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

and his suite arc expected to reach
Omaha on the 10th Of January, aud
viii be conducted to tine hunting
grounds under military escort there to
hunt the noble bison. Shoud 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
cnce of soldiers to protect him en- route
from the Indian warriors who, other
wise, might uncomlortably reverse the
order Of the entertainment aud "hunt"
him and his party.
There seems every reason toaDticipate
low prices for coal during the year s72.
Nearly 100000 tons are now piled up at
Port Richmond, aud about 10 900 tons
are coming weekly. The Pottsyille M
ners JourRdtstrongly advises the men of
Schuylkill county to agree upon liberal
basis which will allow prices to fall to
So 20 Il ton as the minimum, without
resortlng to suspension, and notifies the
trade that they must expect low rates to
rule for a year to come ut least. The
Mauch Chunk C0ai GaseNe reports a
general disposition in the Lehigh region
to continue work aliwiutcr despite the
discouraging condition of che market.
Brigham Young appeared in the
United States District Court at Salt
Lake on Tuesday to answer to the in
dictmeut 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 uati the trial takes ola 20
King Victor Emanuel is disposed to
keep on good terms with the Pope-ii
the latter will let him, which at pres
ent he does not seem disposed to do.
On New Years day the King seut a
| special messenger to the Vatican with
his congratulations, but he was met by
Antonelli and given a short rebuff.
The p1 t week has been marked BY
tle meeting Of the Legislatures of New
York, Massachusetts, Maine, P4unsyl.
yauia, Ohio and 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 pos.
sibility of long delay in organization
The Central Savings Bank, New
York, suspended Dec. IS the officers
say, only temporarily, aud that it will
pay its obligations 1t has only been
III operation about four months, aud its
suspension, it is said, is caused by the
failure Of the Ocean Bank.
The total value Of the farm pro lu,,s
in the United States and Territories
during the year ending june l, 1870,
according to the census statement lust
published, was S2,4I5,OOO, 600 the
largest product was in New York, aud
the next largest in Illinois.
The domestic exports of tho port Of
Philadelphia for the year 1871 were OF
the value of $50, $50, 55l, against SIG.
64O,47S in the year 1870 The total
Of brcadstulfs exported during 1871
amounted 1854, las, sos, against 81 $40.
2G9 in 1870
Governor Geary's of Pa, states the
total debt Of the State at nearly S29..
100000; deducling the sinking fluid
aad cash in the treasury the balance
unproyiled for is SlS,0O0OOO, the
amount paid off during the last five
years averaging sl,744 ,5G7 yearly
The Philadelphia LeRyer says that
the Susquehanna Canal has been leased
by the Reading Railroad for 999 years
with the intention Of making Havrc dc
Grace large canal depot for Southern
shipping aud supplying Baltimore aud
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.
\ National Convention will meet nj
baltimore on February 22d, to form I
National organization Tor the spread o
total abstinence among members of .h,
Roman Catholic churches in the Unitet
States
Bartholomew Barnes was hanged a
PittsheId, ILL.,, on Friday, 10; murder
OF John Grisham, in February last
Barnes, who was only 10 years old at
trlbuted the crime for which he sufferc,
to whisky.
The mail sent from Portland to Rock
land, Me, on tho Sth OF December. wa
robbed, aud twenty four pcusion cheeks
are missing Pension checks sent /,
YOUNGSTOWN are also missing.
Jackson, Miss, held its municipa
election January LIST. The Citizens
candidates for Mayor and Aldermen. al
white men, were elected by about l5l
majority.
Lloyd Hobbs, residing near Unior
Factory, Baltimore county, whilst play
Ing with a dog at Elysyille, was bitter
by it on the hand, aud died from nv
droPhobia on the 23d ultimo.
=, A Washington correspondent of tn,
New York Tribune writes 1T is now
generally believed that the next Rcpub
lean National Convention vii! he held
in Philadelphia.
The remarkable fact is announced
from San Francisco, that hackman who
found $40 in his hack voluntarily re-
turned it to its owner.
Mary Shea, who killed policeman
Doyle, IN Washington, last Saturday
has been sent to Jail to await the
action of the Grand jury.
At Baltimore, on Saturday, a little
sou Of John Medincer. TWO and a hall