The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-05-25
Items of News.


berlcss and continuous focks, have
been flying from south TO north, darken
ing the light and filling the air with
the sound of their wings The hotels
and boarding houses are full Of trappers
and hunters from all parts of the North
west; the coopers are busy making
barrels, aud meu, women and childrcu
are hard ut work packing up the pigeons.
From ten thousand to thirty thousand
pigeons are sent of every day. Kilburn
City is small town, Of 400 inhabitants,
situated on the left or east bank of the
Wisconsin river, aud lies on the Mil
waukee aud La Crosse Railroad, about
los miles northwest of Milwaukee.
A disciple Of Izaak Walton, who has
been trying the trout brooks in New
Hampshire, found that the extreme
drouth of last summer has almost cxtcr.
minated these beautiful fish. Iu brooks
that formerly gave twenty to forty, as
the result of an hours fishing, u half
days labor produces bat one or two
He suggests that fishers should hold
back for year or two, and that associa
tio1s should bc formed to rcstock the
brooks.
A Wilmington, N. c., despatch cor.
reefs statement made in certain North
ern papers that the outlaws Of Robcsoa
county, whose doings have been from
timo to time published, are Ka Klux
1t says that the recognized leaders of
the baud, Lowry, Apple, White and
Strong, are negroes, and lit is not
known that single white man is con.
nected with the band"
Ruloif, the eccentric villain who dcyo.
ted nearly lifetime to murder, robbery
and the study of the sciences which
generally elevate instead of lowering
moral character, was hanged at Biur.
hampton, New York, on the 18th. 10
the very last he maintained pluekv
composure, aud died without a further
utterance. .s.s
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says
that the miners of the Delaware and
Hudson company have followed the
example of the Delaware, Lackawana
and Western company, aud decided to
accept the offer of the company, and
that there will be resumption OF work
in all the mines Of both companies at
once.
Hon. d. W. Voorhees,, the dislin.
guished orator from INDIANA, has accent.
cd an invitation to deliver the annual
address before the Maryland State Agri.
cultural aud Mechanical Association on
the occasion Of the fair to b., held at
Baltimore in October next.
a man was brought before the Police
Court Of Portsmouth, N. H., last week,
on the charge OF maliciously killing a
hen. He admitted the Killing. but
denied the malice, aud the case has
been carried up to the Supreme Judi.
cial Court.
A Deacon 10 Illinois objected to the
organ purchased by his church and
when called upon TO close the service
with prayer, said Call on the Machine !
If it can sing the glory of God il can
pray too. Call on the machine p
On Thursday n sea seal w.;,h;,,
800 pounds was discovered ia the Della.
ware, below Burlington, aud driven on
the fats and shot BY the pursuiu. FISH
.crmeu. 1t is now IN an old boat above
burlington, and visited BY the curious
A man in Illinois committed suicide
lby drowning, lately, in six inches of
water. He couldn't have done il alone
but his wife, with that self sacrificior
devotion and helpfuluess so character
isiic of the sex, sat on his head.
The National Lincoln monument n,
Springfield, Ill.,, will be completed about
the i st of July, when il is croposed 10
sransfer the remains of the murdcred
President to the new vault /, ,bo hasa
of the monument aud formally dedicate
at.
Mr.. Bonner has accepted the cbal.
lenge of the owner of tho mueh.talkcd.
of San Francisco horse for trot Tho
match to be for $50 600. and to take
place at Chicago in June. Probablv he
will bring ont Dexter .nhnugh ,b;s Il
mot stated.
Another .loyal" Revenue Collcctor
has gone the way of many of his fellows
aud peck eted Uncle Sans cash IN the
amount Of sal 900 Henry a. ,C,uern.
sey, Of the 18th district. of peunsyIva
MIA, is the defaultiny individual
Gen. Geo. II. McClell,n ,,d c,,,;,,,