The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-09-22

"Giye us water !" is the cry from all
parts of Connecticut. About 700 meu
are idle at East Ilad1am because thir.
teen cotton mills have stopped opera.
aiions for want of water. Hundreds of
laborers in other parts of the State are
idle from the same cause. Even the
wells are giving out, The unusual
drought suggests the use Of steam en-
gines Instead of water power in mills
aud factories, but in order to make
steam water is required. In New
Hampshire the complaints of lack of
rain are piteous. A Portsmouth paper
says: The fields are as dry us ash
heaps, and our farmers will not gather
more than half a crop. Potatoes are
almost failure. Some who have plant
ed from three to five acres will not dig
enough for their own use. Pastures
are dried up, aud milk is becoming Il
scarce article.
A man in u Salem, Mass, hospital
recently became the victim of hallu
cinatiou that his internal organs had
been removed by surgeons, aud that it
was useless for him to eat. The Mass.
papers say that he steadily refused to
partake Of food for four weeks, and that
when it was administered to him while
he was under the influence of either he
elected it from his stomach upon awak.
ening. After fasting one month he died,
which was slow dying in consideration
Of such fast
A singulary fatal disease has receu-
tly broken out in the vicinity of Eagle
Bridge and the northern part of Reus.
selaer county, n. Y. 1t is said to re.
semble Futrid sore throat very much,
aud is undoubtedly closely allied to that
malignant disorder. A number of chill.
dren have died after a brief illness, and
quite number are now ailing. The
disease is more prevalent among chill
dren than adults.
The last Of the fall races came of at
Lexington Ky, Saturday. The first
race, Congress stake, four mile heats,
the club to add 500, was easily won by
Morgan Scout, beating Carrie Anterior
two straight heats, Time, 1921, .43l
the best four mile race ever run iu
this country. The second race, for con.
ISOLATION purse for beaten horses, was
won by Allie Hunt. Time, 47!, 18Th,
1.5ll.
The CITY Of Ragusa," u tiny craft
which left England some time since,
with crew OF two men aud a dog,
has arrived at Boston. The vessel was
only twenty feet long by six widc.-
1t was built Of wood, half an inch in
thickness.
Within the last ten years the Radical
party managers have gathered in taxes
from the people of Indiana the enor.
nous sum Of SS7 900, 900 The people
are now asking, what has become Of this
money
The French soldiers, while running
from the enemy at Worth, took each
one corpse On his back and SO pro.
tected themselves against the bullets.
A. l.. Bayley, celebrated manufae
turcr Of felt hats, died at Amesbury,
Mass, last week. His life was Insured
for s2l5 1000, and leaves property valu.
ed at 100000
London is said to have one baker for
every POS persons one butcher for
every 1858, and one grocer for every
1880. There is one policeman for
every COS inhabitants.
Jacob Miller, Of Lost River. West
Virginia, a leading citizen, had his
brains blown out by the bursting of the
cylinder Of n thrashing machine on Wed.
nesday week.
There were five hundred and sixty
deaths from yellow fever at Havana
during the week ending Saturday.
During the same time there were fifty.
two at New Orleans.
One hundred aud fifty acres of castor
beans have been cultivated this season
by party at Marysyille, California.
1t is said that the Penobscot river,
Maine, is lower than at any period dur
ing forty years.
John kits, the Oldest resident of
Baltimore, died on Sunday, at the age Of
los years and some months.
The census Of Chicago shows a total
population Of over 34S 200.
The cornfields Of southern Indiana
are overruu with coons
A haystack of 5000 tons ornaments
an Illinois iarmyard.