The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-08

Democrats, 10 confer aud make report on thv
c0nStttHtlOnalIty If the MtAckcy l!OnSe. Tie
supreme court Of Florida SlIHtaiNE the Drew
md grants pcrcmpt0ry order 10 the board tn
rrcaNvaSS frUtM the face Of the returns.
President Grant having heard the rrW,rt that
liz II likely 10 le clurled United States senator
from Illinois 10 Sllccrrl Mr.. Logan promptly
and MtWlUvWally declares that he will not Le i
candidate. lie gives number Of reasons WHY
lie will not bc candidate, The principal one
being that lie strongly favOrS the rr-clcctiOM Of
Senator Logan. The electoral vote Of Florida
waS rnS mud sent 10 Washington before the dc.
CiSiOn At the supreme court Of the State that
new count of the popular vote Ike made. "A
call IL Issued for convention Of cOlOrctl dele.
gates to meet in Washington 10 consider the
political situation. 49,. There nrO four Demo-
cratic Presidential electors. the legality Of
whose election is disputed by the Republicans.
They are Frost. Of Missouri, who il ltiNring
unter political disability imposed by the Four
tcenth amendment Moore, IL Tennessee.
whose political disability has not been removed:
Williamson, in New Jersey, who IL u United
States commissioner, and Holloway. Of Virginia,
who was n U. =. Centennial commissioner.
49,. Tho tinnl announcement Of termination
Of the controversy between tie United States
and Great Britain, concerning the CXtrudtinn
Of criminals, il n diplomatic victory for United
States Secretary Fish. The British govern
nlent reCctlcs fr0m its position assumed when
It refused to surrender Winslow.and accepts tllr
view Uf the United States government, md
Brent, Gray. WiIslOw and Ellis will all he
given mp IL they can lc arrested
Asll,9OO package Of money OH lis way from
the Treasury department 10 Nh Illinois national
bank WAS Appropriated by some person whom
the detectives nrC cndravOrnE II Hneartli. ....
Owing To the bOilcrlmliSn " the American
ranslrr company Mt OIL City, pn.. catching fire.
the boiler burst and broke the side Of fifteen
thousand gallon tank " oil. tic contents ii
which were Immediately nVpel up by the
flames. Four other iron tanks followed the
sAilr course. and 5,NON barrels Of oil were de-
strnycd. The LOSSES will f0nt up S2OO. 0lM. $50.
\ broken rail threw train nf cars frIm the
track near Dellct0ntaiuc, Ohio. aud eight pas
scNscrs were nnre or less injured by their cars
turning completely over ..... During the per-
forlRNeG VI "TIH Two Orphans III Washing
ton person tainted in tllc gallery and Il cry Of
light was raised, which was interpreted by
the audience into tire. whereupOn terrible
panic cnsucd, during which niIRllFr Of per-
sons were seriously injured e. III the Newark
ky startled The audience int" frenzy in it.
Efforts 10 escape from tho building and several
were injured III the Jam. The nlAnn proved to
be false. George rcaEC. after lUarrrlilg
with Christopher Smith IN Chattanooga. Tenn.
Slot him thrice. when Smith returned lie fire
with two shots. 10th men vera fatally III
Iurct.
Chinese authorities RIpingiE,l I" tie repre-
sentative VI the United States for the dtsrlIc-
tim Of the American chapel ut Yen Ting FL.
year ago. lS mob Tile value Of the property
was refunded. .....A Norwegian slip called Tie
lit'!RNM went ashore Hear Ocean Grove, y. j.,
and broke up. Her Crrw Of twenty mrn was
rescued with diNlculty, ,,,,,A tIrG in Toxic.
Japan. an NV 4gil destroyed sixty-iIvc streets,
containing j.lrl houses valued with their con
tents, at 4lO,mA|.OiW Fifty lives arC believed
IL have NcN lO-l $50. The schooner Castillo,
Of aIl from st. John for New York. laden with
lath, went ashore near Southwest lIarbOr, 100
niles from II. John, \. i. Her crew Of five
persisted, and their bodies have been recovered.
49,. Bcckwith former confidential clerk Uf
lMhlHtt, the New York SOAP man, who waE
tried for drtraUding his employer out Of $20O.-
MA, wNH sentenced to ten years in the pGni-
Tertiary. Ten Of the Mexican States
r,cOSntzn IglGsiaS rs the rigNtful president,
while Daz IL upheld by five. AZ last accounts
DiSz had the better army, and was marching OIL
The town Of QUerctaru, which lgleStas was de-
Tending with G,O00 Mcn..... The battle OF
Trenton, \. j., was celebrated by an imitation
Of that famous engagement, Iii which every
incident was duplicated "A fnr M practicable.
800. Fourteen children were burned 10 death
III n convent at 81. Elizabeth, Canadn. The
building was completely destroyed insured for