The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-09
A SUMMARY OF NEWS.


An Austrian guu.boat OH the Danube was fired
upon by the Turks from lGAhOva. 4 Vienna
dispatch says tho Shcik-ul-IslAm prosIa ming a
holy war against Russia, and tho almost sinful
tNnGous announcement from COustantinoplG
that the departure OF the sultan for the Danube
has been decided upon, wOuld Eeem to show
that tho advice Of those who all along looked
upon the present Struggle NJ ono Of existence
for tho Ottoman empire, has gained tho as.
CGnlaiicy in the councils Of tho Porte. ..Presi-
dent MAGAIahOn has requested Don Carlos to
leave French territory. "A number Of appli-
cations have boon made in Washington for aid
In getting positions IN the Russian army. but
10 all such applications an answer has been
made that our neutrality obligations forbid any
interference by this government. =. Millions
Of putato bugs have appeared OH the farms in
Staten Island, \. Y....1hC death Is announced
ut Avon. y. y, Of William II. Q. lIosmcr, a
poet Of SOME celebrity. ...,.An instruction
! against the JapanCSe government Is rapidly be-
ing put down. John Hughes, Jr., was killed
BY boiler explosion in the Orion cotton mill at
I East Greenwich, i. l..... The wife Of j. II.
| Schumacher. wealthy gold chain mntntac-
turcr Of williamShurEh, \. Y. killed herself
J by taking poison, oil account Of domestic
! troubles, nHd two days subsequently her hus-
I band shot himself over her corpse.
! Anumbcr OF men employed in brick yards in
, lIavcsstraw, " T., WIN lad gone on n strike
for higher wages, became no demonstrativO
that the militia wcrO called out to diSlcrSG
them. Thc Russians made two desperate
; attacks OIL Forts FalIlnaG and Knradagh, out
works at Ears, but were reDulsGd each time
4 religious war has been proclaimed In Bosnia.
..... The Berlin correspondent Of tho London
Times announces that during tlc past few
weeks measures have been adopted for tho
gradual mobilization Of the whole Russian army
! 10 crush Turkey by superior strength d, The
POSt-oflirc department In Washington finds
Itself embarrassed by the flood Of silver money
pOuring IN upon II. Al Portland, Oregon, the
bankers threatened to sendtho drafts Of the de-
pArtmtnt 10 protest unless tho postmaster tciI-
dcrs grecnbackS. $50. Thomas !. Steiner con-
icsEed that he murdered Mrs. Steiner, Ills
aunt. and Miss Taylor IN Saline county, Ark.
last January. 80. Tho American pilgrims were
received by the Pope In homo. 80. The New
York Legislature adjourned, the Senate meet
Ing in extra session TO prepare for the trial Of
bank Superintendent Ellis, and udiourning to
meet at Saratoga July ls......A meeting Of
merchants and manufacturers was held in New
York for the purpose Of securing proper rep
rcseutaiion Of tile United States In the French
exhibition next year. go. Eighteen students
were graduated By the General Theological
Seminary. ... Four inches Of SHOW fell III
berkshire county, Mass, Oh May q -. The
Scott iron works In Heading. IA, were totally
destroyed by fire. Loss between ?i2S.000 aud
$2jO,O0O :. lIufus II. SIillman, who was to
have been hung IN Rochester, y. Y, had his
sentence cOhmNted 10 imprisonment LOT nc;
;.:...''lhe mutual convention OF ihe NAil9hal
Woman snirasS ASSOCIATION was heu " New
1SIk, many Oh lo hlo1 eoHSIaSsoiIs HS'a .po1
VI tHe question: ol W1IAHu s"nE"Ee G UtII'E PIES
sent -; One OF tLe daughters OF Commodore
NSn1erDilt Ia. med peIlli%" LOT inc rsoteMiis
OF mo pr9Datc OF Tue VIII 800. Large klas"
WorkS al .ireehrPni. \: l." were nuFlleu'
causing i9od OF Si5o,VUI .,AIi ihs en-,
poEeG" 81 tno tehnFSIS9ma central rAAtpad
nave Aaa Their Salaries Fed''eeu zen lcr CcA''
Eivc rintnrs warn nrrcstctl In Hnyrrskraw
n Y and Tho irirknnkorI therc resolved 10
Gloss iI,c;r rnri. On nr,o,Int of N" .iril,r
Five ,ncn Src Ia be LNnV"d In pottsyilIc, Pa.
limo 9i long irtier Iii Senator Morton
was publish,1l in which he PRAISED tho prcsi.
flNut. Inf rynrcsscl Ioubts az thc sincerity Of
So,,ticr,, ,n,.I, and colIrd mpon llcnubl,cansnoi
10 snlit into iHctiopS.,.. 4 Der IN dispatch
slrtrS that Tho Russian main nruv IN ASiN.
yIicv, cnnturrd Arabian wns T0,0lO strong
II il s,iI ih1t no iwnnrinnt movement on INA
Danube will be made (y lie lIussians until lilo
whole force Is In position along tho bank Of the
river Tho situation III COnstAutinoplc was OK.
tremely critical on account Of the turbulent de-
nloIIStrations OF tho SUftas, and state Of siege
was proclaimed III tho city So, Tie report Of
the resignation Of Mr.. Boxer, United Statca
minister to Russia. il denied ....., During the
progress Of athletic games In Cornwall. Canada,
a heavy SlrdsG hammer III the hands OF All
athlete slipped and struck q young girl named
Ellen KavNlagli, killing her oil tho spot.
JNuIeE L. Chapman, cashier, and john G. Tracy,
president Of the Farmers and Mechanics nE-
tiOual bank, who had pleaded guiltyrespgcttvely
to decpiving tho comptroller Of the currency
Na1 IL perjury and umheE2lCmcnt, were sen.
fenced In Hartford. Conn, the former getting
1--WE years at hard lNLOr and Il fine, aud the
latter six Years md Fix months at hard labor
In the Connecticut State prison ...... Mary
Francis Beech, who was arrested near WASH
iugtOn for intOxEcatloll. was hurMcl to death IN
her cell 80. About ilyc Thousand people wit
Irs.cl tlIp execution Of Jack wilson for the
nlurler OF Wyley McClish near Dover, Tenn....
Rev. /. G. frakcr, late president NJ the dcfunct
First national bank Of Wichita, Kan, who ab-
seconded with sol 900 Of the institutions fuuls,
was captured vu the Mexican border OF TczAE.
......A striking mnlicr IN Troy, y. y, con-
victr1 Of assault, received the heavy sentence
Of ten year, imprisonment.
Another T,rkil, monitor vn the Danube has
Lrc,, Llnwn nm Ly lin Tu.Sjgns thO Dcrnuni az
Il, Icslrn",,dn i,i%g nv f,ii"ws: 4 small DE-.
tlrI,N,,t nf iiussos soI,li,rs IcTt III, norther,,
shnr" NJ tho iCanubc in a number OF sinnil
Losts Tbr ni,Lt L,Inr vcry dark tley managed
ia .urround tGc moniior Gefort. b.ing diScoy-
cred When anaIIr obscrvcd br the sentries on
hoard tI%v wore rbaIIcnrrI 'Thr major re-.
nIirJ In TI;rkish "Fricnjs Tho Tpris moi
s,iiSli"L rn,nnI,,rtJ firin" in The direction Of
Mstriln n"i Emnwin,. wSrr' the Mats came
frNSI, The Shot. Nrw wide, During tjiU ilring
several EnssInn ,oiiirrsNInnccd ini0 the water
r,1% In rin:c rnriart viii her IoitHm Afier
L had been securely fastened tic men returned
tntLC nri,,LboTipy sI,orr, TIrn,onitor was blown
int0 tIr Sir uud Mi on ho,ril ncrislic,l. The
nDnnIt If Trans- I'ircnssia lave given IN their
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