West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

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Toledo train going south, Eve miles south
/ of Marion, Ohio. One leg and one arm were
/ cut of. He died from his injuries the same
afternoon THE body OF G. II. Robinson,
Esq, OF Beverly, was found in the Musking.
gum River at the foot of Washington-street,
Marietta, on the 4th. He was drowned
at Rainbow, seven miles up the river, jan
uary3.
A skill containing three women ard two
children was struck by raft in the Al
| leghany River, few miles above Pittsburg
and capsized. Two of the women were
drowned. The other three were rescued by
parties on shore......The arrival on Sunday
| by the steamship Germanic Of Captain A.
| Grifienberg, of the Russian Royal Navy,
| and w. III. Hunt said to be in the employ
OF the Russian Admiralty Office, for the
| purpose OF experimenting the purchase of
vessels Tor the Russian Government was
/ lresh cause OF excitement and discussion
] among snip brokers i'm New York The
] two officers started Immediately for Wash.
| ington, IN response to dispatch in cipher
from the Russian Minister. Captain Griffen.
! berg rs SAID 10 be a brother of Count Grit
| tenberg, who is in command of the Rus
SLAMS ON board the Cimbria. IL is stated
their visit TO this country is to select i'm.
mediately fast vessels suitable rs cruisers
A number OF city elections were held
throughout the State OF California, on the
9TH. At Redwood City, Nevada City and
San Leandro, the Workingmen made clean
sweep and elected their ticket. At Hay.
wards, Alameda, Gilroy, Stockton, and
Woodland the Citizens ticket was mostly
successful, the Workingmen electing one or
/ two candidates v. The State Central
Committee of the Workingmen party issued
an address to the people of the State, depos-
/ ing kearney fr' IN the chairmanshiD of the
/ m 90 oh IT.
| ruption, C@sarism, and insanity against
| him, and calling upon the Workingmen 10
renounce their allegiance to the arch agi.
tator, in favor of proper organization Of
the party.........ln the Indiana municipal
elections, on the 9TH, both parties claim
gains and good showing of I" straws," but
1t is possible that the municipal elections
are no indications OF party strength.
Eiros.
A Chicago Inter. Ocean special says fire
nearly destroyed the business portion of
Adair, Ill.,, on the C. b. & o. II. II. Loss
$4,000. Insurance $4,000. Believed in.
cendiary ......T The main building and Office
of the Albion Lead Works, at ID ghton, Mass,
was burned lately. Loss $4,000. Insur.
ance SS1 900.
The Chair Factory of George Henshaw &
Son, corner of Plum-street and South Canal.
Cincinnati, WAS lately DESTROYED by FIRE.
Loss estimated at over 100000, with an in
surance of $50 900.
southern Itoms.
Aspecial from Weldon, N. c., saws the
recent election of Town Commissioners was
the occasion of a serious riot there between
whites and negroes. Both races had candi.
dates in the field, and great excitement
prevailed. About ten o'clock a riot began,
and clubs, knives, and pistols were freely
a M mhar ~ =
cut, and bruised. One man, n negro, will
die, tits thought, and the injuries Of several
others are regarded rs dangerous. A mil.
ltary company was telegraphed for to Nor
iolk, as indications OF n fresh outbreak were
imminent. The presence of Virginia mil.
itary on the other side of the river had
quieting ehect...... Shortly after seven o'clock.
ON the morning of May 8, q portable engine
standing in front ofBohlen, Huse & Co.'s ice
house, foot of Jetierson-street, Memphis, ex.
pioded with terrific force, instantly killing
Tom Hoist, the engineer, and probably In.
tally injuring Jim Kenneday, fireman. The
iolIowing labOreTs were also wounded:
Barney Burns, leg broken: Tom Steene.
arm broken and scalded James Zeanone'
arm broken and severely scalded; Friday
I'll I'm, colored, who was passing the spot
on the way to his work, was severely scalded
The engine was used in hosting ice out of a
barge into the ice house, and fire had
been built under it with little or no water in
the boiler, which was discovered at the mo.
ment OF the explosion. A piece of boiler
was driven through the wall of Latta's soap
factory, and another piece into Glennis
wharf boat block away.
Notes from Abroad,
Hobart Pasha dined with the Queen nj
Windsor Castle recently The London
Times, commenting on the appearance in
United States waters of the steamship
trif Dtp
board, says: "There are good reasons wbv
we should regard proceedings of this kind
without alarm. The chief one is that the
United States Government, which has al
ways prided itself on fulfilling it's neutral
duties, has been placed under special obli-
cations in this respect by the Washington
Treaty. by virtue of its rules we were con.
demned to pay fine of three million
pounds Tor depredatiOns committed by the
Alabama and her cOnsOrts, and the United
states, by accepting that fine, have further
Pledged themselves TO observe on their own
part the new rules of the treaty 1t was an
unwelcome penalty to us, at the time, but
we have the advantage OF additional pro.
lection. We may, in fact be confident that
the United States will act honorably up To
It's obligations in this respect, and the
RUSSIANS viii consequently find it
dlthcult TO execute the ENTERPRISE
they appear to have planned '.i......
General Grant arrived in Turin on the 5th.
and Bayard Taylor reached Berlin on the
same day.
Count Won Bulow, Secretary of State for
the Foreign Office, is sazetted as official sub.
stitute for Prince Bismarck in the DEPART
ment Of Foreign Affairs; Admiral Won
Stosch in matters connected with the raw.
and DR.. stephan in the administration Of
posts and telegraphs......The British Parlia.
ment reopened May 6, after the Easter
recess.
Great misery and restitution prevails
among the peasants Of the Russian govern.
ments Of kassan, Viatka, Mini, Novgorod
Perm, and Simbirsk Local administrations
can not afford relief as the people are nm.
able to pay taxes. Appeals 70 81. Peters.
burg and Moscow are made ....A dispatch
from ConstantinOple announces that Cen
lodleben Is about % retire 70 the lines OF
lcnataldJa, leaving small force at San
Steiano. The Russians offer TO fall back be.
hind a straight line drawn between Dede.
agatch and Adrianople, If the British fleet
VIII Withdraw az the same time
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Steamboat Disaster.
The Lowry Line towboat Warner. with
barges, from New Orleans 70 81. Louis. er.
Pioded her boilers opposite the foot OF
Beale-street, Memphis, At half-past nine