The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-05-14

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days The 1st instant, i described 81 ri,
sen'biipg 4 shower Of snvw balls, some
Of the hail stones measuriog thirteen
inches 10 ciFcumfcfehce aud weighing
eyesninc ounces Skylights we're dashed
into Fragments, aud unsubstnntiaI roofs
somewhat Siddled. The same sta. M
was violent al Kcokuk and Des Moines,
Iowa terminating In each instance 10
heavy rair which flooded the ntreams
and made general havve or tho bridges.
Some unrochug was done By the wind
y Indiaoapolis, and high wind aud
heavy rain wore quito general 10 the
NN,thwest.
a Texas paper notices tho fact that
niany new and valuable discoveries have
been made in the South since the war.
II Virginia beds 81 coal. ryp<uni aud
u ngancse, aud 10 Georgia and Tonnes
see and South Carolina coal and other
minerals have boon worked fcr tho first
time. ~ Alabama abundance of fine
coal 10 Louisiana vast bc.ls Of sait. i,
Arkansas rich gold pIaeers, aud IL Tex.
-, gold, load, coal. oupper. silver. mar.
bic. etcs have been discovered. The
spirit of invention has also increased IL
the South, aud salf.reliant enterprise
boon very largely developed. These are
cheering signs for our future.
/ The 81. Nichael's, Talbot ccanty.
Comet, says:--Mr Isaac II Sylvester
Isas lcit AZ this Office very remarkable
chieken. just hstehed. 1, has Eve hogs
and Eve feet, tweniy.six toes aud two
wiogs -Four of chs legs ara psrfccs
IN formation and Erev directly ont iron,
the body; the 9th Is q branch Of auoth
eF leg, bat has perfect fcot. The
wings arcin tbs righi place. Upon tho
whole this rs the mast senarkable spec
linen Of a chickcn We have ever seen.
They tess the stresgsh Of bridges IN
an extraordinary way ~ Russia. Que
was recently crected over the Moskown
River aud has jazt been officially OK.
arDined. After BEADING Il with weights
70 The ampant o. al,out ono hundred
tons, III tho people who we're witnessing
shc trial we're inyiicd 81 como aud stand
90 the bridge. They did 80 and the
bridge stood the test, bas Il IL I.ad xiv.
ca way undcf he esornons pressure the
cossoqaeaces woald have bcen terrible
/ Iwepiy.six ftaaessd cases, OF one
million hve hundred and sixty Thousand
rsira cfHhass worrshippcd from l.yna.
Massachnsesls, during the monsh nf
April. The value IL Iheso shipn,cnss
vas nearly Two miliiss dollars, aud s
wss the hr.ssi nehlhs busiBpns ever
transacted a Lynn The managarius.
eFs are rFptied 60 be n busy rs ever
che proseat mouth IN tilIinx oflsra
The capsc of temperance has l,-en
mush bcnvhiled Of lals By siycrsI t'ath.
olir Priests, who have held prurac,sd
meetings IN favor III total ah.ginenre
in Stamford, Cvnnestivns. sud have
suecccd i In causing avc Iiquor ,lcalers
90 rhpc their shoIw, and nl,sai iwo han.
sirvd men aud noman--hi,hssio frink.
ers --se ,igu the plesiec.
| III. Massey, Finance Minister a Cal
eussa, estimates that she retains from
"plan for the pssl twelve monslis amount
Il fa.IH5 800 sterling. Thus mcssly
mise million pounis have been received
for gum scfaDtd from scratches uIna
the poppy heads.
The bail bond of Jeffcsson Davis hss
again been renewed, aud IL i supposed
his case will come up iar trial Il the
next term Of she Court, which mec,.
this monih. Horace GTocly. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and Gersssl smith ara on
ihe hon5 Cor s2s.glsi0 each, aad iha ~.
nssiaiag $4,000 Il given BY citizens IL
/ Richmond.
| Dir. Fsa Wyck or the rcirrnchment
committee 10 The House, reports that
cue handred and seyent, million dol
lars hasc been stolen BY Radical officers
il whiakcy frauds, during the Last year.
let the public cpcn their eyes. aud Iiink
= mosncnt Az much stolen in ono year
81 Radicssrulr, as would have paid all
the exponcea Of government four years
under Democrats rule.
| 10 Algeria, the Arabs arc said 10 b.
siiII dying By hundreds Of starvation;
in one district 300 natives have per.
i<hed wishin fweuty-nine days. Ii is
shocking 10 relate. bnl Il Is stated on
the best authority. TINT many " the
miserable creatures, driven mad by hnn.
ger, have Turned cannibals.
A paper dealer IL New York recently
bought among waste paper nine lcdgcrs.
containing copies Of letters wrisicu dn
ring the Sesolation BY the War and
Navy Departments. The price fixed
for this historical curiosity Is s50e.
Judge Cation. Of Illinois. has accumu.
lated an estate Of 81 300. 900 since 1852.
10 the telegraph basisess. lIis fran.
chisc 10 Illinois, Iowa aud Minnesota,
have bccu leased to the Western Union
Company, u rental u 500, 900 year,
fvs fiiiy years,
A Vermont marble mason i reported
TO have received irons Georgia aa order
for tombstone, on which Is 10 be cut,
In addition 10 the usaal inscription.
" Height 7 icpt. weight 400 pounds
| Between the gliding and porcelain
trades, England aud France annually
consume forty thousand ounces u gold
which il thus lost 70 currency.
| Two workmen IL New London, CT,
while repairing an old desk on Friday
last. found one hundred dollars 10 bills
on the Bank Of New York, dated 1876.
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