The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-02-03
1tenl. Of News.

y lad by the name OF WIN. ulckefson
last week conceived the idea to have a
''little fun" at the expense Of his much
loved friend, young lad, Thomas
Wilcox, and secretly filled pipe with
powder aud tobacco, preparatory for
good smoke 1t was passed over to
Mr.. Wilcox, aud he began earnestly
aud vigorously to draw aud Whit an
explosion not taking place immediately.
gave him sufficient time to suck into the
pipe.stem portion ofthe fowder, when
il ignited aud exploded, forcing fame
Of fire and hot tobacco liquid down his
throat, burning himwith intense severity,
which was aggravated into Inflammation
of tho lungs, from the effects of which
he died few days aiterward
Mrs Harold, OF Deninda, 10 Dayiess
county, Illinois, recently became insane
on religious matters. On Tuesday
morning, 10 the absence of her husband,
she obtained razor and attempted to
cut her throat, when hor daughter
snatehed it away from her aud ran
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eowa i an clubhouse 70 niue lier
mother overlook her' @au a''erastrusS''
regaiuea the razor ana was ABOUT TO
draw it across her throat the second
time when another daughter, fifteen
years old, placed her hand there aud
rece'Veu tetftoie Sash' Inc mother
then succeeded IN cutting ner throat
iron, ear TO ear dylnS Immediately
a most diaoohca, murder was per-
pe'ra'eu on thursday last IN Drums
WICK county Virginia INC uni"r
tuna'e victim oe'ng MIS- hA"linES'
Aoou' seven o e,oeN on thursday hiSh''
WINE MRS nawiings was sitting IN her
room with her chl,dten' a shot was h,ed
oy an unseen manu- through WINDOW
!" rear OF MrS. haWi'hsS, tue Wno'e
'oaI 'aNlhS ehee' us' o'low 'nc shoulder
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Inc new ao'N 'eieSfan'S OF SUNDAY
evening tell Of numerous congregation
oil crimes aud casualties Accidents
on tne Erie ana New jersey ha'Iruads,
IN winch several persons were Killed
ana wounded, the murder OF an unot'
lsnuinS man IN 'he m'ust OF MS Iamiiy
Tue drowning OF a mal and two women
at Que oil inc wharVes ; the robbery oil
farmer by h'snWayme". and the eonv'e-
l,on OF a wretch ior violent assault are
'he items oil the list
a young m n at Musea'ne' Iowa
Ia'e'y cra"led INTO boiler to clean 1t
OUT put tue engineer oe'nE Ignorant OF
Inc iac', closed the door and hred up
i"e young man became uhcGlnlortaoly
warn" ; anu s 81 MS morrow discovered
Tue poiier h'''nS win water Ills
n "o'e u"'ealu' ou' iortuna'e'y
,nT engineer opened the door, ana the
"a''.sunoeateu prisoner was released
Alexis St. Martin, whose side was
shot away IN lo22 IN such manner as
to expose the action OF the digestive
organs TO the surgeon eye, is still alive
aud well IN Cavendish, Few men
nave uone more 'Or '.e advancement OF
science, aud no one. probably, ever did
SO much lnvoiGntarlly
lhree children OF John Farley, a
canal employs near Oneida Valley, y
T., were pufhed TO death by Kerosene,
whlch ezpl9dsd ia can with which
they were playing by pouring it on the
IRE, in the absence OF their parents. =
a babe IN the cradle escaped injury.
Inc champion Jumplst IN Massaehu-
sets claims Newburyport as his place
Of residence. One day last week h,
arranged seventeen barrels in row
and jumped from one into the other,