West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-24
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From tho Capital.

ton, KY, has been agreed upon as Minister
to the Netherlands. Col. Goodloe has been
Chairman of the State Republican Com.
mittee, and long member of the State Senate
The Ponca Indians lately paid visit To
tne fresldent, anu were received i'm the
Souneil Room of the Executive Mansion.
-FOUR Indians presented the grievances OF
thelr people TO be the removal from the res
ervation and losses of property i'm con-
sequence. One said, " was living on that
Ola reservation, but all at once | was taken
up as by whirlwind and disturbed i'm my
place, Just rs had learned to plow. and
was made to take another road which is new
TO me We are all perishing where we are
now. In less than three months time over
thiry people have died, and so have many
cattle. The President, replying, said: al
have listened attentively TO what YOU have
sara, VIII do the best can for you. and
when have considered the matter will
send Tor You again." The President then
shook hands with each Indian chief and the
alI-oreed attendants, saying he would see
them again tomorrow, or hereafter. and tina
ceremony ended.
Itcms I'm General.
The latest election returns in New york
Indicate that the Democratic majority on
the State ticket will be from twelve to
hiteen thousand, and that the Republicans
VIII have the Senate by ten majority and
the Assembly by six. This will make the
new Legislature but little different in com
plexon from the last..... Pennsylvania re-
turns are not all in, but the Democratic ma.
lority on the State ticket, as whole. is not
far from ten thousand Chicago
went Republican in the local election
by about five thousand majorty.........
Andrew Norton, burglar by profession,
was stabbed in st. Louis to the heart and
piece Of blade remained there thirty
hours before death resulted B. IL
iroom, the noted stock dealer of Kentucky
has made an assignment with 300 900 liabil.
ities:....F. X. Phoenix, of Bloomington, III.
VINO mas the largest nursery i'm the United
States, has failed. Liabilities, SI2O 600
Cardozo, the ex-Treasurer of South Carolina.
has been found guilty of robbing the State.
The jury consisted of eight negroes and
four whites. Several ex-ofiicials and Con.
gressmen are to be tried Immediately on
similar charges.
Henry S. Sanford, of Florida, has been
nominated Minister to Belgium A care.
full revision of the vote of Pennsylvania
embracing official returns from nearly every
county, gives Judge Turnkey, Democrat.
Tor supreme Judge, 1888 majority This
majority can not fall below 1000 Schell.
for Auditor General, and Moves. for Treas
urer, both Democrats, have over 10. 600 ma.
lority, Noyes leading the ticket...
The great hardware firm of Mulholland q
Baker, Montreal, have failed Liabilities
are reported at 100000. The assets show
way Bridge over the Ohio River was lately
tested Seven locomotive engines and four
freight cars loaded each with fifteen tons of
railroad iron were run upon the long span
oil ave hundred feet in the clear. and
stopped there. These covered the whole
span and made weight several times as
great as will ever be placed upon il in use
The bridge is finished. The span of five
hundred feet in the clear is longer than anv
other truss span in the world. The test was
satisfactory.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
OF Mr.. Welsh as Minister to England
Benz. ID. Groom, of Clark County. XIV
well known stock raiser, filed his voluntary
petition in bankruptcy few days ago. His
naDlntles amount to $27S,000 of which
SIZS'OoO are unsecured. Assets, $1SO,0OO, in
iand, personal property, and chooses i'm
action .........A Chicago Times dispatch from
Two RIVERS, WIS, says "a two-masted vessel
rs sunk few rods northeast of the barbor
piers at that place, which, il is asserted. is
the Mcclellan. The crew are not discovera-
bie, but, as tive bodies have been picked nm
II is presumed the whole crew went down
Ihere is theory that this vessel and an.
other collided during a storm in the night
The will of the late Senator Morton has
been admitted to probate at INDIANAPOLIS.
lie bequeaths all his estate, real and
personal, to his wife, Lucinda NJ. Morton
requesting in his will that she aid his two
sons, Oliver l.. and Walter Morton. in the
completion of their college studies. Some
Few requests and presents are made but the
whole execution of the will is left entirely
70 ms wlle, without bond or inventory. The
estate is valued at about $50, 600 In iowa
the latest returns show that the Republicans
VIII nave forty-eight in the Assembly. the
democrats forty, the Greenbackers eight
inc the Socialists one, and three Independents.
Inc total Greenback vote in the State is
estimated at twenty-five thousand
Joseph Engeler, alias Carl StrahI was ar.
rested lately at ST. Louis, on suspicion of
having murdered Mrs. Goetz. wife of HENRI
Goetz, farmer, living three or four miles
from Columbia, Illinois. The BODY of Mrs.
Soez was found in the cellar of the house
oy the neighbors with the head crushed i'm
by blow from an axe. EngeIer arrived AT
81. LOUIS with pair of mules and wagon.
which had been used by Goetz. and was ar
rested while trying to sell them for n very
smali sum, which aroused the suspicion that
they had been stolen. Officers from
Columbia arrived, who identified the
mules and wagon, and several articles
OF clothing and jewelry, in the possession
OF Engeler, as belonging to Goetz. The
prisoner was taken back to Columbia by
the officers, when he made a confession,
the purport OF which is that he first shot
ana Killed Henry Goetz some distance from
ms nome, then went to the house killed
Mrs. Goetz, took GOetz's mules and wagon
robbed the premises OF everything Of any
value, and started for 81. Louis. When
this was made known about one hundred
citlzens determined TO lynch the fiend. and
after compelling him to show them where
ne mad secreted the body Of Goetz. thew
TOOK him to the woods and suspe1ded him
70 tree. Robbery seems TO have been the
mans motive. VIC
The murderer Of the MeVey family. toll
gate Keepers on the Chillcothe and Circle.
vile pike, has been arrested, a portion Of
the missing bonds having been found on his
person. correspondent says: His name
rs Ferry Bowsher, comparatively Young
smooth laced, bad eountenanoed man. of
medium stature, who lives near the Rock
uOuse IN Hooking County, where ne was
arrested between eleven and twelve O'clock
~ night by four farmers residing in
the vicinity, to one Of whom be
had shown the $3.50 in bonds which
were afterward found on his person ....-..-.
william Weigel, a Cincinnati saloon keeper
~ Mt OF Jealousy, cut his wife's throat
win a pocket knife, and ATTEMPTED ~
grown himself in a cistern. The police re-.
covered him, but the dull pocket knife IL
hkeIy 70 prove fatal weapon. The wife's
CONDITION is dangerOus......A bigger scandal
case than that Of Beecher and Tilton. IN mil
IONS arc ~ question, has been Unexpectedly