dealer who bit OF piece OF tho nosc
and thumb Of Walter wOstlAko. .... Governor
Tildeu's commission made their seventh 70.
port, showing All absolnte waste Of half mil
lion Of money OIL tho Buffalo canal Improve
mcnts, and InculpAting Appraiser Davis and
Commissioner Fay in corrupt and unlawful
PRACTICES. .... Two hundred dwellings, syna-
Eogue, and five schools in tho town OF Wildly,
Russian Poland, havo been burned. Some
persons persisted and three thousand arc
homcless.... A torritio fire took place at
lquique, Perm. Three.quarters OF the town
are said to havo been destroyed ......A white
murderer named DuSAn was taken from
sheriff in Arkansas, by crowd OF masked
men, who shot him. Dugun was under soE-
tence OF death for killing his son-in.lAw under
slight provoca.ion.
Tho sinking OF u shaft one hundred meters
deep will BIO begun near CLlAir, France, as the
preliminary operations in the construction OF
tunnel under the English channel $50. China
has proposed to send mission to England
bearing an apology for the Yunnnn outrage.
......Mr. Frederick Hudson formerly mana
ginG editor OF the Now York Herald, and well
known as journalist and author, was killed
by train OF cars at Concord, Mass ...... Tho
damage by tho hoods in England was heavier
than ut first reported. sheffield was heavily
damaged. Tho valley OF tho River Don formed
lake half milo widc Rnd tltteen miles long,
flooding many collercs and iron.mills, and
throwing hundreds OF employees ont Of work.
At Rotterdam two thoueand people wtro
thrown out Of employment by tho floods ....,.
Eight o. the indicted st. Louis di4tIlcrs have
pleaded guilty, aud have withdrawn their
claims to the property seized by tho govern
mont, valued ut over $500, 900. ...A Dr.. Bal
lard was wAylaid aud shot dead by man
named Andrews, near Marion, Ark. 1t was
tho conclusion OF former quarrel. .....A
policeman OF Denver, COL, entered small
tcucmcut, recently vacated by some Italians,
TO discover the causo Of sickcnine smell,
when no discovered In tho cellar tho bodies Of
man aud three boys, all having their threats
cnt 49,. The county OF Now York nus Iss,:ei
Judgment for SG4s, i9l.57 against tho estate Of
ho lato James Watson, county auditor, under
tho Tweed ring......A young man named
hlrVAt hAAb hbA bSSSkao pNVL AGilklOut
subJcc!-, throw himself from tho tower OF the
water works in Chicago, and falling defiance
OF ono hundred and seventy feet, was dashed
to pieces.
Proposals for the new Canadian loan for
two and one-hAlf millions sterling have just
been Issued IN London. Thrco-httls Of this
sum arc guaranteed by the Imperial govern
ment, and tho other two-hitlls arc issued oil
tho credit Of Canada alone. The rate OF In
terc7t Of both Is four por cont. IA telegram
from Berlin says that the estimates for tho
German empire for 1876 show deficiency Of
20, 100, 900. "A firm In Manchester, England,
has begun the importation OF American cali
coos. .... During tho rcccn. storms In Great
britain number Of vessels were lost and
many lives sacrihced.... Ben Boyd, tho most
notorious and successful counterieitcr in tic
country, was captured by secret service detcc-
OF plates and much material for making coun-
tericiis. ..... Tho commissioner OF Internal
revenue has decided that weiss bier is a similar
liquor TO ale, porter and lager bier, and subject
to a tax OF one dollar per barrel Of thirty-oEc
gallons. 49,. Mr.. Walton, the divorced wife
OF Hiram Walton, Of Mercer, Me-, who has
been living with Groenleai Tracy, was shot
and killed by Tracy in Il Gt OF Jealousy. He
then lied to the woods AID shot himself. Both
werO dead when found. SO. Horny Brown, the
negro who killed Phillip pfRrr, u German, liv-
ing few miles from Sc. Loui., and then
rAvishod aid robbed his wife, was hanged iii
tho yard OF tho Jail. In brlef speech made
on tho scAtfold, lie admitted having struck
PfArr tho blow which caused Ills death, but
denied outraglnS Mrs. ffarr.
The cenaus Of MAssac huse,ts for 1915 shows
population OF i,C5l, $50. go. Tie initial re-
vival by Moody and SAnkCy was held in Brook.
Ign, y. T., at tho early hour Of eight o'clock CT
Sunday morning, and was ATTENDED by about
five thousand persons, nearly ten Thousand
being turned away. The service at four o'clock
was equally crowded, and 1t was found noces
sary to open two ncIShborins churches ....
Attomey-General Fierrcpont has given All
elaborate opinion confirming tho opiuiOn that
the United States Ia pledged for the payment;
OF the principal aud interest Of the .Gj District
bonds. IA carriage containing five persons
was oycrthrown into the Schuylkill river or-
posto ManAyunk, Pa. Henry Gctlor, Of rhllA-
delphia, bis mother and child were drowned
......Dr. LindermAn, the director OF tho
mint, ia hopeful Of the future production OF
gold and silver. From his late personal obsGr.
vAtions no thinks the sum total neIt year will
ho slo0,O0O,OOO, OF which amount the Com
stock lodo will furnirh one-hAlf. go, Peter