The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-14
A SUMMARY OF NEWS.


Ou kHu VI
day, there was q RcriouA fight at NlayCnch, he
tween PrussiRn and lIeSSiAn soldiers, during
which several men were Killed and forty wnLnI-
cd The AbySSinian troops opposed TO Egypt
number titty thousand troops well disciplined.
-. The secretary OF the treasury has Issued
the f0rty-fourth ca for the redemption Of FIVE
twenty bonds OF 1865. May and November. The
call Is for Sl0.0O0.00O. Of which S9.SDO 900 are
coupon and s500. 900 are registered bOndS.....
The New York womeE's Medical College erndu-
ated twelve NJ. DIS $50. In shooting alrAy
between newspaper men at Topeka, Kansas.
]. Clark SevaysG OF the Made. was instantly
killed by J. ". Wilson, OF the Times. who re
ceived ball in tho check ...... The residence
OF Henry Scily, at Creditor, Ont. Canada, was
destroyed by fire, and three children, aged
respectively, nine, seven and i've years, were
burned to death.
It IL now charged that eighty teamStcrS, who
started overland for California. through Utah,
in 1857. after being discharged from the service
Of the United States, were naSSAcrcl by Nor
MONS. Joseph q. Small, teller OF the Standard
bank Of oFonto. Canada, has l,ecn misSinr:
several days. The deficiency In lid cash Il said
toex:Ced $4,000 ...... A special dispatch from
Singapore. India, announces that tho sultan OF
pcrak. State on tho Malay peninsula. was
forclblv arrested without warrant or written
authority. 4 writ Of hGbeIS corpus was moved
for, and refused by the register ...... The end
Of tho fiscal year iH Great Britain will show y
deficit In tho revenue .oi over SG,00O. ONO. and
the ministers are nuch embarrassed In conse-
qHence. An auction sale Of lOO,Ol0 tons Of
coal IN New York city brought lower prices than
anv Of tho previous SaleS... Austria i mo-
bilizing an armyof IiD. 00l men, and Russia also
Is Increasing tho number Of her troops. 1.-The
PRINCIPAL business portion Of The Town Of Clip-
: ton, Sampson connty, n. G.. Was destroyed by
fire. L0S4. s5O,000; partially insured.
Combs. Hahman & Co.'S furniture factory In
Foil City,, Ind, was burned. inllicting loss OF
s50.An0 lin the town Of Decatur, n. y,
George NNrclay, aged twenty-five; broke into
aOI4e occupied ly Harriet and Fanny Hates
resnectAhlO InsidGn ladies, aged seventy and
iSty.three vearS, aud violently outraged them.
HArriut died tho following day Of her injuries.
mud the ynuug ds,pradO was hold for her mlr-
der. Nine buildings in Enfield \. c., were
DESTROYED by fire. Loss. SjO.OnO.
Owing to tho action Of tho Brotherhood Of
Engineers In ordering their members to leave
several railways the lIe1ding railway company
Of Pennsylvania has issued circular requiring
all engineers IN their onploy 10 leave the order.
The company Offers to form benevolent assoc
ciation for its employees which will pay larger
returns for SIN sller RSSe+snlenta than the
Brotherhood -. Thu United States consul At
SlEAlsD NHn NAlCENNN Va AhI
soldier. and confined III prison. Tho consul
had had difficulty with tie authorities, grow
Ing ont Of tho arrest Of man claiming his
protection. -. 1t Il now claimed that the
Chinese massacre. at Chico, Cal, was Ordered
By tho COun.il OF Niue, OF the Labor lIGfOrm,
whu-e commands were inIulictly carried ont by
members pf the order. all u whom aro under
oath Of srHrGcy... Tho British ship Trow-
bridge, while crossing tho ocean. picked up In
y1i1IItt,,P nj tGER
crew Of tho EeJ4el Florence oultnn, which Ind
iten al uIdonOd III a sinsing condition. Another
boat containing nine Of the 0ultons crew could
not bu found Sc. George F. Seward. late
consul general Of the United States to China,
has been charged by his successor IN ullicG
with accepting n bribc Of s7,h0N for lihorating
pirate and murderer. The charges are to he
investigated. Norman TcQuaig shot and
killed James D. jackson. aged sixty, mud his
son, aged twenty-one, Mt ranch on Hnree
Creek. near Cheyenne. The cause OF the shoot
In. was a quarrel alENit woman, 4 COUSIN OF
McQuaig.... John Chamberlain, tho noted
SeH York gambler, recently declared bank
INST, paid one cent oil dollar 1tIIssin has
Just ordered that all railways i'll the country
mist hereafter purchase loeon dives and roll
Ing stock In Russia. This is heavy blow for
the PrusSinn iron industries.
Tie people Of South AnGraiia are delighted
at the break Of the drought. which threatened
their entire crops =. The Grant ll0l.c,
Wheeling ". Va, was consumed by an ilcclI-
diary fire., Mt lots Of 100000. oil which there
was partial insurance. Many Of tho guests
narrowly escaped with their lives. While
RevCnNG Collector Patterson, with posse, was
raiding Illicit distillrriNS IN WNtaugG county,
n. c.. they were tired on Bnd two OF the posse
killed aud the collector wounded. "A $4,000
FIRE at Cornwall Landing. \. J., destroyed
Mead 4 .Tafts plrnninR mill and three other
buildings. Near Walton. Ky. cOlOred
mai named Parker MEyO attempted to commit
criminal assault uDOn the ptrron of nne-
child Was seriously injured. The next day lie
attempted similar assault upon farmers
wife residing In tho vicinity. Tie morning
after his body was found hanging to tho limb
OF u tree about milo from the town.. 1.-The
cotton factory Of J. D. Colony & Sons, at MciE-
senvile, y. H., was destroyed By fire. Loss.
S50.OOO. .....A dam Un Pennington river. ut
Rainbow, Conn.,, wAs swept away by spring
frGShets. No other damage was done =. Tho
executor Of tho will Of tho lNte R0xana Chilas,
Of Utica, n. y, has dispensed the sum Of slD2-,
si7.2S for charitable purposes, according 10 tho
requirements Of the Parliamentary document.
...... The quickest trip ever made across the
continent BY n freight train Is just reported.
Twenty cars laden with rilks, teas and other
Chinese and Japanese commodities, designed
for European buyers, made the distance from
San FRANCISCO to New ork in ten days. SEQ.
A largo mass Of snow, bocnlning detached from
the summit Of hill near the Belts Cove copper
mine, Nova Scotia, swept down and buried
two homes. Ono man and we children were
taken out dead from the ruins.
Tho government Of Colombia, South America,
claim that In less than tMOnth the rebellion In
that Eknkalt vtll bHpa hhaVN g11nN
time brisk fighting IL taking place. E. The
European eoGteSttng powers have signed the
much-talkGl IL protocol. but peace IL doubtful,
notwithstanding ...... Spring treshctS IN Nova
Scotia: have washed away large quantities Of
logs a. well as number OF mills and bridges.
......A fire III Barre Vt, consumed the factory
OF the Stafford Il Holden company. Loss. t2O,-
600; insurance. slO.G00..:. The towns Of
Ncnia and. EminBnce, both In Indiana, lost
their PRINCIPAL business llnuscs by fire. Tho
loss IN tho tlrst-mor toned place amounted to
S2j,DH0. aud In tlIe latter to S5O,O0D Tho
pOpulstlOnHof t. Louis IL put Ut 50l.is9, by
tho last directory ......A tenement house In
1lliinccltr. n. y, was destroyed by tire. and
3frI. Peter lInrls aud four Of her children
wero burned to death. The woman succeeded
IN pitching feather bed from the upper etnry,
Oh top Of Which she safely threw her year-Nld
child. hut tho flames Ovi rtDDk her before size
could rU>riio tls other children In the RnnG
manner. Ono child lnm,cd to the ground
from hplg Il Of twenty-five feet, and escaped
Leaih.... II Il nov satisfactorily, settled that
A. OEkcy Hall. rx.mirrr Of New ork city, who
hid been missing for twU weeks Or more, sailed
for LiYerh0! irdm ln.tou. onA frIight steamer,
Though the cauSUT vlrch lOl hin 10 thus take
him 'elt on htrepliton''y are completely In tho
dark.
Cnmntrnllcr Krlr Of New York CITY. ahowOd