West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-12-01

| majority over all, 81 9fS, Hunter over Nag-
| staff, S2,36l. The counties to be heard from
will increase the Republican majority about
| 1000.
Official returns complete from Wisconsin,
give Smith, Republican, for Governor, rs
75S; Mallory, Democrat, 70,4S2 Allis, 26, t63
The other Republican and Greenback
majorities are less except Schwarz, Green
! back, for Treasurer, $3.50, and Gun
ther, Republican, for Treasurer 81 1877;
whereas, Pingles Democrat, had 81 ,4O5.........
Dispatches from Harrisonburg, Virginia,
| give an account Of the wrecking of train
of freight, stock, and passenger cars on the
Valley Railroad of Virginia, by which Thos.
| Chitlow, the engineer, and John Thompson,
the fireman, lost their lives. Some hends
I'm human form placed five cross ties i'm
| culvert, leaving the ends projecting above
about two feet, which were struck by the
engine, causing il to he ditched The en-.
| glnecr and fireman were scalded to death
| Dewitt Etinger and Isaac Powell, residents
OF the ncighboihood, were arrested for it,.
! Perry Bowsher, the tollgate murderer, has
been taken from Chillicothe to Columbus,
on account of fear Of interference on the
| part of the citizens. ... Orlando Abbott aud
wife, of North Andoycr Mass, while at
tempting to cross the track at Portland, in
| light wagon, were struck by the engine and
both killed.. Enos Jones, u farmer, un-
| married. aged twenty-five, was run over by n
| passenger train on the TT. w, NJ. * G. Rail.
road, near Montpelier, Ind, while walking
on the track. He died in half an hour after
| the accident.
/ Notes from Abroad.
A correspondent in Belgrade telegraphs
that the signs of activity in Seryia are
multiplying. Fresh troops are daily march.
ing To the frontier, ambulance corps are
forming, and in the arsenal at Krogujcvatz
WORK is going on night and day.........
The second ballot for Members of French
Councils General has been concluded. The
final result of the elections is that the
| Republicans have majority i'm forty-nine
and the Conservatives i'm thirty-cight de.
partments, while in three the majority is
still doubtful. Great anxiety and depression
are noticeable in Paris. Germany is
urging Belgium TO accept the German
protectorntc. Germany argues that Belgium,
| in the event of another Franco German
war, would probably be the battle-ground,
and he absorbed by the victor. A military
convention with Belgium now would render
Germany unassailable. The Gd-otte believes
these arguments have made great way in
very high quarters.
The Paris Moniteur, semi-official, of No
vember rs, announces that mt the mornings
Cabinet Council the Ministers rendered
their designations. The Duke de BrogIie
and Nj. Fourtou explained that they were
most devoted friends of the Marshal, and
considered a change of Ministry necessary,
MS the Chamber might refuse to vote the
budget while the present Cabinet retained
Office President MacMahsn accepted their
designations, but asked the Ministers to hold
their portfolios until their successors were
appointed, and give him the benefit of their
advice and corporations in negotiation for
the formation of new Cabinet. The
Ministers did not conceal their opinion that
IT would be difficult for them to assist in
that task, and suggested that cooperation
of influential members of the Constitutional
party in both Chambers.
Special dispatches says Count Andrassy,
the Austro-Hungarian Premier, has declared
his belief that Scrvia will not break the
peace......A dispatch from Belgrade reports
great uneaSiness i'm that city. Eight thou
sand infantry and six batteries left there for
the frontier, and their movements indicate
n demonstration against Austria General
SkobelOil was slightly wounded on the 18th
but retains his communicable Bulgarian
inhabitants of Vratza massacred the Mussul-
mans......The Political correspondent pub
fishes rumor that the Montenegrins nave
captured Antivari by storm, and are
marching on DulcignO. 1.-THE Turks have
expelled the Russians from the village of
Bcrkovtecha.
a special dispatch, dated Veran Kaleh,
Sunday evening, November is, says the
fortress and city of Kars, with 800 cannon,
; stores, ammunition, cash, etc, fell into the
: Russian hands. The Turks lost 5000 killed
ana wounded, 10000 prisoners, and many
liags. The Russian loss is about Q 700
) Russian soldiers made but trifiing booty,
: and they spared peaceful citizens, women
, and children. Gen. Lores Milekoff directed
the battle during the day. The Grand Duke
Michael was present also. The former
entered the city at 10 Sunday morning
Veran Kaleh special saws that KaTs
; was captured by about $1,000 Russians
who climbed up steep rocks, ramparts
walls, and stOrmed an equal number
desperately fighting the Turks in head.
long hight over their bitches and parapets,
compelling them to die or surrender
Cettinje correspondent says unofficial re-
ports state that the Montenegrins stormed
the citadel of Spitza. This gives the Monte.
, negrins possession of the coast from the
AUSTRIAN frontier to the BOgana. The Turks
still hold the citadel of Antivari. A Vienna
correspondent says the Montenegrins are
kept in check by two Turkish ships in the
! Roadstead.
! Fires.
3 The destruction by fire of the great retail
dry goods house of Field, Letter d Co. Of
, Chicago, is reported. A delay of fifteen
minutes by the Fire Department after the
alarm was seundedgave the fire an excellent
start, and il was found to be inlpossibIe 10
; snbdue II until the whole of the interior of
the building was burned out. The establish
nent was OF immense size, ranking we be.
heye, next To the retail house of AT. Stew.
art In New York. The building was one If
the most massive and ornamental in the city.
and ITS hoors were loaded with over a million
dollars worth of stock. Heavy insurance
Will distribute the losses pretty generally
over the country. The losses are estimated
At$2,OOO,OO0, with an insurance OF 81 200 600
ccldents were numerous, and scarcely one
on the bremen escaped without bruises
Inc following are the known casualties
CHARLES a. Dudley, Of San Francisco. but
, formerly member Of Chicago fire com.
! Pany, which he was assisting, was killed.
/ a Waterman In the building, name un.
! known, killed. Lieut.. j. IT, Shauenberg
, fireman, injured dangerously internallv
James Flanagan, internally hurt and as.
p phyxiated dangerously. II. C. PAYNE. col.
ored, fireman, head and mouth. severely
Jerome Barley, pipeman. badly about face
and hands. Eight hundred and fifty per
sons are thrown out Of employment bv this
disaster; of these, one hundred and fftv
are women, employed rs dressmakers. etc.
The Borden City Mill, No J., al Fall River
massachusetts, was burned few mornings
since. Loss, four hundred and fifty tbon.
sand dollars; insurance. four hundred thou.
sand dollars. About four hundred ant
htty hands are thrown out Of employment
The extensive rubber factory of l.. Capdee
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