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 LIST week, 1t precisely IL
O'Clock, AZ his residence In Washington
SiEsoE Stevens. Thaddcas Stevens, Jr.,
u nephew, aud his hoasokcc sIrs.
Smith, were at his bedside; also Sister
Loretta aud Sister 0encyicrc, Of the
Providoacc Hospital, aud y Scott Pat.
terseu, OF the Interior Department, and
tho servants Of bis household. Breath.
log his last he passed away quietly and
calmly without struggle. ~ though
falling asleep. About ten minutes be.
fore bis death slater Loretta requested
permission Of his friends 20 peri6rm tbs
catholic baptismal rite, and no objection
being offered the ceremony was per.
formed amid impressive leneo. The
remains were inferred al Lancaster, on
Monday last
Norwegian eInigFauts, 10 the number
OF four thousand. are about 10 ae.tls 10
Wisconsin. The lands, Ia different sec.
tons Of the State, have been selected
for them, and an agent has goDe 10 Nor.
say 70 gather the families aud make the
necessary arrangements for sending them
70 this souutry, The parties conc from
the northern part Of Norway, ara hardy
industrious people, who VIII sooa make
for themselves homes. and will BE- 4
most valusble acquisition 10 the popnla.
tioa. According 70 the copsua Oh 1860
Wiscouain had residing within iss lin.
ia ~ ss42 out Of the Al, 9D5 Norwegiaus
residing 10 the United States.
The Columbia bridge now under
course Of construction, will be compile
ted By the Grst Of December. The
bridge win be one mile two hundsud
foot in lcng,h. IL u already half ca.
ished, aud the three centsal spans are
made wholly VI iron. IL can neyc,
again DO burned, as il was during the
late war. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will lay upon il track, aad
next season will ruu over IL, regularly
excursion trains 10 Gettysburg The
line will conneet with tho Northern
Central at York, BY the WrighisyillS
branch.
The 81. Joseph (Mo.) tinioa says -
Seven miles from Springfield, MIssou.
n, 10 great natural curiosity called
"Lincoln Cave, which IL said 70 rival
the great Mamnoth Cave OF Kentucky
II has, as yet. been explored only abou,
bali mile from It's entrance, aud tho
largest chamber yet discovered Il said
TO be. about Que thousand yards Ia
breadth, and from thirty TO iiity feet IN
height, and Is said TO be very brilliant
aud beautiful"
10 Green county, Pennsylvania, q
Few days ago, boy, named Thomas,
aged fourteen, killed his father unde,
the following circumstances: The faith.
or was cruelty beating his son, wheu
the mother interfercd. Upoa this
Thomas seized his vito BY the throat
aud choked her. The instant his moth.
or was attacked, the boy drew knife
from his pocket, with which he stabbed
bis father in the abdomen several times,
cutting his intestincs aud INJECTING e.
tai injuries.
IL Is stated that james Green. OF
Missouri. Is the name Of the former
United States Senator, whom a brief
paragraph 10 the newspapers few days
since stated had been picked up in The
streets Of New Orleans 10 a sick and
destitute condition aud taken to- the
Charity Hospital. At one time he was
the most 'ormidable opponent Of Ste
phcn A. Douglas IN the Senate.
A swimming match occurred al
Poughkeepsie on Monday, between
three OF the Eastman students, j. II
Hindman of Kansas, +. ii. Gregory Of
Pennsylvania, aud Y. II. Waller Of Flor.
ida, who wers 10 swim across the Hud
son. Hindman won tho race, the time
being: Hindman Is minutes, Gregory
81 minutes and Waller 81 minules.
Mitchell s. lamar, son OF Mr.. X. ID
lamar, Register Of Wills Of Cecil couu.
| ", has been appointed cadet at Wesl
Point, BY the Hon. Hiram Mccullough
to iill vacancy occasioncd by the res,
ignation Of son Of George Earle, Esq.
formerly Of Elkton.
Large fires are again raging IN the
woods 10 tho neighborhood Of Belle
Ewsrt and Jeffrey, On The Northern