The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-12-27
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

souri,, via Fayetteville ir that State, to a point
on tho Little Rock KID Fort Smith railroad at
or near Ozark $50. Tho North German Lloyd
steamer Deutschland, from Bremen for Now
York, with one hundred and twenty-thrco pas
sengors on board, grounded on tho Thames,
England, aud was wrecked. Ovor fifty OF tho
passengers and crow wCro drowned. Tic
weather WAS extremely thick, and heavy
northeastern was blowing at tho time. -, The
Frussian government has formally summoned
tho archbishop Of Cologne to resign. This is
preliminary to legal proceedings to deposo
him. :. China ID preparing to send out foreign
ministers ..... s. II. Coude & Some knitting
factory in 0sNeso, N. y, WAS burned. Loss,
100000; insurance, $40 0OO..... Mr.. John Q.
Smith, ex.membor OF Congress from Ohio, has
been appointed commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
Henry A. Mann, tho ox-trUasurcr Of Saratoga
county, n. Y, has bcen arrested for over
issuing :1lsOO0 worth o. bonds and notes
M county treasurer. He is hid in $4,000
ball, which lie procured. ..... Gov. Irwin, OF
California, in his inaugural address, urges tho
legislature to bring tho Influence OF tho State
to bear OH tho general government to procure
modification OF tho treaty with China, with
Wow OF restricting Chinese immigration; also
that tho State should demand return TO
specie payment ut tho crliest possible mo-
ment.... "A petition 'bcing largely signed
IN San Diego, Csl., asking Congress to extend
its MD to tho To1as Pacific rsilro.d, to enable
IL 10 build Il competing line to the Pacific, 49,.
An explosion took place in coal m!no ut
Methley, near Leeds, England, and six men
wore killed. 900. The Carlist court martial has
sentenced Gen. SAballa to four yeare' imprieon-
rcnt..,...A telegram from Dotmold, Ger
many, announces that Paul Frederic Emil
Leopold, Prince Of Lippc, Is dead .... .Lucius
". Pond, u former wealthy citizen OF Wor-
ccstGr, Macs. was arrested in San Francisco,
Cal, for forgery, on rcquisiticn from tho
governor OF MaS-acliu-etta..... "A lithographic
establishment, with emAller buildings, was
burned ct tho Five Points, Now York loss,
:2e0, 900, 90. Con Dabcock, private secretary
Of President Grant, has been indicted by a
grand Jury for completely in tho ST. Louie
whisky frauds.
Gen. Henderson, special goTonment counsel
in tho prosecution Of the St. Louis whisky ring,
was discharged from further sctv:cO by order
Of Attorney General Picrrcront, and by aG-
thoriiy Of the President and Cabinet, on nc
count OF certain language rsed by Gen. ler-
dcrson In reference to tho President IN a re-
cent trial. e. William Delaney, the murderer
Of Capt. Lawrence on Cow bay, Long Island
sound, last September, was hanged At tho
Queens county Jail, North Hampstead, l.. |.
80. Justice White, OF Utah, delivered strong
charge to tho Jury in tho George Reynolds
pOlygamy Gaze Tho jury brought In verdict
OF guilty with recommendations to Mercy.
Spain has sent another detachment Of troops
to Cuba. Z. .Adyccs have been received from
Khohand that tho Russian Gen. Kaufman ls
rereiving ro.enforcenlents, which will continue
to DO sent him until lIo Las an effective forco
OF sixty thousand mon. Tho insurgents still
number twcuty-avc thousand ncn. -. E. The
schooner uopGwell wont down on tho New
touudIAnd cast and seven men were drowned.
Tho schooner Water Witch WAS wrecked near
by tho tamo night and twelve, Of the twenty
Ave lasscuscrs on board, wcre lost.
At Rising SUI, Ind, Young lawyer named
Jelly shot and mOrtSly wounded DR.. J. T.
Watson, an old and respectable citizen. Jelly
had been visiting the DOCTORS daughter, bat
recently WA told by tho father to discontinue
his attentions. Jelly fled ....,, While the
steamer MorOl VAS preparing to sail for
America from Brcuerhaven. II fOw miles from
Bremen, box of dynamite exploded on the
wharf, killing six;y.cight prrsoEs and wound.
irg mHny mere The s:ormer was uninjurctl.
and IN; two passCTg6rA-t casualties falling
heNyies; npon thoro who had CONG 10 tho
wharf to REQ their friends sail 1t is supposed
the dynamite (which is the most explosive
BubsiSnce inovn) was being Hmuggled aboard
tho steamer :. b.. Edward Sandtrson, Of Tenn
pct?ii, Mass, . member Of The last State
Legislature, committed suicide by hanging
hlpsoli in his Larn.. Mr.. Glover, Of St.
Louie, declined the appointment rs special
corr.cl In tho whisky cases, vice Henderson
removed and Col. James 0. Drcadhead ac-
copied It....., Tho Democrats in Congress
claim that Speaker Kerr stands frat in succes-
sion " tho Presidency in case OF q vacancy,
Dr. Charles Durham, 4 prominent physician Of
New Brunswick, n. j., Loft hIi home ono
evening with the ostensiblo purpose OF visiting
all injured man Oh canal boat near by. Tho
na1t day no was missing, and on dragging the
canal his dead bd7 was found, un!njure1,
although tho pockets were turned inside out
aud tho shirt band and uecktio torn OF. 1t Ia
supposed by many that he committed suicide,
he he had been afflicted with melanchOlia for
some time,
Tho Marx Lane Express, in its reviOw OF tho
grain trade, Fays the markets In the Frorch
provinces arc improving, whilc the tone In
Paris WAS quiet and steady. The Belgian,
Dutch. German and Russian markets arc
steady. .... THO authorities OF San Domingo
werc uuAblo to obtain loan in Europe. 80.
China will not send an embassy to England
until next Sutnmer 80. Tho distress among
tho minors and their families at Cape Breton
IL reported to DO Increasing. An immense
land swiudo has Just been uucArthed in
southeastern Missouri. Fraudulent deeds for
land wcro prepared and put upon tho market
in tho East or In Europe, and found ready
purchasers. 1t Is estimated that deeds to
twelve million scres havO boon disposed OF.
Tho grand jury OF Shannon county has brought
indictments against three mon for pSrhcipAncy
In tho frauds. 80. Tho belief gains ground In
New York that Twood's flight was influenced
hr llama for iltn anIIlnrnnnl NJ Ihn rins.