The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-04-28
Items of News.

Wi,kesbarre Aanayunk, Allentown aud
other places in Pennsylvania tho rail
roads have been covered with water aud
several coal misses drowned out Part
OF the town of Schenectady is submerg
ed and much alarm created among the
people. At Wiiksbarre, Pa, four mil
lion feet Of logs from the dam at Tobey.
hanna Station, on the Delaware, Lack
awanua and Western Railroad. Con.
siderable damage. has been done to til.
railroads, aad trains. In Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont aud Connecticut
the damage from the food was immense,
and the loss is larger than ut the time
Of the i'rcshet in the spring OF 1913
The destruction of life has been fearful.
men, women and children, together
with horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
Many persons have lost everything.
Railroads aud telcgraphs were washed
out to such an extent that sometime
will elapsc before they arc in order
The loss is estimated at from seventy.
FIVE TO one hundred millions.
Later odvices from the Argentine
Republic contain more particulars Of the
irighttul storm which occurred at the
city of Buenos Ayres on the 9th Of
March. The wind blew perfect hur-
ricanc, and the water in the Rio dc la
Plata rose so high as to flood great
portion OF the city. So sudden was the
overflow that men aud horses were
drowned in the streets, and many peo-
pie barely escaped with their liyts. A
great number of buildings were under.
mined, which were subsequently broken
down and entirely destroyed by the
weight OF the goods in them. Ships
were driven ashore and wrecked or sunk
at their anchorage Many sailors we're
drowned. The damage was immense
In Rode Island it has been the law
fer years that no man could vote who
did not own real estate to the value Of
Sl3l Under that provision many poor
men were DISTINGUISHED, Since the
adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment
number Of white men have resolved
to test the validity of the proscriptive
property law They want to see whether
poor white man in Rode Island is not
as good as a negro is elsewhere.
A person is compelled to be very
careful in these days, of his conduct
toward ladies', In Detroit there is
breach of promise case going on in
which the poor, unfortunate victim is n
person of the masculine gender, whose
only offence was sending OF rose ger
anium leaf in letter. Some Language
of Flowers interpreted to mean "Thou
art my choice" and the lady insists
that she is not to be trled with IN this
manner.
A volcano has within recent years
raised itself from the bottom of the sea
in the neighborhood of the PHILIPPINE
Islands 1t was first noticed by the
agitation of the water and emission of
clouds Of steam in 1856. In 1860 the
crater had attained height of seven
hundred feet above the sea level.
George Coleman, u convict in the
Lancaster County (Pa) Prison, died
short time since. He stated 70 Eltow.
prisoner that he committed aud helped
to commit, during his life, FIVE murders
aud numerous robberies, and that lie
was only twenty.nine years Of age, aud
had been in jail thirty seven times.
Patrick, Hans and John Chinaman,
will all protest, no doubt, against the
steam shovel which is generally coming
into use. Two scoops full oil earth will
Gil cart. Ii the hand shovel goes out
Of fashion what will become OF thou.
sands Of unskilled laborcrs
a little girl was killed in Pittsburg
BY trying to jump the rope two hundred
times. A man named Nichols was
killed few days ago in the interior of
the State, atthe first jump, by the ropes
catching him under the ear.
Rerels thinks the Senatorship no
better than preaching, except the pay,
and I'm aieared thatll git me into such
extravagant habits that times II 20 hard
with me when have to go out and root
for myself"
i"S Aatiou NdtuS W " HuluSt0n are
constantly getting into trouble through
the wiliul obstinacy of the white oppres-
sors who will Dot allow them to crafty
their iondness for other peoples live
stock
A speculater from Indianapolis re-
Gently took a wagon load of stomach
bitters through the State of Arkansas,
and returned with an empty wagon aud
1000 sheep as the results.
-Four experimenters in d new illumi.
mating gas at San Francisco assembled
the other evening to test it. Each left
the room with window sash hung
around his neck.
Columbus, O., is excited over
stranger who has been there u year
boarding atahoteI and paying regularly,
and whose onl y business was to walk SIX.
teen miles every day rain or shine.
Now they've been and arrested u
young fellow in Pennsylvania Just for
pounding his stspfather with stick of
cord wood. Can't fellow have any
fun over there?
A Baltimore negro has proved his
fitness for citizenship by paying for a
horse with worthless check. lie re.
received check which will land him
in the peniteutiary.
A Columbus amendment objected to
arrest by taking away the Poiiceman's
club and hitting him with it The
officer is in his silent tomb aud the dar-
key in the Tombs.
Young couples between whom nego-