The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-03
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ter, and few days afterE1rl was arrested b!
secret service oticers on charge Of haNtnt
EtOlen The contents Of valuable letters passing
through her hands. while in charge " tk'
m3ils 49,. MIrii GF4S festivities were ccle
brated IN New Orleans and the other prtneipA
cities Of the South In the usual enjoyable man
ner. BY collision Of trains on the TroI
and Boston railway, near ESsle Bridge, ont
brakeman was instantly killed and two UtheEl
seriously injured -. According TO the stOryy
Of an indian rHaaer at Red C!Oul agrncr, 4
force ot350 United StA;cs troops had narrow
escape from being mastered by Crazy Horse
band on Tongue river. The Icdiaas. eight
hundred strouS, Discovered the troops and
after arranging dcadlr GribGscA3e, send forth
! few warriors 70 act a. decoyS and lead the
troops into the trap; but the latter, fortunate
atelT. declined to follow the willy sayLges. Tn
indians had two men killed and one W9undcd
~ the attempt 49,. The hoiE Of the ex-PcrIai
Shief, John 0Mshoa3y, Was forwarded u
Europe In charge OF representatives FROM the
d,Ectent IEi.h socict!cs The schooner Jas.
4. Croker. OF Belfast. Me-, from HoboHea.
y. j., for Providence. With coal, Is supposed 70
have keen LOST With sll on bcard. 80. The Uni.
vsnsitv Of the City Of New fUEk has opened it,
doors TO youuS lady students. IA man eAilei
S. D. Cooling vas arrested in rouShkeepsie.
\. y, for inducing farmers TO siSa pretended
receipt for corn shelters. but which he turned
into u0tes OF hand Snd had cashed.
Thos. G. Douglass, one OF the treasury clc.kS
AZ Washington, had charge Of the accounts OF
unpaid interest on registered boads. and As the
interest accumulated fast he formed partner
ship Tith New York attoEaCr and furnished
him the addresses Of the parties TO whom the
interest Was due. The latter would call on the
parties and Offer 10 procure the amount due
them for percentage, generally very heavy,
which he would then divide with DouglASs.
They did large business until discovery was
made and Douglass arrested -. James Dun
lap, Robert Scott and VIM CounorS have been
arrested By detectives for the robbery OF the
Northampton (AISsS bank little over : year
ago, Il vii L. reeolleeted that the cashier 3
house was entered and his family orerpowered,
while he VAS forced to furnish the keys and
continuation to tho vAult, from which the rob
bers secured SI50, 600 in money and securities.
They endeavored 70 negotiate with the bank
officers for thereturn OF the securities, and thus
the detectives got their clue. :. Col Gordon,
the African explorer, has been aprt trted gov
e:noE Of the entire province Of III. SoudAu,
Africa -..FoFty-dve miners peEishs1 ria coal
mine explosion ~ GFAissesSac, frsrIe go.
Two Indian runners announce to Gen. Crook
that Sitting Bull and Crazy Hone ar anxious
to make peace on the best terms oEt4inAhle,
and desire Spotted Til q peaceful chief &c
come to them and thsy viii accompany him
back and Acknowledge his authoEty 80. oui'
T. Lawn. OF the New ORLEANS cotton i'm Of
Carr i LAVE, u detaulter to the amount OF
$l75,ooq :. Two workren- for grudse,
threw powder into the house e Michael Davis,
foreman Of the LActine canal. Canada II An en-
de1vor to blow mp the entire household. Con-
siderable damage Vas done, but no one injured.
A Young raAn named ". q. Weldon, claiming
to hal from Philadelphia and 70 te ; CORE
spondent Of the Philadelphia Prs. gained sd-
miSiou to the private room Of Gov. Packard in
New Orleans, And while the governor WAS con.
ver.ing with number Of geutlsrlen present,
suddenly addressed reEnArt to MF. Packard.
st which the latter turned, only 10 confront q
drawn pistol He promptly Knocked the weapon
Town. but it was exploded on the instant, the
bali striking the governor In the knee. INJECTING
severe and painful wound. One Of he gentle
men present Immediately drtd at the would.be
Assassin, shooting him in the arm. and he was
secured together With AZ Gccomplies outside.
Weldon claims there we're four In the band 70
murder Coz. Packard, but that the others de-
serted At the last moment. ..... The Indians are
committing al sorts Of depredaticns IN Dakota
Territory 1.-THE revenue officers discover
an extensive system Of smuggling from Canada.
and arrested tEO OF the principals Another
steamship has cleared from New Haven Conn,
with arms and ammunition for the Turkish
government. valued At 81, G4s. COS, and consist
Ing Of 100000 Snidtr cartridges, isO, 600
Winchester c1rtridgeI, 5.sOo. 600 Martial shells,
5.e01.00s ballets, $500 Martini guns, aud g,
COO Martini scabbariS.. The interior Of
Nexico and the Pacific coast States have al Dr.
clAred for DtAz. -. A IRE In the extensive dry
goods establIShment Of EdEard MAlley. New
Havea, Conn. caused damage to the aiHouat
OF Els o.. Ten persons Eere Killed and 4
number fatally injured by boiler explosion IN
the steslWorkS st st. EtiIre, France.
President Grant approved the bill providing
to= dearienc? N the appropriation soE the
public printing and binding, which reduces the
compensation Of eoupoStoss from sixty to aft
cents per thousand ems, and ferry ceuts Al
hour for tina Eork ,.... The New York STATE
fall managers have deeidedto hold II in RoShes-
ter from the seventeenth to the twsnty-arst Of
September ...... WinsloE. the teAsrFy clerk
who stole the ell 900 package Of greenbacks,
but atterW1rd refunded the larger part Of the
amount, has bten sentence4 TO eighteen mouths
InorisOltnent. he lays the cause Of his down
At Peoria, IL. owned By TEnc / BsOthe-ton,
MAS destroyed bv ire, -. Weldon. who AZ,
tempted to asAAssinAte tioY. Packard, plrAded
gully 10 an assault with intent to murder. He
/ thought to have been derauged at the tine
Of the attempt, - lie had teen drinking heavily
for Somo time on account Of n 1--we diS1pPOint'
meat .... The steamer George Cromwell. fIo,p
New YORK for Newfoundland. which has heru
tout for some time, is now believed to have
struck on Cape st. Mays not far from where
the George Washington, Of the same Ike, Wer:
down few weeks ago. The thirty TersOnS OF
board the Cromwell went down with her .....
Antonio LAoH. an Italian Of Brooklyn. y. l.,
went to the house Of his married daughter
Rose, and after shooting her, beat Eer head ter
ribly with the butt OF his pistol. stabbed hel
several times and kicked her iiendi.hly a. Ii,
lay on the floor helpless. The Wuaaa Eubse-
Queptly recovered Consciousness eronGh TO eX
plain the cauSe Of the deadly assault 10 bs
confession offered by her to her husband. L
whom she hAd been married but few months
to the effect that previous to her marriage be
father had been guilty Of gross impropr.etie
with her. This led ~ Al enlargement he
tween the families the father beng tetribl,
afraid OF imprisonment for his cEiIae, an
threatened his daughter with death. II
doubtful il the woman recovers.T
Mail and teleSr4phie communication has heel
established on the Mexican frontier IdIScCnt 4
the United States, AID that business is begir!
ming 10 pick up under the conddenCe inSplrvt
BY the DAz administration. So. The Ticeruy
otici1I dispatch. dated Feb. l6, states that h
famine IN North Arcot, Intia. i much wors
than At frst supposed. AID there Is great dis
tresI in NyAore. :. Sneak there's gained Gdni'
sion - tie banking houAe OF James G. King
Sons, in New York. and during the rs;sh Q
business succeeded in securing tin boz eoa
tAining $1,000 IN bonds aud securities. III
valuA6les hSd been deposited III the vault II III
owners risk. As most Of the bonds were rsEi.
tered, notiee TLS Immediately given, . that th
thieves viii not be able to realize VIM. Il
Siddle, hank eashier 1t Minneapolis, MINI
WA Ehnt and killed By MiH Kate >ooaan 70
seducing and then deSsrtirk her. Tbs youn
woman, WHEN arrested, manifested no ren0rs
for the desd :. Rear Admiral Ch1s. H. Dayi