West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-02-16
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From tho Capital.


exported is s626,OOO,O00; imports, $3.50, 600.
OOV; excess in value of exports, Sl4O,O 900.
The various reports that have reached the
government with reference to the whei e.
abouts of Sitting Bull and his band have
not been disregarded at the War Depart.
ment. There is n settled determination To
make thorough war upon that party when
ever or wherever found in our dominion.
remission has been asked of the Indian
Bureau by the military authorities to enlist
the Crows against the hostile Sioux. The
crows are old enemies Of the Sioux tribes,
and have been for long series
OF years friendly to this government
The Indian Office has acceded TO
the request from the Secretary of War
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
received the following telegram from Col.
lector Booth:
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. l.
My Deputies and Deputy United States
Marshals have met with armed resistance ON
the part OF illicit distillers in overpowering
numbers IN Winston County, and are con.
Sequently unable to enforce the revenue
laws in that section.
The Commissioner in reply telecrapbed
me collector to employ twenty additional
men, ana act with promptness and vIgor.
Itoms In General.
At $3.50 on the afternoon OF Januaty 81.
$50 'NN'ohAH NAtNlODollldlt from IhllAuCl-
phia for Para, Brazil, went ashore on Cur
rltuck Beach, three miles south of the light
house, during the prevalence of furious
southeast gale. Great confusion prevailed
on board, owing TO the fury of the yale and
roaring of the surf. The orders of the
othcers could not be heard. About fifty
ot the passengers and crew were washed
ashore. About two hundred are believed
to be lost From some of the sailors
VINO arrived at one of the signal stations il
appears that the vessel had encountered
heavy gales from the southeast for twenty.
tour hours, and when she struck she was
heading about southeast. The vessel swung
her broadside to the surf, which made a
complete break over her, and washed many
OF the people overheard into the sea .........A
child nine months old, of colored man
named Joseph Price, was burned to death,
IN indianapolis, by its clothing taking fire,
during the temporary absence of it's mother
The latest in regard TO the Metropolitan
disaster reports two hundred and sixty per.
sons on board, and one hundred and sixty
drowned. The vessel was unseaworthy and
overloaded. The day after the disaster the
beach was strewn with the bodies of the
dead .........A terrific tornado, accompanied
ny a disastrous tidal wave, passed along the
Atlantic Coast on the last day of January
and the first of February, destroying
80 AN'Ne1 hhh IIODtEAl Ol every ue-
soription. At Coney Island the disasters
were great, and eight lives were lost
number OF shanties on the east side OF the
island were swept into the sea, and three
women and five children persisted.
The Signal Service Observatory at Ocra-
coke Inlet, North Carolina, reports ashore
there, bottom up, the brig c. c. Overton.
from New York for Nassau, and that the
entire crew are supposed to be lost. A hat
and other articles picked up show signs OF
blood...... Edward Newman, of Philadelnbia
shot himself fatally Saturday night. while
conversing with his wife, an actress. in a
roem in the DeSoto House. He abandoned
his wife short time ago, and she, in an in.
terview Saturday evening, refused to return
10 him.
Miss Sallie NJ. Porter, most estimable
young lady, of Cincinnati, in a delirium of
lever, escaped from her sick bed about one
o'clock in the morning, recently, and I'M
protected left the house, wandering bare
footed through the snow down Woodburu
Avenue and into the vacant lot near a tan
merry, where she fell exhausted, and died be.
iore she was discovered. Her mother oc-
cupied the same room. and had given her
daughter medicine at about midnight It's
thought that Just after her mother had gone
10 sIeep she got up, and walking down stairs
unlocked the front door and passed out
a hre occurred on the second floor of 554
Sixth Street, New York City. at late bour
the other night, caused by bedclotbes taking
hre from stove. Four children of Thomas
cassidy, who occupied the floor and keeps n
Junk shop on the first floor, were suffocated
When discovered, two of them, John. aged
two years, and James, aged fifteen months
were dead; Joseph, aged five years, and
ihomas, aged four years, were insensible
but 1t is thought their lives would be saved
The Sacramento River overlooked. few
days since, and spreading over the low
country below Sacramento for distance NJ
thirty miles, destroyed property of farmers
TO the amount of one million dollars.
NJ. Ross had an interview in Baltimore
lateiy, with stray waif, q bov from
Demerara, who was supposed to be Charlie
Ross, on account OF a strong resemblance
Inc examinatiOn was most thorough. and
consisted principally of tests of memory.
ne boy was found to be entirely ignorant
OF any incident connected with the early
history of Charlie Ross, and while there was
q remarkable resemblance in some respects
between the two, the father was convinced
at the first glance that his journey was
destined TO be fruitless one.
Southern Items.
some wretch placed a bar Of iron on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and ST. Louis Rail.
trackway nine miles out from Nashville the
other night, running the freight train of.
crushing eight freight cars, four of which
contained Kentucky mules bound for
Atlanta. An oil tank next to the tender
burst letting out eight tons Of oil. which
lgnlted from the fire box Of the locomotive.
and burned seven cars, including four stock
cars, cremating forty animals. Two cars of
bacon but added fuel, making the fire so hot
that the animals could not be succored.
Engineer Morris Kane was badly cut i'm the
head. Fireman Lucas was slightly injured
Loss 70 the company, twenty-five thousand
dollars.........A jury was impaneled at New
orleans, on the 10th Of January, i'm the case
oil the three members Of the Returning
Board, and the case proceeded 10 trial
ITires
4 fire broke out the other evening in the
fifth story Of large six story brick build.
ing No. 121 Medford Street, Charleston Dis.
trict Boston, used for the manufacture Of
hne furniture by T.. w. Holmes & Co. The
building, four hundred and fifty feet long
and extending back two hundred feet Ia
the Mystic River, was filed with furniture
large amount on the upper stories being
finished. The factory contents were com
pietely destroyed, together with eight
houses. Some twenty families are homeless
and between four and Eve hundred work
men are thrown out Of employment Tn,
loss on the factory, machinery, and stock oil
furniture is estimated a. $4,000 Other
losses about $4,000.
Notes from Abroad.
Russia b. said To- be rnaeeiug opc hun l-ot