West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-31
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Mrs. Key and q few Postoffice officials has
left for Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls
The party will visit Cleveland and mako n
general tour OF the west, possibly extend.
ing the trip as far as Calf 'rnia. The Post.
master General will be absent about two
months. Gen. Tyner viii act as Postmaster
General during his absence.
The Cabinet session August 16, was yery
orief. Reports from southern cities stricken
with yellow fever were the subject of much
discussion, and deep sympathy was ex.
pressed. Ii was decided to give every
possible aid to the afflicted cities, and Score
tary McCrary's favorable response to
Memphis was highly applauded by the
president and Cabinet. The Post-ofice
department asks Surgeon General Barnes il
ne can suggest some scientific way of fumi
eating the mails by which all danger Of
transmissi of vel ow fever or other
similar diseases, can be avoided Tn.
Sommi sioner OF the General Land Office
has authorized a third surveying marty m
identify lands in Mississippi from which
public timber has been cut and removed
mus To fnrnish testimony to sustain the
pending indictments.
Items In 9onornI.
The citizens of Cincinnati, by a majority
oil over five thousand, voted i'm favor of
issuing $1,000, 600 bonds for finishing their
southern Railroad .........The Mayor of
Grenada Miss, has teiegraphed Mayor Ely
new FORK, asking peculiarly aid for the
relief OF sufferers by the yellow fever
scourge........ On account of the prevalence
oil yellow fever in New Orleans and
Grenada, Miss, Mayor Weir Of Paducab.
telegraphs TO the Associated Press Agent
at Louisville, that the city # Paducah has
oeen Guaranteed against all steamers from
the South and also all railroads. Other
cities on the line of travel have quarantined
.....On August II, Mt Donaldsonville, in the
farish Ascension, Louisiana, the death pen.
atty was executed on Wilson ChiI1ress
Fountain Banks, Octave and Aaron Garter
All coiored, for the murder of an aged white
store-keeper, named Narcsse Arrieux.
The Greenback State Convention of Col.
orado, which lately met at Denver, adopted
aplatform arraigniEg the Democrats for the
advocacy and support of the African
slavery teaching--the wild and cruel fantasy
t9at man could hold property in man."
ana The Republican party for legislation in
the interest OF the money power. Ii de-
mands the issue by the Government of abso
lutte paper money as full legal tender r all
debts. pub ic and private, in sufficient vol.
ume for the entire needs of trade, and i'm
payment OF the whole OF the interest bear.
ing debt, and paid directly TO the peop' g,
without the interven ion of banks or
agen S; the immediate repeal of the re-
SUMPTION act, and all laws authorizing Ma.
tlonal Banks; enactmen bv Congress pro.
hibirng any further issue Of bonds, and a
constr utional amendment making such is.
sue impossible; an income tax on all in.
comes above one thousand dollars. The
nominations were: r. G. Buckingnarn
governor; =. A. Simmons, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor; j. l.. Washburn, Secretary: w. D.
Arnet, Treasurer; G. w. King, Auditor:
Alpheus Wright, Attorney General; A. J.
Crittenden, Superintendent Public In
structlon; III. Z. Childs, Congress -.
Troy Dye, Public Administrator of Sacra.
mento County, California, has made full
confession concerning the recent murder of
\. nj. Tullis on Grand Island. He confesses
to have instigated the murder for the pur.
pose OF getting control of the estate of the
deceased. He duplicates as perpetrators of
the deed Edward Anderson, a Swede
formerly in his employ, and another party
name not yet ascertained. Anderson has
also made a confession corrobora ing that
OF Dye. Anderson was to receive six
thousand dollars for the Job They had
previously tried to kill Tullis by poison
They had also discussed the murder of
other citizens. The details are replete with
cold-blooded cruelty. Dye has heretofore
borne goo reputation in the community,
and his connection with the affair has
created the utmost surprise and excitement
IA few mi es from Chillicothe, on Thurs.
DAY, morse bent on suicide, persisted in
occupying the Marietta Railroad track in
spite of the whistling of the engineer of
freight train No z, and the train could not
be stopped in time to prevent striking the
horse. When the loo motive pilot struck
him the impetus of the train was not suf.
hcient to hurl him from the track and down
the embankment. II simply lifted him
slightly and showed him in front of the
locomotive. Finally the body of the horse
was turned lengthwise with the track, the
pilot ceased to be of service. the forward
wheels rolled on 10 the PROSTATE body, the
locomotive careened and plunged twenty.
nve feet down the steep declivity followed
oy al the loaded cars and seventeen empty
ones. The engineer was thrown forward
through his cab window, and landed on
te pilot, terribly scalded on his
legs and side and badly bruised.
His fireman, an industrious young man
named Pat Shayne, was in some way
TANNED under the wrecked engine with
ms head completely severed from his body
and two heavy iron trucks lying across his
bowels, crushing bis abdomen and mutilat-
ing his limbs in a horrible manner The
forward brakeman, named Mont Henry,
long resident OF Loveland, but more re.
Gently Of Cozaddale, on the Marietta, a
husba d and the father of three helpless
children, was at his post on top of one of
the freights, six or seven cars back from the
locomotive. As the cars plunged down the
bank he went with them and was crushed
20 death. ShayDe was about twenty-three
years old and Henry about twenty.eight.
shayne was a single man. Betterton, Ii is
expected, y i'll recover.
About nine O'Clock in the evening, August
u, john A. Ieete registered at the Aston
House, New York, and was assigned a room
on the third floor. At the desk he appeared
70 be labOring under some excitement.
About half an hour after going 10 his room
the loud report Of a pistol was heard from
Leete's room, and the crashing oil a bullet
through the door, accompanied by loud
crles from the room. Several officers were
summoned, and hey burst in the door. and
Immediately bullet whizzed pas them.
and the party inside slammed the door in
their faces Another attempt by the officers
to get In was met by another bullet but
both sh is fortunately missed. The officers
then made a combined rush, and over.
powered Leete before he could again FIRE.
Jeete was witness before the Potter In.
vestgating Committee. He was terribly
excited, and said there was a conspiracy 10
kill him, and he meant 20 kill the Il 80 man
who entered his room. He fred ne
said, In sef-defeDse as he heard some
one trying 10 enter his room
Mrs. Hayes desires the report that Webb
her son, is 20 be married to an Ohio girl i'm
the fall, 70 be denied ......... Professor Fred
erick W. BardweU, mathematical author
and professor Of astronomy and engineer.
ing in the University Of Kansas. died AT
Lawrence August 49,. ..... George Leonard
IN inmate Of the Muskingum County 10.