The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-01-05

be run over the Maryland Jockey Club
course at Baltimore, at the fall meeting
10 1872, have closed with eighty niue
subscribers. They comprise the stock
Of thirty seven sires, and among them
are some fine English defendants. The
winner will be entitled to the handsome
sum of sl2, 400, clear profit, the second
horse 81 900, and the third horse $500.
The race will afford good test of the
disputed points Of superiority between
English and American race-horses.
The trial OF Dexter T. Mills aud 9th.
ers, now iu progress in Boston, has
brought to light an ingenious mode oil
evading the customs duties on foreign
liquors, The liquors were purchased
in Nova Scotia, shipped regularly, and
at sea were transferred to coasters,
which landed them at Boston and New
York, the latter vessels not coming un.
der the entry rules of vessels engaged
in trade with foreign ports. On landing
the British aus; oms marks were remov
ed and United States revenue stamps
substituted.
Dakota is styled the Siberia of Amer
ica. 10 the winter season the mercury
averages Tor days together 80 degrees
below zero for weeks it will range at
10 degrees below. At every military
post in that region every winter claims
its offerings to freezing, Some soldiers
are frozen dead some lose limbs, some
only get frost bitten. This happens in
spite OF clothing made similar to that
provided for people who 50 on expedi.
tious to the North Pole. In summer
the heat is as intense there as the cold
is from November to April.
Mifiiintown, Pennsylvania, village
on the Juniata river, 43 miles northwest
OF Harrisburg, suffered from great fire
on Saturday night. Seventy buildings
in the centre OF the town were burned,
and the loss Of property is nearly 5000,
900. Four steamboats, were burne! on
the same day at New Orleans, aud the
steamship Dc Soto, while passing down
the Mississippi, was totally destroyed
by fire.
'Ex.Gov. Bigler, was the recipient
few days ago, by express, OF box Of
California Pears, forwarded by his
brother, ex.Gov. John Bigler, who has
resided in the Golden State for many
years Some Of the pears were inch
es in length, measured Is inches in
circumference aud weighed lbs.
ounces.
An order has been sent to Fort Scott,
Kansas, from the Uuited States War
Department, ordering the removal Of
all settlers from the Miami Indian re-
scryation, in that State. There are
some three or four thousand of them,
including a thriving town Of twelve
hundred inhabitants.
The N. Y. Journal Of Commerce
thinks well of the Philadelphia Ioter
national Exhibition, which is to be part
aud parcel Of the celebration there Of
the Republics Centenary duly, 1876
but, at the same time, it would not have
New York iorego lis own exhibition.
A man in Alabama has invented an
actual lion horse which works by steam.
1t has four legs and walks well with
them. 1t can be made to travel, aud do
such work as ploughing, reaping, etc,
at from 3 to 10 miles per hour Is it
another steam man speculation 4.
Henry Ward Beecher's Church has
a total membership of 1882 of which
number 1910 are women. For music
the church pays 10000, divided ms fol.
lows; Director $1,000; tenor $1,000
soprano 5000; alto 5000; organists
, $500. The pew rents amount to $780,.
900.
The latest accounts from the Atlantic
, cables are unsatisfactory, and tho off
cials are SAID to despair Of being able to
r make the necessary repairs until the
weather becomes permanently favorable
/ which will not be the case until June
/ next.
A Miss Isabella Smith, who claimed
+ that she had been injured ia her feel
ings to the extent OF $50 900 through
the fnilure of one John T. Campbell /,
marry her, was awarded sum OF SIS,
3 900 last week by u jury ut Waverly
Iowa.
5 A United States vessel is now ben,
made ready at the Washington Nav,
0 Yard to take the Investigation Commits
. sioners to San Domingo, if the lous,
concurs with the Senate in the passag,
Of Mr.. Morton's resolution.
, NJ ~ R..ka, ~ S.,...,,.,,.lla
I, was shot at, u few days since, by youn.
/, teacher, Miss Ferguson, Of Baltimore
a whom ,Robey had attempted, it is al
t legged, to forcibly eject from schoo
+ house for colored children.
: 10 consequence Of the intense cold
military operations in Paris have beel
l suspended siuce the 22d. Enthusiasm
! and confidence are said to prevail there
and the means of warfare are daily grow
ing more formidable.
Failures in business circles 10 al
parts Of the country, are steadily on tn
increase, says the New York u ora
J aud it is feared the tide will MATERIAL
>. increase during tho winter.
The Rev. Albert Rarnes. one of III
b mos venerable aud distinguished Pre-,
byterian clergymen 10 the United State,
died suddenly in Phiadelphia on Sl,ul
day week.
: The "kleptomania" excitement i
Boston is great. Respectable ladies ar
:, being taxed with theft with remorseles
persistence there They have beeu cap
tured six at batch
. Gen. Prim, who was recently she
and severely wounded by an ASSASSIN
: in Spain. has die oil his wounds. Sew,