The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Item. of Interest from Home uud Abron


renee, Mass, was destroyed by fire, and two
men out OF the seventy occupants were burned
to death. .... Col. Steinbcrger, the United
States commissioner, has arrivodin tho NavisN-
tors Islands, framed new constitution, had it
adopted, and been chosen Primo Minister for
lfo. 800. II. D. Denison, the canal contractor,
has been committed to jail for thirty days for
refusing to produce his books before the New
| York State canal investigating committcc...,..
Tho Smith College for women was dedicated at
northampton, Mass, with great cernmony....
Tho secretary OF tho treasury has called in
! 10000, zoe OF fyo-twenty bonds bearing dato
! Of May !, 1862. .... John d. Lee, ono OF the
| Mormons under arrest for tho Mountain
Meadow massacre, has turned States evidence,
and will tell all no knows OF tho occurrence. -.
| A drunken man fell over the Canada bank at
Niagara, and although tho distance WAS over
ono hundred feet, mono OF his bones were
broken. When picked up he asked Tor moro
whisky. 80. The first bale Of this yoRr', cotton
Inns been received at New Orleans from ST.
landry parish, La. 1t Is two weeks earlier
than usual.
Tho great university race OF 1875, between
thirteen rix-oarcd shells, manned by seventy
eight Youths culed from Our most prominent
colleges and comprising the iluwerof American
manhood rs regards their mere phys!cal at
! :riLQies WAS r0wcd on Saratoga lake, and WIS
won by the Cornell College crow. As tho
| frcrhman crew Of tho came college had won
tho race OF the day Previous this gives CCr#ell
unusual prominence. Las. year Columbia won
the university race and this yoar 1t goes to
another New York College, Cornell being lor
Gated at Ithaca. The three miles were rowed
this year by tho Cornell crew in sixteen minutes
IitIy-tlrcO and one-quArter seconds, the boats
being Mt tho end Of tho race III the following
positions: Cornell, at finish Columbia, two
lOngths from finish; Harvard, two lengths be-
hind Columbia; Dartmouth, two icngtlls be-
hind Harvard Wesleyan, two lengths behind
Dartmouth Yale, abreast Of Wesleyan; Am.
hcrst, three and half lengths behind YAlO;
| Hamilton, abreast OF Amherst; Brown, one
length behind Hamilton Williams, abreast OF
Brown; BowL!oin, two lengths behind Williams;
Union, two lengths behind Bowioin. Tho win.
ming crew were the recipients Of many ova-
tons.
Tho Omaha Herald reports tho killing OF two
Indians and tho wounding OF lhrco others by
soldiers, on tho Little White Earth river, this
being on the reservation. The Indians arc i'll
tonscly excited over the occurrence, and all
negotiations and work OF the commissioners arc
entirely suspended. ..... Notwithstanding the
many Affections, Nebraska has crop OF two
thirds tho usual average. go. Tho college
athletic sports Mt Glen Mitchell, Saratoga,
wero well attended and created the usual cu-
thusiasm among tho students. Tho onc.nilc
running race was won by Barber, OF Amherst,
| in 4.iii. Tho one-milo walk Wa won by
platt, OF Williams, in $50. Tho seven-milo
walk was won by Taylor, Of Harvard, in G5.ljs.
Tho quarter-mlc run was won by Culver, OF
Union, in 5jt seconds. Tho half-milo run was
Won by Trumbull in 2OG&. Mr.. Taylor, OF
Harvard, came in first in the ;hrce-milc walk
in 1928. Tho run OF one hundred yards WIS
made by Potter, OF Cornell, in 1888 seconds.
In tho shrce-mile run Morreii' OF Amherst was
victorious III lIOI9i' The hurdle race waa won
by Maxwell, OF lalo.. ..heporls from different
parts OF Great britain state that o"inSto heavy
rain storms many streams have overlooked
their banks and done much damage 10 crops
......Thc Emperor oil Germany IL visiting tho
Emperor Of Austria. The city OF New York
has received bronze statue oil Lafayette from
the government Of franco.
Hon VIM. A. Foster, cliof-iustico OF the