The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-08-20
Items Of News.

Items Of News,
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens died on Tues
day night Of last week, at precisely II
o clock, at his residence in Washington.
Simon Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens, Jr.,
nephew, and his housekeeper, Mrs.
Smith, were at his bedside; also Sister
Loretta and Sister Genevierc, of the
Providence Hospital, and j. Scott Pat
terson, Of the Interior Department, and
the servants of his household Breath
ing his last he passed away quietly and
calmly without a struggle, as though
falling asleep About ten minutes be-
fore his death sister Loretta requested
permission of his friends to perform the
Catholic baptismal rite. and no objection
being offered the ceremony was per-
formed amid impressive leuce. The
remains were inferred at Lancaster, on
Monday last.
Norwegian emigrants, to the number
of four thousand, are about to settle in
Wisconsin. The lands, in different Sec
tions of the State, have been selected
for them, and an agent has gone to Nor
way to gather the families and make the
necessary arrangements for sending them
to this country. The parties come from
the northern part of Norway, are hardy,
industrious people, who will soon make
for themselves homes, and will be a
most valuable acquisition to the popula-
ton. According to the census of 1860,
Wisconsin had residing within its linn
it's 81 ,442 out of the 43, 995 Norwegians
residing in the United States.
The Columbia bridge now under
course of construction, will be compile
ted by the first of December. The
bridge will be one mile two hundred
feet in length. 1t is already half fin
ished, and the three central spans are
made wholly of iron. 1t can never
again be burned, as it was during the
late war. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will lay upon it track, and
next season will run over it, regularly,
excursion trains to Gettysburg. The
line will connect with the Northern
Central at York, by the Wrightsville
branch. .e# Il
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Union says -
"Seven miles from Springfield, Missou-
ri, is a great natural curiosity called
"Lincoln Cave" which is said to rival
the great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
It has, as yet, been explored only about
half mile from its entrance, and the
largest chamber yet discovered is said
to be about one thousand yards in
breadth, and from thirty to fifty feet in
height, aud is said to be very brilliant
and beautiful"
In Green county, Pennsylvania, a
few days ago, boy, named Thomas,
aged fourteen, killed his father under
the following circumstances: The faith
er was cruelty beating his son, when
the mother interfered. Upon this
Thomas seized his wife by the throat
and choked her. The instant his moth.
err was attacked, the boy drew a knife
from his pocket, with which he stabbed
his father in the abdomen several times,
cutting his intestines and inflicting ia
tai injuries.
It is stated that James Green, of
Missouri, is the name of the former
United States Senator, whom a brief
paragraph in the newspapers few days
since stated had been picked up in the
streets of New Orleans in sick and
destitute condition and taken to the
Charity Hospital. At one time he was
the most formidable opponent of Ste
phen A: Douglas in the Senate.
A swimming match occurred at
Poughkeepsie on Monday, between
three of. the Eastman students, j. p.
Hindman of Kansas, P. FL. Gregory of
Pennsylvania, and r. I'll. Waller of Flor
ida, who were to swim across the Hud.
sou. Hindman won the race, the time
being: Hindman % minutes, Gregory
so minutes and Waller "a minutes.
Mitchell S. lamar, son Of Mr.. r. D.
lamar, Register of Wills of Cecil coun,
ty, has been appointed cadet at West
Point, BY the Hon. Hiram AIcC nllough
to fill . Vacancy occasioned by the res.
ignation Of a son of George Earle, Esq.
formerly Of Elkton. IA
Large fires are again raging in the
woods in the neighborhood of Belle
Ewart and Jeffrey, on the Northern
Railroad, in Canada. Mr.. Sayes' saw
mill, at the former place, was several
| times ON fire. A million dollars worth