The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-11-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
shat IL DoInK 10 the Old World and the


New.
Tho Duchess OF AOBtA, Dx-Qncon OF SrA.n, Is
dosd. Tho now Dominion loan, which las
Teconlly boon placed on the Londn market,
Is being taken up with moro rspIlity than was
Antlcpdcl..... Japanese insurgents wCro at
tackled and routed by government troops near
Hasri, in the province OF Nsgato. ..... During
drunken discussion over politics, in Now
York rumshop, John Fitzsimmons had an UNI
brolla jammod into bis facC-tho tip pcne-
tratIng tho brain through bis ego. causing
4 wound from wllch loAth soOn resulted. &C..
Numerous suicides arc reported daily from ali
parts Of the conntry-mostly on account OF do
preston caused by wall: G; work. ....A scouu-
drOlly attempt at vandalism wAs attempted in
Springfield, ILL.,, tho villains making dos
perAte effort to carry OF the romans OF the
lsto President Lincoln, In tho hope OF making
\ bargain with tho authorities whereby Bon
Boyd, notorious countOrfeiser, serving ton
years sonte,lcO, would DO released from prison.
Tho plot was discovered BY detectives, who
hRvo sine, he'd tho sArcophsgus under super
vldion, and were rewarded few nights since
by surprising tho scoundrols st work upon tho
doors o; the vault. Owing to tho accidental
discharge OF \ revolver In tho hands OF an
officer, tho vauda!S wero warnod and escaped.
The vote OF tho city OF Now York, a! tho lGtO
election, was as follows: Robinson, Dem,
1ll,510; Tlden, DOM, lll,2GS; and Ely,
Dem, Ill 23S. Mr.. Els's majority is tho largest
(53, 706), because Dix went behind his ticket.
TildOn's majority IL 5S,2G2 over Hayes, and
5s,097 over all. Robinson'a mai 1rity Is 80, 7si.
jAivin, Dem, for surrogate, has majority OF
10000. OF the district aldermen nipO Gro
from Taumauy, ono from An.i.Tammaay and
three Republicans. Tho board will stand
seventeen Democrats to FIVE Republicans. The
Democrats elect seven OF tho eight Congress-
mon, McCook, Rop., boating Ward, Dom, In
tho eight district. TAmmAny elects fifteen
AssemblymOn, Anti-Tanmany one, and tho
Republicans I've.
Mu:h gold coin has boon withdrawn from
English banks for shipment to Now York..
The district OF BAckergunge, in tho northern
part OF India, has been rsvaged by cyclone.
A thousand native houses wero destroyed.
Tho town Of DowlutkhAn was submerged by o
wAvO aud ive thousand persons aEe beloved
to have persisted. Tho government sonL relief
to tho dOEolGtCd section ...... Relief works
have been established In tho Sholaporc dis
trict, India, where ther6'wore fears OF famine,
and fotty-hvo thousand Of the inhabitants
have been given employment. There Is now
plenty Of grain in the district ...... Tho khan
Of KhivG, in consequence OF tho complaints OF
his subjects, has offered to code tho roma;n-
der OF his territory to the RussiAn government.
500. Georgia Is harvesting fifteen Or t~en,y
per cent. moro cotton than last year. -. Tho
United States steamer Frrnktn, having on
board TwOcd, as 4 prisoner, has been forty
thrOo days on he. vcysgo from vigo, Spain,
and fears arc felt for her safety 80. Alex. Il.
Sheppard, If Washington, D. O., Is financially
embarrassed. Peter Lusboy, who WAS &C.
quilted few months sirco OF tho charge OF
numbering colorcd man In Uniontown, WAS
found near louisville, St. Georges county,
Nd, with bis head crushed and two bullet
holes init. 1t is thought no was murdered to
avenge tho death o; the Colored man Killed by
him. =-
BY An AccidOn. on the Hannibal and St.
Joseph railway, two persons wcro fatally
wounded and about twenty others moro or less
seriously injured. -. Tho electoral col ego Of
tie United States docs not vote as q corpora.
ton. but each elCcsor has ono vote for PresI.
ont aud ono for vico.Prosidont. In case OF
tho absence Of any elector,. other from death
or any other causc, bis colleagues cannot cast
bis vote. III cAsc supposed Mr. Hayes bad
lsj voice, and Mr.. Tildcn 1si votes II one
Of tho Hayes electors died, neither lIr.
Tildeu. or Mr. Hayes could DO declared
elected, because neither would havo re-
ccived 1875 votes. Tho result would DO the
throwing Of tho election into tho House OF
Representatives.. E. Canadian military Ruthori.
tics prcteud to fear FcnIan raid from this
eide OF the bo:der. go. Tho great Philadelphia
Exhibition has beou formally closed with
speeches and ceremonies. President Grant
ENio tho final announcement ...... Edwin
Adams, tho popular aud veil Enrwu actor, IL
reported to have died in Australia ..... Grca.
Eastern beat HArus In three straight hunls ut
Utica, n. i. The track being very hcaTy and
the day chilly tho time made WAS poor, being
2:35, $50, 2:2iX ...... Since tho Surrender OF
tho large tribO OF Indians 10 Gen. Miles, and
the closo pursuit Of Sitting Bull 10 tho iss..
ncsses Of tho morntnins, Con Sheridan tCle-
grAphcd Con. Sherman that the Indian war IL
practically over, and alderman has conrratu.
lated him OIL tho result ...... A ire IN larry
town, n. Y, destroyed aeveu stores, two fac.
torias, public hall and Lively ntGblo. The
llre apparatus was defective and little could be
dUno to stay tho flames. Loss, $1,000.
Tho cutire vote Of Massachusetts,, with tho C1-
ctptlon OF tho town OF Gosnold, Is AZ follows :
HAyos, 1926; Tilden. 10s,247; Rice, 1856 :
$50; Adams, l05,S29; Baker. 1927. IIlco'p
Plurality IL 3O,45Si his majority, lS 800 80.
Jules Driere, Of Boston, sworo to kill himself
II Tlldsn was elected and accordingly, on
reading a dispatch announcing Mr. Tiilen's
SUCCESS, he wont homo and hanged himself.
tIs CttImated tLAt over twenty thousand
persons persisted In tho cyclone which swept
over portions OF India October Slst. In tho
town OF Burri4hol, capital Of the BAckergunge
district, throo thousand houses wOro lovoled
with tho earth. Letters from survivors ropor
that great wave, nIne feet deep, sxopt over
tho largo island Of DakhIn, sLAhGbazpolO. -"
Cardinal simeoni, recently the papal nunctc
at Madrid, has been appointed to succeed the
late Cardinal Antonclli as secretary OF state TO