West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-01-19


liquidation, having transferred it's business
TO the Fourth National Bank of ST. Louis
lt is announced that depositors will be paid
/ in full, but that the checks must first be
presented at the board for certifcation. At
the time OF the panic, when so many banks
were failing, the Second National was
scarcely expected to survive the test, but il
somehow managed to pull through. The
/ announcement now made is likely to oc-
casion something of a sensation ......At
Havana, TroncOso & Argudin, dry goods inn
| portcrs, have failed. Busing d Co, sugar
and tobacco exporters, have suspended
paymcnt.....M RAIDER & Son, New York
City, dealers in tobacco, have been adj
ludicat' d voluntary bankrupts Liza
6ilities, $4,000; assets, So, 000.........
Montgomery Blair, few days ago. intro
duced memorial, addressed to the Prcs-
dent of the Senate of the United States and
the Speaker of the House, reopening the
question of Hayess title TO the Presidency
and praying that the needful legislation
may be adopted To ascertain principally
who was elected President at the recent
election, and to give effect TO the will Of the
people, and viii ever pray, etc. Mr.. Blair
advocated his memorial, urging its adop-
| ton, and reviewing generally President
/ Hayes's title to Sahce. Mr.. Loeb, Republican,
moved to lay tae memorial on the table, and
called Tor the yeas and nays, which resulted
yeas, 10; nays, 81. IL was then referred TO
the Committee on Federal Relations......
/ The New Jersey Legislature organized on
/ the Sth by electing Geo. G. Ludlow President
/ oil the Senate, and John Pagan Speaker OF
| the House. The Governors message shows
the State finances TO be in good condition,
aud says: i anticipate no embarrassment
IN coniining the ordinary State tax to one
! mill. sle rate will produce $500, $50 which
Will be the only revenue raised directly from
the people for the ordinary expenditures
| The net earnings OF the State Prison last
| hnl
account of the riots was $55, 000 The Gov
/ ernor recommends that the Stevens battery
be rendered to the United States Govern.
ment, provided the government will reim-
purse the State for all expenses, and COM
| plete 1t, or that il he 80 q at public or
| private sale.......The Minnesota Legislature
organized on the Sth by electing the nomi-
nees OF the Republican caucus.
wcstcrn Itoms.
Maj. Conklin and VIM. BALDWIN have re-
turned from the newly discovered petroleum
springs to Deadwood They state the
| springs are located in Wyoming Territory,
near Cheyenne River, and that there'-are
two wells or springs from which fine
sample OF crude lubricating oil is taken at
the rate OF two barrels per day. Several
parties have already taken up sauatter's
claims on the grounds. Mr.. Baldwin, who
has had extensive experience in the Penn
sylvania oil regions, pronounces these indi-
cations superior to any he has ever SEEN
Southern Items.
Messrs. Moore, Kane, and Cummins.
special deputy collectors, and William Dur
ham, special Deputy Marshal, arrested a
peddler in Union County, S. c., for selling
tobacco improperly stamped, Handwriting
their prisoners, and confscating wagon,
team, tobacco and stamps. rifle company
armed with Winchester rifles, compelled
the release OF the prisoner and property.
FIros
breaker at the Ellen Gowan Colliery.
Lannigan's Patch, near Shenandoah, burned
the other night. The colliery is very
large one, shipping about one hundred car
loads of coal daily. Loss about SIS 900. and
four hundred men and bows thrown out OF
employment.
Notes from Abroad
The London AdUeytiser hears, on reliable
authority, that official information has been
received in st. Petersburg that the Chinese
have mastered fifteen thousand men, women
and children at the Kashgarian town OF
Manas, committing the most frightful atroc.
tiles.
The special correspondent of the Cincin
natl Commercial, under date of Londen
Sunday morning, cabled the following: AS
telegraphed Friday, England has declined
to communicate Russia's answer to Turkey
out II IS OF course known unoficially in
Constantinople. Private dispatches from
that city state that the peace party is in the
ascendant and they are willing to conclude
aseparate peace, bat are withheld by the rem
reservations of the British Minister. The
latter has so far committed his Government
that, should Turkey be finally driven to ex
tremltles without receiving material aid
from England, Turkey would doubtless grant
Russia every condition which would be pre
judicial to England's interests in revenge
Tor the latters desertion. Even English Lib
erals are weakening in theiro opposition to in.
tervention, and Mr.. Gladstone, in letter Ia
the peace meeting Friday, took the ground
that while it was to be opposed. he
was indisposed 10 take any active stems in
opposition at this crisis. England's second
note, requesting Russia TO define terms foI
the armistice, and warning her that England
must have "a voice in the settlement OF
T peace, may be as unsuccessful as her first
IN which case the Cabinet would be placed
IN most embarrassing situation MANY
Conservative members of Parliament ar,
opposed 20 the policy heretofore pursued
, and the resignation OF some or all tho mon,
, Ders OF the Cabinet is probable soon after
the assembling of Parliament The evacua
ton OF Sofia by the Turks is fully confirmed
ana the mornings dispatches announce its
+ occupation by General Gourko. Large
, supplies nave fallen into Russian hands, and
about 1000 wounded are prisoners. -.
a number Of American citizens from Balti
more, who have taken forcible possession ol
Morant Keys, dependency OF Jamaica.
and who have established n Baltimore
6uano Company, and have been shipping
guano in sp te Of the warnings OF tbe
! United States Consul there and the Govern
ment OF Jamaica, have been driven of the
Keys by Her Majesty's steamer Blanche, and
brought 70 Kingston. A Captain Jennet
claims to have discovered the KEYS, and 10
rave taken possession Of them in the name
OF the United States, and protests agains
{ the conduct OF the Jamaica authorities.
special from Bucharest says Genera
Radetsky, who has crossed the Balkan,
through Shipka Pass, will probably mo-
move beyond Kasanlik, where he can secure
comfortable quarters The interruption OF
communication across the Danube would
arrest his onward march. Nothing is known
az the headquarters Of the Czarewitch about
General .kadetsky's movements, which
would confirm the impression that he will
not 60 beyond kasanlik for the present.