The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-07-10
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SUMMARY OF MEMS.
Item. of Inrsrs.. from Home and Asroa,


A seven-story sussr refinery in San Fran
DISCO was consumed by fire. Loes, $3.50, 1000 ;
$225, 900. e. Tho Great Falls (N.H.)
Co. will reduce wages instcad
81 closing their mills ......E, Il. Rollins, Re-
publican, has boon elected to tho SonAtc by
Tho Now Hampshire Legislature. The war
between AbyssInia and Egypt Is over. 1.-The
tugboat Workman exploded its boiler while
lying at New York dock and three men weto
killed. Tho canalboAt Julia Sheppard,
moored alongside, was cut completely In two
and sunk. -. Treasurer New and Solicitor
Wilson have resigned ...... It ID currently re-
ported that tho mother Of tho late sultan insti-
gated tho assassin who murdered tho Turkish
.... James Baiid, who recently gave
two and ono-halt million dollars to tho Scottish
church, recently died IN Scotland.
Senator Lot N. Morrill,, OF Maine, has bocn
confirmed rs secretary Of the treasury.
Tic hrework factory OF D. woolt, at Green
vile, N. j., was totally destroyed by an OK
plosion, which killed two OF the employees
outright, fatally wounded five, and seriously
injured nino others-most OF Thorn girls or
boys whose ages ranged from twelve to eight
con ,yearS.. -. The plague has decreased In
Bigdal rinco June hrDt. During tho month
OF May there were 2,O99 CAGES, OF whice /, 222
were fatal. :. .Nicsc hss been proyisioned by
tho Turks "A hAilstorn extended over a
tract OF land varying from half milo TO two
miles In width, near Mu.kogo0, ILL.,, aud utter
ly destroyed all trees and vegetation, besides
breaking all tho glAts ...... Count Louis Mar
chand, one OF Napoloon's faithful adheronts,
who accompanied him to st. Helena, has just
dlcd.
Tho controller OF Now York having adyer-
tised for bids for s3COO,OO0 worth Of Elk por
cent. bonds, received various Offers ranging
from 1850 to 10l see. Mr.. BlAiuo overcxerted
himself to make speech at Hayes ratification
meeting In Warrington, ard has suffered 70.
lapso In consequence. $3.50. Tho Dreadnaught,
Estellc, Arrow and Orion were winners in tho
tirst contest Of the international yacht regatta,
OF New York city ...... The following arc the
announced dates for college and amateur sports
At Saratoga this season: College regatta, July
IS and 10; college athletic sports, July 20 and
81 fourth annual grand international amateur
regatta OF the Saratoga rowing association,
August Z aud o.; international collegiate re-
eat.a, August IL, at which Tho foreign uni-
vOrsIty crews will contest tho victor OF tho
college regatta. =. The guards OF tho Salt
Lake City penitentiary wore oyerpowerod by
seven prisoners, who made good their escape
after fatally wounding the prison cook. .....
VIM. Adm was hanged In Cleveland, Ohio, for
the murder Of his vito, Step.daughter and
another woman. ..... John Hauey and ucorgc
Walker, two tramps, stole boat on tho Dela-
ware river. and while endcayoring to pass
through Fiddler's Elbow, rift below Milford,
Pa, were overturned and drowned.
A colored murderer was taken from the jail
a. Burlington, Ky., by mob Of masked men,
who intended TO hang him. Ga the way to tho
place Eelected, the man broke away and ran,
when ho was brought down with pistol shot,
hung to tree, and his body riddlcd
with bullets. !. e. Gen. Crooks command had
4 fight with Sioux Indians, In which nearly one
hundred OF the latter wcre killed, with loss
to tho expedition OF nins dead aud twcnty.ono
wounded. -. Paris, Ky. has had ten or twelve
buildings, Including church, destroyed by a
tornado which swept through tho town ......
Scotland won the international rifle challenge
trophy-tho score standing Scotland, l,l2G ;
England, 1901; Ireland, 1,l40 ...... James
Courttisht has pleaded guilty at Wilkesbarrc,
Pa, OF embezzling 800 900 while county treas
urer. .Miuuosota's growing whcat crop has
been seriously damaged by recent unfavoiA9lc
weather. "A Constantlnople correspondent
writes that the Irregular Turkish troops com.
mItted terrible atrocities In Bulgaria during
tho instruction, and names thirty-soyon vii
lagos which wcro completely destroyed and
the inhabitants either Killed or driven away.
Among tho refugees there was no girls oyor
ten yoArs Of ago, tho Turks having carried OF
all tho ,ldor ones. Tho number OF people
mass tcred IL estimated at botwool $1,000 and
$4,000. Tho English Ambassador called tho
attention OF the Turkish authorities to the
matter.
At Robinson, ILL.,, desperate murderer, who
attacked and noarly killed tho sheriff when
locking up the prisoners for tho night, was
taken out OF jail by crowd and hung ......
Two Of tho northern spans OF tho railroad
bridge across the Mississippi river at Kansas
City hAvo boon burned. Tho loss Is estimated
at 100000. 1t will probably takc two weeks
to repair tho bridge. Mr.. Sayler, Of Ohio,
has been elected Speaker pro tenn. OF the
liou.e-Mr. Cox having loft Ills duties to
attend to politics. .... A mail train ran OF the
track near Ceryia, Spain, and seventeen pas.
uepge's were killed aud thirty.sevcn wounded.
...... Mrs. Larry McCSrty and lier daughter
were burned to death by the explosion OF u
kerosene lamp III ogdensburgh, N. Y,....,
Samuel NenemAcher attempted to 90 down
II foul well In Philadelphia, when he was over
powered by the gases and fell into the water.
John solomon Vent to his rescue, but was also
overcome. Both men expired before aid could
DO extended.
A base ball game between tho Yale and Har-
ward mines was won by tho former. 80. Tho
notod Bishop Cummins died In Baltimore
county, Md, aged ftty-tour years. :. Trouble
is brewing between China and England ......
Venezuela has declared the church and State
separate. All tho converts have been sup
pressed and their endowments given to various
charitable institutions. Tho schooner d. p.
Chase lost her ioremAst by lightning and ono