The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Intervening rteu, from Homo and Abroad

hotoi, store mud several dwellings, wero
destroyed IL Gro IN tho village OF Cresccnt,
Saratoga county, n. y. WHILE D4ruun's
c.rcus was proceeding through HsliiA1, the
Clerks OF tho BANK OF Nova scolin locked tic
t!Oon and wont 10 sec tho procession. While
t!'ey were absent, stranger, under somo pre-
tgnsc, gained admission to tho basement from
hcrvAnt, aud making bis way to tho counting
room, carried on sl7;50o. About tho RAmo
ti'no tho office OF the provi cisl treasurer WIS
forclbly entered (the clerks having deserted it)
Hnl $1,000 and some valuable pspers were
GtOlen......A ilatboSt containing sixteen For-
sons Of pNty Of eycurdonitts near IIillatlAlc,
Mich.. sudlenlg tupk, aud @. II. Taylor, Mrs..
Thornton End clulI, Mira. iIusser, May Gun
niHgbHrI GrA her siE!tr L'bt!o, Alice Hayoe,
May KeGly aud Randall AeAnan wetc drown.
ID. AL wcrc irum Gold Water. ... "A tornado
pissed ever Rhomcre township, Case county,
No, GcrtmyiES roTerAl residences and other
buildings, and seriously inlIring the growing
crops. Two persons wero killed.. :. The Eng
itsh House Of Commons has refused to pass a
bill giving amnesty to Fenian prisoners. .....
During July the public debt was reduced ST.
iJS,O9J.
Godovo s. orth has withdrawn his nRmc as
Republican candidate for tie gubernatorial
honora Of Indiana, III consequence OF dis
sensIon in tho party $50. Tho GroenbAck
national council has cfrcrodto Samuel 7. Cary,
Of Ohio, tho candidacy for Vice President on
tho grCenbAck ticket, headed by Peter Cooper.
......W While wdtzing on an excursion boat on
Tho Hudson, couple fell overheard, and Mrs.
Thomss PlatIier (colorcd), was drowned Her
PARTNER was rescued ..... CLrIs. Porter,
colortd man, at Spring Hill, Ark, outraged
u whitO girl. The next day PortOr was ar
rested, and when near Hope was met by
crowd OF men who took and hanged him to
troo....,. Tho Ghilln tribe In Morocco,
Atric1, hSviDg refused to furnish their quota OF
troops, tho emperor devastated their country
and sold tho women and children into elavcry.
".... Tic Indians have been burning and nm
ming OF government stores Oh tho why to
Fort FcttOrmNu, and much trouble on the
roads In that vicinity Is anticipated. :. -. Lulu
trattOd RgAinst time In Buffalo, making .lSl5,
2.lGli and 9.l1J!! ..... The coroEers Jury in
Tic Hamburg Is. C.) case found seven persons
Euity OF murder.
john K!ingmeyer, OF Buffalo, n. Y, cut his
wifes ihr1Gt and thon put aa end to his own
cxis.nnco by cutting bis own throat. Family
trouble wss the Cause Of tho desperate act.
They leave thirteen caildron. "a fire at
ETAlnard, MINI, destroyed thirteen buildings,
comprising tho main portion Of the business
part OF tho town. Gen. Sherman indorsos
ShsridEn's request to the House for authority
10 Increase tho army with 2, 5Oo.recruits =.
Goldsmith Maid VOL the opcn.to.All raco for
purso OF $1,000, at Buffalo n. Y, 10 ZIG,
2.l5ii and 2.l5-being the three fastest conse-
cutive heats ever recorded Judge Fullerton
took second money, DodInO third, Lucille
GodlUst fOnrth, while smuggler actodly bad
and WAS distsnced. So. Leonard, ono OF Long
fellows progeny, Won the Saratoga stakes for
tTo-yeSr'olds, over ten competitors, In 1.17IS,
tho distance being tlree-quAtters OF a mile.
......oNeil, tho st. Johns (N. b. murderer,
was hanged ...... Dostons property valuation
is s79S, 9Gl 900, loss Of $45,0s3, 500 during
the past year.
A religious outbreak occurred In tho town
Of palmira, Columbia, Central America, the
conservative Catholics attacking the torcos OF
tho government. Ten mon were killed. ....
Henry SchwAup attempted to shoot his sister
a: Union HILL N, j., when her cries brought
TIL old man to the rescue No sooner had he
put iii an appearance than Sch WAup shot him
in tho jngulAr vein, iron. which death resulted.
In resisting arrest the murderer fired two
moro shuts, which, fortunately, did 10 harm
Aitor his Incarceration, tho desperate cut tho
arteries Of bis arm with glass, but was frus.
trGtod In his attempted suicide
tho Cheyenne Sioux Indians at tho agencies
rcquest tho government to cOasc horiilitieJ for
ahurt time to allow them to arrange peace
ful Hrmiatics with Sitting Dull. -. Tho United
States House passed bill repeating the re-
sumption set Of 1875, which directs tho secre-
tAty OF the treasury to redeom in cciu legal
tender notes outstanding in 1879, and making
1879 tho date OF resumption OF sptcie pay
ncpt. Tho bill was reported by Err. Cox,
chairman Of tho Committee on banking aud
currency, aud 1t was passed by vote OF 100
yeas to eighty-tlree nays. 1t was nearly a
party vote, but few Democrats voted against
the repeal and few Republicans for it. ...
Inc recent gale Oh tho coasts OF England and
Scotland resulted In tho death OF over forty
hai!orA and fishermen. .....A letter 10 tue
London Times states that recent lnvostga-
ton elbows that the Turks have harmed sixty
villages and lnassacred twelve Thousand OF the
Inhabitants, in many cases in tho most cruel
AID terOc.ous mAnner.... George CheslItt
Nil old aud feeble man, living with bis daughter
noAr EITool, N. j.. was brutAlly murdered by
three unknown mon, who thOn stripped tho
house, The daughter rAyed hcrseli by hiding
III the cellar. .GEAsshoppsTs hAyo appeared
IN immOnso numbers In Colorado.
Gen. Crook Is cndoAvoriug to reach Con.
Terry, but tho indians hara.s his marching by
picking the men OF ono by ono. Terry and
Crook uro but seventy-ave miles apart. "A
mortgage has boon recorded In Albany against
tho Hudson River railroad IN favor OF Comuo.
dore Vandcrbilt's sons, to tho amount OF $S2,-
100000. Reports from Ktntuciy show that
tho Democrats elected most OF their ofllcers By
Increased maIorities. ...1ho Alabama election
lfFI Al -.
candidate for governor by u largely increased