The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-22
4 SUMMARY OF NEWS.


NLvu members OF New YORK gang which la
rnbhetl tho mails between Philadelphia aud that
city o! large amount were arrested Ncw
York business men representing 500, O00, GOO Of
capital propose that the government rclinpUi.h
is q, 800, 100 Of stock In the Centennial. i.
Eph Horn, for the past twGRty-four years we'll
known as popular minstrel mam, died In New
iork....tn tho friendly competition between
the representative students u several Of the
American colleges, +. N. Taylor, Of North
western University, Illinois, received the prize
for essays; Emil SchwCrdticgcr. Of Cornell.
was tll0 successful contestant IN Latin in the
mathematical contest Q. 4. Van Vclzcr. Of Cor
nell, md George G. lEOIlerith, Of tho College OF
the City OF Now York, wrro equally worthy: In
mental science T. D. Jones, OF Princeton. lore
cE the llonors Eugene Prayer, OF Cornell, Won
tho prize for Greek; the judges of oratory de-
clared in favor Of F. F. Laird, Of Hamilton
College. The number Of conviCtS in the three
State prisons Of the State Of New York on the
tliirtieth Of last September was $500, Sing Sing
prison lcadi of with l,605. The mnmhcr Il
about tho sanie Rs tho year before. and five
hundred ahead Of 1873 and 1871 each. he
lit Of deaths by the ASEtnbNla disaster now
stands M followa: Number Of passengers OIL
the train, l4S; number Of employees on ihc
train. nineteen; passenScssrcscucd, SiXty-tlrec;
employed rescued, nine; number II persons
lost, seventy; unaccountel for, five. II IL
probable that this list does not cover all the
disasters, as no doubt many bodies wore entirely
consumed. or the rescued, four died from III
lurieS received. :. "A coal mine belonging 10 the
LykCRs Valley Co. at POttsyillC, Pa, caught fire
from some unknown cutse, and It was llCces-
saTy to tUui Bear creek from its course and
Hood the Minis. No human liycs were lost
although ciglIty-ix mules were burned. Eight
hundred men wcro thrown oTit Of employ. file
DAMAGE cannot In rCDairci IN lpsS tl,an n wear,
Tho l0sS which was vcry bcayy. cannot bc cgti-
mated Mt present Tina engineers who Str1,ci
on iI,e Grand Trnnk road ri Canada hnyr r.C-
summed work lie c0mnany giving h, Cen
Crook. In conversation. cSDrpsgcd himself Ns
satisfied that the hostile Indians cannot stand
another campaign, In Tho spring ho thinks A
sufficient number of friendly Indian fighters
can be secured to close the border troubles.
On the twcnty.Reventh Of May, 1874, the late
Cornelius (or as he WIS more generally known,
G9mmodore) Vanderbilt was born on staten
lsla4d, not far from what Il now called Staple
ton Landing. At eighteen years Of ago he was
y 1crrSb0atnAll, and at twcnty-lour owned
three small boats, and was worth 5000. lie,
ut this carly age, saw that there was money III
steamboats,, and as last a. lie accumulated
money he thus invested II: lie owned and con-
roled boats OH the Hudson, on the 1stlmns
route, anu on the European line; When rail-
ivaus M'S'lil 10 tdEo the place OF steamboats, lio
invested In them, and ere long was the power Of
Tue hudson iiiver, New York Central and liar
lem lines. lie d!eI very wealthy.
I'll, st,to ;lo,,t NJ AJo,,o !, ~ 100 M Tho
governor estimates that tax Of three and one
lor nlillj on the dollar Will nc all that WI 70
necessary to meet the current expenses this
year. In The Mansfield (l'a,) coal district
Three thousand miners arc OIL strike Over
one hundred prisoners at the Ohio penitenttary
wcro made sick, with symptoms indicative Of
poison, llie cause being impure baking powders
iEcu BY Inc cO0Hs OF the building. -. William
Window was reelected United States senator
by the Legislature OF Minnesota. llasSachtl'
Ee!tA dllrlnS TIC past year rCtlIlced her State
IGbt $685. OO. In 1875, By large expenditures
for public improvements, the debt was largely
increased: In TIC United States court al
falktUl, D. y. john Mccall, convicted Of Tho
llrirdor Of "Wild Bill, was sentenced by Clrcl
Justice Shamion TO DO hanged OH tho first oI
March. -. James G. blaine was elected by thu
Maine LcgiIlturc for the short term il thu
Unled States Senate, and also for the full tern
Of nix years, beginning March ], ISL. .unltet
States vessels patrol the RIO GrNndc 10 preyGn
nutragcS by the Mexican authorities. e. Tht
State debt Of pennsylvania Is s92, SGJ,
Tho lato Commodore Vanderbilt was In activl
business life from sixteen to eghty-tWO, pcriot
OF siXty-six years. -. Six thousand men arc n
work cutting ice In the Hudson rivr...:. Tht
thrco richest men In the United HatcS-Ast0r
Stewart and Valderbilt-have died within fl
teen montlis.
Tl,o Fo,,rtI, Jroo,,,I,r ,,.o,,,,, IN ,,,r,, IA,
4,,rr, - m.ri,,,Ir,, ~ l., III" H. 10
js,',tn,, y w., .tSMc" ~, ~ s n,,o ~
b,xS StI;cr L,jIJ;n,s. ~ a." oI,s S,t ~ tsT
New York city's debt was sll6, rs. 72i.O9, ant
at Tie close 0t 1876 was sl10, ,3l0.3J. Th
OxtradltlOn treaty between Spain and tho Unitet
States has been signed. 1t applies to all ctinli
nal OGGnEeS except those OF Il political nature
1.-THE German authorities have issued n cir
culEr rOrbidaing tllcir officers OIL the active iiT
from entering the Russian army. Coles Nor
riS, well known New York lawyer, moving II
fashionable. society, Incorporated funds K
tho amount Of nearly half million from o.
tateS In his charge. lie made such restoration
M EnS possible, but qtill Il s1jO,000 short.
Louis 'Gninctto met Frank Quay, All old nc
quGintancc, In Il street In Montreal, CaLR1H
and discharged two shots from n revolver n
him, intiicting a severe wound. Gninette thCl
committed suicide by taking Oxalic acid.
Is supposed tkat Jealousy was tho causG...
Mechanics hall ut StanhOnc, \. J., valued n
Gil 900, was destroyed l,y fire. The lOilrr .
II portable sawlnill exploded near Marietta
Ohio, and severely injured four wOOdmcil. OH,
Of whom will prOboblv die. The Northern
Pacific is TO he granted eight years more time
Tho 3IeinG Democratic committee paSSct
resolutions declaring Gov. Tildpn elected Pred
dent and that all attempts to defeat hin b,
counting III minority candidate be opposed b,
every legal and constitutional remedy. tn
VI. Z. Church at Antwerp, \. y, was dcstrUyct
by fire. Loss, S2O, 900 insurance, s1C,OOO
~. a., ooo ...r., t.a,,,,.
ir5., tu'T latEaSS Moieil rGcetT 'Ioi. t"'
,O O ,;, nag pGet ! Se W nmsn "e tGDa"t W"S
foreign nations have given to the United State
their exhibits OF national resources shown ut thu
Centennial, and Prof. liairl has seconded Trcsi
dent Grants suggestion for linking stops It
mako u permanent exhibition Of these dOlla
tons, -. In the Ohio lIOuse resolution wa
nduptod calling on tho railroad commissioner
for information "A ia WhnI ro,ulitiOn tliC alr