The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-10-02

cePIVIl VI 'No ulIhuIIJ Etsuucu1p' NhISh VIII
winter on tho Tongue river ...... A grirtn.ill,
four icohCuscs aud sawmill OF /. Putnam,
at DInvnrs, Mars vcro destroyed by tiro -.
Gong! essiouAl nominations ScT York, twor-
ty.sccOud district, Geo. ". Smith, Dem.
Ohio, sixth, Z. b. Hall, tlreonb ok Alabama,
fourth, James 7. RApIer (col.), Rsp....A single
rcull race OF two miles for s5OJ h -ide between
johnson (colored), OF Boston, and Laudcrs,
OF Salem, took place on tho Charles nver, In
the presence Of ton thousand people. LAnders
won in l4.02-Johnson becoming exhausted.
..... Violent hurricanes arc reported from
tho Wost Indies. :. Tho " Old South church
OF Boston has beon sold for ai0U, 900, to be
used ~ historical museum. -. :, Germany
aud GreAt Britain have protested against the
acts Of intolerance prActicod on protestAnts
by the Spanish authorities.
Gen. Crooks command has had an engage
ment with tho Indians. A large village was
surprised by Col. Mills with detachment OF
one hundred and fifty men and entirely de-
stroyed. Clusters Little Big horn guidon was
recapture6, with valuable stores OF robes,
ponies aud plumber. It was complete Indian
dofeAt many braves and rome squAws being
killed and captured and tho balance Of tho
band scattered. The troops met with COLI
siderable losS, number being killed or wound
| cd. Lieut.. Won LentwiLz was shot In the knee
aud suffers Amputation OF the log. Tho hun
cry and wAyworn troops arc to DO supplied
with food from tho Black Hills, where coun-
oil OF war Is to DO held rs to further opera
tons. Gen Sherman will preside at tho coun-
ell. 49,. Now York city sent ten physicians,
cargo OF leo, aud n cargo OF tar acids to
Savannah. 80. Tho Turkish government OIL
dered n ton days Armistico to talk over mat
tors relating to tho troubles in hor colonies.
......The equinoctial gale which extended
along tho Atlantic coast and for some distance
into tho interior was very severe aud did much
damage, Henry Smith, from st. Louis,
with ono companion and pack train, left
Yuma for Los Angelos, ard wandered four
days OH tho Co orAdo desert without water.
Smith opened veins Of hs Arm and drank tho
blood, which clotted in his throat. He then
cut his wiudpipo to remove It aud died In few
hours after. Hiscompanion reached tho station
In tho last stage Of exhaustion 800. On tho
nineteenth OF September the Jews throughout
thu world inaugurated tho New Year, 5G37,
with great solomuity ...... Tho typographical
uaion Of Philadelphia hsvO agrood to reluc-
ton OF ten per cent. to take effect on and
aft r October 2. This applies to book as we'll
a. to newspaper wotk......A dispatch from
Madrid says William II. Tweed and William
Hunt, who was arr s!ed with him, were om-
bArkod at Coiunna for Cuba as prisoners on
tho twenty-G.st Of September ..... beef Is
now sOut from The United States to England
OH the steamers In houses prepared for tho
purpose md packed with Ice. The cattle arc
slaughtered in jersey City the day the steamer
tAtls.
ID tho fight between tho Sioux and General
Mills command tho indians were routed with
loss to tho whites OF throe killed and nine
wounded. Fourteen doad Indians wero found
on the battlefield, and four bodies arc known
to have been carried on. Thirty-avo Indian
lodges were burnei by Tho Whites with all
their contents. Daring the fight tho Indians
received rc.entorcenen.s. Twcnty-ono In-
dtans wero captured, but OF these two bucks
aud nine sqnaws wero released. Tho remain
dor wOro brought in. During q gale In
Chesapeake bay twelve bArgOs broke away
from tow and nino Of them sunk. The per-
SONS OIL board OF the sinking bArges took
rOtugc Oh tho other three, which drifted to-
ward tho shore; but before II was reached one
of them sunk, and all on board, csht persons.
were drowned. Tho other two bargos, having
OH board twenty-four persons, reached tho
shcre safely. .....A man and his little girl
we're both polsorCl by drinking beer and both
died In New York city,. While a gang Of
miners were working = vein In the Tlllcy 4
Foster iron mino, near Brewster Station, y. T.,
\ mass Of ORC foil upon them. Six men wero
instantly killed, aud three severely injured
Political disturbances have taken place In
Cape Town, Africa. Liberia 10 at peace
with her neIghbors. 49,. The Bncyrus machine
works u Cincinnati made MI assignment. Tho
liabilities exceed 100000, aud assets are
about 100000. So. Tho boiler OF a steam
thrA-litr exploded noAr Garfield, Ohio, killing
Noah Cummings, Daniel Fox and Isaac Rhodes,
and severely injrrirg two others So. In OTIS,
Mass a tramp Killed woman named Hazard
With II club. Ho was arrested. ... A fatal
cutting ARRAY oceurtd on Solemon's island.
MI, III which Capt. Richard Hook, OF Solo,
mons leland, was killed, and Mr.. HILL a
c.t.Een Of Calvert, was terribly and probably
fatally cut by man named Howes. =. IA
usual the reports OF tho Eastern question are
conflicting. On tho ono hand peace Is As.
sured, and on tho other Russia has given
Prince Milan three million rublGs aud seut
Cos.acks Into Servia. But a tew days now
will tell tho whole story. Luciu4 Robinson
accepts tho nomination by tho Democrats for
governor OF Now York.