The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-10-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Itom. of Iurere., from Home and Abroad.

revolutionary movement took place re-
Gently at 10 Vega, Ssuto Domingo, headed by
Gen. Juan Gomez. Owing to tho encrgciio
measures taken by the government tho Kissing
was quellcd, and Con. Gomez took refuge in
tho woods .... Theodore Tilton commenced
his lecture season in Port Jorvis, n. Y. Ills
subject was "Tho Problem OF No..
There is every probability that tho Herzc-
goyinian instruction will SOON be put down.
...... Tho fast mail service between New York
and tho largo Western cities has bcca III.
ausurated. The time from New York to
Chicago is twenty-six hotitS. 80. Tho Direct
Cable Company has its wires in working order
now, and the first day sent over two hundred
messages to England at tho low rate OF twenty
five cents per word. -. There wero over thirty
cases OF yellow fever at Milton, Fla, I'D
aoventy cases and fifteen deaths ut West Pas
caSoula -. President Grant and Generals
Sherman and Hooker attended tho meeting OF
tho Army Of tho Cumberland at Utica. .....
Extensive whisky frauds have becn discovered
In San Francisco, and revenue officers arc i'm
plicatcd. The investigation Is to DO actively
pursued. Tho Episcopal council for the
diocese Of Fond du Lac, Wis.,, mot at Green
Day. On tho third formal ballot, tho Rev.
John Henry Hobart Brown, of Cohocs, y. Y,
was elected bishop. So. The safe Of Francis
sArgon. & Co., OF Boston. was robbed during
tho day OF Sl7,23j in bills, checks and notes
by burglar, while confederate occupied tho
attention OF tho bookkeCpcr, who was alone.
...... Tho Assets OF tho Dank Of California
will probably exceed its indebtedness By ono
million dollars.
Tho cattle disene Is increasing in England,
but there has been only small proportion OF
deaths. .....A Tapal nunco has boon issued to
tho Spanish bishops, which claims the fulfill
mont OF the concordat, which forbils tho OK
crtiHc o; any non.Catholic creed claims the
transfer OF the superintendent over education
to tho clergy, and the cooperation OF tho
secular power in suppressiDg hertical teaching
and literature and says one of tho causcs OF
civil war Is tho way in which religious unity
has boon misunderstood by previous govern
ments. Tho Madrid papers sharply criticsc
tho nuncio ...... Tho amount OF taxes paid on
real and personal cstAtc at the oflice OF the tax
receiver in Now York city during two days was
5l,5OO,0o0 ...... Leo 4 Shcpard's liabilities
amount TO $751;, 20G, and their assets figure up
:l99,i3 exclusive Of stereotype plates which
cost $3.50, 900. .... Tho thieves who robbed
tho cafe Of Sargent 4 Co., OF Boston, OF :l7,-
900 worth OF notes and other vAluabcs, re-
turned through tho mail the next day all the
property but s73 in cash. A fro in Padcr-
born, Prussia, destroyed one hundred build
Jugs, whereby three hundred families were
rendered homeless. -. The Brazilian govern
ment has determined upon a conciliAtory
policy III relation to religion.
Tho convention OF New York Democrats,
held at Syracuse nominated John Digclow for
Secretary Of State, Lrcius Robinson for Con-
troller, Charles S. Fairchild for Attorney
General, Charles n. Ross for Treasurer, JOHN
D. Van Durcn for Engineer and Surveyor,
G L. Walrath for Canal Commissioner, Rod
ncy Il. Crowley for Prison Inspector. Tho
platform contained extracts from tho na-
donal Democratic platform OF 1872 and tho
State Democratic platform OF last year, aud
declared unqualiAodly for hard money, an
carly return to specie payments, and the main-
tcnance Of tho public credit. It also declared
for administrative economy aud reform, ard
against third Presidential term and sump-
tuAry legislation.
Owing to violent gallo on the Gull coast,
tho water has been forced upon Galveston,
and tho principal streets are inundated to
depth Of several feet, and much property
has been destroyed. Thirty worlmen on tho
brcastwork in course OF construction by tho
government, have been cut on, aud arc proba-
bly, lost. Tho Santa Fo railroad bridge across
tho bay has boon swept away, and tho lions-
ton railroad bridge is under water.... Tho
Pope held consistory recently and conferred
upon Cardinal McCloskoy tho ring, and gave
him titnlGr charge OF tho Church OF Santa
Maria Sopra-Minorra. Tho popo, after driv.
cring all allocution IN tho cousiptory, an-
nounced tho creation Of Fix new cardinals and
several Rrchbi'hops and bishops ...... The
Greek government has determined to eucour-
ago the citizens to participate In tho Centcn-
nial exposition ut Philadelphia. E. .Superin-
tendcnt Chapman, OF tho lnsGra:lcO depart
Of authority Of tho City Insurance Company
OF Providence, II. l., to transact business
in his State ...... The eighty-onc-ton gun re-
Gently completed at WoOwich, England, for
tho iron-clad 1n1exiblo was tested with a
charge OF $50 pounds OF powder and 1880.
pound shot. The result was not quite sati4-
factory. Tho Nebraska State Democratic
convention adopted resolution In favor OF
4 sound currency, coin Or its equivalent; OF
steps toward specie payments, and TO step
backward. .....The two hundredth Anniversary
OF tho Indian massacre at Deeriield, Mass,
waA celebrated by appropriate exercises ......
A dispatch from Commodore Cooper, OF tho
Pensacola navy yard, statca that tho yellow
fever is epidemic at Howclt station on PEN
aacola bay, twenty-five miles above tho navy
yar1. Thopeoplc have neither food Iotlicine
or attendance. They are crying for relief.
Tho secretary OF the treasury has called in
$4,000, 600 Of tho coupon bonds Of Juno 80,
1871 aa followa. Eifty doIiar. M q 5nI IN