The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-06-29
Items of News

Mo, on Wednesday Of last week. 1t is
stated that young man named Moore,
who was suffering from ague, applied
to the county physician for remedy.
As he objected to quininc, the pbysi
clan prescribed "bittcrs' compounded
of Peruvian bank, do.wood aud wills
ky" Young Moore having taken "a
dose of the "bittcrs" started for his
home, but was barely able to get there,
and died soon ailorwardi. Two doctors
named Rediell aud Barnes, who had
been called by Mrs. Moore to attend
her sou, in order to convince her that
he had not been poisoned By the pre-
scription, swallowed each some of the
mixture. They soon afterwards lcf,
and both expired soon after reaching
their homes. As an investigation had
not taken place at the time Of the 70.
port, it was not known whether the
poisoning was the result Of the pre-
stription, or bluGdcr in the prepare
tlou OF it by the druggist.
4 most frighuul accident occurred
on Saturday morning, near Belleyille,
on the Grand Trunk Railway to train
going from Toronto TO Montreal. An
axle Of the engine broke, which caused
it to be thrown from the track The
smoking and second class passenger cars
were tclcseoped by the baggage car
forcing them on the top Of the engine;
here the miserable occupants were hope
lessly penued, exposed to the escaping
steam from the boiler, aud suffering all
the agony Of immersion Into boiling
cauIdTon Of superhcated water Twen.
~ three were taken out dead, or died
soon after, and sixty five were more or
less seriously injured.
The President aud Mrs. Grant, Sec
rotary Fish and wife, General Dent aud
wife, and Gen Babcock arrived in Bos
ton on Tuesday The President at
tended a meeting Of the Peabody Trust,
and in the afternoon the party went to
the Coliseum, to hear the Jubilee per.
Torrance. The audience in the Coils
cum was estimated at seventy thousand,
over 5000 being unable to gain admis.
sion, The President was warmly ap.
plaudcd by the audience. Secretaries
Boutwell, and Robson and Senator VII.
son were also present. The musical
performance was the finest yet given.
In the Superior Court Of Baltimore,
the jury in the suit Of Stephen II Foglo
against John S. Stansbury for malicious
arrest and prosecution, rendered a yer.
dict for plaintiff for S2l00 damages.
Stansbury had caused Fogle's arrest for
obtaining goods from him under false
pretcncea, aud falling to prosecute the
case, Fogle was released, after remain
lug six days in Jail The Court, in
passing upon the case, said that a pc
liceman had no right to arrest citizen
without q warrant in such a case, on an
unsworn complaint.
The recent rains throughout Penn.
sylvania and Northwestern New York
have been attended with considerable
damage At Williamsport railroad
bridge that ha6 been destroyed by fire
and nearly rebuilt was carried away By
a flood Tuesday night, aud at Tioga,
Pa, three million feet Of logs were
swept of, and for miles along tho Tioga
river the whole country is under water,
causing immense loss to railroads aud
the standing grain.
At San Francisco, Tuesday evening,
while Mrs LDomis was lecturing against
female suffrage, She was Kissed and
jeered by leading female sudragists in
the audience. Hon David Meeker
who was present, Insisted GU the ex.
p1lsion OF the offenders, whcreupon
Airs. Emily Pitt Stevens, cditress Of
the Pioneer, drew pistol on him, aud
demanded an apology. Bystauders,
however, forced her TO put away her
pistol
The U. S Consul at Gaspe Basin,
Canada, has informed the State De
partment that the captain of the Do
mluion cutter Stella Marie captured the
American schooner james Bliss, for
alleged violation Of the fishery laws, aud
took her into port with the Dominion
flag flying at her peak over the Ameri.
can flag, the latter being Union down.
Although our Consul protested against
the insult, 1t was repeated
Fifteen hundred pounds Of nitro
glycerinc, in the California Powder
Works, about four miles from San Fran
cisco, exploded on Friday night. Six
buildings were shattered, and a hole
twelve feet in depth aud one hundred
and twenty five feet in circumference
was made in the ground by the explo,
sion, but no person was injured. The
city Of San Francisco was shaken By
the shock.
A young man named Evans, from
Baltimore, was arrested in Chicago on
Friday, for a robbery in the former
city Of $4,000 worth OF diamonds and
$500 in moaey. Some OF the diamonds
were found 10 his possession the rest
he had traded at ruinous rates for hor.
ses, or disposed Of otherwise. lie con.
tessed his guilt. lie is of good family
aud well connected 10 Baltimore.
A fire broke out in building at
Chicago on Saturday morning, and as
several members Of the Fire Patrol en-.
tered the building, the gas meter ex.
ploded. j. Patterson aud David Don.
nelly were burned to death, aud three
other men were badly injured.
Mr.. Fountain, Of the Dover, Del.
hotel, has fowl that is cross between
turkey aud guinea. 0nc side Of it
IS covered with turkey feathers and the
other with guinea feathers, AMI it can
Initiate either fowl in "cacklc."
A jury was obtained in New York on
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