The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Item, Of Iu,sre., from Home and Abroad

HSAhhAkI VA NAHbt
llsins OF Interest from Home and Abroad.
Tho recent defeat OF Crazy Horse by gov.
ernment troops had good effect upon tho
Indians, As they hAvo boon unusually peaceful
sinco. ,...A council representing fifteen Con.
grcgstional churches voted almost unanimously
that Rev. Z. s. Fitz, OF southampton, Macs,
had tendencies which unified him for tho
Christian ministry. man named ShucE,
OF Philadelphia, committed suicide by shoot
ing. and an hour afterward his wife swallowed
prussic acid and also expired. Tho school
rolls OF New Yerk city for March showed Ill.,.
$50 names. Great damage was dono In
Carroll township, Ls., by tho breaking OF tho
levco-the gap being milo wide. Over one
hundred thousand acres OF tho finest lands Of
Missouri were overlooked by tho breaking OF
tho loyOo near Hannibal Hundreds OF AMI
mails grazing in tho bottoms wero drowned,
and 1t IL feared some lives were lost. Tho
damage will DO exceedingly heavy......Th,
Democrats OF Indiana nominated Congressman
James D. Williams for governor, together with
4 full State ticket. Tho delegates to tho ma
iionAl convention were instructed to present
tho claims OF Hendricks for the chief magis-
tracy. Tho platform demands continued In
vcstigations in all branches Of tho government;
ccmmcnds the ofTor.s to reduce expcnEcs;
calls for such measures as will elualizo tho
vAluo of coin and paper money; npholds tho
legal tender notes upholds tho non.sectarlan
school policy, and opposes tho payment OF any
part OF the lebt contracted by tho South dur
ing t9o war. .HSy.i Is in tue hands OF tho
rcvolutionists. President Dominique escaped,
but Vicc.President Remeau and General-in-
Chief Losquet wer6 captured and shot. $50.
Montana sends her delegates to tho Republican
national convention pledged to Mr.. Blaine.
John Dolan was executed in Now York city
Tor tie murder Of James II. Noe. The murder
was committed last August, and tho murdered
man was In defcnsc OF his promises at tho
time. 10 begged hard for his life, but the
burglar SAID ho could not trust him, and bru.
tally boat tho unfortunate man 10 death.
Strong efforts wcro mAdo 10 have Dolan's
sentence commrtod 10 imprisonment for
life, but Governor Tildon refused to inter.
Zero. DolSn died easily -. So. Dallou x
Son, OF woousocket, Rhode Island, large
mill owners, have failed for 1000. 000.. ...
United States steamer Is sounding the
Pacific ocean to test tho pract!cAbility o; 4
telegraph line. $50. .SevAda's Democratic dele
gates to the national convention arc In favor
OF Mr.. Tilden, There were las now cases
and seventy-Gvc deaths from tho plague In
Blgdad In foar days. The left bank OF tho
Tigris is now affected. ..... Tho total expense
Of the Philadelphia exposition Is estimated at
ss,5oO,0 900, which is thus partially provided
for United States appropriation, 1900, 900 :;
Pennsylvania, sl,00O,0OO Philadelphia, ell
$4,000, concessions, gifts and interest, $780,
900; stock subscriptions, $500 600; total,
$1,000, 00o-leaving sl,500,OO0 10 DO taken In
as entrance fees. .... ohios peach crop is
considered rrtuel for this year, but other
crops look favorable. ....o Over fourteen million
cubic feet Of timber have boon cut In tho
Ottawa (CAn.) di4.rict this season.. q. Over
80, 900 In currency werO redeemed In silver at
tho Now York sub-treasury the day after tho
order to resume specie payment. .... Fifteen
religious pilgrims were drowned while crossing
tho river Yienne. near Parsac, Franco. .....
A balky horse harnosscd to wagon contain.
ing Eve persons backed into tho river at Philc-
dclphiA, aud 1sShella Kerr, aged eighteen, was
drowned. -. Two men catered tho hank ut
Baxter Springs Kan., At ton o'clock IN tho
morning, and presenting pistols at tho cashiers
head, robbed tho opou satc Of 5000, with
which they escaped.
Five murdererd woro hanged together at
Fort Smith, Ark. Three OF them were ChoctAw
Indians, ono coloicd, and tho other whitc
man. There wero seven thousand spectators
present. 80. .0nenbAcli, tho opera composer,
has loft Paris for this country, -. .Mollic
Dean refused to marry Vim. Cooper, who hAi
toon attentive for some time. In 81. Louit,
whertupon he shot her twice and then blow
out his own brains. The young woman dol
from tho wounds. $3.50. Tho Spanish govern
mont announces that they will not mako any
distinctions between Catholics aud Protestants
In regard to chApela and cemeteries, a. has
heretofore been DONE. II. CAlifoniA's grain
crop promises 10 BIO unusually good. Fruit
al-o looks we'll in most districts.
Numerous outrAsos by Indians arc reported.
...... The troops OF Gen. Medina, tho rovolu-
tionory president OF Honduras, Central Amori-
ca, were badly bcAten by the army OF rrosi-
dent Leiva, and fow days thereafter Medina
was reported dead. by an explosion Of
gunpowder In a railway tunnel In courso Of
construction, near Meath, South Wales, the
entire roof foil in, burning tho workmcn. At
the time OF this dispatch thirteen dead bodies
and number OF wounded had been recovered.
-. Tho Arcade, at Paterson, n. j., was de-
stroyed and number OF uoighLoling stores
Injured by Gro. Loss, $4,000. ..n. Two car
riagO shops and several barns wcrO destroyed
by fro at New Canaan, Conn. -. The Mctho-
dist camp meeting grounds at TArentum, Pa,
containing $50 cottages, many OF them fur
nIshcd, werO ruined by fro. ..... While four
mon and boy werO descending coal shaft
at Browns Station, NO., III bucket, the rope
broke and tho party fell one hundred feet
Three OF tho party worO killed outright and
the others died shortly after.
The Egyptian troops hAvo begun their home
ward movement from Abyssiuia. -. The bids
for the dvo per cent. coupon bonds OF 1881
wOro opened III tho treasury at Washington,
and tho whole amount OF sj,ss3,O0O was
.w..l.J IN n..Xnt Ntn,vsn l. ~ To- s,,o