The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-02-03
Teens Of News.

last week conceived the idea to have o
"little fuu" at the expense Of his much
loved friend, a young lad, Thomas
Wilcox, aud secretly filed pipe with
powder and tobacco, preparatory for a
good smoke" IL was passed over to
MIR. Wilcox, and he began earnestly
and vigorously to draw and Whit an
explosion not taking place Immediately,
gave him sufficient time to suck into the
pipe-stem portion ofthe powder, when
il ignitc,i and exploded, forcing a fame
Of fire and hot tobacco liqaid down his
throat, burning himwith intense severity,
whichwas aggravated into Inflammation
of the lungs, from the effects of which
he died few days atterward.
Mrs. Harold, Of Deninda, 10 Dayiess
county, Illinois, recently became insane
on religious matters. On Tuesday
morning, in the absence of her husband,
she obtained razor aud attempted to
cut her throat, when hcr daughter
snatahcd it away from her and ran
toward au clubhouse to hide. Her
mother overlook her, aud aiera struggle
regaiued the razor, and was about to
draw it across her throat the second
time when another daughter, fifteen
years old, placed her hand there aud
received a terrible cash. The mother
then succeeded in cutting her throat
from ear to ear, dying Immediately.
\ most diabolical murder was per.
petrated on Thursday last, in Bruins.
wick county, Virginia, the unlor-
tunate victim being Mrs Rawlings.
About seven o'clock on Thursday night,
while Mrs, Rawlings was sitting in her
room with her children, a shot was fred
by an unseen hand through a window
in rear of Mrs. Rawlings, the whole
load taking effect just below the shoulder
of the unfortunate victim, killing her
almost instantly, The murderer made
his escape without being seen.
The New York kilograms of sunday
evening tell of numerous congregation
Of crimes and casualties, Accidents
on the Erie and New jersey Railroads,
in which several persons were killed
and wounded, the murder of an unof,
Tending man in the midst of his family ,
the drowning of maI and two women
at Que ofthc wharyes the robbery of Il
farmer by highwaymen, aud the conyic-
ton of wretch for a violent assault, are
the items Of the list.
A young IN at Muscatme, Iowa.
lately crawlld into boiler to clean it
out, but the engineer being ignorant OF
the fact, closed the door aud fired up
The young man became uncomfortable
warm, and TO his borrow discovered
the boiler filling with water. His
shrieks were unheard, but fortunately
the engineer opened the door, aud the
half,suliocated prisoner was released
Alexis St. Martin, whose side was
shot away in 1922 in such manner as
to expose the action of the digestive
organs to the surgeons eye, is still alive
aud well in Cayendish. Few men
have done more for TIE advancement Of
science, and no one, probably, ever did
SO much inyoluutarily.
Three children of John Farley. a
canal employe, near Oneida Valley, n.
Y, were burned to death by kerosene,
which exploded in Il can with which
they were playing by pouring it on the
tire, in the absence OF their parents
a babe in the cradle escaped in, Jury.
The champion jumpist in Massachu.
sets claims Newburyport as his place
Of resideIce One day last week he
arranged seventeen barrels in row.
aud jumped from one into the other,
without stopping, through the whole
number.
Twin brothers were recently received
as conyiets in the Massachusetts State
prison. They bore themselves with great
iortitude under their misfortune aud
disgrace until told they were to occupy
sepcratc cells, In shame they did not
like to be divided.
a member OF the Wyoming Legisla-
ture, seeking to sustain point of order
jerked his coat oil, with MIR Speaker,
if some reliable man will hold these
duds, I'll teach hun that he is out OF
order" The point was sustained.
Brazil demands the championship
Tor colored man, aged 1870, who has
just died there. The memory Of this
modern Uncle Ned was SO good that it
reached buck until 1870, and his mind
wore as well as his body.
A Trenton paper reports that an aged
couple who celebrated their golden
wedding IN that city recently, are child
less, but "this deficiency was supplied
by the gifts from number of their
guests.
The last Fat Mems Convention" in
Maine was visited Dy woman six feet
eight inches high, and Seishing 276
pounds. She was taller and heavier
than any Of the "Iat men" Of Maine.
Israel Lahal, of Warren county. Ind.
some time since caught four youn.
minks alive, which he has raised aud
domestieated. They are said TO be as
tame as cats, and much more effective
in Strengthening rats
Dispatches by the Atlantic cable
from London say that the land belong.
Ing to the estate of the late George
Peabody, which was recently seized
there by the British Government, has
! been released