The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-06-09
Items of News,

recently that he was compelled 10 desert
his baud Of brother cut-throats, who had
been the terror Of the whole country
round, aud take refuge in cavern sit
uated near the summit of Que Of tho
lofty mountains Of the Sierra ProIuuda.
In this cavern he had concealed fo
male captive, whose husband he had
robbed aud slain. The soldiers made
several Intellectual attempts to reach
the abode of the culprit. lagoberon,
a man ofgigantic structure and herculean
strength succeeded in beating them off
by rolling heavy rocks down upon them
whenever they approached. The officer
in command Of the troops resolved at
first to starve the bandit out, but after
two days blockade grew weary of so
tedious an expedient, improyisod an
escaladc of the chieltain's stronghold,
aud succeeded in capturing him. To
their horror upon entering the cavern
they found the poor woman in dying
condition, Lagoberon having cutoffoneot
the breasts of his unfortunate captive
and eaten it. The inhuman butcher
was conveyed to Talca. where he was
promptly tried and condemned to die by
the garrote. He was speedily conduct.
ed to the scaifold, and while the oxecu.
toner was engaged in adjusting his
toilette de mart tie convict drew whis-
tic which he had concealed 10 his peck
ct, aud blew it sharply; whercupou
about sixty of his followers, who had
introduced themselves amongst the
crowd surrounding the scatfold, rushed
upon the geudarmes aud massacred them
ere they could offer any resistance
They then freed their chief and garrot.
ed his wcpld be.executioncr, after which
they escaped, almost unscathed, to the
mountains, facilitating their flight by
seizing the horses the murdered gen
darmes. They also carried off several
women from the throng gathered to
witness the execution.
An old man presented himself before
an Oye:secr Of the Poor in Minnesota,
the other day, with six horses and other
stock, valued at $500, which he de-
sired the county to receive and in return
support him for the rest of his life. He
said that he was too old to take proper
care ofhis stock, aud having no relatives
with whom he wished to live, he pre-
lcrred to 20 to the poor house.
Washington correspo ndents say the
notorious carpet Dagger Whittemore, of
South Carolina, threatens when he takes
his seat in the House to make war
upon many Of the members who
where prominent in his expulsion. lie
saws that he can prove that some of
these gentlemen are as bad as he ever
was. Whoever doubted it,
In Orland, Me, the mosquitoes are
said to he SO numerous that the boys
kill them by the wholesale and gather
the dead in baskets Jersey has held
the champion banner for mosquitoes,
but if this Maine story be true, She will
have to give it up.
1n the squares of ST. Mark, at Ven.
ice, there is clock, and two bronze
men strike the hour on bell One day
an iuquisitiye stranger put his head
between the hammer and the bell, and
the bronze man knocked his brains out.
Sunday and Saturday, the two favor.
ite days for marriage in England, are
blank days for marriage in Scotland
Friday is the day on which the English
do not marry, but in Scotland it is one
Of the favorite days for marriage.
William ii. Vanderbilt, Vice Presi-
dent, and some Directors Of the New
York Central Railroad, ran an express
train last week from Rochester to SYRIA
cuse, eighty one miles in sixty one min.
utes-iastest time, it is said, ever made
in America.
approximations exist to a cousdcra.
be extent in England that an offensive
movement Of some sort is in contempla.
ton by the Fenians, and every precau.
ton is being taken at the dock yards
and elsewhere to promptly suppress any
revolt that may take place.
Actual famine exists among the poor
err classes in the counties of Appomattox,
Prince Edward aud Nottoway, Va,
which were ruthlessly sacked by Grants
army in 1865, from the effects of which
| oven the richest citizens have never re-
eG.ered.
Two rascals, representing themselves
as census officials, obtained lately from
a farmer in Wisconsin a description OF
his farm, filed up a blank mortgage,
aud induced him to sigl the instrument.
a Missouri newspaper claims that the
hogs Of that State are so fat that in or
der to find out where their heads are it
is necessary to make them squeal, and
then judge by the sound
! A Louisville merchant has a singular
monomauia for watching sleeping per.
sons. He enters peoples houses in the
night time aud stands by the bedside
of sleeper for hours at time, without
moving or disturbing anything
An Illionis reporter, in describing q
gale Of wind, says: "A white dog, while
attempting to weather the gale, was
caught with his moath open, and turned
completely inside out"
A company of negroes have organic
ed for the purpose of building coloret
hotel, at indianapolis, Ind, to which NJ
white persons will be admitted.
At Worcester, Mass, last week, {
man was found guilty OF having attempt
ed to commit suicide. The case wa,
taken to the Court Of Appeals.
A smart old lady Of seventy. tive
years, in Decatur county, Ind, recent,
walked thirty miles in one day, to pa,
her taxes and buy a spring bonnet.