West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-12-07
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From the capital.

From the capital.
On application Of Major Reno, Of the Sew.
enth Cavalry, a Committee of Inquiry is ap.
pointed to assemble at Chicago on the sec.
ond Monday Of January, to inquire into the
Majors conduct at the battle OF Little Big
Horn, on the 25th and goth OF June, 1876.
when Gen. Custer was killed From the
monthly statement of the Chief OF the
bureau oil Statistics, the excess Of exports
over imports OF merchandise appear to
nave been as follows: Month ended
October 81, 1878, $27,7I3,36i; month
ended October 81, 1877, $i7,73iI5J: ten
months ended October 81 1878 S23-
OIoOl2; ten months ended October
81, 1871, 12,l9l isg. A comparison OF
the exports and imports OF gold and silver
coin and bullion exhibits the folIo,yinc
Month ended October 81, 1875. excess Of
imports -, O96, SO7; month ended October
81, lN'', excess OF imports. S293. 1859 ten
months ended October 81, 1878. excess OF
imports, f2,4l6,26l ten months ended DC.
o ,"n'1 81, ~" excess OF exports, ST.
Atoms In GonornI.
A terrible coal mine explosion occurred
AT the sullivan Coal Mine, in Sullivan, Ino .,
November -. The explosion was caused
by The ignition OF lamps flames with gas.
and tcrrihc Velocity was added by tho
fact OF their being eight KEGS of now.
DER below. There were thi,tv men i'm
the mines at the time. The scene
Deggars description There were
thirteen killed outright, eight or ten.
wounded, and many OF the others suffered
so from sutiOcation that their lives hung Inv
a thread. Tom and Sam landlord two 81
the proprietoTs, were killed. a great
crowd OF relatives, cons isting mostly of wo
men, gathered around the Inflated mine.
aud their lamentations were pitiful. .....
Tallahassee, Ga, Nov. n - The Supreme
Court decides the three precinct returns re.
lecteu by the Alachua County Canvassng
BOARD are good aud valid, aud has issued "A
percmptory writ TO the board to canvass
them, These precincts gave Bisbee a ma.
lority OF 45O and by their rejection by the
Canvassing Board elected Hull, Democrat.
buNbee's majority now stands about 200 i'm
the district.
Az New Castle, Delaware, nine convicts.
SIX olacks and three whites, were publicly
whipped on Saturday, FIVE being also nil.
loried..... Philadelphia is branching out i'm
rivalry with New York iR commerce. A
new line OF steamships, for freight .pur.
poses only VIII soon he started between
mat CITY and Liverpool, TO be called the
Blue Star Line. The first steamer will
leave that port this week, and the
une Wlll start with seven vessels. The
South Bend Express train on the Wabash
ana Michigan Railroad on Saturday even.
ing, when near JonesbOro, struck a man
named Jesse Jones on horseback on the
embarrassing. The horse was killed in.
Stantiy aud the rider was thrown upon the
Plot ana carried quite a distance and
preclpitated into ditch fatally injured ...
At Quebec, Canada, storm early on SatuT.
Jay morning was attended with disastrous
results IN the region of Quebec and the
Lower st. Lawrence. From an hour before
midnight till four o'clock the wind blew n
perfect hurricane, throwing down old out
houses In the city, unroOfing buildings, and
hurting chimney.pots and window.sbutters
madly through the streets.
Warren Tate, who murdered William
Love in the corridor OF the Courthouse
at Indianapolis, was fined $4,000 by Judge
Burns for contempt of Court. The Judge.
in his remarks before the fine, SAID These
are the consequences that are naturally
hkely To follow when deadly weapons are
used IN or about the Courthouse. Wit
nesses and parties are likely to be in
Inundated or likely to he deferred from
giving expression to their opinions while
upon the witness-stand. Such things. of
course, can not be tolerated II il were
so, the administration of Justice wouId
simply be farce. The weaker parties would
always be at the mercy OF the stronger
While ! do not feel il to he nv duty To
iDtlict punishment which shall be vindic.
i've do feet it to be my duty, in this case.
10 lnhict such punishment as is calcu.
lated to prevent like occurrences.
The Marquis of Lorne aud the Princess
Louise were received with the highest hon
ors on their arrival at Halifax. The Mar
quls made an address indicating his policy
as Goyernor-General.
The West.
Dispatch from Cascade, Columbia River
The expedition sent out by General Howard
for the purpose Of cantur;rc, .,.,oi