The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-05-17

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A farmer in the San Joaquin Valley
has $4,000 acres of growing wheat.
Measles have things their own way in
some parts Of Chester county, even shutting
up the schools
The spotted fever is raging in some sec.
tons of Pennsylvania especially in Chester
county.
A woman named Wade shoes horses at
Fort Scott, Kan, while her husband plays
billiards around the corner.
There are 100 inmates in the Washing
ton county Aims House, 25 of whom are
insane.
Tho house painters of Baltimore are on
a strike for an increase of wages from 3d.
80 to SO per day
j. Fennimore Cooper's ancestors are
said to be from Kent county, Delaware.
Parties are searching the records to prove
the nativity of the eminent novelist.
Rev. Henry d. Moore, Congregation
allst clergyman of Cincinnati, has been
forced by his elders to resign, because he
is a Freemason.
Two colored men have begun suit under
the Civil Rights act, against Wallaek' $
Theatre, in New York, because of their
expulsion from orchestra seats.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, one of the handsomest edi6ces
in Baltimore, was partially destroyed by
fire Monday night On the loss of $780,
900 there is $4,000 insurance.
In the Supreme Court at Boston, ON
Saturday, Judge Colt granted Senator
Sumner divorce from his wife, on the
ground of desertion by the latter Neither
of the parties was present.
On Thursday morning, twenty Next
cans, armed with Winchester rifles, drove
lot Of cattle across the Rio Grande into
Mexico, fifteen miles below Brownsville.
A party of cavalry from Fort Brown
started in pursuit but failed to oyerake
the robbers
A religious fanatic in Xenia, Ohio,
committed suicide, recently, by offering
himself up as burnt offering. He built
an altar, surrounded ii with combustible
materials, and, after setting fire to them,
placed himself in the midst and was
burned to death.
Belle Centre, Ohio, was visited on Fri
day by tornado, which blew down eight
dwellings, four or FIVE stores and church,
causing a loss estimated at $4,000. The
storm passed over several other towns, but
did no serious damage beyond levelling
trees and fences. No loss of life is re-
ported.
At New Castle, Del, early on Monday
morning, Miss May Hitch, of Milford
who was on visit at the house of George
Tybout, Esq, took the globe off on oil
lamp and attempted to blow it out The
lamp exploded, burning her so severely that
she died soon afterwards Several Of Mr..
Tybout's family were slightly burned.
Mrs. Catharine Reilly, living in Media,
Pa, celebrated her 103d birthday on the
4th instant The old lady has seven child
rem, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty.
one great grandchildren now living. She
is native of Ireland, and settled in this
country forty years ago
A white girl, four years old, was muir.
dered near Lynchburg, Va, recently, by a
colored boy, seven years old. The girl
was found with her head beaten in and a
bloody club by her side. The boy con.
fessed that he killed her because she re.
fused to give him white marble.
Seventy-six fires have occurred in this
country from April II up to May IA, with
a total loss of S3,740000. There was one
in which the total loss exceeds 5000, 900,
one where it exceeds $500, 900, seven be.
tween 500, 900 and 5000 900, and eleven
between $50, 900 and 500, 900, and twelve
in which no statement of loss is given.
BY them eleven persons lost their lives.
An explosion took place in the Drum.
mond colliery in Picton county, Nova
Scotia, Tuesday, setting the mine on fire
and shutting off egress Mr.. Dunn, the
manager, the assistant manager, and forty
men are in the mine, concerning whom
the greatest anxiety is felt. Thousands of
persons focked to the scene, and mothers,
wives, sisters and children of the victims
gathered round the burning pit, piercing
the air with their cries. At nine o'clock
the fire was still burning, and it is sup.
posed the men had persisted. Later ac-
counts state that only four men out Of the
eighty escaped.
News of disaster to Halls Polar Expedi-
ton is received. Captain Hall died of
apoplexy on the 9Th of October, 1871, and
on the 18th of October last, while stores
were being landed from the Polaris, which
was driven ashore by the ice, she suddenly
broke from her mooring and drifted away.
She carried with her fourteen persons, and
left 20 ashore. The latter were picked up
on the Both of April, at Grady Harbor,
Labrador, and have arrived at ST. John,
N. F. Those left on the Polaris had
plenty of provisions, and it is thought
they can easily construct boats for their
safety.
Wednesday morning about 10 o'clock,
two small children, boy about Is months
old and girl about 3 years old, living
near Hare's Corner, Delaware, were drown.
ed in pond in the barn yard adjoining
the house of their father, Levi Garrett
butcher in the Eighth street market-house.
The children were absent from the house
some time before their bodies were found,
but it was thought they were playing in
the orchard, and it was not until some
time had elapsed that search for them
was instituted, which resulted in the find
ing of their bodies as stated above. 1t is
supposed that they were playing on the
brink of the pond and fell in, and being
too young to help themselves, drowned
before aid could reach them.
A frightful tragedy occurred at Wet.
more, Kansas on Saturday. Some time
ago james Erickson was arrested at that
place for an attempt to commit felonious