The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-17
A SUMMARY OF NEWS.


| llGlllCU bhNkNb AhllDEuP 1lEltlss
Miller, Rep: Strong, Hop; and Bradley, Rep;
Senator's Bayarl, DENT; ElmunlS, llcp.; Free
lingLuysen, llep.; Morton, Hep; Thurman,
Dem: and Representatives Abbott, Dem; Gar
! field, Rep; ltOar, Rep; IIuntOn, Dcm.; Payne,
Dem. All OF the above nrU lawyers except Mr..
Payne, who, though trained to the lar, Is prop
Crly capitalist.
An extensive plot OF tho Cl.arloStown GLASS
State prison convicts 10 break jnil was discov-
cred and frustrated. -. Tho Hudson river ice
crop was successfully housed, and consists Of
1,4OS, 900 tons OF tlrm Ice, from twelve to four
teen inches thick. This gavc occupation to
$3.50 men, 1890 boys, GA horses and forty
eight steam engines. 800. Tile c0roncr'k jury
over the victims Of the Brooklyn Theatcr fire
has Just found verdict In which they find no
particular fault with tho thcator building the
police officer In command at tho time Ii cell
aured for not 10 distributing lila men us 10 aid
the escape OF tho uniOrtunateN: that the fire
originated from one OF the drop scenes coming
In contact with tho border light, and that "tlo
said lirc gained Roadway and failed TO DO OK.
tinguiSEetl bCcaltSe OF tho incxcuSablu neg Get
OF the management OF said thoatar.' John
Carroll, a New York desperate only fourteen
years old, committed brutal assault upon n
little girl Of seven years, and when the childS
father went to hcr rescue, In answer to her
cries for help, the young ScOunlrel stabbed
Him IN the heck. New Jersey Central railway
stockholders arc called on 10 take s3,OOO, 900 Of
certificates TO save the company 80. Tho lOHg-
sllorcmcn Of Brooklyn having struck on nc
count Of their wages being cut down, their
places wcrC filed with men from New York
city. The brooklyn mon attacked the lalurrrs
from over the river at every opportunity, anil
numbers were injured Tic Interference Of
tic police was necessary to prevent extensive
rioting ...... The Mexican government has,
contrary to tho expectations OF every one, naii
the first installmcnt OF S30O,OO9 due this gov
ernincnt under tic verdict claims commission.
...... Tho inhabitants Of Cali, Colombia, South
America, having revolted against tho Liberals,
were overpowcred and tlIrCo hundred Of tho III
surgents cut down. Tie town was then sacked
by tho rictors who committed many outrasCS.
$500. Tho Republican national committee have
engaged as leading counsel before tie Electoral
compromise commission, William u. EvartS and
y. ". StonghtOn, Of Now York, and Stanley
Matthews and :. $. ShCllalargcr, Of Ohio. Tho
Democrats have ms counsel, Lyman Trimbnll,
Of Illinois: Matt II. Carpenter, Of Wisconsin (;
Jeremiah Black, Of PENNSYLVANIA, and Asllcl
Green, Of New York The Kansas I.egsla.
turc elected Col. Plumb to tho United States
Senate. The new senator is.a printer by trado,
and formerly published the Emporia Netrs.
Tho revenue officer Of tho Fifth Virginia dis.
triekseiEcd 10 boxes OF North Carolina tobacco
| at Max Meadows station, OH account OF fraud,
Two other wagon loads Of Illicit tobacco was OIL
tho road TO the same destination at the time,
but were scared on by tho seizure ....., DGtec-
uycs hayO succeeded In ArreStiug two men in
Missouri who have been operating with gang
In throwing railway trains from tho track and
robbiiig tho passenger and express cars. 49,.
Keeper Caslcr, Of Auburn prison, was killed
and horribly mangled about the head by q con-
vict named Vim. barr, who had juSt come from
the insane asylum. :. During january tho pub
lie debt was reduced S2,OGJ, GG97I. February
LIST tho total Indebtedness was &, 922O $40, 2s
100. New HOrk's annual charity ball was at-
tended by theeiie OF tue cityS society, and wasa
grand success, In spite Of tho hard times. The
net result Is put at sl2, 900 Tho officers Of
Inc broken New York Security Ins. Co. were i'll
dicted by the grand jury for cmbcgzlement and
perjury. ~. During drunken carOusAl at Lay
Shore, Long Island, ThOS. J. Polntz wus MUIR
dered by n c0nrade nAnlel Evans, WHO drove
aarpenters gongc between the victims ribs,
quitting the main artery ...... A dispatch from
Madrid states that negotiations hnye com.
mcnced between Spain and tic United States
Tor revision OF tho treaty Of 1876, 80 that IN
future citizens OF either country, when IN tic
other, can bc Judged only BY tic civil courts,
even In Cuba, unless taken In armed rebellion.
..... Tho king Of Sweden, the Crown Prince,
and Prince John, Of Glucksburg, have been
Initiated into Free Masonry.
Gov. McCreary, Of Kentucky, has recognized
Nichols as governor OF Louisiana by issuing
Z; roquiition upon him for tie return 10 Ken
tucky OF Maurice A. SchwRb, arrested In Now
! Orleans for alleged fraud committed In Louis
VILE. n collision between the Mississippi
steamers Charles Morgan and Aggic, two Of
/ the lattGrs passengers were killed and third
seriously Injured. So. Three Christians hive
been appointed provincial governors by the
Turkish Porto. ..... Controller Kelly reported
to tho State Senate that New York cily'E debt
II Ills lOI, 557.70, and the sinking fund Il s2S,-
li9, l02 ~. Tile Sioux and Arrapahoa scouts
who fought for the government during tho last
Indian campaign lave received their pay aud
been discharged. They were well pleased with
| tlIcir treatment md have become convinced
that loyalty ''layd" better than hostility.
ship carrying one hundred Immigrants sailed
| from New York for New South Wales 10 open
colony under the authority Uf tho Australian
government. Thc cOlonists consist OF mechanics
and lab0rers ont Of work ...... John +. Clam
| bGrlain, tue noted gambler Of New York, has
gone into bankruptcy with immense liabilities
AVID thrilling assets .:::., Henry Z. Speir, q Now
l avn lhSAGAAllL JtIHGN lily. CNuls
1nltted suicide by shooting himself III the right
temple OIL account Of business elnbarrassmuHts.
James Flood, Of New York, who had beon
separated from lis wife for years, kept close
watch OF her and learned Of her intimacy with
German st0rekccper. One morning recently,
sllSlecttng she was IN tho Germans sleeping
apartment, he gained access 10 the door, which
llC attempted to force. Tho woman lnstiMc-
lively knew who the intruder was and putting
on skirt ran out into the street. This husband
heard her, and rushed after her by different
passage. The woman rAn 10 tho door OF n
house opposite, frantcailyi screaming " Open
the door AS she reached tho stops her LIIS-
hand caught up with her and plunged long,
sharp steel instrument into her breast, IN tic
full sight Of the nGighborS who had been cal cd
70 ttle.r windows by tho wOmails screams. Mrs.
Flood lived but few hours. The murderer c.
capped. 60. Marvih's safe establishment In Now
York was damaged $4,000 by fire. An OK.
ave froInen. Minnie and Annie Striley
and Nellie yoOrhuse, aged I've, eight and tell
years, were drowned Ut Salem, Mass, by break.
Ing through tho icc.. IA project II on foot 10
inAnguratc line Of steamships between Now
York and Brazil ...... Tie Tennessee supreme
court has decided railroad property to bU SUBJ
jeet to State, county and municipal taxation.
......A large building in Trenton. N. j., used
as shelter for rolling stocl', was destroyed by
tire, with eight locomotives and three cars be-
longing to tho Pennsylvania railway. loss,
S20O, 900 ...... Train wrOckers throw q train
from the track Of tho Western Maryland road
near CanCtoWi, Md, but ITO ono was injured.
The American slip George F. Manson aud
the British steamship Ambassador collhled on
tho coast Of India and tho latter vessel being
OF iron, sunk, carrying down twenty-five OF her
dock. g. Tho steamship George Washington,
running between New York and 81. Johns,
\. D., stopping at Halifax, was crtlShCl In by
Ice OF Mistaken Point, Cape lace, and sunk
with all on board. Pieces Of thc,wreck aud