The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


armed and masked men proceeded to the court
house, oycrpoWerCd tho iAllor, and guard, tool
Howard from biz cell dressed only In his shirt
and hung him to lamp post at tie corner oil
tho public square. -. In the Election Court
SIr. CroWell Wilson, N. p, for East Mildlesex
Ontario, was uusoased for bribery by AgOnts
the respondent to pay all costs. The Toronto
manager Of Nelson's hank has run away with
$4,000. Tho suppression Of the religious
order OF Sisters Of Charity has been decreed
by tho Mexican Congress, ll3 to 1..,.. The
express companies will carry contributions foi
the Kansas and Nebraska sufferers free. .,...
Tho calRbooso at osago Mission, Kansas, was
burned, and TIVE prisoners persisted in the
flames. .Jshn II. Eendenhot, OF Pike county,
Pa, was accidentally shot and killed by his son.
The two had becn hunting, aud wcrC on their
way home. While SIr. lIendershOt was getting
out of the stage gun in tho hands of His sOn
was discharged in some way The whole
charge entered the lower part of Str. Hon
dersliot's back, tearing away portion OF tho
snnO and lodging In his groin lie died In
short time Ho leaves large family. Tho
municipal election IN Boston resulted in tho
recollection Of Mayor Cobb nominee Of both tho
Republicans and Democrats, by nearly lS,O0O
majority over Gen Francis Hayes IndcpCn-
dent.
William W. White, Of North Bergen, n. j.,
was found dead In his bed. He was one Of tho
old settlers -. 80. The Boston Typographical
Union elected John Vincent prosident,....,
Nine stores and tho Hartman House, In Main
street, Bangor, Me-, wcro burned. 49,. Vim.
ErAn, II years Of age, while being driven from
saloon in tho suburb Of Waterbury, Conn,
by the proprietor, Jacob Becker, shot and
killed the latter the ball entering tho head
through tho right Oyc....,,A storm in the Day
of BisbAy ragged for several days, and many
boats and over seventy penonA are misslng....
John Chamberlin has purchased the house
recently vacated by the English Minister In
Washington for $4,000, with the intention Of
turning It into a gildcd gambling house,.
balances in the United States Treasury Cur
rency, siI,Gs2, 1856; special deposit Of legal
tenders for tho redemption Of certificates of
deposit, sig,0sO,OOO; coin, s77,s29,327, In
Guiding coin certificates "a, iO7, 400; ouhtand-
Ing legal tenders, sSS2,OOO,OOO ..... D. II.
Logan, ono OF tho party Of twelve which loft
Wisconsin Inst August, bound for tho Black
Hills, ws recently killed In q skirnIah with
tho Indians, aud tho other members Of tue
party were scattered in tho engagement, since
which no traces of them have been found, and
1t Is feared that all Of them have persisted. -.
George Peak, al employee In the paper mill at
Valley Falls, n y, had hIa loft arm torn OF
near the shoulder while putting belt GU 3
pulley. .....
John A. Gilman, superintendent, while
making his usual tour Of inspection through
the DuIuCsne, Pa, mines, was fred on by
some unknown pOSsn AID fatally wounded
The minen employed BY the company have
been on a strike for some time, and eonsO.
Iuently the pit was uhoccupied at the time the
assault was made ... -Four men wearing masks
rode up to the house Of farmer about twelve
miles from ClArksvillS, Ark. They shot tho
farmer, ehoked lii wife, robbed him of s60O,
aud escaped. ....,s Samuel Payson, postmaster
Of North Warren, Me-, and his wife were found
dead in thor beds, suifocated by coal gas.
Another couple werO nearly dead when dis
covered. .... "A resolution passed tho North
Carolina Senate, providing for a conference Of
the Joint Committee on the Public Debt with
the creditors Of the State, and calling meet
Ing Of tho committee In Raleigh on Jan. u,
1916. -. Mayor stokely, Of Philadelphia, rc-
ceivcd letter signed "secret Six, threatening
violence II employment was not supplied for
the starving poor, and complaining that Italians
were working on the Centennial buildings, OK
GLIDING actual cttizenH.... A Philadelphia
paper was libcled, having charged that a mem
Dor of the Common Council had picked the
pocket Of marble statue Of George Washing
ton on Chestnut street Of a silver BuuiI box.
BY a railroad accident In Iowa several officials
Of the Iowa division Of the Illinois Central
railroad were badly injured, LA daring
attempt was made to rob tic HOchlAga hank Of
Montreal. Tie burglars succeeded in blowing
the safe open, but the noise made frightened
them away, when tho contents Of tile vault
were In sight. "a luCl was fought at Havana
between Diego Ncndo FIguGroa and Pope Cas-
tcllAnOs, resulting in the death Of CastellanOs.
.... The Lfrdni Herald publishes distressing &C
counts OF the famine In Asia Minor 80. The
house Of a farmer named Androis Petit, living
near Port Nelson, ontatio, was violently broken
into by q gang OF dcspOradoes, two Of whom
entered Mr.. pettits bedroom while the rest
guarded tic sons bedroom with revolvon.
Tie riillAns carried OF cash to tic amount Of
$1,000. Indian Outragcs arc reported near
Phoebe, New. Tie citizens arc without arms,
aud ask for military protection. -. The boys
Of the high school III New Orleans repeated
their visit to the girls lower high school, and
forced the colorod girls to leave. The school
Board has passOda resolution Diminishing all the
public schools until further notice. -. A new
Fl Dorado, In tho shape Of rich gold mines in
tho northern wilderness Of Wisconsin Is rc-
ported. It Is claimed that ore sent to New
York from this point averages si,7OO per ton.
49,. In tile sections of Nebraska and Kansas
visited by grassliOppCn farmers have been
compelled to feed wheat to work animals.
Many poor families are already compelled to
live on wheat bran. Thousands Of women and
children go about their houses bareiootcd.
Nearly $780, 900 arc required to feed tho inhsbi-
tauts until next fall, and as much more to
clothO them. -. Smallpox Is raging at sorCl,
Quebec, In tho most yirulcnt form. e. Thirty
two thousand Germans have immigrated into
strasbourg since tito war.
/ ES,Iudrc Beverly Dct,s. Of New York. has A