West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-04-06

went home. The son came by in company
with his friend Osgood. The father fred;
one ball passed through the sons heart and
another through the shoulder. With the
words, oh God, Osgood, / am shot" he
fell and instantly expired. In about a
minute another shot was heard, and
running into the building the crowd which
bad gathered found the old man sick
eniog sight. The whole top Of his
head was blown of, and one eve
hung on a rafter fifteen feet away
Three Mollie Maguires were hanged at
bloomsbury, Pa, on the 25th OF March,
Tor the murder OF Alexander Rea, in
October, 1868. They met death firmly,
and made no confession. In October, 1868,
nearly ten years ago, these men, named
Hester, Tuly, and McIIugh, conspired to
rob and murder one Alexander Rea, Super
intendent of colliery near Mt. Carmel,
Ia. Rea was the paymaster of the mines
and had started, with what his murderers
supposed to be alarge sum Of money, to pay
the monthly wages Of the men under
MS charge. He. was waylaid, robbed, and
murdered. In 1876, Hester, Tully, and Me-
hugh we're arrested on information given
| by Daniel Kelly, who was incarcerated In
the Schuylkill County prison for a petty
onense. They had two trials, and each
time the jury brought in verdicts Of murder
in the first degree.
by an explosion of dynamite i'm atunneI
! boring at the gunpowder waterworks in
baltimore County, No., two men were
blown to pieces and two others MORALLY in.
jured. Some of the shattered piec.s Of
bones and flesh were blown one hundred
ieet by the force OF the explosion. An in.
/ quest failed To discover the cause of the ac.
cident, and verdicts of accidental deaths
were returned ..... Comptroller Kel has
sent communication to Attorney General
! Fairchild, urging the release of VIM. NJ
kalf ~ a
that the late Attorney General would release
! him II he would make full confession of
his misdeeds, and surrender his property
induced Tweed's confession and his proffer
OF a surrender Of the property.
Western Itcms
Captain Constance Williams, of the
Seventh Infantry, stationed at Fort Belk
nap, has sent to military headquarters the
result of several scouting exhibitions.
which confirms the report recently teIe.
graphed by United States Consul TAYLOR. nj
winnipeg, hsnitoba. Captain Williams
learns that the forces under Sitting Rull 40.
gregate, with what he has assurances Of re.
ceivlng IN the way OF reinfOrcemcnts, nearly
seven thousand fighting men. The talk
among them is that they will fight nobody
nut III any one comes across their path they
VIII get 1T just the same. The Indians are
wen supplied with ammunition, and the sit.
|
measures are urged.
Eires
A fire in Cleveland DESTROYED the entire
works of the Republic Oil Refining Com.
pany, on Tod-street. Loss $4,000; insur.
ance Sa,OOO George Burgess, an employee,
was burned to death. The fire was caused
| by an explosion.
| n disastrous fire occurred in Philadelpbia
on the 25th of March II broke outat night
in the third floor of the paint and DRUG
warehouse of w. II. Wampole & Co. on
| Fourth-street, above Arch. There was n
strong wind blowing, and the fire ranidlv
spread In all directions, soon becoming one
| Oh the most disastrous confagrations that
ever visited that city. The flames RAPIDLY
! spread in every direction. About thirty
houses, in al, were more or less damaged by
| hre or water, and the total loss is thought 10
be about 81 100000.
Notes from Abroad.
sixty insurgents, with arms, one hundred
and hity-one unarmed, one hundred and
eighteen women and one hundred and
thirty:four, minors have surrendered in the
| jurisdiction, Of Holguin. Prominent On.
pans In meeting on the 10Th March at Mr.
| FarrelIs residence, unanimously adopted a
resolution that the natives of Cuba should
make some public manifestation in repudia-
ton oil the recent meeting of Cuban refugees
IN New York, and declare their hearty
asreement IN and support of the terms Of
| peace. lnsurgent Major General Carlos
kOlofi, with Brigadier General Maestro.
three Colonies, eight Lieutenant Colonies
hfty-one lower officers and four hundred
men, surrendered on the 18th, in the neigh.
borhood of Santo Espiritu.
a formidable expedition against Nicara-
qua, to enforce the claims of the Govern.
ment of Germany in the case of Consul
Eisensuck, left the port OF Panama and
Colon the 23d. The Medusa on the Atlantic
side, is wooden corvette, carrying nine
heavy guns, and is intended to blockade
GTeytown, rather than to attempt landing
me Meet to operate against San Juan del
| sur and COunto consists of three powerful
vessels. The Elizabeth, the flagship. carries
twenty guns and nearly four hundred men.
! The Leipzig is formidable iron.ciad
| corvette with twelve heavy guns. The
herman Minister to Central America ac.
/ companies the expedition, for, although
| diplomacy has hitherto failed, the presence
| Of the fleet will be sufficient 10 cause the
Nicaraguan Government to come to terms
! "heh MS services may again be required
News from San Domingo says a Proyis-
lonaI Government exists, General Cesaro
| Guillemo presiding. new President will
! De elected. The revolution was the cause
OF immense damage to property. The ruin
ana distress prevailing will probably be n
safeguard against fresh risings for some
time..."....The Irish Rife Team declines N
/ accept the invitation challenge received
| from the National Rifle Association Of the
United States to compete for the " Palma
IN the long range international rifle contest
oil 1873. Rigby, on behalf OF the team
| says Our team and the Scotch team
| Slngiy, and the Irish, Scotch, and Eng.
ish teams combined, have connected
iruitiessly at Creedmoor." ............G re-.
port has been received at London that
ne British naval training ship Eurydice
with four hundred men on board. has been
saPs yea on the coast Of the Isle OF Wight
me Admiral commanding at Portsmouth
teiegrapbs the following particulars. re.
ceiYed from the coast guard at Ventnor
Inc Enrydice capsized off Dunnose Head in
= sudden squall. One boy and seaman were
saved. Other advices indicate that between
three and four hundred lives were lost.
survivor Of the Eurydice disaster gives the
number on board ~ over three hundred
= I'VE we're picked up by passing schooner
aiter being M the water over an hour lint
All have died except two. II isnot probable
tnat any OF the others we're saved. az a
strong ebb-tide vas running. The FuTvdioe
was under full sail, when she was overfaken
~ snow-stOrm, accompanied by heavy
squalls. The sun shOne again brilliantly
shortly afterwards, but nothing was then
visible except few boxes floating down