West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
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account OF the late fire in the
~ Oince appears in the Official Gazette.
history oil the destruction of models
SHOWS that eighty-four thousand four hmm.
~ anu slNty-seven were burned and three
thousand two hundred and ten saved. In
the hre OF 1886, when the destruction Of Tho
sNV was complete, not n single record be-
ing preserved, IL was not N ecessary to restore
ore than one-third of the DESTROYED models
,.a.!, ,'hreS original drawings were de-
sto!eI' ana VIII have to be reproduced by
the once. Thirty tons of photo comics
were the principal loss, but they can he re.
placed at cost of $50 900. The losses by FIRE
g. S,i on 20 nave been in the aggregate about
@i,vvv1'VVV, including sufficient amount 10
put the building in fire-proof condition. and
restore everything that is actually N Necessary
~, surplus OF nearly $1,2OOOOO is in the
atsasury TO the credit Of the Patent Fund
o "m,on amount is deemed ample, with proper
economy TO repair the damages done
respecting the order intermitting the receint
uePoSlts oil silver for coinage into trade
doiiars, the Director of MINIS states that
Within the last few months about 1000. 600
OF trades have gone into circulation in tbe
Atlantic and Western States and to that eS.
tent occupy the place intended for frac.
t'ohh SILVER coins, and the Government has
oeeh deprived of the seigniorage which II
.. otherwlse have received. The Director
eeotes thht III there has been any mistake il
was in not sooner issuing the order. Since
Nue oruer was issued the miut at Philadel-
phia has been coming deposits made for
truue dollars, before the order was issued
nearly 100000
ihlrd Assistant Postmaster General Hazen
mas completed the estimate of appropria-
uons Tor expenditure in his Office for the
next nscal year. They aggregate 1905 900,
Us against $l,150,000 appropriated for the
present year-a decrease of $246, 600 or
ABOUT twenty-one per cent.
The Senate, in executive session. con.
hrmed the following nominations: VIM. w.
upton, Second Comptroller of the Treasury :;
James Gilhllen, Treasurer of the United
states; Alfred NJ Wyman, Assistant Treas.
mrer OF the United States; Frank Gilbert
United States Assistant Treasurer nj
Nhicago; John Z. Hoyt, of Michigan, Gov
ernor OF Arizona; John Casper of Nebraska,
Gecretary OF Arizona; Marsden c. Burch
United States Attorney for the Western
District of Michigan; S. s. Matthews
United States Marshal for Eastern District
OF Michigan III. Ii. Bates, of New York
Examiner In Chief of the Patent Office
10 be observation-disclosures A. KENYON, at
Dwight; Rufus III. Mellen, Amboy; VIM.
LaHdermilk, Auburn; Gustavus A. Pfran.
gle, Aurora; Henry a. Melitzer, st. Clair.
Edward 5. Smith, Batavia; Eldridge d.
Richardson, Cambridge, all of Illinois,
Ihere is the usual grumbling over the
committees appointed by Speaker Randall
but the majority think the Speaker has
done as well as his party and the House
could expect. The striking point is that
having eighteen Chairmanships, while the
west has nine, and the East only five. and
none OF these in New England OF the
financial committees, Banking and Currency
goes to the West, and the Ways and Means
TO New York. The East has besides tho
latter only Pacific Railways Agriculture
Manuiactures, and Mines and Mining. The
30 west mas only Banking and Currency
Public Lands, District of Columbia, War
SSlaim 9, Military Affairs, Territories,
mlttee All the rest go South
Items IN General
The total vote east for West for Governor
In Ohio was 24S,945; for Bishop, 27I ,625
Bishops plurality is therefore % $50 The
communist, Prohibition, and Labor Green.
hack candidates polled an aggregate of a..
2S7 votes, making, with the fifty-two scatter.
ing, grand total of 524,5 SOL A comparison
oil these figures with the totals Of the past
two years shows the diminsions of the stay.
athome army. Here it is in brief:
ls7s hhayes, 297sd Allen 292,27s Total $4,000
1876. Hayes, 33O,69s Tiden 32s is2 TstaI ga gyi
lSH"'West 2is,9I5 Bishop, 27I ,25 Total, 5ll'56l
Samuel j. Tilden arrived at New York.
October %, on the Scotia, in company with
John Bigelow and Abram S. Hewitt. He
was met in the bay by tug loaded with
friends. lie drove at once to his home, and
declined to talk politics. He is feeling
much better, he says, and certainly looks n
great deal better than he did last spring.
New Bedford dispatch says the loss is
announced of the wbalers Rainbow and
farnsworth, and disasters to others, in the
Arctic Sea.....A Willamsport, Pa, dispatcb
says: Information has lust been received
mere this afternoon that Hon. Sobieski Ross
e1-nemoer OF Congress for this district,
committed suicide on Wednesday by shoot.
ing himself through the heart in his barn
at Coudersport, Potter County, Penn. Judge
Ross has been very Respondent for some
tiine past, and has not been ENJOYING good
neaLtn. Ills death has cast a deep gloom
over the community in the vicinity
I'm Palestine, Darke County, Ohio. few
nights since, according to the Dayton
I1urndl, Wesley Guyer, an old resident
nving on the outskirts of the town, was
reused from his sleep about midnight bv
some one calling at the door of his house
lie went down to answer the summons and
on opening the door, by the light of the full
moon, he saw standing in front of his house
oand OF men. Their faces were covered
with masks, and their rifles glitterng i'm the
moonlight, were ieyeled directly upOn him
lie saw his peril, but too late to avoid N
The vOlley that followed rouged tho
Deighborh0od for miles around When
DIS neighbors arrived on the scene
the assassins had disappeared: and
Guyer lay weltering in his blood. lie died
IN few minutes, after relating in a few
words e manner in which he came 10 his
death. The doorway OF his house was shat.
tered with balls, and Guyer's BODY was r,d.
died with the shot. Marks Of forty bullets
were traced on his body and about the spot
where he stood II is thought, by some, that
rs duyer was man Of not very
good repute, the terrible assassination
was done by a Vigilance Committee.........
Edwin Adams, the actor, died at f115.
October e, after a long and severe illness
.........Judge William G.. Lane, of Sanduskv
one of the oldest and most prominent
cit zens, who for years has occupied the
petition OF Judge Of Common Pleas Court
In that and the adjoining counties. died at
his residence iE that city, recently, after
io1g and painful illness, Judge lane was
vel known throughout the State
and his death will be deeply re-
GREETED by large circle Of friends ......
a few mornings since, near Paris. Illinois
John Hand made murderous attacks
upon his step-son, John Beck, with an Ak
while he lay in his bed a leep, inaicting
several severe gashes. Hand Immediately
went 70 the jail and surrendered himself
10 cause is known for the assault