The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-07-26


A IRE nt Heame, Texas, Friday las. de-
stroyed property valued at 100000
The wheat crop Of Minnesota for 1879
Is estimated at 30 900, 900 bushels.
The Republican State Convention viii
assemble in Frederick September II.
Smuggler trottcd mile in 2.19f. at
olatke, Kansas on "Wednesday, after six
months training
hey. Father Henry Meyers, pastor of
a. Vincents Catholic Church, baltimore
died there on Monday.
Paris consumes $50 900 900 eapSannn.
ally, Great Britain, 800, 100000 New
York City, lOO,OO0,OOO.
The restaurant keeper in the Crystal
Palace, near London, pays 1925, 900 year
for the privilege.
The divorce business in New Hampshire
seems to be fourishing. Last year, l79
divorces were granted.
A party oftravellers in Southern Florida
found spiders 'two feet long and weighing
three or four pounds.
Levin Palmer, colored who is to be hang
ON the I'D of August, in Towsontown, for
rape, has made full confession.
Augustus Albert was nominated ON
Thursday, as the Democratic candidate for
sh eriff in Baltimore.
A Texas woman has arrived in St. Louis
with l 900 cattle, her own property, which
she assisted in driving from Texas.
VIM. Warfeld, Lexington, KY, has sold
a two-thirds interest in the bull calf, Lon
don Duke X, six weeks old, for 81 ,O60
Thirteen Swiss bulls, COWS and calves
We're sold for 81 ,9l4, at Waltham, Illinois,
recently, an average of sl47.23 each.
Postmaster General Crcswell and his
family are at Long Branch, the guests of
President Grant,
An OK recently killed by lightning in
Iowa, was afterwards discovered to have
every bone in its body broken in many
places.
The United States has become the lead
ing cheese-producing country in the world;
From an expectation of 200, 900 pounds
in 1852. the amount rose to 60, 600, 900 in
1872.
Norwegian girls who have been doing
kitchen work IN Iowa at 81, so week, are
hiring out to work in the harvest fields at
50 or So per day. About ten cents day
was their figure sat home
The San Francisco Democratic County
Convention, on Monday night, adopted
strong resolutions against the policy of
granting subsidies to railroad companies,
and also against Chinese immigration.
Northern and Western counties of Eng
land have recently been visited by severe
thunder-storms, which caused serious dam
age to the crops, as well as to other prop
erty
1t is proposed to convert S34, 900 acres,
embraced in the counties of Clinton, Es-
sex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, st.
Lawrence and Lewis, New York, into
grand State Park This is what is known
as the Adirondack region"
Near Troy, New York, recently, man
was working in the fields, when he was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The Troy Times says the sun was shining
brightly at the time, aud not drop of rain
fell.
A fire on Thursday, at Cleveland, Ohio,
destroyed the distillery of Fries & Co,
large block containing an extensive stock
of fine wines and liquors. The fire began
by an explosion, which blew two men out
of the building, but neither were seriously
injured The loss was $50 900, on which
there was no insurance.
There is man named Wagerman, who
has been an inmate of the Franklin coun-
ty, Pa, Poor House for the past thirty
three years. For Is years he was chained
to the floor of his cell in the insane de.
partment Recently he was relieved from
that position, his age having rendered him
harmless.
John Mcbride and his wife, Elizabeth,
two old people, living alone on farm
about seven miles from Williamsport, Pa.
and reputed wealthy, were found Thurs
day, the wife brutally murdered and the
husband seriously injured and lying on the
floor, wcltering in his blood. Plumber had
evidently been the object ofthe murderers,
to whom there is no clue.