The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-24
A SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Items o, ra,cre,, fFoom Home md Abroa,

j. 1s'ueAQS, secretary OF tho CAliiorflA STOCK
Exchange, has iabSconded, taking tho books
value OF $4,000. Some other officers Of tho
board AFRO suspected. Andrew, Mckinney,
an extensive railway operator in New York, and
M associate Of the bankrupt John Q. Hoyt,
has failed, with liabilities amounting to ST.
970,G99. q and assets Of 1910, $50. %. Non-
tana dispatches rOcite 4 number Of murders by
the Indians. :. Tho losS by the Bond street
fire 10 New York footed up 81, col, 0O0......
Tho New York Legislature passed a'bill to pro
hibit tho selling OF pools at hsrsc races "A
dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, states that
Sitting Bull has arrived At Wood Mountains
In British possessions, having with him one
thousand horses and mules captured from tho
United States troops: Turkey has forwarded
circular 10 the other powers declaring that
Russia has been indirectly waging war against
Turkey, and is now instigating inSurrection. In
Bosnia. Tho annual report OF tho Union
Pacific railway company shows that tho gross
earnings for 1873 were 81, $50, S5sSi and tho
expenses IS, 2GS, 2ll.20, leaving n margin OF
S7,6lS,N7.6i. Tho company also sold 1854
ncrcs OF land at an average Of S2.9s per Acrc,
realizing SS75, 5i0.s2 49,. Matilda Heron, tho
famous actress OF past generation, died in New
York at an advanced age. .. Emil Schwerdt-
fcger, one Of Cornell most promising students.
and victor in the lAtO intercollegiate mCntAl
ENlAEH~ blGh ONk N%AlN
from hypochrondria. i.'5n = E1rGH
The principal block Of business houses IN
Ncwberry Courthouse, s.. G., was destroyed By
ilre. Loss; +l55,oOo; =. Sig women and a
little boy lost their lives By being trnmpled to
death at St. Francis XAvicr'E church, Now York
city, In a panic which Gpsued from false alarm
Of fire. The priests vGru holding m evening
"wOmans meeting, with congregation Of
nearly three thousand, when woman tainted
In the gallery and created some excitement.
whCreupOn child shrill voice cried out fire, "
md In second Of time the vast audience was n
struggling mass intout only on escaping from
tho cdiicc. The dead bodies were found at
the foot OF tho StairwuyS, and bore the marks Of
many feet which had ruthleSsly been stamped
on the poor victims by the panic-stricken people
who passed over them.s The slightly injured
were exceedingly numerous, owing 10 tbs selfish
conflicts which took place IN the endeavors to
escape first. =. The khedivc OF Egypt has
offered the sultan thirty thousand troops and
three men-of-wur In event Of conflict. :, The
Worcester collicry, Swansea, England, has Just
been the sScne Of tOrribls explosion. II is ut-
known at present how many miners were Killed,
but thus far sixteen bodies have been recovered.
The overlooking Of the floors Of five
story grocery house in Washington street. New
York city, caused tho entire building to collapse,
cntAiling a loss OF s5O,0OO The accident oc-
cured At night, otherwise irightfnl loss Of
life would have occurred rs the streets crowded
all day..... Ten buildings in Ellsworth, Kansas,
we're destroyed by an inccndiary fire. -. by
the burning Of Weber's hat store and Gross
clothing establishment In RTanEillc, Ind, 81,
300 worth OF property was destroyed 49,. Tho
Colombian South A1ncrican) government troops
gained decisive victory over the insurgents,
after an all-day fight, in which one thousand
men were killed .....wm. F: SlcHknAn, Of
0Rkdnle, Mass, was arrested while IN the act OF
numbering his wife, and found to 10 insane,
from the effects Of hard drinking. Subsequent
IL, the dead body Of his sistcrWas found in the
woodhousc, where ,spcakman had killed and
horribly INITIATED her with atax * D.. Joseph
La Page, who violated and then brutally muir
lcred Josie Langlnaid, In New Hampshire, a
year ago, has Just been convicted a second time
and sentenced 10 be hanged March 18th, 1878
-. Charges Of fraud and embezzleTent ART
insurance company Of Chicago. ~ afa
hon. Oliver AIncs, tho SURVIVING brother Of
tho late oakcS Amos, and The head Of thu
immense works bearing the family name, diet
In Easton, Mass, aged Sevonty-One yGars.....,
A terrific wind storm prevailed over the greater
portion Of the country and IN incalculabl,
amount Of damage was dnueiin thowuy Of do
molishlng and unroolng buildings, tearing OF
signs. fences, etc. Several churches LOST
StccplcH and many vessels were driven into col
IisiOn and moro or less damaged. Numerous
persons were injured in New York city by fall
Ing signs and trees. Tho wind was moving at 4
velocity OF from sixty TO scyenty-fvc miles pei
hOnr:.... Thirty Of New Works most proml
neut lottery and policy agents were arrested OF
complaint Of Anthony CoulstoCk- AmOngthe
werO tho representatives Of tho Havana ant
Wyoming lotteries. -. II Is generally believes
that tho disastrous fire In New York, by whicl
the jewellers suffered 50 severely, was originate,
by contact Of steam heating pipes with wood
work ..... The coroner'S jury In the case Of tn
AShtabila victims, who have been awaiting tn
reports Of experts In regard to the safety Of tn
bridge, has Just rendered its verdict, ip which |
finds that tbs bridge was defective In desigl
and construction, and ccnSIircs' the railrOat
company for not having inspected the StTuctur
during the clcvon years 1T was IN Use; tie
therefore declare the company nnswerabe 70
the dtsastera They also find that the cOmpan
violated thG State law regulating the heating Q
cars. aud are therefore responsible tho fir
which consumed 30 many bodies. Tho fault o
not s',bdnihg the flames II chargeAble TO thos
who first arrived at the scCnc-thCro hayin
been abundant means Of extlnGnShment.. L
conclude, they hold tho railroad company n
Eponsible for thC loss Of life $500. . Nine Of III
principal business houses IN St. Johns, \. B.
were destroyed by fro. An explosion Of chcInl
Gals In ole Ofthc buildings caused the walls /
tOPple over oil the adjoining edilrc, killing ily
prominent men and injunngR number Of other
]. u. Taylor's salCratus factory In Brooklyn
n. y, was completely destroyed Gy fire, with III
entire stock OH hand. Tho lpHs amounted /
$4,000 OIL which there was fair insurance
1.-THE assistant secretary of Tho trcasur
has Issued tho iUrty-sccORd call for $l0, 00O 00
Of hNe-twpnty bonds, Of May md November
1865. Tho call Is for 1905, 900 coupon ait,
$500, 900 Registered bonds. Peter H. Zen
well, Of Erin Center, y. Y, killed his wife Will
All Ak, OH account OF domestic troubles which
had existed FOR years. After the murder b.
made nu Unsuccessful attempt At suicide by cut
ting his throat. Previous 10 Tho murder boil
OF them took arsenic with deadly intcntiUnr
but 1t proved Ill overdose In each case and Ill
not operate fatally ...,.. An Egyptian mAu-Oi
war, engaged In breaking mp the slave trade
took fro nj SGa and wAd completely destroyed
OF the four hundred nnl twenty men nn board
I'LL but twenty escaped. go. Foreign diSVatcle
continually report i'll feeling AZ existing MI
growing between tho FrCuCif and German GOV
Orntnelts. . =. The contestants. OF the Wander
bit will claim that the testatOr was Of uIldOln
mind at the tifno Of making tho instrument All
was Also unduly influenced by the Sor, Nho re
coived tic larger part Of tho estate .....A two
year-oid child pulled lighted kerosene LAM
from bureau iu a ilve-story New York tcne
nent, and In fow minutes tho entire Hoo
was IN flames and the means Of sgrGsSOf all tll
residents Of tho upper floors were cut of
Brave french forced an entrance by means o
ladders and succeeded In reBcuing tile uniOrtu
Mates with tho exception Of two children VIII
were sulfocatcd to death. Tho lives Of two o
the other children werG deSpaired Of, as the
had inhaled SO much carbolllc acid gas. ?