The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-06
SUMMARY OF NEWS.



fold, from Philadelphia for Drcmon, dis
,nastod and wRter-loSgod on tho high soA. On
account OF high waves the ships could not APP
proach each ol,or closely AID on three OF tho
IIatdold's crow attempting TO swim to tho
FlokA, ono OF thcm was drowned. Tho nCxt
morning tho Hatfield had disappeared, and it
isbclicvod shO touudcrcd with all on board. :.
A committee OF tho South Carolina House
have prosOntod articles OF impeachment against
Judge Montgomery Moses for corruption. =. Dc.
Tho forces Of Don Carlos suffered severe do
feat, and rumors OF peace negotiations arc
current. ,.., AT lumber camp on Rifle river,
Michigan, John Hayes had boon In the habit
Of toAsing half-witted fellow named William
Libby, who became oxHsperGtod, aud seizing
an Ak buried II to tho holvc in Hayes side,
after which 10 struck him on tho head, intlict-
ing fatal wounds.
Rev. Horace Bushnell, widely known
preacher and writer, died In Hartford, Conn.
by collision on Dover, England, between
the steamers FAuconia and StrAth-o Clyde, tho
latter being eastward bound for Bombay, tho
Clyde was heavily struck, and hor boilers
almost instantly burst causing tho vessel to
sink, and carrying down forty OF her seventy
passengOn. .ovcr 100000 wero lost by
fire in Rutland, VT. Tho report comes from
England thG. Minister Sthenck hiss resigned.
800. Three OF tho murdorers OF Mlnister
Durch, At Perak, India. have been captured,
and ono OF them has confessed duplicating
Arapshocs arc said to DO preparing for wal ....
Articles OF Impeachment: have becu brought
forward against LieutenAut-Govern Davis
(coored), OF Mississippi.
Tho German state tribunal has decided To
indict Count Won Araim for treason, and a
writ Of sequCstrAtion has been issued against
his estates. .....A bill Ab1lIshing tho death
penalty has passed the Maine legislature. 80.
A portable boiler in sawmiil At birmingham,
AlAss., exploded with such effect as to kill
three men.... Tho HorzogoyiniSn patriots
refuse all compromises with tho Porte, no
matter what powers recommend them, ard
state their determination to fight to tho last
for the complete freedom Of their county,.
While tue casher OF tho Kern Valley (Cal.)
bank was working on his books In tho evening,
ho was overpowored and ehloroformed by rob-
bers, who stole $4,000 ...... Tho Sonora
(Aloxico) revolutouists gained victory over
tho State troops near AlAmos. :. The jury dig
agreed In tho Gaze Of Funnel on trial in New
York fos the murder OF Ned o'Daldwin, the
puglist. zee. Duclu Helmbold has been al.
judged insane by tho courts. {. /. Three Italians
were hanged in St. Louis for murder com.
uiitted two years previous ...... Charlotte
cushmAn, the great actress, died Of pnucmoniA
in Boston, at tho age OF sixty.
Charlotte Cushman leaves All estate Of
5000, 00O.. Tho German ecclesiastical court
has definitely summoned the bishop OF Nun.
stcr TO appear for trial Oh charges which in
volvo tho penalty o. deposition from his see.
..... Keith, tho man convicted OF poisoning
tho well OF nCiShbor in Leeds, Me-, was
sentenced to ten years In State prison. 49,.
Il. D. Iuilin, colored member Of the Virginia
House Of delegates from Dinwiddic county,
was expelled for improper conduct In abstract.
ing money from tho raybook OF the sergeant
At.sTIus. +. SCrv!A has ordered all mon be,
tween the ages OF twenty and htty years under
arms ......By fro III Athens, n. T., eight
icehouses Of the hntskerbocker company were
destroyed, with implements and forty thousand
tons Of ice already stored. The loss amounted
| to 1926, 900, which was covered By insurance.
..... The Red river steamboat Mary Lorry
was burned TO the waters edge While on her
way 10 Now Orleans. Her cargo OF thirteen
hundred bales OF cotton was alnlls: total
loss by the precipitation OF an engine
down an embankmeht on tho Short Limo road
at Lagrange, Ky.. Engineer FInnegAn was
caught under tho machinery and held fast
while streams OF boiling water from The
broken boiler ran over his face and body. lie
died in tho grcAtcst agony, with dozen men
looking on, uaable to extricAte him.
1t Is announced in Homo that the vatican
has advised Don Carlos to stop fighting, as biz
success Is hopeless. -. The n''ionAl Demo-
cratic committee have decided that their Prcsi-
dental convention shall 10 held in St. Louis
on tho twenty-sevcnth OF juno. Disastrous
floods have occurred in the provinces OF Upper
Austria and MoraviN. One hundred and
twenty houses arc known to have been de-
stroyCd ,... The great 900 tour.m.lO race
At San Francisco was won by Foster IN 7 So
and ssh. Rutherford, which sold first in the
pools, came in so:ond tho other five horses
being distAnccd 1.-The Central American
States have settled tho!r difficulties, and the
war which Threatened devastation Is thereby
Averted ,..... Peace negotiations are being
entered into by Egypt and AbyssiniA.
Richard D. Irwin. Nho was before tho country
SO prominently a. the time OF the Credit
Mobior scandal, has been arrested At the
instanceot lIutus Hatch. charged with stealing
$50, 600 which was put into his hands by tie
Pacific railway company TO secure a subsidy.
..... George Cameron aud Fred Schneider
entered Chicago saloon together, and while
standing h,fcre the bar Cameron put pistol
to SchueIer's head aud fred, and then blew
his own brains out. Both men dropped deLd
and 1t is believed tue crime was preArrangcd
between them. .... The Indiana Republican
State convention nominated for governor the
prescnt minister to ApstTis, Godlove S. oth,
adopted long platform, and recommended
Oliver +. Morton for President. 80. The Wis |
coa'!n Republicans, in convention, favored
James q, Blaine to' the Presidency.
Tho bill Aboli,hinS capital punishment in |
Maine has become Las, tie governor having
signed Re-. The Democratic State conven-
ton OF Connecticut renom mated Gov. Inge..