The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-19
Items of News.

a mysterious fVpuefS naS taken place
from the Safe Deposit Bank in Pittsburg.
the facts of which have Just been de.
yeloped. It appears that on SATURDAY.
night week the cashier ofthe Odd Fellows
Savings Bank deposited with the State
Deposit Company a box, containing $4,000
in cash and paper representing s2UO, 900.
Applying for the box, on Monday morn
ing. the officers Of the Safe Deposit con-
Germ were unable to produce il or account
for its disappearance. A detective wis
engaged, and after thorough examination
he stated as his opinion that the robbery
was committed by some person connected
with the institution. Information was
also given to the Mayor by a person who
aid he saw two men take box out Of the
bank early on Monday morning. and that
an employee the bank was looking out of
the window at the time. No names of
suspected persons have been given, and no
arrests made The stolen box was found
on Saturday in the coal yaul. u grocery.
All the money had been taken from il. but
the bonds were left
The new Shops of War to be built for
the Navy, that are TO be constructed of
iron, are each to carry six guns. There is
to be one eleven inch pivot gun on the
quarter deck aud another pivot gun of
smaller calibre on the forecas.le. The
four broadside guns are to be of nine-inch
bore. The plan of hull agreed upon is
iron sheathed with wood, outside of which
there is to be copper sheathing, as is
ordinarily done with vessels sailing in
warm ATTITUDES. This plan is adopted to
prevent fouling, which is the great trouble
with iron hulls in tlle tropics
During the year 1872, there were 2674
marriages in Baltimore, and during the
same time l3l petitions for divorce were
filed. OF these applications IS were made
BY men and 50 by women. These figures
prove that of nearly FIVE per cent. Of the
couples married, one or other of the
parties had not properly considered the
step they were about to take and had
entered upon lifelong partnership with
less care than they would have exercised
in the purchase of horse or sewing
machine.
The Supreme Lodge of the World,
knights of Pythias. met at Richmond
Va, on Tuesday, Supreme Chancellor II.
c. Berry, of Illinois, presiding. Delegates
were present from nearly all the States
and Canada, Clarence NJ. Barton, of
Washington, offered his resignation as
Grand Scribe, and it was referred to
committee The report of the Supreme
officers shows that the Order embraces
about 1900 lodges and 100000 members
including Australia and the Sandwich
Islands.
John McDarmott murdered his wi e
Mary, in New York, Sunday BY striking
her on the head with slcdge hammer.
Jealousy was the cause the crime was
committed in the presence of their three
children. After McDermott was arrested
he attempted to commit suicide, by beat
Ing his head against the walls Of his
prison cell, and inflicted injuries on himself
that may prove fatal
Mr. W. W. Corcoran has sold two
hundred acres of land near Washington
city 10 the government, as an addition to
the Soldiers Home, for the sum of 800
900. He will devote the money TO an
endowment To the Louise Home u
charity created by him for impoverished
ladies' who are unable to support them
selves.
Mrs. johnson, wife of the lighthouse
keeper at Cape Roman, S. C., was found
murdered last Tuesday, with her throat
cut. A razor and revolver lay by her
side A large sum of money which she
had recently drawn from bank is missing,
but il is not known whether she was
murdered or committed suicide.
The scyerest snow storm Of the season
in the Northwest began at Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory, on Sunday morning
and slowly travelled eastward reaching
Grand Island, in Nebraska, Monday mo- n
ing. Snow drifts from four to five feet in
depth are reported, and life is said 10 be
unsafe outside Of shelter
Sheriff Kane, of Baltimore city, has
sent claim to the City Councils asking
to be paid s67i,3l salary as Marshal OF
Police, with interest from the 9TH of
September, 1861, to the present time, in
all amounting to sl,002,9l. 1t will be
recollected Col. Kane was confined in the
military prison during that time.
The city Of San Salvador, Central Amer
lea, has been the scene Of dreadful earth
quake, in which SUU persons persisted, and
sl2,OOo,OO0 of property destroyed. The
earthquake was followed by great fire
which destroyed many buildings in the
city.
On Friday night part of bridge on the
Cairo and Fulton Railroad across White
River, Arkansas, was swept away by a
food, the river being iifty-six feet high
The town of Jacksonport, Ark, is under
water, and the inhabitants going about in
canoes.
The schooner John Lancaster, Captain
l.. Williams, from Tuckerton, n. j., for
Philadelphia, with cargo of guano sank
six miles off Cape May, last week and is a
total loss Her crew landed at Cape May.
The New York Heraids Cuban cores
pendent o Kelley is in tight place hay-
Ing been taken prisoner by the Captain
General Of Cuba with letters from Rebels
on his person.
One Of the corpses picked up at the A.
lantic wreck had on quilted vest, and IN
every diamond Of the quilting there was
sovereign, there being in all about eighty
equal to $500.
Mr.. G. s. Maltby, well known proprietor
Of the Maltby House, Baltimore, had u
.eg aud an arm broken in a railroad acct
dc ot, which occurred near Bennington,
Vei mont, last week.
CHI rles Schell, aged 45, had his throat
cut fro. ear to ear by three unknown
men, in ii corner store in New York, on
Saturday night. His murderes escaped
Some far pcrs in Dorchester county have
ploughed III cir wheat up to put other
crops 10 the g. ound. the wheat promising
so small n Weld