The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

ItHn,, OF IGtrrcHt fran Iioue aEd abroad
A thaw throughout Germany caused tho
rivers to rise suddenly and overflow tkelr
banks, washing away bridges, houses AID
farms, and causing some loss OF litO...... Gen.
l,Abcock, private secretary to Gen. Grant, who
was tried at St. Louis for completely In the
whiaLy frAuds, wAs found not guilty by the
Jury on tho bret ballot. Tho trial lasted
seventeen dSys.....C. [. & A. Dixon, tho
noted merchants OF Liverpool, England, have
failed for three and nne-hSif million collars.
......NO regular revolutionary combination
appears to have boon formed in Mexico, al
though many individuals bavo declared asainst
tia government in different paris OF the coun-
try. The Protestant church at JAlapa was re-
opened under police protection. A eight
earthquake vas felt in tho city OF Mexico on
the seventh OF February. Tho Plymouth
church advisory council was dissolved, after
sustaining Plymouth church In its discipline,
and providing for tho appointment ota scandAl
Decchcr. "a sleeping car YVES wrecked and
burned near WAlingiord Station, Vt, and Mr..
Bissol, proprietor OF the sherman House,
Chicago, and his son wero burned to death
Several others wore wounded. Tho steamer
s!rathmore, running between London and
New Zealand, which has boon missing for
nearly year, has Just been hoard from. Shc
was wrecked on Crozet islands lAat July, and
OF tho eighty persons on board only twenty
wore saved.
Gov. Ames, OF Mississippi, has boon ini-
peacbed by the House OF high crimes aud mis-
deneAnors ...... War Is doomed inevitable
between japan and Corca ...... President
Grant has announced that Con. BAbeock viii!
10 longer act as tho Presidential private
secretary that while convinced Of Babceck's
innocence In connection with tho whisky
frauds, he considers him to have been indis
crect. .... Tho Delaware, LsckAwannA aud
Western railway company arc to reduce their
gauge, and work will DO commenced forth.
with. 80. Mr.. Lansing cashier OF tho Kern
Valley bank, California, who claimed to have
been Overpowored aud chOroformcd by masked
men while working As his books In the oven
Ing, after which tho robbers secured large
amount OF funds from tho open vaults, has
been arrested anu confessed to robbiug the
bank. He disclosed where tho stolen funds
wcro deposited, and all wero recovered,
A woman and three small children we.c burned
Iowa. On Iearsing OF the fac. tho husband
became raylnG maniac. ....A great baltic
took place in Herzegovina, in which tho Turks
wcro badly beaten. The Louisiana House
hiss appointed q committee to investigate the
charges against Gov. Kellogg, with the inten.
ton OF impcachiug him. .. Tho United Slater
Senate passed tho bill authorizing tho issue OF
900, 900 900 in iour and ono.half per cent.
bonds, to run thirty years.
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Six ma. ked men robbed three schooners lying
Ia New York harbor, securing considerable
booty. In each case t!loy forced their way
aboard at the muzz,e Of revoiyerr, and cruelty
beat the crew. The managers Of the eastern
bound trainu from Chicago have reduced the
freight rates slightly. .Ex-Tax Commits
sioaer Hand was pentenced in Patterson, n. j.,
IN serve eiratecn months A. hard labor.
TIM SECRETARY OF the treasury announces that
tbero +. ,bc sum Of s9l. 9s7 02s. II In, the
trc..urv Mt tim urc.opt Tina An oulbreAI
occurred In tho inil at MaulmAjn. India, during
which eleven prsoacrs yero killed and severn
wounded Mrs. Emma E. Wiuple, on trial
for tho murder OF her husband at Little
Valley. n. Y, has been convicted OF murder In
.he second derree and sentenced TO State
nrI.o, for life 1t Ia believed at Kho1iep;
that after tbs recent battle at Asake all the
nussIsn priroaers in the hands OF tho insur.
gents wore mAssacrcd at MargLiilan.
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