West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-16
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twelfth annual meeting at Indianapolis, be
ginning on the S0th OF October. Genera
w. t. Sherman was Chairman. Tn,
attendance was very large, and com.
priSed many distinguished visitors ...........
An insane man named Buchanan, living
near Kankakee, Ill assaulted his mother
and brother with butcher knife, wounding
them severely. He then slashed child In
horrible manner, causing instant death.
The trial OF Mrs. Lorena Alexander, for the
murder of Frank Weinbecker, alias
"Stuttc ing Jack" July Il, has begun al
Bridge Conn. City Attorney Holt ties.
tined Il the prisoner, while making the
complaint oil robbery against Frank Bassett,
stated Bassett had done enough TO be hanged,
ana detailed the facts Of Weinbecker com.
ing TO the house, aud being chloroformed
while asleep; of the placing of his body i'm
barrel; OF the attempt To send it TO DR..
Sanford, OF the Medical School at New
Haven and later dsposing of the body by
hrowing IT into rayine.
The President has issued his proclama-
ton, setting apart Thursday, November p,
as day of National Thanksgiving.
Friday afternoon Charles Demick, of
Bpwling Green, Ohio, accidentally shot
himself, resulting in his death ..... The total
liabilities of the suspended 6rm of Dodd,
Brown d CO., OF st. Louis, are now stated at
s2,250,000 and the assets Mt ~ 200, OOO........
A two.year old daughter of James Dono.
hue, OF Monroe, Mich, was strangled TO
death Friday night by n piece OF hickory.
nut which lodged in her throat...W. III.
Rulofson, n photographer of San Francisco
Tell from the roof of the three.story build.
inn IN which bis gallery is located, Satur.
day, receiving injuries of which he died
ma an hour later ..... Robert A. Pedrick,
who defrauded his EMPLOYERS. Benk.
ard d Hutton, importers of cloths and
silks, of New York, OF SOS 900, and by
means of foTgeries swindled the customs Of
$4,000, has sent n confession through the
mail TO the Associated Press. He is full of
remorse ..."....M Minor, the convicted BODY.
snatcher, of Cleveland, was refused n new
trial by Judge Updegraf Saturday, and was
sentenced to four months in the Work.house
and one hundred dollars fine, which, with
costs, make his bill over two
hundred dollars. The Inter.
national Pedestrian Tournament in
London closed at 10 80 Saturday night.
The score stood: Corkey, 521 Brown, sos
Rowell, $50; HILBERT, 40; Ennis, of Chi.
cago, 40; Courtney, 401; Day, 100, and
Richardson, $50 miles. Sixteen thousand
people were present at the close, and much
enthusiasm prevailed ..,... Another foul muir
der was perpetrated at Ridge Prairie, Saline
County, Mo-, on the night of the 3lst ult.
Mr.. Thomas Cockrell, who had charge of the
store at that place, was found on Friday
morning with his throat cut and his head
bearing the marks OF two CHASTITY wounds
which had been inflicted with the iron leg
OF a stove"".....Saturday the friends OF Con-
rad Kapp, of Keokuk, Iowa, who has been
attempting 70 starye himself to death, put
stop 10 the further execution OF his pur.
pose. They held him and forced beei.tea
into his stomach This will be kent nm
with The hope that his life may be saved.
lie has lived Just three weeks without
food or water, and is reduced almost TO a
q AnNtN r.Isswr N
Walker, attorney for the Woodbury. Gene.
terry Association, of Detroit, Mich. made
complaint against Cornelius Sexton, an un.
dertakeT, and James II. Mcclure, who had
been in his employ some time, charging
them with being the grave Decorators who
e'caped from the cemetery last Thursday
morning. A warrant was accordingly issued
for their arrest.......The British bark Bea-
consheld, Capt. w. {. Monro, of St. Johns.
\. u from Dublin, arrived mt Baltimore
Saturday, having on board the survivors OF
two shipwrecked vessels-the Italian brig
Guglielmo Ihomasino, Capt. Zsacchino
Astarit, of Naples 394 tons register, and
the Portuguese schooner Julian and Vic.
toria. Captain Julio g. Teixeira, sixty
tons register. Two seamen and five passen.
gers are reported lost.,......... \ fatal quar-
rel occurred on political Difference,
at Cynthiana, KY, Saturday, result,
ing in the killing of Jason Metcalfe, by II.
G, Magee.
Captain Peter Harvey Of the schooner
Three Brothers, while hunting OH Deer Is.
land, near Biloxi, was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge of his own gun.
Jacob Lazarus, book-keeper for Lewis
Finkelmeier, New York ieweler, was dis.
covered to be a defaulter Thursday and
Monday morning was found dead in bed
having shot himself..........A yawl-boat
named Julia was washed ashore Sunday on
Stony Point, Lake Ontario In il was
the body of a man dashed to the seat and
bearing marks OF violence. His hands were
also tied together.....The Methodist Epis.
copal Board of Missions was in session
again Monday 1t is stated that $27211t
has been appropriated for foreign missions.
$1,000 for incidental expenses, and $4,000
Tor ofhce expenses.....A committee OF citi.
zens called upon the President recently, re.
questing that Jos. II. Bradley be appointed
Judge OF the Supreme Court Tor the
District Of Columbia, in the event Of the
resignation OF Judge Olin, which he con.
templates. .....A few week ago Jennie Coyle
ana an infant child, living with her
brothers on farm near Fort Dodge, disap-
peared and no trace Of them was found
till Sunday, when the bodies of both were
found in well. The suppOsition is suicide
as she lived unhappily with her relatives.
me county jail at Chicago on Monday
records the first suicide committed within
az
than the wife murderer, jeremiah Ken
nedy, against whom a verdict OF guilty and
insane was returned in the Criminal Court
Saturday afternoon. The deed was com.
mitted with scarcely any warning, and
when II was discovered il was too ID. q TO do
anything to avert its fatal termination. lie
mad taken, unnoticed, q razor, and cut his
throat from ear TO ear. All the front part
Of the neck, including the windpipe. was
completely cut in two. The blood flowed
m torrent, and covered almost the entire
floor OF the cell
Notes rom Abroad
AT the request Of the British ambassador.
the Forte has telegraphed Ahmet Kaiserli
Pssha 70 evacuate Varna defnitively. and
bring the troops and war material to Con.
stantinople Municipal elections held
throughout England aud Wales ON Friday
were mostly contested on political rather
man local issues. On the whole. the bal.
ance OF the changes f8vors the Liberals
~ can be stated on very good authority
mat II Lord salisbury reply TO Secretary
warts note, concerning our fishery inter.
tsts, b. not received before November gB
the date when the fishery award Is due.
nevertheless IL will be paid
The German Government proposes IN in.
crease the duty on wine, hides, grain, aud
some other articles. The duty on grain i,
Intended 70 compel concessions from Rus
sis, Austria, Italy, and France. Other new