The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-05-26
Items of News.

buildings occupied by dealers ia dry
goods, shoes, groceries, drugs, jewlery,
&c; the steam elevator owned by Buck
iugham Bros, of Chicago, the Central
Railway depot, freight house, telegraph
aud express offices. Loss $4,000
insurance s23, 900.
Wendell Phillips is in favor of fur
uishing outright, at public excuse, to
each negro, or negro family, u pillow,
two mules, seasons supply Of food aud
aud forage, seeds, and agricultural
tools, aud thousand dollars cash.
This is moderate demand, considering
it is to be doue at the public expense.
Wendell never gave out Of his own
pocket the value Of mules skin to
negro.
A hotel bell boy 10 Detroit prov to
be girl She has worked on a canal
us driver, on u steamer as cook, and in
aehair factory, without her sex being dis
covered. She wears her hair "Shingled,"
can smoke, sometimes drinks, aud says
that when she gets very mad she can
swear too, She is a remarkable speci
men of t wild girl Of the West
The Treasury Department is now
trying plan that is expected to render
couuterfeiting the currency almost i'm
possible. 1t consists of covering the
face of the bank bill with printing So
finely executed that counterieiters can
not afford to copy it. In one case one
word was repeated 80 900 times,
Henry Ward Beceher will have to be
hauled over the Goals for telling the
truth about his party, He says that a
republican government cannot be sus.
tanned by an ignorant people or by
druokards That is right personal to
Grant and the niggers.
1t is said that the black oraug, or
chimpanzee, on being taught to wear
clothes, becomes fond ofthcm. II learns
to lie in bed with its head on the pill.
low and pulls the clothes over itself like
man. The red oranS learns TO drink
coffee and tea, and grows fond Of wine
A large vat filed with benzine, in
Reeds kidglove cleaning establishment,
in Charlestown, Mass, exploded on
Friday night, blowing out the rear wall
and setting fire to the building, which
was totally destroyed Also, stable
aud an unoccapicd dwelling adjoining
Loss, 5000
DR.. Thomas Bayne, who thanked God
at public meeting in Norfolk, for the
late great calamity at Richmond, as been
nominated by the ultra radical CONVEX,
ton of Norfolk for the Office of commits
sioner of the revenue,
A hermit of -, with hair two feet long
looped up with strip of bark, and who
wears sheepskin jacket, buckskiu
breaches and coonskin cap, and lives in
Il cave, has lately visited Detroit.
Postmaster General Creswell, has ap.
pointed John G. Bush, negro man
postmaster at Aliens Fresh, Charles
county, Maryland, in place Of John I.
Gallon, resigned.
From Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Roches.
ter, Auburn aud other points We have
dispatches announcing the mysterious
movements of supposed Fenians-some
moving East and others West.
a Western lady is writing in favor
Of limited marriages, for given time
ranging from one to three years, with
privilege Of renewal by mutual con
sent.
The united railway companies of New
Jersey run % through passenger train:
daily between New York and Phia
delphia, aud los trains of all classe.
daily,
Another grove Of big trees, nearly
fourteen hundred in number, in Gala
veras county, California, has this sea
son been open to the view Of tourists
A Vermont editor has invented
new method Of rousing delinquent sub
scribers to sense OF their duty. Ii,
writes an obituary notice Of them.
The Russian Grand Duke Alexis
who is to visit the United States mex
summer, is said to be the handsomes
Prince in Europe.
The war between the heirs of Annekt
Jams, and Trinity Church, has beer
transferred to the United States Courts
The property iu dispute is valued a
500, 100000.
A Connecticut man has worn thu
same hat to church for forty years. |
has been in style seven times durin.
that time.
Alex. ii. Stephens sits bolstered u,
with pillows, aud is so feeble that h,
can bearly rise and hobble about hi
room little on crutches.
An indignant mother, at Toronto
avenged her daughters dishouor b,
giving her seducer vitrol bath. HI
will never see again.
An exchange, wishing to avoid slang
delicately advises its belligerent neigh
Dor to 'imitate the example of rivule
10 time Of drought"
a ST. Louis negro tried to snatch
five dollar bill from his employer, fe,
days since, and had revolver ball fat
tened on his skull.
So far as is known but one p lila
delphlan who was asked, refused to nj
the Richmond sufferers, and lie is re
ported to be worth sS0G,000
Little negroes rob the Savannah pos
Office Of valuable letters, by breakin
the glass in front of the boxes.
1t is proposed IN Albany to keep OF
namental collins on hire for state fuuel
ais, to be returned after the ceremon,
Foxes throwing out small fragments i
/ their excavations have led to the di,
! covery Of anthracite in Iowa
IL tax % t,yaIya hpnJrod ho.J - -.