West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-08
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iSlature......UPon the arrival OF the mid
night train at Fort Wayne, Iud., from Jack |
son, trunk was handed from the baggage
car which emitted horrible stencil. As no
one called for il after waiting two hours, il
was broken open, revealing the entirely
nude corpse of young man, ap.
phently twenty two years old,
doubled up in horrible shape, the
mans head being forced between his
legs, a hole in the left side, showing n deep
stab had been inflicted. The remains were
taken TO the morgue. The trunk was put
on az Waterloo, Ind, by stranger To the
agent. At Cleveland, a four year-old son
OF John Murphy, living on st. Clair-street,
was burned to death by his clothes taking
ire from the stove, during the absence OF
his parents The house was left in charge
OF fourteen-year-old SOM. Thomas John.
sons bakery, in Kingston, Ont, was
burned down, and his two little
daughters perished in the flames.........
Scranton tPenn.) dispatch says that
az Hyde Park, Mrs. Davis and yeRr.old
child were burned to death by the explo-
SION OF Kerosene lamp.....A nass-meeting
oil American citizens, chiefly Socialists
convened IN New York CITY passed regolu.
tons condemuing the repressive measures
adopted IN Germany Mt the instance of
Bismarck The res buttons were read in
four languages.
The mutilated body Of an old man named
James Ross was found i'm the woods four
miles from Columbus City Indiana It had
been partially devoured by hogs, and pre-.
sented sickening appearance. Ross dis
appeared about three weeks before at which
time he was suffering from delirium
tremens. He probably froze TO death .........
little child OF John Dickey of Elizabeth
Ind, fell into tub Of boiling water. and
was scalded 10 death INSTANTLY. David
Fuller and Reuben Munger, citizens OF
Brown County, Wis, are under arrest
on warrants issued by Commissioner Blood.
good, charging them with assisting in the
removal of timber cut belonging TO the
United States, and occupied by the Oneida
Indians. IL is said the authorities will
proceed IN this manner against a large num-
Der OF persona, in addition to civil suits
Tor the recovery of the value OF the timber
the Interior Department having ordered .,
rlEld enforcement Of the statutes both
ciVii and penal, against all trespassers in
Guiding the purchaser of the material ....
The Potter Committee on the 23d, at Wash
lngton, passed a resolution to investigate
the cipher dispatches and to allow Mr. Til
den TO face his accusers before n competent
tribunal.
BAYARD TAYLoR's will has been adj.
mitted to probate in PHILADELPHIA. John
}. Pinkerton and Charles b. Lamhorn are
named ms executors. The sword of Schiller.
presented by VIM. Makepeace Thackeray
to Taylor, IS ordered to De deposited i'm
ScAiller's house, in Germany, among
other relics OF the poet. His unpub.
hshed writings are left to his wife
and George II. Boxer, President of the
Union League Club Of that CITY,. In the
Potter Committee on the 3d. the resolution
oil Representative Reed, providing that Til
den be all owed to be represented at the
heSung OF the committee by counsel, was
tabled lntead OF accepted, as previously re.
ported. Republican members of the com.
mittee voted in its favor, Democrats
against 1t, and Butler silent The Conn
troller OF the Currency has called for n re-.
port of the condition of the national bopk g.
~ me close OF January /, 1879. a report
Is called for that date for the purpose of
obtaining as nearly possible the condi-
tion OF the banks on the day of RESUMPTION
OF specie payments.
The President, on Saturday, the 25th inst.
signed the Arrears of Pensions Bill. Con.
sidering the emphatic majority by which it
passed both houses, he felt that he could
not do otherwise. Not dollar will be paid
out, however, on these claims, until spe.
clhc appropriation is made. This Congress-
VIII make no appropriation, and the
claims will simply remain on iie............
Francis y. Seigmiller, the Catholic priest
arrested on complaint of disturbing public
meeting at North Vernon, Ind, paid S22. so
ana costs..........Ihree negroes named Alex.
ander, and three white men named Gap,blin
quarreIed on the oath inst. about the pos
session OF some land in Wayne Comfy
mississippi. Later the negroes ambusbed
the white men. killed one and wounded
another The fire was returned and two
negroes were killed. TIE other Aed.......
as the express train from New York ON
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
1ait'more road, was approaching
wilmington, three young Princeton stu.
dents, on their way to Wilmington. at
tempted 10 pass from one car TO the otI,sr
ne WIND was blowing q gale at he time,
aud one OF tn IN, named Vaughn residing nj
wilmington, was blown OF the platform
ana instantly killed. .... The Joint Confer.
tnce committee, appointed 10 consider the
a pl oil transferring the Indian
bureau from the Interior to the War
department. voted on the sinh
Ject with the following result: Against
me transfer, Senators Saunders and
Ogles1y, and Representatives Stewart and
an Norhes-4. in favor Of the transfer.
Senator McCreary and Representatives
scales, Hooker, aud Boone 4 m Senator
JoTu hdd Dill presented in the Ohio
senate TO permit the legal procuring Of
Lures ior dissection, by authorizing the
officers OF public institutions TO hand over
70 medical Institutions for the purpose
az! persons dying in such institutions
whose bodies shall be unclaimed nv
I1tnas Tor prescribed period. 4
INN"n " - presented by the Sen.
htor, signed by three thousand pby.
slclans Of Ohio, setting forth that the
Jaw requires Of their profession pyo.
hciency in the study OF anatomy. and az.
ing the General Assembly 10 provide for
me lawful procuring of bodies for dissec.
non IN a manner similar 20 that proposed
by the pending bill
Inc Potter Committee met at WASHING.
Ton on the 9th, and a long discussion en-.
sued as 10 the scope Of the investigation
and whether the Trjbvne ciphers only were
to be examined into, or all cipher tele0rams
no matter by whom sent. II was finally de.
y'ueo tne subject now under examination
oe proceeded with but the COMMITTEE s5
J@urntd without eiiciting anything fnrtber
2I interest During the session AZ,
James .. Green, in his testimony ststeJ
that ne mad made search for dispefcbes b..
tween james a Tyner and ChaudIer 90
burned some OF them. There were seyer
or eight altogether; one was n teIor,,,a
rom iyner about making two AMMAN.
ments DO the Interior Department 81
,alaues ~ $500 each. and atEirg Cssrd
yer % DO this and have tae r1,,,,
'tpostci boo some national bank 60 tbst 4
pEnl De drawn bro INDIANAPOLIS by the