The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-16
NEWS SUMMARY

NEWS SUilH4AAS1
The 21st of June will DO notice
day in tho criminal annals Of Penn
sylvania, for not less than ton muir
dereis will then DO put to death
nine Of them being "Atolly Maguires.'
Three others Of the same class will b.
hanged on the 9th Of August. Th'
number Of death warrants issued By
the Governor to DO executed between
this time and tho 9th of August il
sixteen. Tho sentences are all i'm
posed for murder in tho FIRST degree,
and under the least mitigatcd circum
stances.
GREAT STORM IN TUE Wgsr-
OMAHA, june IA terrific wind ant
rain storm prevailed in this section
last evening. 1t came from tho south
west. The damage is extensive
throughout tho city aud country, but
particulars arc not ascertainablo. The
Congregational church stecplc in thii
city was blown down, At the barrack:
it is reported the stables arc blown
down, trees uprootcl and chimney
and porches demolished The storm
extended cast into Iowa, doing con
siderable damage to the telegraph.
OMAHA, June 1.-The storm las
evening blew down Floral Hall art
many other small buildings on th'
Fair grounds. At Florence q large
hO,cl was unroOfed. In tho cemetery
many OF the finest monuments werI
thrown down and damaged. Al
papelton, Nebraska, 90 southwest
many buildings were damaged
Among thOm tho Episcopal church wa
unrooied.
WuAr JOHN KELLY SAYs-NEE
YoKK, June John Kelley stated
to reporter that Peter B. Sweeney
came back with the intention Of stand
ing o trial in the courts, but soot
after arriving, having found tina
Tweed was negotiating q sottlcmcn
Of his suits on a basis Of two milliot
dollars, he Sweeney set his politica
friends to work and accomplished BIZ
own release on basis Of $500, 900
$3.50, 900 in cash and the remainde
in thirty days. Twecd's release vii
probably not long be delayed now.
PoLlr1cs IN VIRGlSrA.-One Of th'
largest political meetings ever Assem-
bled in Lynchburg, Va, was held OF
Friday evening, at which delegates
we're elected to the Democratic STATE
convention. A resolution was unani'
mously adopted presenting Maj. John
W. Daniel for the governorship, and
an able delegation was elected in biz
interest, including Hons. ThomaI
Whitehead, J. Foose johnson ant
Capt. g. NJ Blackford. The Dan
vile News and Times have also de-
clared for Maj. Daniel, and the for
mer paper declares that the mass o.
tho people Of Halifax, Pittsylvania
Henry, franklin, Floyd, Patricl
and Carroll are earnestly in favor o
Maj. Daniel.
TuE WRONG MAN HASdED-A Chi
cago dispatch says q confession just
made by two criminals, now confined
in the Ohio penitentiary, if true
proves thu! the wrong man has tesI
hanged for tho murder Of a young
girl named Mary Murray, who was
waylaid outraged aud murdered near
Pontiac, ILL.,, in the year 1860. A
young man named Wiley l.. Morris
was arrested, tried and convicted o
tho crime, but soleninly swOrc to hi
innocence to bis last moments upon tn
scalfold.
EscApE OF FoRGERs.-Charles Beck
or and Fredrick Elliott, indicted for
forgery Of S64. 900 check and passing
it on the Union Trust Company, werI
taken to tho Supreme Court chambers
in New York, Saturday morning. OF
hAbcas corpus, Both men wcrI
brought 10 court handcuted. and " bel
inside tho building tho manacles wor
removed. Almost instantly Elliot
sprang to the door and disappeared il
the crowd.
J. B. SYruAx, formerly slave o
tho Arlington estate, aud more .latcl!
q member Of tho House Of Delegate
from Alexandria county, has written
letter in which DO advocates the resig
nation by Marshall Ramsd0ll Of his pO
si.ion as chairman Of tho Rsputlical
State committee and tho support o
Cen. ". II F. Ice for Governor o
Virginia by I" all hands " in the State
Of whatever previous politics and col
or.