The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-06-30
Items Of News.

men to falloutof windows," has begun in
Covingtou, Ky, as a lacal paper says
At the Planters House, the other
night, ono OF the guests sat down in n
third story window to "cool off," and
falling asleep fell out la his descent
of sixty feet he went through the roof
OF woodshed, badly shatteriug the
whole structure, alighted on a porch,
the aoor Of Which he broke, aud rolling
over, knocked over aud bSdl twisted
tin gutter pipe. The police on that
beat heard the noise, aud thinking that
a safe had been blown open, rushed to
the spot, when they found the gentle
man rubbing his eyes and yawning as if
he hadjust awoke from refreshing sleep.
lie invited the officers to take drink.
and after putting about four ounces Of
old bourbon down his gullct, he retired
to rest for the night-this time to his
bed. The next morning he appeared
ut the breakfast table as il nothing had
occurred, paid his bill after break fast,
and took his departure.
Tho journals of Berlin publish &C.
counts Of M extraordinary suicide in
that city. A small dealer, named
Kuth, resided 10 the Strnsse Sebastian
with his wife aud four childrca, whose
ages ranged from ten to eighteen. A
few days back relative Of the family
received letter from the eldest son,
written in such terms as to foreshadow
catastrophe. The person to whom the
communication had been addressed, at
once informed the police Of his fears,
and an entry into the house was effect.
ed, but too late to prevent the tragedy
which had been consummated. The
mother aud four children were lying on
a bed, dead from strangulation, and the
father was hanging by the neck behind
a door According to the letter Of the
son, the eatire family had conseated to
to die together, but the motive for such
a resolution remains a mystery.
The new shops Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, now in course Of construction
at Altoona, it is stated cover an area of
twenty acres, and comprise an iron ma.
chine shop, aplaning mill, blacksmith
shop, cabinet work shop, aud three
quarter, round brick building, for the
repair of freight cars, eighty of which
can be rebuilt at the same time. The
capacity of the new shops is four times
that of the old, aud the buildings can
be enlarged when required. These i'm
provemeuts were commenced last sum.
mer, and will be completed in the spring
ofl87l.
Mr.. Bonner's mare Pocahontas trotted
mile on the Fashion Course last week,
without skip or break, 10 2:lS, which
Is the fastest time ever made by any
horse in harness except Dexter. Poe.
ahontas is bay mare, fifteen hands high,
with black flowing name and very long
tail. She was sired by Ethan Allen,
out of the famous pacing mare, bearing
her own name. Mr. Bonner paid s35,-
900 for her, the highest price which he
has ever paid for any horse. She is
eleven years old, most beautiful aui.
NAL, aud so docle that she has been
habitually driven 10 the park by Mr..
Bonners children.
The Great Falls On, H. Journal says
that a young lady of that place who had
beautiful head Of hair was obliged to
have it cut off close to the head on &C.
count Of the insects that had got into
the hair from switch that she had
been wearing. The Rochester Courier
says similar case occurred at Milton
short time since, aud every week VIC
hea, Of bugs or Insects destroying the
natural hair. The switches are made
from the bark of tree and contain
these little bugs that are SO fatal to the
hair.
On Friday the submarine telegraph
lines between England, India aud the
United States were formally opened,
and among the FIRST dispatches sent
over the wires was one from the Viceroy
of India to President GraLt, expressing
the hope that the completion Of this
long line Of interrupted communication
would be the emblem of lasting union
between the Eastern and Western
worlds. Dispatches also passed between
President Grant aud the Prince of
Wales, aud Mr.. Field and Captain An.
dersou.
An Iowa man tried to hug a neigh.
boris wife but before he got through the
lady hit him with rolling pin and put
him out doors The husband took a
revolver, and went for him for satisfac.
tion, but concluded to settle it by tax.
ing the Williams note for ten dollars,
which he traded off for corn plow.-
The man who holds the note cant col.
lect it, the giver of it claiming that he
did not get the value received. He
says he will never pay that note until
he gets the balance of that hug. The
case will 60 to tho courts.
Mr.. Spurgeon is about forty six years
old, aud preached 1900 sermons before
he was twenty.onc. For the last FIVE
years 10000 copies week of his ser.
moas have been sold. Not less than
$4,000, 900 copies have been sold in
England, besides 100000 in America.
From one to three volumes have been
published in Welsh, German, French.
Swedish, Dutch and Italian; besides
seperate sermons in Gaelic, Tamil and
the Maori language of New Zealand.
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