West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-10-19

lr Is stated by an official at the War Dc.
partment that General Schofeld will sue
ceed General Sheridan at Chicago, and
that General Pope will assume command OF
the Department OF the Pacific now held bv
General Schofeld.
THE Secretary Of the Interior has ten.
dered the position Of Commissioner Of Pat.
entS To the Hon. Ben. Butterworth, OF Ohio,
vice Edgar \. Marble, resigned.
JUDGE Advocate General Swain Is re.
ported as saying that the President will
soon pardon Sergeant Mason.
1T rs claimed that the new tariff schedule
during the three months it has been IN on.
Grafton, has lesscned the burdens of tho
people about 81, ,OD0,OOO.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has disapproved OF
the sentence of dismissal pronounced
against Lieutenant Simpson for marry inc
his mistress.
IHE Secret Service Bureau at Washing.
ton has received by mail from St. Louis
the face of a hvc-dollar National bank
note, skillfully taken of 10y the use OF gel.
atine, aud evidently intended to be trans.
ierred To copper plate hy the use OF a
tracer and chemicals. The party furnish
ing the sample gave no names Of the
effort 10y the Bureau they could be found
IoNEIGN
AN engagement is reported between de.
tachments OF the French and Chinese
troops. The Chinese wcrc defeated and
their retreat cut OF 10y gunboats. Tho
French regard the victory as important
The Lady SuperioresS and seven ladies.
attached To the Maria Institute at Warsaw.
have been arrested on the charge of
Nihilism. The Institute is under the direct
patronage of the Czariua.
THROUGH the breaking of an axle. the
baggage car and three passenger cars OF "A
canada Pacific Railway train were thrown
irom the track and burned near Deux
kivieres ON the 9th. There were nearly
TWO hundred passengers in the cars. A
number were severely injured, but IL is
thought none dangerously.
AT meeting of the Spanish Cabinet on
the 10th the Foreign Minister threatened To
resign If the Ambassador at Paris wns not
recalled in the event Of the French Gov
eminent refusing TO make the apology de.
sired for the treatmont Alfonso received i'm
Paris. The Cabinet decided that il would
be inconvenieut TO recall the Ambassador.
QUEEN VICTORIA has admonshed the oc.
cupants Of one of her palaces that their
manners must be corrected. They have
been gambling for large sums
THE Spanish Ministry resigned on the
llth because of their inability TO agree
upon what course 10 pursue in view of the
refusal Of France TO make further repara-
tion for the treatment OF Alfonso.
FLOODS are reported in Spain. Several
villages have been partly submerged and
lives lost.
There are reports at Rome that many
private documents, referring 10 the Papacy,
have disappeared from the Vatican They
have probably been concealed by the clergy
TO prevent their falling into the hands OF
tho Italian Government.
The anniversary Of the discovery Of
America was celebrated i'm Madrid OIL the
the 18th with splendid banquet. Tho
building was brilliantly illuminated, and
decorated with the coat Of arms Of Spain
and North and South America All the
representatives of American republics
were present.
CHARLES MANN, the murderer Of the
Cook family, was hanged at LorignaI Can
ada, on the 18th. Fifty persons witnessed
the execution. Mann murdered his en-
ployer, i. X. Cook, Mrs. Cook aud their
son and daughter. lie made full confcs-
sion.
The village Of La EstrelIa, Province Of
Termel, Spain, was entirely inundated
during the recent floods. Sixteen houses
were destroyed and forty lives lost.