The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-01-20
FROM ALL POINTS.
About Things Generally.

- Several buildings on the south side Of
the Public sqnare, Hamburg, Ark, burn
ed L So $4,000
The Farmers hank at Elizahothtown.
Pa, closed. L'abi tiles $50 QUO. Deposi.
tors likely to lose heavily.
The exports exclusive of specie, from
the port of New York for the week end
log Tuesday were 50 O34 900.
The Cedar Rapids (Io.) Insurance
Company will retire from business, be-
cause the stockholders find it does not
pay.
John Scott, colored. convicted at Bal.
timore of numbering bis wife by poison,
has been sentenced to be banged.
The Na'ional tube-works, McKees-
port, Pa. will resnms Monday, giving
employment to $500 men, at lO per cent.
reduction.
The imports OF dry goods at the port
OF New York for the week ending Friday
we're 80 66S. 900, amount marketed 81
3S7 600.
Charles Simons, storekeeper and
heavy slate dealer at Portland, Pa, mys
terionsly disappeared. He is a de:aulter
for SAC. 600.
Castle Garden of1icia's report thai
during the past year 320.800 steerage
passengers, and SO 500 cabin passengers
landed in New York
The total cut of lumber in the Nrrth
western region last year was 1854 2S9 !.
GOO feet of lumber l 059 354 400 shin
giles and $50, COG. COO lath.
Tue bank Of Augusta, Ca. chartered
by the state many years before the war,
has made an assignment. Depositors
will be paid in full.
The pudding department of Union
irou-m,lls of Carnegie Bros. & Co, re
sumed operations at Pdt'hurg, Friday,
after several weeks idleness.
The New York Star has been discon-
tinued as daily paper. hut will cpntiu.
ue as weekly. The change il owing TO
the decline of Kelly's political power.
The Earl OF A,lestori, one of the
largest land owners of Texas, died al
the Cosmopoi itan hotel at Big Springs,
Tex, We dnesday of inaamation OF the
bowels
F iiay morning Rev. Jabez Pitt
Campbell. colored bishop of the Meth
odi>t E i'copal church, Pbiladelpiis,
was arreSted and taken before Magis-
trate List on the charge Of perjury.
Captain Isaiah R uders, who has fig.
ured prominently in New York politics
for nearly tiftv years. and was known as
1.-The war-horse Of the Democracy" died
suddenly.
As number Of hovs were skating on
a pond near Pottsville. Pa. FL lay alter
room, the ice gave wav and four OF them.
ranging in age from IL to Is years. were
drowned. The bodies we're recovered.
r ,bert Brewster. Loui lana state reg
istrar OF voters, shot Monday in an af-
fray at the Mascot;e (New Orleans) of
fce, died at 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning
The Louisville and N 4shville depot a
Nashville, with all tue freight stored
there and about 100 loaded cars. also q
hotel dj'cent. we're DESTROYED nv fire.
Loss $3.50. 900 on depot and $500 ON
hotel
Tie J. C. Moore bell factory at Col
linsville, Ill /, the largest establishment
of :he kind in the Uni'ed States, burned
Tuesday morning. Fifteen thousand
dozen bells we're destroyed. LIS, $780,
600.
Two freight ,rains'on the Chesapeake
and Ohio collided SATURDAY near jackson
river. The engineer and fireman of one
train we're killed. Three braksmen were
severely wounded. Both trains are
total wreck.
The committee appointed by the courl
OF Wise county, Va, to investigate the
condition of The sufferers by the laie
plagua, report more desti ution than at
fi st supposed. and outside assistance,
heretofore declined. is asked for.
Secret service off ;ers OF the Treasury
department turned up the plates and
Sl03. 900 of counterfeit money, upon the
confession OF Miles Oyle, the celebrated
counterf.it liter. Tnirty-eight thousand
dollars was found near Cincinnati and
the rest near Louisville