West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-31

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windows and knocking the furniture 10
pieces, ard the steeple on the Presbyterian
church was demolished, as also the win
dows and doors of the Luz
theran church. Several lives were
lost and many persons wounded secs.
Mrs Collier, living in South Baltimore, had
tnrlllng encounter 18th a negro tramp,
and narrowly escaped being outraged. She
heard noise in the cellar, and, as her hus-
band was absent, she procured a lamp and
descending the cellar she was grasped by
the negro, who extinguished the hight aud
attemI TO outrage her person. The
lady AIMED, and, after desperate strug-
Sewl,u the fiend, he fled, leaving her in a
iainting condition. She is now critically IL
Chas. r. H9ne, cashier of the Exchange
BANK OF Canton, Ohio, was found in an
unoccupied room in the Trump Block few
mornings ago, in a dying condition. IL was
at once discovered that the unfortunate
man had taken poison, supposed TO be
morphine. The cause OF the rash deed
VIII perhaps ever be mystery, as no
letter OF explanation has been found.
The deceased was OF a melancholy turn of
mind, and of late apparently dependent.
caused mostly by poor health.
At Muscatine, Iowa, on August 90. there
was an unprecedentei fall OF rain. The
creeks traverse the most densely populated
portion of the city, which drain a | the
hillsides ann the streets adjacent. Each rose
some hiteen feet in half an hour, flooding
all the lands, filling the stables and houses
near by, aud causing dire destruction to
property; but, so far as known, no lives
were lost, although many narrow escapes
were mathematician Will Reid, near LYON.
Ind, was recently thrown from his horse
while racing on the road and Instantly
Killed. lie was formerly fir m Greene
County, Ohio.....On the night of August
I9the yigilan broke into Jail at Versailles,
lnd. and shot Boyd, the would.be rapist,
about fifteen times, killing him. Boyd was
ahardened criminal, and not much sympathy
is expressed over his terrible fate.
wcstern Itcms.
Wednesday night, at Roseberry, Oregon.
VIM. DAILY quarreled with his wife's brother,
j.. Woodwar!, over family matters, when
! Woodward stabbed Dalv twice and Dalv
shot Woodward, both falling dead.
A late Portland, Oregon, dispatch SAYS
AT nine O'Clock in the morning, three
| strangers entered the pawnbroker sbop of
NJ. OShea, WashiDgton-street, felled the
proprietor with a shotgun, locked the
door packed up the jewelry and valuabIes.
| aud escaped by rear entrance passing
through dry goods store to First.street
IN alarm was given, and an officer pursued
the robbers. At the corner of Third and
| Morrlson-streets they fired at the officer
missing him, but instantly killing Louis
Joseph, aged fourteen. The robbers then GOT
INTO an express wagon, drove to the out
skirts OF t., city and made for the timber
Pursuit was at once organized.
southern Items
Information reaches Charlotte, y. c., of n
horrible tragedy which occurred i'm Ruther.
lord County, in the western part of North
| Carolina, in which Rev. Dr. Wade Hill Shot
and killed his son-in-law, Major ANDREW
Scroggins. 1t appears that Scroggins, while
In passion about "A week ago, stripped and
whipped DIR. HIPS youngest daughter
Scroggins's wife was present, and begged
her husband not to hurt her sister but he
paid no attention to the fearful entreaties
and inflicted painful chastisement on the
girl. n feud grew out of this and the
Doctor and his son-in-law, meeting to.
/ gether on the road, while on horseback
proceeded TO settle their difficulty with
pistols. Major Scroggns fired twice, and
missed and the Doctor killed his antagonist
at the first fire.
Notes from Abroad.
| 1t is stated in well informed circles that
Admiral HOrnsby has been ordered bv tele.
graph that as soon as the embarkation OF
the Russian Imperial Guard has been com.
pleted he shall withdraw his British fleet
from Princess Island, in the Sea of Mar
mora, TO Gallipoi. but not retire TO the
Mediterranean until the remainder of tho
nusslan troops have retired west of Chatalia
anu the Turks are securely in possession oI
those works. He will tn on leave a sufficient
number of ships at Gallipoli, in the Gulf OF
oaros, to maintain the inviolability of the
peninsula until a | the Russians are beyond
Adrlanople or across the Balkans
| Ensil Hoedel, who attempted the assassi
nation of Emperor William May IL, in the
avenue Inter den Linden, was beheaded on
the m rning of August l6, in the COURTYARD
oil the new prison at Berlin. The Impe ial
warrant decreeing that Just ce should take
its course was signed on the sth of TN,
| month Hoedel's age was about twenty
| one. On the trial he protested that he had
not intended to take the life of the En-
/ peror, but sought to sacrifice his life i'm \
| public manner in order to create sympathy
\ Tor the suffering people; but numerous
witnesses testified that ii Iedel leveIed
his weapon direct at the Emperor.
The session OF Parliament was prorogued
| by the Queen on August &C. until the I'd
OF November, 1878. In the royal speech
| which was read on the occasion, the Queen
/ congratulates Parliament on the conclusion
/ OF peac- by the Berlin congress, and the
| cyprus treaty is referred TO as a guaranty
! oil turkish Independence, and a pledge Of
/ reform. The conduct of the tro ps /,
| highly praised. The Queen, in her sp ech
/ attributes the pacific solution of the diff
culties in the East largely to the supper
OF Parliament, and believes that the peace
/ concluded by the congress Of Berlin will
| be satisfactory and durable.
/ hossuth has made a vigorous protes
against the Austrian occupation Of Bosnia
as increasing the Preponderance Of S lavish
IN the Austrian Federation .... Governor
/ Mccormick, General of In,
United States 90 the Paris Exposition. gave
a brilliant reception Wednesday night
/ which was largely attended by both French
/ and Americans General Grant has had
an interview with the Car az 81 Petersburg
Ihe Emperor manifested great cordialitv
| Inc General was presented by Prince
/ Gortschakof II 3 Majesty talked OF hi.
/ health and the Generals travels. He SCENE,
! greatly interested i'm our National wards
| the Indians, and made several inquiries a,
\ 70 their mode Of warfare. ............ Advice,
| from Chill state that all the banks
I have suspended specie payments. owing n
being drained of 20 Il BY the Government
70 carry on the war with the Argentine Re.
pub &c, which IL is expected will be de.
clared soon.
dispatch from Constantinople saws
After the review, Saturday, Gen. Todleben
was hred at by a young Greek, without
effect, and the would.oe assassin was ar.
rested"
After severe engagement, the Austri.
ans have occupied Seraievo. The official
report Of Gen Phillipovich shows that the
capture OF ~eraievo was the result Of the
combined ope atoms of his own force and
that OF Gen. Tegethof When the Aus.
TRAN troops entered the place, SAYS an
Ofhclal account fighting of the most hor.