The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-28
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


~ lHo NtVLuhVos Ado ULucA GuuteHLhllh NuIO
tho Atalrntas and WolvonhoOIis. 1ho time is
tho fastest ever made. $50. Con. Crook has rc-
cOived tho rc-OnfOrct mcuts sent him, and on
this has marched ut the head OF two thousand
soldiers TO Avengo General Crstct's death.
10 took rat!ons for over month. Many Of
tho Indians now coming into tho agencies bear
arms taken f.oa Cus:or Inflated command.
Tho Turks have captured saitschar. :. . by
tic upscttingof rowboAt on ChAutauqua lake,
James Spicor, his twelvc-yeAr-old daughter,
and John Fillmore, wero drowned. All were
from Mayvillo, n. Y.... Five mekcd men
entered tho residence OF James Mcintyre,
ncar Archibald, Pa, and after struggle bound
and gagged tho inmates, after which they
thoroughly ransAcked tho house. Daring the
cOntos: Mr. Mcintyre was murdered. 1,.s
Tho receiver OF tho broken Mechanics aud
Traders saving institution OF Now York has
had the late paying teller arrested for cmboz.
cling fund.- to u large amount. 80. Timothy
Donovan, fesidipS in dtconturgh, N. Y,
started his son down an old well to coo What
tho matter With It wa.y when tho youth was
overcome by gas and fell to tho bottom. The
father alarmed III. brother Cornelius, and
then started down the well after he sou, when
he too fell, uuler the inHnonce OF tho polsan-
Gus gas. Cornelius endpaYoEod to rescue
them, but succumbod AZ had his brother and
nephew, and dropped dead to tho bottom of
the we'll. Tho bodies were grapplod for.... i.
Hallctt Kilbourn has sued the Speaker and
sergGant-AtArms Ct tho House, together with
the committee on tho roal estate pool for
sl5S,000 damages for injuries suetAined by
reason Of imprisonment Without GAUGE. -. The
single scull contest Ut Saratoga was won by
Riley, OF tho NeptuuCs,i In lS2l||S, Kennedy, OF
Yale, being second, III 1887, followed by Aclt.
crmsu, OF tho A.GlAntAs, and Yates, OF the
Union Syringe. Tho foUr.Oared race was con.
tostCd by tho crack clu;s Of tho country, most
OF whom are entered for the Centennial races.
Tho starters were the sh '-wae. cat. mettos, OF
Monroe, Mich; NorthECsterus, Of Illinois
At4lantas, Of Now York; Beavorwyck, Of
Albany, and the Arsonautas, OF Bergen Point,
~. The NorthweSterns came in winners In
lS.04Si, tho Sho-wao. cae-mettcs second, with
tho Atalantss, DeAverwycks and ArgonAutA4
following III tho order named. .H
Gov. Porter WAS ranominAted by the DCmo:-
racy OF Tennessee. Tho platform adopted in.
dorao, the St. Loni4 declaration, and calls for
rigid economy aud opposes any iucrcase Of
taxation, In ylew 0: tho sl'inkASo OF values
and general mpovorishment. ~. Tie Ropub-
licans OF Arkansas have nominated Joseph
Brooks for governor. The party now has two
candidates In tho Gold-All efforts to har-
moui2o tho factions having proved uuAvailing.
......At sale Of shorthorn cattle near Paris,
Ky, tho famous bull Fourteenth Duke Of
TAorndale was sold for $4,000 ..... Tho fol.
lowing nominations for Congress arc All.
noauco1. Third oalItornis district, Rep,
Horace Davis; second dIstrict, II. r. Page.
Third Vermont, Rep, George ". hcndoll.
Fourth Maine, Dem, J. II. Douworth. Third
Virginia, Dom, John B. KennA. Fifth Maine,
Gem, ". II. Mcclellan. First Vermont, Hep,
\. p. ohi'ds. Third Ohio, DEM, John s.
Savage. Eighth Ohio, Dem, George Arthur.
Fifteenth Ohio, Dem, William ". Poston. /.
The Rochester free-.o-Rll race was contested
by smugglcr4 Lucille Golddust, Fullerton and
Boliuo, and was witnessed by twolvO thousand
people. suugglcr won In tllrOe straight heats In
2.l53i, ais and 2.l9lIl; Lucille taking second
money.
Mr.. DIsraoli IL about to DO raised TO the
House tf Lorls with the tito OF Earl Of Dea.
consaOld. -. Congressional nominations: Ala.
bamS, seventh district, DEM, Con. W. H.
Forncy; Georgia, Savannah district, Rep,
JOIN L, bryant Missouri, thirteenth, Dem,
A. II. Buckacr; ArkansaS, second, Rep, J. A.
Williams Arkansas, fourth, Rep, Samuel
Murphy; Michigan, eighth, Dem, Fred. II.
Potter. So. Grasthoppors have appeared In
largo numbers in Nebraska $40. President
Grant addressed message to Congress Asking
fol. authority to increase tho cavalry regiments
or to call for yolunteors for Fix months to put
down the Indians. .... Tho fret OF a series Of
matches between the American yacht Made.
lo.nO and the Canadian yacht Countess Of
Dutlerin, for tho Queens emp, now held by
tho Americans, resulted III victory for the
Madeleine by Abont ten minutes. .... Jenkins
Shovel, colored. was hanged in Snow Hill,
sd, for rapc committed on white woman
and colorod woman. 49,, Victor Smith quar-
relied with AIRS. Flank Bowman, with whom
no boarded. III Rochester, N. y, and drawing
pistol killed hoE by shooting through the
head. lie then blow out his own brains. :. .
There will DO hold In tho PomOlogcal building
OH tho Centennial grounds tho following OK.
hIbitionS OF agricultural products; From Sep.
tembor to September 0 a display Of peaches
fnVm September II to September &c, Northern
Psychological products; September 10 to Sep.
tCmber %, autumn ScgetAbles;: September q
to September 80. tccreAlsi October 2 to October
7, potatoes and feeding rcotsl October II tc
October 81. autumn butter and chcGsC octO
Dor % to Novcmberi, nuts and from October
q to November l, autumn honey and wax.
sixteen thousand government tSoGps. wore
defeated by insurgents IN the intetog1 Nj II
co.....A weeks sAle Of shorntortf 04ttlO al
Paris, Ky, rcAlizOd Sl5i, 600. 49,. Part OF All
oil train was burned near llospllc, New jersey
,,or.;,,,, . l,.. ~ s7E nnC T-lo .o,oni