The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-11-18
Items Of News.

The progress Of Minnesota in the
production of wheat is among the agri.
cultural marvels of the age; 1t is esti.
mated that the surplus wheat of that
State the present year will be fully l5,.
900, 900 bushels, while but little
Of the great grain plateau embraced
within its limits has yet been brought
under cultivation. One farmer the past
year harvested 1000 acres, with an av.
srage yield of forty bushels to the acre.
This section, while much of it is too far
north for growing corn, will evidently
become the Odessa of America in the
production Of wheat.
Suits for sums amounting to S28, 900
have been entered at St. Louis against
Frank A. Dick, who was Provost Mar.
shall for the District Of Missouri under
General Halleck, for fines assessed upon
the plaintiffs during the war as "rebel
sympathizers." About hundred sun
liar suits are to be brought, and they
will all doubtless be taken up to the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Thirty.three thousand acres of land
in Kansas, on the line of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad, have been purchased
by colony of 200 English families,
who have founded village aud called
it Wakefield
The Charlestown (West Va.) Free
Press says, son Of "0ssawattomie"
John Brown visited this town on Sat.
urday last. lie was attracted here,
doubtless, by desire to view the spot
whence his distinguished fathers spirit
began marching GU"
The engineer fell from a steamboat
on the Mississippi, one night last week,
aud quietly sank. When his absence
was discovered the boilers were found
red hot and trembling on the brink of
explosion, having run themselves for
half an hour without assistance.
At twenty seven cite ia the West.
ern States wheat is now quoted at fifty
per centum lower than the rates OBJ.
tanned before the war, when gold aud
silver were in circulation, The price
averages about sixty.two cents bushel
No wonder that the grain spectators
are suspeuding all the country.
The steamers now leaving George
town, d. G, for New York on all their
regular trips take out large quantities
of apples as freight, sure indication
that the apple crops of this section of
Maryland and Virginia have been abun.
dant this year.
IL is stated that the Postmaster Gen.
eral will soon issue an order prohibiting
the carriage through the mails of circu
lars gotten up by swindling firms for
the purpose of defraudiug the public.
Some twenty of these firms are on the
place list Of Government detectives.
An inventive youth in Wisconsin
bent down sapling, hitched himself
to it by rope about his neck aud let it
spring. He didn't live to have his in
veutien na,ented.
The Presbyterians in Philadelphia
are jubilant over the reunion, and Have
displayed blue fag-the old Covenant
ers color--oYer the Office Of the Pres
byterian newspaper, on Chestnut street.
The Republican Wigwam at Chicago
was burned Saturday night. Loss $40.
900 insurance S3l 900.
An Ohio journal pointedly remarks
that every cord Of wood given to the
poor will DC SO much fuel saved from
use in the next world"
James Fisk, Jr., is reported to have
settled 1000, 600 on his wife in such
u way that it cannot be touched by
creditors.
Gen. john T. Wool, ono of the Oldest
officers in the United Suites Army, died
at Troy, N. Y, on the 10th instant
He was il his S0th year.
Pennington, N. H., has II shoe
manufactures, aud manufactures an.
nuelly ] ,500,O 900 pairs of shoes.
The New York detectives have cap.
tured $50, 600 worth Of counterfeit an
match stamps within the past month.
Hundreds of cords Of wood are now
being burned along the Lehigh canal
to get IL out of the way.
Bishop Clarkson's Cathedral (Episco
pal), at Omaha, was burned Thursday