West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
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toms In General.

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sian Minister took charge of the remains.
Baron Bodsco, for many years Russian
Minister to this country, was the uncle of
the Consul. kilograms from different
points in Mclean, Dewitt, and Logan
Counties, ILL.,, give accounts OF storm
which visited that section at late hour i'm
the night of July 81. While the storm did
not succeed in doing any very great damage
in the cities, the loss throughout the country
was severe-mills, elevators, hotels, and
residences were uprooted and laid to the
ground in ruins, while the damage done 10
standing crops and fences is now i'm.
possible to compute, but the loss all
through that part Of the State is very great
The shops of the Illinois Central Railroad
at Clinton were almost completely de.
stroyed. The loss TO Clinton is estimated
at $4,000, besides the severe injuries sus-
TIMED by large number of citizens.......
Warren Cooper, brother to the Postmaster
OF Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, was
Killed by lightning lately while stacking
hay. His companion, Mr.. Hildebrand, was
severely stunned. Two horses were killed
aud the stack set on fire. The DANNY
Elevator, owned by Nicholson * Rulison.
at Henry, Ill, was struck by lightning
during terrific thunder storm at night and
burned to the ground, together with con-
tents, consisting of over thirty thousand
bushels OF grain. The warehouse was
worth $4,000, and the grain about $4,000.
Insurance, $4,000 on the building, and So
600 on the grain There were sixty.seven
failures in New York city i'm July, with
aggregate liabilities of $5,73S,17l, an in
crease over June In number of failures and
amount of liabilities.
r. b. COnant, Cashier of the Eliot
National Bank of Boston, has turned up
defaulter for 10000 .... The will of Whiting
Street. of Northampton, Massachusetts,, who
w ~ N half
600 for chart table objects. Thomas John.
ston, night yard.master of the G.. B. and O.
Railroad, in Rock Island, Illinois, was run
over Saturday morning. His leg was crushed
and internal injuries sustained which are
hkely oprove fatal. ....L Lew Davis, song
ambulance man with the California Minis
trels, cut his throat in the dressing-room of
BockrllIs Opera Hall at st. Johns, n.
Is just before the commencement
OF the performance Sunday evening".
Iullis, the rancher on Grand Island, Cal.
murdered Thursday, is believed TO have
been killed by some member of the labor
organization. Tuilis had received threats
by letters that il he did not discharge his
Cinnamon, whom he employed in large
numbers, he would he killed .......An ex-
cursion train on the Lake Erie & Louisville
Railroad, returning TO Celina, Ohio, Satur.
DAY morning at two o'clock, was wrecked
between It. Mary's and Celna. The
fatally injured. No one else was hurt......
The firm of X. NJ. Bishop IL Co, Cincinnati,
suspended on July Sd. Liabilities $500
100000. Cause, shrinkage in real estate ..
Rarus, the fleet horse, on the Buffalo track
Saturday, August ., trotted one mile i'm
2ISA, the fastest trotting time on record
......During storm oflightning thunder and
rain that came upon Philadelphia, Satur-
day, the Gospel tent of the Rdee.ayenue
Methodist Episcopal Church, at the orth.
west corner of Thirteth-street and Ridge
avenue, was struck by the electric fluid at
moment when a number of persons hap
pened 10 be under the canvass. OF these.
Mary Elirey, ten years old, was instantly
killed; Walter Elfrey, her brother, eight
years old, and Ellie Burns, nine years, were
Knocked senseless and dangerously pros
trated; William Adams, ten wears old was
made unconscious, but not seriously in
Jured, and Charles III. Wilson, grocer was
also struck sensless, and left suffering from
nervous prostration. None of the other
occupants OF the tent were touched by light
ming The tent and its furniture were set
on fire, but the flames were extinguished
before much damage could be done.....
Two boys, sons of Nicholas Montage of
Canal Dover, were drowned in the Tuscara-
was River, three miles North OF New Phila.
delphia, Ohio, Saturday forenoon. They
had been fishing and were playing on a log
in the water, which turned over and both
Randolph, Vermont early Saturday morn
ing probably fatally shot his wife and babe
while they were in bed sleeping, and
later killed himself TO avoid arrest......
Michael Reed, of San Francisco, news of
whose death at Walenstein, Germany. was
received Saturday, leaves an estate APPROX
imated at 100000 or more, and with the
exception of Senator Sharon was the largest
real estate owner in San Francisco. Some
years ago he made will leaving the great
Dulk OF his estate TO benevolent institutions
......Goyernor Cullom, of Illinois, has been
appealed to for company of militia to
protectthe coal mines at Stanton, MacouDine
County, which are threatened with destruc.
struction by striking miners. He has
ordered the Sheriff of the county
10 the scene Of the disturbance with
orders TO call to his aid sucb
force as may lie found necessary
Saturday cold-blOoded and devilish muir.
der occurred at Tie Camp, three miles below
Mlllican, on the Central Railway Texas
three unknown men came up to the camp
late IN the night and called out negro
named Alfred Licens. He got up and
stepped out to see what was wanted. The
three men said nothing, but deliberately
shot him dead and departed The twenty.
three counties heard from i'm North Carolina
indicate that the Legislature will be largely
Democratic, though thus for the Democrats
have lost nine members, divided among the
Republicans, Independents and Nationals
and have gained six. The independents
however, can not strictly be classed with
the Republicans, as most Of them
VIII vote with the Democrats .......
The tOwboat Brilliant explOdhd her middle
boiler at six p. m. Saturday, opposite
Gallipelis, Ohio, instantly killing Captain
shumaker and cabin boy named ZehIer.
John Guyer has since died. One barge of
coal or salt sunk below the Gallipolis wharf.
boat.
While running along the road in the
Mississippi Bottom, about eleven miles west
Of Anna Ill, endeavoringto get to house
and out Of q terrible storm, three women
Mrs. Smith, widow, and Miss Miller, her
daughter, and a Miss Mattbias-were in.
stantly killed by the top Of an immense oak
tree being broken and hurled upon them
Jerry Gibbons, while returning from Hills
Station, on the Marietta and Cincinnati
Road 70 his home at LOvelBnd, o., from the
hilisborO Accommodation, was struck bv
freight train while crossing bridge. and In.
stanty killed. Both arms were broken
and bis head terribly mangled. ne
wa siTty-eight years OF age
n little daughter Of Frederick Legard 81
Forest, Ohio, while out playing in n ward
accidently fell in cistern and was drowned
She was missed by her parents in the after.
noon, and search being made. the bodv g,e.
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