The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-11-05
Items Of News.

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NortherusI5dia 8 again threatened
with famine that may revive the re.
cent terrible scenessin Orissa, where
two m .llions Of people died ofstaryation.
There wasascarcely any hpesweather in
May aud june, and the raits, which
began a mpnth before the usual time,
have done immense damage. The ice
cropsg i6elpding those Which haveS been
sown a second time, are ruined. Ofis-
sa- aud ali theHdistrict between Calcut-
ia aud the sea have been dcluged. Yet,
while this superabundance of moist Ore
has fallen on the coast, the central dis
tricts are suffering still more from
drought. Tn. price of bread has great
~ advanced already. r s ssasm
IA locomotive set fire to the grass on
the prairies, near Altoona. iowa
Fanncdrby4tfeg high wind 1.-The flames
dashed into the nefg hboring farms, leav-
ing swath Of rum behind. The farm
OF Mr.. Cummings was swept, Of every
thing-house, barn, with horses in it,
grain in the stack and fences. all were
swallowed up The farm OF Mr.. John
son, near by, met the same ruin, only
he managed, by great efforts, to save
his residence. Another large farm near
Colfax was also entirely desolated The
wind for few days has been blowing a
gale; the grass is as dry as finder, aud
destructive fires in other parts of the
State reported. ora
The Report of the. Agricultural Blu
rcau at Washington for the month of
October has been published. 1t says
the full promise of. the early summer
has not been realized in the wheat har-
vest, The increased area over, that of
last year is about neutralized by dimi-
mutton in the yield, SO that helipcrease
in the total quantity, as shown by the
October returns, will not be. more than
three per cent, and that is obtained
mainly from the Pacific coast, In Ma
ryland and Wisconsin the gain has not
yielded as much in thrcshing as was
expected. .,1ts
among the persons who recently re-
ceived gold medals from the French
Government, for deeds of great courage
and deyotedness, was young matron,
Francois Triadou, who was bitten by a
mad dog, in the midst Of crowd of
children aud women, and W o was self
possessed and noble hearted enough to
cling to the dog until he was killed
The furious animal would otherwise
have bitten at least fifteen or twenty
other persons. Madame Triadou was
fortunately saved. p;l5
Last week remarkable and success
full blast was made at the Richmond
(Va.) granite quarry. now owned by a
company in Philadelphia. One entire
block of clear beautiful granite, measur-
ing 100 feet long, % feet thick 20 feet
wide, was thrown out from the solid
mass of the quarry. This immense
block contains 1000 cubic feet, $780,
900 pounds or three thousand six hun
dred tons. 1t is probably the largest
stone in one piece ever quarried, either
in ancient or modern times. 800 iI,,a
A terrible avalanche of rocks recent
ly occurred near the Notch House, on
Mount Mansfield, White Mountains
One rock weighing more than one hun
bred to- fell, crashing its way over
and through the farest a Ithousand feet
or more, cutting the trees off like pipe
stems, till it finally lodged. within, ten
rods of the house, and near it another,
some twenty feet or, more square, stands
up like tower, while other smaller ones
have left their tracasFin different direc-
tions.
A dispatch dated Philadelphia, Oct.
81, says:-As petition ,coItesting the
election of Daniel NJ. Fox, as mayor,
has been filed in the Common Pleas
1t represents that the true vote of the
city was 59,779 for Tyndale, and 81, 200
for Fox, giving to Tyndale a majority
of 2,779. The specifications of fraud,
&C., are similar to sthoses inT the other
petitions filed in the case of the other
officers. The 10Th of November has
been fixed for the hearing.
Mrs. William Duke, of Macon county,
Ala, hung herself last week on account
of discord with her, husband. They
were married last year, at the ages re-
spectively of eighteenand sixteen. She
suspended herself from one of the joists
in the house, and when cut down her
little babe lay TRANQUILITY sleeping in a
cradle near her feet 4,lg d3aal "A
"A dispatch dated Lock haven. Pa, Oct.
81, says The Messina and Farms
worth blocks, including eight business
houses and Mr.. Farnsworth's residence,
have beendestroyet by fire! Loss $780,
600, Insurance S1S,0O0 The FIRE was
caused by ineendiaries for purposes of
plumber. = 81 'AA ~ -
Some three weeks ago, negro made
a speech at Gretna, La, in which he
said the only way for the Radicals to
carry the election was to apply the torch.
Within two weeks singularly destruc-
tive confagration broke out in Gretna,
and the negroes refused to assist in saw
ipglthe property. Queer coincidence,
wasn't it? .5s.5<t+> ,54
George W. childs, Esq, proprietor
Of the Ledger, has presented hand;
some burial lot, enclosed in Woodland
Cemetery, Philadelphia, to the Phila-
delphia Typographical Society for the
burial of deceased members. The pre-