The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-12
Items of News.

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e. illumiuate the whole ine-of that road
1t night, By electric lights at the ferries,
in the tuuuels, on all dangeors curves
and on every engine. Mr.. L. c. Morse,
who has charge of the matter, claims 10
have made several important improve.
ments-among others, n plan for prescrv-
ing the carbon points from wasting away
and keeping them for months in good
condition, a sellsuStaining battery, aud
and an invention by which the turning
of the wheels of the engine shall collect
Electricity for use in illumination. The
Bergen tunnel is TO be kept illuminated
by night and day, so that the rays of
the sun will seem to be dull aud force.
less in comparison. There will be u
light at each end of the ferry, which, it
is believed, win make a collision prac-
tically impossible on the darkest aud
foggiest night Even with the diminu.
ton of light caused by the Earring
of the locomotive, it is estimated the
headlights will show the track to the
engineer on n straight line for three
miles.
The French citizens Of Detroit pro.
pose to celebrate the centennial ami.
versary OF the birtl oil Napoleon /, on
the 10Th OF August The President OF
the gay VIII be an aged soldier who
fought under Napoleon, aud is now a
resident of that city. The entire net
proceeds OF the celebration will be
gwen to the Hotel des lnvalides OF
Of rariS, where something over MY
soiuiers VINO iouSht under Napoleon l.
are cared ior' IL Is expected that there
WIN DC a iarse attendance Of frenchman
from inc interior Of the state and from
'ne "uJo'n'a TX iIo'lnee oil Untario' .,
"a slr, nl'een years old, who had
Sharse Oh 'ne infant oil a New YORK
,auy was discharged on suspicion oil
having administered improper medicines
70 the child Alter she left the child
d,eu, ana II was 'nen discovered that the
s", hau 1een in tue nao't oil prlcking
II peIlnu tne ear win pln, and the
"ouhu' ,lau 'esVoreu III It's mead ana
produced DEATH
n man put over three thousand dol
lars IN o'zo ponds III the ash hole OF his
smoke mousse Tor safe keeping. His
Wlle mace hre and burned them all to
pieces; he sent the remains to the
oni',u states treasury ior redemption,
ana the experts managed to identify the
whole amount winch Will be reissued to
Nun
a iand slide at STOCKPORT Columbia
county, New YORK, carried away, on
Monday evening, about three acres Of
land hundred ieet deep, at point not
iar from the Empire House. Much ex,
ci'ement among the town.people was
caused some thinking an earthquake
haa VISITED the place
hassae county, Ill., sas 10000 acres
OF improved ia9d, one-half in wheat,
when VIII yield at least ten bushels
70 the acre; giving 4OO,OOO bushels Of
wheat. nome consumption VIII not
take o more EN- than iuo,ooo bushels, leav.
ing ooo'ooo to sell
.. man was found 10 his room at
y, dead, with his neck broken.
Inc Jury imPanelied ia the case rem.
aereu a verdict that the deceased came
70 his Death loom excessive heat, and
from drinking TOO much water"
a Western paper announces the i'll.
ness OF us editor, plously added All
gooa paying subscribers are requested to
mention nun III their prayers. The
o.hsrS need not as the prayers Of the
wicked aVail nothing, according to good
authority.
A terrible hail storm devastated the
eountry between the submits of the Al.
iiesnany and the Sweet Springs, Va,
las. week: The wind swept down large
portion Of the forest, and the hail cut
the Vegetation to pieces.
~ The largest rose bush in France is at
Ioulon' 1t covers wall scycnty.fve
leet long BY eighteen 10 height, andnear
the root measures two feet eight inches
round. In the months Of April and
Nay, 1t produced 10000 roses.
-Four villages IN Maine make two
thirds OF the spoools for the whole coun-
Try: Inc spools are made from the
white birch, SO common in New Eng.
land, and the "scarfs" Of the trees are
used extensively in cities for kindling
wood.
A reverend gentleman in Hampton,
Va, has invented machine for picking
aud cleaning peanuts 1t is claimed
that it will pick and clean 1000 bush.
els per day doing the work of twenty