West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-10-26
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WARRFN, the defaulting manager ~ the
London ana Platte River Bank, has con.
Tossed his guilt Ho embcz1lod about $500.
900, which lac lost in speculation.
FORMAL inquiry was madc hy the Com.
mittee OF Justices i'm London of the com.
plant OF O'Dounell that ho was suffering
from beang del rived OF the uSo of tobacco
The committee found that ne was in excel.
lent health, and refused to allow him To-
bacco.
ONE thousand people perehod in the re-
cent earthquake ON the southern coast of
tho CUR OF smyrna, and twenty thousand
more have been rendered homeless. Tho
houses nearly all fell with the first shock
ana the inmates wcro crushed and buried
under the ruins. Tho survivors fled To- the
fields, where thcy still remain without food
and suffering from cold. The Porte makes
an urgent appeal for the suirerors.
Ten thousand dollars was stolen from
the safo or the Canadian Exprcs, Com.
pany at Port Hope, Ont, OH tho 17th.
ODoNNELL has been indicted, aud his
trial set for November 2l. Luxurics aud
the best OF food are sent TO his cell daily
by sympathzrrs.
ONE thousand persons havo been rem.
dered homcless by the burning OF tho town
Of Allegno, Italy
MARIA MCCAhE, an unmarried girl. at
Hamilton, Ont, has been sentenced TO hang
for the murder OF her infant.
THE corner stone OF the church which is
70 loo built on tho spot in st. Petersburg
where Alexander III. was killed, was laid
by the Car and Czarina on the 18th, m the
presence of "A vast concourso OF people.
FoUH towns woro DESTROYED by the earth.
ha En a.
shocks arc still felt on tho Island OF Chios.
THE Canadian sugar reRners ask their
Government 20 give them a drawback ON
refined sugar exported equal 60 tho amount
OF duty paid on raw sugar imported. Tho
Government is considering the matter.
The Moody and Sankey revival meetings
in Cork arc held under the protection of
the police. Disturbances are. threatened
nightly by roughs who assemble outside
the hail..
The capture and destruction OF tho city
OF II t5C the French is reported as a
most n"fbarous slaughter. The Annamites
werespenned mp i'm tho burning village, and
thelr only way OF escape from the flames
lay under tho guns Of tie FRENCH a thoy
camo IN sight, their c1oihfhN oNoh tn afc,
they were shot down like animals From
eight hundred to one thousand were killed.
The sailors aftciwarl ranOut aud Drained
the wounded with the butt-onds Of their
muskets. Their excuse was that IL the
savages carried the day, thoir thrent was
they would "saw the French into plauj,s."
GERMAN-MADE tools OF an inferior quul.
ity and bearing an American trademark.
are sold in the manufactures OF Russia 10
The exclusion OF tools made i'm this country.
Tho demand for American petroleum is
being stopped i'm the same way in Turkey
and Syria by an adulteratod article that
has been sold i'm large quantities.
TWENTY men were killed by niue er.
plosion in Yorkshire, England ON the lath.
TWELVE brigands, implicated in four
teen murders in the past six years i'm tho
Amorosi District Of Italy, have been sen.
fenced TO death. Eleven others. convicted
Of completely, were condemned to hard
labor for life.