The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-20

property, has Absconded leaving tho town
finances in bad condition. -. Tho expendi-
lures upon tho bridge between Now York and
brooklyn have thus far reached So, 0G0, 725, Gl.
...... J. D. Pitts, collector OF Hickon county,
Mo-, has run away with 100000. IL. Albert
Grant, the noted English financ.er, will testify
before tho House committee on foreign Affairs,
in regard to tho Emma mino scandal. ....
Some o, tho suburbs OF Posth have been cub
merged for twelve days by tho Danube. .....
Tho Mexican rovoluticnists under Porhrio
Diaz arc rapidly gaining strength, and have
been successful in few unimportaut engage
mOnts with the authorities. {. ... Lieut.. Col.
Fred Grant has been ordered from tho White
House to take his place Oh Shoridan's stan for
service on tho plains.
Tho Home for the Aged, in Brooklyn, n. T..
WAS discovered to be on fro at four o'clock in
tho morning, and before IN alarm could DO
given the entiro north wing, occupied exclu-
sivcly by aged men, WAS wrapped in flames.
Two or threo Of tho inmates In their fright
Jumped from tho third story windows ard re-
ccivcd terrible injuries, from which they died
shortly after. Many others ascepdcd to tho
roof, from whence they wcro rescued by tho
police and ircmon and hurried on to DO ropor-
" clothed and cared for. Thus it was i'm
possible to toll whether all tho inmates were
saved, although i. was thought that they were.
By strenuous e1ertiops, the liremou confined
the flames TO tho north wing, thus wing tho
portion occupied by the old women. On the
subsidcncO OF the tirc, men reached tho upper
stories by ladders and found the clisrrcd re-
mains Of scvcntcen OF the malo inmates
stretched on their iron bOdsteAds, which werc
resting on tho beams, tho flooring having been
burned. Tho unfortunate men had been suf-
fOcated in their sleep, aud wore dead long
before tho flames reached them. II is coAIec-
tured that others wcro likewise burned and
that their rtmSinJ fell with tho flooring. Tho
loss amounted to $4,000. covered BY iusur-
Alce. Tho institution Was under the charge
OF the Little Sistcrd OF tho Poo, and contained
sevcnty.two old women and al equal number
OF mon, whose ages ranged from sixty-eight to
lOj ycars. Tho cause Of tho flro Is unknown.
Tho inhabitants of the WestmAuna islands,
sonth Of Iceland, are in starving condition.
The Atlanta Herald was purchased at sherifTs
sale by tho Atlanta Constitution. -. The Con-
solidltod Virginia mino yielded s2, So, 900 dur
lug last month, of which 10 per cent was gold
.....,At meeting Of tho Pcnobscot (AIr.)
lEmtcr association It was ascertained that the
GU. Of lumber in tho river for tho present
winter was G3.O0O,OOO feot, against 40, 900, 900
last year. So. .Judge Alphonso Taft, of Ohio,
has been appointed secretary OF war by tho
President, and was accepted. Judge lTyar aud
Senator Morrill,, Of Maine, both refused tho
Office. Dishonesty seems to DO rampant
throughout tho entire country, and cvcry day
brings intclligcnco OF rev dcialcatlons. Among
the latest are: John LNrlin, prominent lum-
herman OF Midland Mich, whose accounts az
county treasurer are short $22,OO0 Durcllarl
4 Mills, OF Florida, n. Y. WHO have absconded |
leaving $4,000 liabilities -Burchari being
postmaster and treasurer Of the Presbyterian
church ...,. The Emma Nine company, OF
London withdrew its cult against Minister
Scheuck, on Lord Darby pointing out the fact |
tl!ns tho writ Of arrest was Illegal, as 1t was
served while Mr. Schorck was ambassador. :,
Accounts OF atrocious cruelty perpetrated by
the Turks in Bosnia continue to arrive. Twelve
hundred Turks attacked the Christian nhabi-