The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-01-04
Items Of NEW.


The Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.
took fire Wednesday afternoon, shor. time
after the conclusion Of the matinee perform-
ance, and in one hour the theatre was a
mass OF ruins. Il was valued at thirty
thousand dollars The lessee, Mr.. Angus
TIN DAILY, losses in scenery, properties,
wardrobes, &c, sl5O,OOO, upon which he
had no insurance. The performers lost
nearly the whole Of their private wardrobe
Prof. Wise, of Lancaster CITY. the ac-
complished aeronaut, proposes to endeavor
to make trip to Europe in balloon, the
coming summer. Several scientific gentle
men have made application to the professor
Tor permission to accompany him on the
voyage. Prof. Wise has already made a
distance of 1900 miles in an aerial trip,
travelling the distance in nineteen hours.
Andrew Strong, one of the notorious
"Lowery gang, was shot dead at Scufile-
town, North Carolina, last Thursday, by a
young man, named Wilson On deliver
ngthe body, to the Sheriff, Wilson received
reward Of $1,000, and will receive a
further reward of $4,000 from the State
stephen slIowery is now the sole survivor
OF the famous Robson county outlaws, of
whom Henry Berry Lowery was the chief
The Austrian, French and Prussian pa-
pers are having lively discussion over the
disclosures made by the Duke De Gram
mont relative to the origin of the late war
between France and Prussia. The Duke
brings documentary evidence to support the
truth of his assertion that Austria prom
lsed to assist France in carrying on war
with Prussia.
The old Snowman, Barnum, has been
burned out four times, but always rises
from the ashes with renewed vigor. He
has already begun the reorganization of
his mammoth exhibition which recently
met with destruction in New York, and as
soon as human energy can accomplish the
work he will have his great show again in
successful operation.
The recent increase in the demand for
and the price Of the bituminous coal of
Maryland will probably lead to an addition
of ten cents per ton for transportation by
the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal at their meeting on We'd
nesday next. This would add $4,000 to
the yearly revenue of the canal.
At Cincinnati, on Saturday, an election
was held on the question of authorizing the
city to issue 81 100000 in bonds in aid of
the Cincinnati and Chesapeake Railroad.
The is ne of bonds was carried by nearly
1000 majority, being more than thousand
in excess ofthe two-thirds required by law.
The rumor comes across the sea that Louis
Napoleon, the ex-empress Eugene, and the
former prince imperial of France intend
coming to our hospitable shores early next
spring, and travelling through the length
and breadth of the continent during the
ensuing summer.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections will on the 10th of January
resume their investigation of the charges
against Senator Caldwell, that he was elected
by bribing members of the Kansas Legisla-
ture. A large number of witnesses have
been summoned
The steamer james Adger, from Charles
ton, 5. C., which arrived at New York on
Saturday, brought ten prisoners for the
Albany Penitentiary, convicted of Ku-
Klux outragcs, Among the prisoners is
the Rev. John Ezel, a Baptist clergyman
of South Carolina.
A petrifed baby has been exhumcd from
"A Chicago cemetery. The Times of that
city says all save the mother of the little
infant stood mutely looking upon it, but
she became nearly frantic with excitement
from the first moment that the body was
exposed to view
The only thing indited by a recent Chi
cago grand jury wasan epistle to the Court,
declining to find any bills at all, on account
of the imbecility of petit juries and the
pardoning proelivities of the Governor.
In Cuba the patriots have recently gained
several important successes, beating the
Royal forces with considerable loss to the
latter. Spain can neversubdue the patriots
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account of the Deluge and the Ark,
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AT missionary meeting IN Stafford ,
England, on Christmas night the hoor OF
the building gave way, and hundred per-
sons were precipltatea considerable dis-