The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-16
A SUMMARY OF NEWS.


with wagon loads OF flowers for tho graves OF
tho soldiers in tho various cemeteries in the
vicinity OF tho city, took place and tho statues
Of Washington, Lincoln and Lafayette, In Union
Square, and william II. Seward and tho Worth
monument In Madison Square, wcrc decorated
with flowers, and appropriate services held
at each. In ST. Louis, Chattanooga, and other
places cx.Union and Cx-COnfcd0rato soldiers
united In observing tho day. ...John Lothrop
Motley, the historian, and for SIX years United
States minister TO Austria, died in London ut
tho age OF sixty.thrce. He was tho author OF
well.knowu works connected with the history OF
Holland. SO. Particulars Of the wreck Of the
Pacific Mail steamship City OF San Francisco
have been received. She struck on 4 rock when
five days ont from Panama, and was iRlmG-
diatcly headed for the shore and run aground
on sanlbank, In sinking condition. The
passengers were all taken on In safcty....
Mills and other buildings In oscoda, Mich,
were burned loss, $50, 900. A fire In Mon
troal destroyed property to tho yaluc Of ESQ.,.
900. 80. Fletcher Harper, the last survivor OF
tho four brothers WHO founded tho well.Enown
publishing house Of Harper Brothers, died in
New York. =. Gen. Grant received invitations
to dine with Queen Victoria, tho Prince OF
Wales, the Earl Of BcaconSheld, and others OF
the English nobility. In England the Derby
was won by Silvio ...... Arabian has been re-
captured by Tie Turks. More than III, OOO, 900
has been raised in Russia for war purposes by
voluntary contributions. ... NJ. Theirs has be-
come the recognized leader Of tho French Re-
publIcans. go. Tho wrestling match in New
York between jacob II, Martin, Of Michigan,
and James Owens, Of Vermont, was won by tho
latter after five hours struggle. General
Butler denied tho report that le was going 70
settle In Colorado "a town In Texas was
captured by Apache Indians. Three men
on a hand car in New Jersey wero crushed to
death by a freight train, and ono man was
severely injured. Mrs. Lydia Sherman,
the female poisoncr, who was undergoing life
imprisonment In Connecticut, escaped from
Jail. =. Mrs. BOllenger and her daughter were
attacked and outraged by masked runians near
Waverlcy, n. J......A tidal wave visited tho
Son.h Pacific coast, from CALAIS to Chill, de-
troying number Of cities and causing the
death OF hundreds Of people. The whole coast
Is scene Of devastation, and tho loss Of life
and property Is said 10 10 enormous. .... ~
commission has boon ordered TO investigate the
New Orleans custom house. -. Major Charles
r. Powell, United States consul at I1utquc,
Peru, died Of fever at that port ..... Another
revolution has broken out In PERU. $50. Gov.
Van Zandt, Of Rhode Island, was naugurated.
It Is reported that Mukhtar Paslia has been
dismissed from tho command Of tho Turkish
army IN Asia. A body Of Bashi-Dazouks crossed
the Danube, captured fourteen Rounanian
militiamcn and cut OF tho calves Of their legs.
Adviccs received from st. Petersburg represent
that the Turks recnptured Arabian after 1t had
been reduced 10 ruins by tho Russians.
Fifty additional removals, including four chiefs
Of divisions have been made from tho bureau
Of engraving and printing OF the Treasury Do
partmCnt al Washington. ia span OF horses
ran away In tho Rural cemetery at Albany,
n. J., and one OF the occupants Of tho carriage
Miss Lizzie CalllOun-waS almost instantly
killed In jumping out. IA Catholic church
In WieSchen, Grand Duchy Of Posen, was struck
by lightning during Sunday service, and SIX
persons were killed and about seventy injured
more or less severely. M. Alvcrgnat, pro-
iosSOr Of French In a schoOlin Hartford, Conn.,,
died four weeks after having been bitten by
small dog. 80. In Lowell, Mass, Lucy A..
Mink was found guilty Of mAnSlaught~ for
having shot her lover, Charles W. Kicker: 49,.
The suit Of Sarah i. Rice against John !.
| Coolidge and others, for Islander, was begun In
boston. All the principals In the suit arc vol
known In Boston. The Hon. Elisha Watson,
uf Sonth Kingston, Il. l., drowned himself -.
Two attempts-one with bullet aud the other
with knife-were made TO RsSaSsinRtc ]. D.
Stillson, tho correspondent OF the New York
Herald, at Salt Lake City, but each time tho
would-be murderer was foilcd 49,. Tho eight
centh annual commencement exercises Of tho
Cooper Union School OF Science and Art took
place in New York, Peter Cooper distributing
the prizes. "A little girls veil caught fire In
q Catholic church In Now York and panic at
tended with serious results was only prevented
by tho presence Of mind Of the officiating priest
and ushOfA
A telegram from Erzeroum says the Russlnns
were cannOnadlng Karadagh, tho Turks reply
Ing vigorously. The Notifications Of Sofia, on
which thousands Of men were working for
months, hnvo been completed, and mounted
with heavy krupp guns. They arc considered
very strong The village Of New CentrCvillo,
In PENNSYLVANIA, was almost entirely destroyed
by FIRE. .....A bar OF red hot steel coiled about
the legs Of John LangdOn, workman III
GnuticrS rolling mill In Lafayette, n. j., terri
bly, burning him before 10 could DO released.
49,. John Logan has declined the collector
ship Of customs at Chicago. -: :. Tho village Of
0rOta, on Lake Superior, Micl., caught fire
from tho forest fires raging therGnbouts and
every house except the church and schoolhouSo
werG destroyed, dcprlving seven hundred people
Of their homes AtuGbONt with provisions and
clothing for the sufferers was dispatched from
Marquette. .... Tho queen Of Holland Is seri-
OISy III Heavy forest fires we're raging In
the woods In the vicinity of Halifax, n. s.. 90.
N. Hansen, leader Of the Left In the Danish
parliament, IL dead ...... Tho public debt was
reduced In May 20. 9Sl, 900, tho total reduction
since July /, 1876, being about so, 900 900.
The Increase In hours Of work IN the New York
custom house, recommended by the committee
Of investigation, has gone into effect. go. Tho
great scandal case OF Mrs. lllceagalnst Coolidge
and others, In Boston, was taken from the jury
after one days trial, and put In the hands Of
three eminent lawyers for private adjustment.
.... General Grant was formally introduced
to. the Prince Of Wales, and went with him 10
! tho Epson races IAN express train ran OF
tho track near Wyalusing, Pa, crushing In four
passenger coaches and causing the instant
death Of two ladies, and the serious wounding
Of seventeen other persons, five Of whom wore
expected 10 die. .....A coal oil refinery In Daltl
more was burned for the fourth time. Tho
burning oil ran through theStrccts and CUTTERS,
settling on fire block Of tenement houses,
badly damaging them.
The queen OF Holland died Juno 8, aged
| ifty-nlnc .... Edward Otto struck Edward
Harrington, a saloon Keeper In New York, over
tho head with cart rlng, causing his death.
.,... The Turkish cavalry near kars was re-
pulBed. CircasSian troops at Deki Ahmed,
near Kars, were defeated In an engagement
with the Russians, and the place was given TO
tho flames. The Turks arc IN great need Of
good commanders. according to dispatch. -.
In Washington there Hre several hundred APP
plIcations for vacant eonsulShlps OIL lllo......
Tho failure Ia announced Of Geo. H. Wolf Il
Co., dry goods jobbcrs Of Now York aud Cinein-
natl with debts amounting to si5O,0OO.
Z II. Taylor, one Of tho leading diStillers OF
Kentucky, has failed, his liabilities exceeding
100000; assets. about S25U, 900. 49,. Three
men assaulted Mira. Winslow and her Sl1teen-
ycar-old daughter, near Portage City, Wis, In
ilictlng horrible outrage upon tho two, and
beating them no they are likely 10 de-. "A
serious drought-owing TO the absence Of rain
for several weeks-proyailCd N Alabama. .....