The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-29
SUMMARY OF MEMS.


Interesting Items from Home Rnh Abroad
MichigSn's Republican delegates to tho rA
tional convention wcro uninstructcd. -. The
exposition in Philadelphia was opened with
appropriate cereuoniC1 rs previously sr.
ranged, in tho presonce OF crowd estimated
at $4,000. Tho most popular portions were
tho rendering Of the Centennial hymn OF
Winters and tho caatatA Of Sidney LSier.
President Grant, assisted by Dom Pedro,
started the machinery, tho empress doing the
same In the Women's pavilion ...... Aristides
won tho forr-ycSr.old rasO Of two miles and
An eighth, at tho Lexington (Ky.) races, iu
tho remarkable tino OF 3.45I5. His opponent,
Ton Brock, was eight or nine lengths behind.
...... Discourasing reports arc received from
Liberia, and It Is claimed that immcnsO sums
OF money have been tquanderod. e. Piper, the
murderer, has confessed mania for incon-
diarism, as we'll Is for murder. ..... by the
breaking OF booms in the Trent river, Canada,
somO 10000 logs passed out into tho oay.....
A. Barton, Of Walton, y. y, while laboring
under religious frenzy, laid bis barc arm OIL a
workbench, and using Nh Ak cut his arm from
tho shoulder to the elbow In sections an inch
and ono-llAlf long Each blow broke the bono.
$50. The hity-milo velocipcdo raco between
Stanton and Butler, In Now York city, was
won by Stanton In three hours nine minutes
and fifteen seconds.
A general massacre Of tho Christians in
Turkey by tho Mussulmans is feared. -. The
city collector OF Chicago, George Won Hollern,
Is dofsultor to the amount OF over 900, 600.
Ho escaped to Europe. Gambling led to the
act...... Kansas wheat crop promises to DO
twcaty por cent. better than last year. >. {.
Tho Prince Of Wales received AL enthusiastic
reception froa the p0pLla,c on hia return to
England. -. In consequence OF the failure Of
tho johnson gingham factory In North Adams,
Miss, two hundred LANDS wero thrown out OF
employment. 80. West Virginia Republicans
appointed delegates to tho national conren-
ton and passed resolutions commendatory OF
Mr.. Dlsinc......A Mrs. Carson, OF Newport,
Il. l., committed suicide by shooting. A few
months ago size vas waylsid and outraged by a
runiAu, which 80 preycl upon her mind as to
uusOttle her reason.
Tho war between tho Central American
stltcs OF Guatemala and Salvador Is ut MI cud
-!lis forGsrr hSTiug bOen successful after a
fcS BATTLES 10 which the mortality was slight
Salvador low sues for peace. :. The Oxford
boat club will not send crew to America. :.
Tho spring freshets throughout Canada are
the mos! DISASTROUS ever known. Immense
quantities Of logs and manufactured timber
has been swept away. The entire Conncc
Iicut valley ID flooded and railway traffic Ii
that portion OF Vermont was stopped on &C
count Of serious washouts. -. During the
Lexington races Bill Bruce won tho throe
quarters Of mile, opsn to all corners, in 1.15It
being within onc-quartcr Of second Of thu
faetest timo ever recorded
Three children In q boat were swept ovel
tho rapids and drowned in the river Sault au
Recollet, Canada. 49,. Tho cholera Is raging
tearfully in ManlAIay among great number'
OF people, who arc crelIing osfthworks fo
tho king Of Burmsh ..,.Aristiles won tht
o.and.uno.halt-nilo rdco at the Lexington
meeting, in 27l-beins tho fastest time b!
ono second ever recorded. -. Ellen Jackson
OF Brooklyn, n. Y, throw her husband aget
tfty years down light OF stairs, breaking hi
neck aud killing him Instantly ...... Tho
WiiIialnsport (pa.) incendiary was captured Ii
tho &C; Of firing lumber yard. His resistance
was 30 great as to necoasitatc shooting hin
three times. Ito appeared to DO insaue.....
A colorcd churchs delegates were denied nd
mission to tho South Carolina Episcopal ron
ven,ion. 80. The European steamship Rhc,r
struck fishing smack lying at anchor In The
fog OF tho banks OF Newfoundland, cutting
her completely in two. all tho crow were
saved.
Hon. Wu. II. Barnum has been 0locteI
United Statoa Senator by tho Connection
Legislature to I'LL tho uuexpired Term mad,
vacant by tho death of Senator Forty.
An explosion in a"giant powder" mill neal
Drakevillo, n. j., blew two men TO atoms ant
destroyed considerable property E. 80. TIT
score Of tho first game in tho Philadelphia
billiard tournament stood: Slosson, 800; flu
dolpIc, 2GG, The score OF the second gam,
was DAILY, 800; Foster, 100. .... Tho Nevadl
Democrats, while they sent their delegates I,
tho national convention unpledged, stronSl,
indorto Mr.. Tlden. "A sudden squall upse
a passenger steamboat near hong Kong, ant
two hundred Chinese wero drowned. ..., tn,
revenue authorities hayc seized twcuty-lv
dislilICries, with forty thousand gallons o
mach and liquor, at different points In NCrtl
Carolina aud Virginia. go. Eight children chi
bArked In Il leaky skill on the Ohio river nea
voyay, Ind, for row, but when In tho cente
OF thn stream the boat filed and sunk.
man went 10 their rescue, but before he coul
reach thom five OF the children-all OF on
family-had drowned.
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-,