The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-01-06
Items of News.


Omaha on the 10Th OF January, aud
viii be conducted 10 the hunting.
grounds under military escort, there to
hunt the ngblc bison Should the snow
be found too deep, however, Gas it prob.
ably will be) the amateur Nimrods
from Russia will be despatched to San
Francisco by the cars. In the mean
time, doubtless, the Dukes anticipations
Of pleasure on the hunt will be greatly
heightened by the necessity Of the pres
encc Of soldiers to protect him en- route
from the Indian warriors who, other.
wise, might uucomfortably reverse the
order of the entertainment aud hunt"
him and his party
There seems every reason to participate
low prices for coal during the wear s72.
Nearly 100 900 tons are now piled up al
Port Richmond, and about 40, 900 tons
are coming weekly. The Pottsville Nj.
ners' .Jownatstrongly advises the men of
SchuyIkill county to agree upon liberal
basis which will allow prices to fall to
81 20 a ton as the minimum, without
resoytiHg to suspension, aud notifies the
trade that they must expect low rates to
rule for year to conu at least. The
Mauch Chunk Coal Gu=eRc reports a
general disposition in the Lehigh region
to continue work alIwnter des pite the
discouragiug condition Of che market.
Brigham Young appeared in the
United States District Court at Salt
Lake on Tuesday TO answer to the in.
detmeut charging him with murder
Judge Mexican declined to admit him
to bail, and the Mormon leader was
imprisoned in his own house and "A
guard placed around it, where he will
be confined uatil the trial takes pla,e
King Victor Emanuel is disposed to
keep ON good terms with the Pope-ir
the latter will let him, which at pres
ent he does not seem disposed to do
Ga New Years day the King seut a
special messenger 10 the Vatican with
his congratulations, but he was met by
Autouclli aud given a short rebuff.
The pa week has been marked by
the meeting Of the Legislatures of New
York, Massachusetts,, Maine, Pannsyl.
vania, Ohio aud Kansas as well as that
Of our own State. la Pennsylvania the
Senate is tied between the two parties,
with a vacancy to fill, aud there is a pos
sibiIity of long delay in organization.
The Central Savings Bank. New
York, suspended Dee IS, the officers
say, only temporarily, and that it will
pay its obligations. 1t has only been
IN operation about four months, and It's
suspension, it is said, is caused by the
failure of the Ocean Bank.
The total value Of the farm pro lu3ts
in the United States and Territories
during the year ending june |, 1870,
according to the census statement JUS
published, was 81 ,44j. 900. 900 the
largest product was in New York, and
the next largest ia Illinois.
The domestic exports Of the port Of
Philadelphia for the year 1871 were of
the value Of $50, 6s5 ,55l, against SIG,
$40, AS in the year 1870 The total
OF breadstuIfs exported during 1871
amountedto s4, las, sos, against 81 $40.
2G9 in 1870.
Governor Geary's of Pa, states the
total debt Of the State ut nearly $50.
900 900; deducting the sinking fund
and cash in the treasury the balance
unproyidcd for is SlS,000,0O0, the
amount paid off during the last five
years averaging sl,74I ,5G7 yearly.
The Philadelphia Le,iyer says that
the Susquehanna Canal has been leased
by the Reading Railroad for 500 years,
with the intention of making IIavre dc
Grace large canal depot for Southern
shipping and supplying Baltimore and
Washington with cheap anthracite.
The Fort Wayne woman who sued
her husband for pay Tor fourteen year,
Of service in his household, on tn,
ground that there was a flaw in tn,
marriage ceremony, has been awarded
81 ,l6S by the Allen Circuit Court.
a National Convention will meet Al
Baltimore on February 22d, to form ,
National organization for the spread 0
total abstinence among members Of III,
Roman Catholic churches in the Unite,
| States.
Bartholomew Barnes was hanged a
PittshcId, ILL.,, on Friday, lof murde
OF John Grisham, in February last
Barnes, who was Gully 10 years old, at
trlbuted the crime for which he sutfere,
to whisky.
The mail sent from Portland to Rock
land, Me, on the Sth Of December, wa
robbed, aud twenty four pension cheeks
are missing Pension checks sent t,
Ihonastown are also missing
jackson, Miss, held its municipa
election January LIST. The Citizeus
candidates Tor Mayor and Aldermen, al
white men, were elected by about 1Jl
majority,
Lloyd Hobbs, residing near Uniol
Factory, Baltimore county, whilst play
lug with dog at Elysyillc, was bitter
by it on the hand, and died from hy
drophoba on the 23l uliimo.
A Washington correspondent of tn,
New York Tribune writes 1t is nov
generally believed that the next Repub
lican National Convention will he hel,
in Philadelphia.
The remarkable fact is announced
from San Francisco, that hackinan vii,
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