The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25
Items of News.

a The Russian fleet, with the Grand
Duke Alexis, arrived at New York gu
Saturday night last. lie had most
4 b; illiant aud enthusiastic reception in
New York on Tuesday The address
of welcome was made by General Dix.
and was briefly bu gracefully replied to
by the Prince. The display on Broad
way is reported to have been magnifi
cent. Ten thousand troops were 10
line, and the crowds Of people were so
deuse that locomotion was impossible.
Thousands Of poles on the street were
filled with flags The windows were
decorated with Russian and American
Gags, and filed with human beings.
giving Broadway the appearance of u
vast arena. The ride of the Prince
from the Battery to Union Square was
a continued ovation, and cheer rose
upon cheer ''as a sea of handkerchief
Huttered from delicate fingers" No
man os earth, it is remarked, ever re
ceived such an ovation from New
Workers. The Duke left for Washing
ton on wednesday to pay his resp .cts to
che President, after which he will return
70 New York aud accept of the hos
FATALITIES rendered him there.
10 exhuming the bodies from an old
graveyard 10 Wilson, Niagara county.
last week, it was found that the BODY
of MIS-. Wilson, buried forty years
ago, had become perfectly petriied,
while that Of her husband ia the ad
joining grave had entirely disappeared
The features were perfect, but Of dis.
colored, dingy appearance. Ia lifting
the body one of the feet were broken
of, showing the interior to be solid, and
white and brittle as chalk. 1t was IA
hard lift for four men to raise the
remains, which were estimated to weigh
from five to six hundred pounds. The
body was reinforced in another cem,ery,
The losses Of the fishing feet of
Gloucester, Massachusetts,, have been
greater the past season than in any
previous year. Tue number of lives
lost exceeds that of any other, except
in 1862. Twenty two vessels have been
wrecked or abandoned, valued ut SOB,
900, on which there was $50 BIG insur
ance, but nearly all GU the mutual plan
Que hundred aud thirty six fishermen
were drowned, forty. five Of whom left
widows, and more than ninety children
rendered fatherless.
Among he objects of interest at the
recent fair of the American Institute.
In New York, was harvesting machine
from Illinois, which cuts, threshes,
cleans and sacks the grain in one oper
alton. 1t is drawn by four horses
geared abreast, and will harvest from
ten to fifteen acres per day. Ouly two
men are required-oue to drive, aud
one to remove the bags Of grain.
There are pretty "goings on" in
Gotham. On Monday evening last.
Mrs. Victoria Woodruff, who is getting
to be very notorious character, in the
course of public lecture ia Steinway
Hall, avowed the most advanced free
lore doctrines, claiming the right to
"change her husband every day." if she
liked. She was boldly confronted and
shamed by her sister, Mrs. Booker, and
the audience was on the verge Of riot
The little "rodent" squirrels that
swarm in California are being turned to
account for glove making. A company
of French tanners pay fifteen cents a
skin. One farmer has trapped and skin
ned thirty thousand Of the little pests
of the grain fields within the last fifteen
months.
Another queer aud unfouuded charge
is made against the Queen the Secre
tary Of the Total Abstinence Society oI
Brixham publicly accuses Victoria oi
intoxication. The local authorities have
already commenced legal proceeding,
against the author Of the slauder.
II is said that the Small pox has
gained such Roadway ia Pittsbury and
Allegheny City as to alarm the autor
ties there. The Evening Herald says
barrels Of tar are burned at the corners
OF the streets, in order to destroy the
poison.
! he total conscience money received
by. the Treasury Department since 1869
amounts to sl26,l47,35. OF this
amount SS749 was received during the
fiscal year ending June 30 lat.
The brig Il. q. Sewell of Bath, from,
Philadelphia for Portland, was lost
about seven miles from Sandy Hook, gu
Friday night week. The captain s wife
aud three Of the crew were lost.
Mrs. David Schidler, Of Pottstown,
Pa, had her infaut smothered in her
shawl on Tuesday last. She was GU,
walking with it, aud wrapping it up too
carefully the child smothered.
The Grand Jury of the District Of
Columbia have indicted ex. Congress
nau Stokes and Victor G.. Powell, in
connection with the Tennessee bounty
cases.
An Illinois burglar slid down chin
ney to get into store, but as the fire
place had been walled up he did not get
out until the occupants helped him.
The Grand Jury Of Los Angeles
county has indicted several persons for
the murder Of the Chinese 10 the late
riot. Most Of the accused, not already
IN jail, have fed the country.
A ministerial crisis reigns in Madrid
and the King has summoned to his
presence the two presidents of both
Houses. The ministry has resigned.
.. Five out Of fifteen cadets at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, who have
been convicted OF hasing, are shortly
to be dismissed.
>, Tue Georgia Legislature has elected
l. os. NJ. Norwood, OF Savannah, u. S