The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-07

into tho Black Hills region In great numbers,
drawn llithcr l'y the gold excitement. Hos
tile Indians are daily arriving at the stations to
surrender. In most cases they arc in an OK.
friendly destitute condition, having h1dnOtliuS
Int horse meat In the way Of PROVISIONS.
Il. 7. Taylor. tie drfaNlting cashier # the
Franklin hank, Indianapolis, Ind. WHO war
taken TO the insanr asylum, escaped from that
institution Iy forcing tic iron faStcninSs Of one
Of the upper windows. II is supposed that he
had aid from outside -. lsagIiSa core
SNOn1Cnt relates that party Of five hundred
IlaShi- IazOnkS descended on tho EIrFzcgovinlAn
village Of 0tclItevO. where returned villagers
were rebuilding their houses, unl after burning
the partially restored homes. brntally murdered
ten Nf the inhabitants. At GlaMOFlI. Greek
wedding procession was stopped by Turks, who
cut OF the heads Of -four Of tho guCst9 aud
stuck them on poles. The bride was then
treated In the most inhumHn manner, from the
effects Of which she expired. 80. The painting
Of tho Virgin and Child, BY Jan HanGyck (Jolln
If Brtges). has been stolen from the Berlin
national gallery .AtlviccS from Congo, west
coast OF Africa, january Is. state that the
British war steamer Avon had DESTROYED SO 'Cn
villages on the Congo river and killed three
natives, AZ n punishment for plundcrinG the
American schooner Thomas SickcrEOn, Of New
Yor This vessel had been captured by The
natives and about thirty tons Of coffee were
carried OF M the country. She WAS fired by
tho Avon In order to prevent further plumber.
ing ...Thc Mutual protection company. Of
hi atlGlphia, life insurance organization, has
coll IpscA :. An cniSion steamer called
"lIeckawAy," being the largest in existence,
and designed TO rim frOm New York, was sue.
crssfnlly launched nj Norfolk, Va. and started
with tuwboat for New York. 10 have machinery
fitted. When OF AbSccOm light. fierce storm
arOSC aud the new steamer began filling with
water 50 rapidly as to ncccSsitate the tug throw
ing OF her lines. The steamers tiMbcrs parted
and she went to pieces. Loss, 20, O0O.
The terrible Mil river disaster Of few years
ago, has Just been repeated on smaller Fcalc-
in the northeastern part Of Connecticut. where
the bursting OF a dam Call ed the destruction Ol
much property and Cntailtd much misery upon
the tll6uI sand or more mill operatives, who will
be deprived OF tho means Of earning SIlbSist-
cncr, Tho numerous manufacturers along the
east branch Of tho WillimNntic river, having
suffered from loss Of power on account If
dr. u 1T, last summer, went 10 work this wtn'e'
and add Viz feet 10 their PRINCIPAL dam nj
StaffnrlIill In order TO hold wafer for ctEer-
grncies. Tic DcOplc OF the valley have been
Suspicious nt tho bUilt-up dam, and mGa have
constantly watched ii M that When the heavy
rains an Sunday and Monday began ewclIinS
the streams. w0rNnrn were prompt in discover
ing the fact that water was working its waF
around pipe inserted In the dam. Gangs Of
labhrrS were Immediately employed 10 repair
the slight damage. but the CvGr.incrcasng l'oly
Of water continued to gain upon them, until nj
six o'clock Tuesday morning the water trickling
through the dam Ind become twOilclI strUHnI.
Snd the wOrkinen had bgrcly time 10 Ny when
the center VI the dam gave way, and q hnMl If
water thirty feet high rushed down The valley.
Mr.. Z. q. PiHnry, HS the dam broke, sprung
upon lis horse and rapidly rode in advance Of
The Hood, warning the inhabitants, with sticlI
sticceSS that hut one life il known 10 have been
sacrificed. The mass Of water, OIL It's release,
first washed OF SiGe building Of the CUnVGr8u
mills, fire dwelling and twu bridges leaving
several large mills entirely UninI uc l, although
directly in itS track. Next tile machine shop
and several teneMcnts were reached and Tapped
Up by the fierce torrent. Then the dams VI tho
Phenix. Howe and Valley companies were de-
stroyel, and contributed their store Of water to
the volume. The large HIiIls, however. were
unframed. The Converse dam followed the
others, and was in turn followed By the dam Of
the Granite mill-tlc mill itself being under
mined md badly damaged. The b0dy Of water,
presenting tbs appearance Of u hinge wave.
dotted with stores aud tinIberE now rushed
down upon the village Of Stafford Springs, and
after grinding eight tenencntS 10 pieces in
twinkling, struck the principal portion Of the
town. sweeping away tile store Of L. ". Crane,
the Stafford national bank building, contain
ing the savings bank. Banter 4 HcAld's block.
the building OF The Home Mutual re i'll
surancc company, tho Congregational church,
the warehouse Of G. .. Cleveland, the
livery stables OF Levi Gerry anil Gerry Brothers,
the warcrOnms Of William Smith 4 Co.. clock
dealers, the coal and lumber yard CT q. J.
Holmes. the freight dcnOt. town hull. engine
hOnSc. quarter Of n milo Of track, mud fifteen
| loaded freight cars. Through the village aud
onward The Hood swept carrying away bridges.
buildings trees anl everything in It's path until
the Wlllinantic river received aud carried on
tbs angry flood Tho entire course Of the
waters Is marked by total absence Of pSUtlnc-
tive ENii-Only lIare stones and sand Icing ViNl-
lie. TIE total loss cannot fall short Of q, 0O0,
900. md the district can never fully recover
from tho terrible effects OF the disaster. Tie
numerous mills devoted to spinning have beciI
tliyrSted Of their motive power, mud the cm-
plDycrS will suffer greatly in consequence, while
Inc corporations. having 10 NrenI ~ much To
replaces brilscA anl r,A'lN. will not be atlO 10
rHtrNd aid 10 the destitute.