The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-12
tom. of News.

during the last tWelNc years three husbands,
her mother, all her children and those Of
Ler husbands, numbering in all thirty
ncrsons. The woman, Cotton, appears in
court with her two-months old child at
her breast. the only one Of her offspring
that has been spared the fate ofthe Others.
The child was born in Durham Prison
since the incarceration of It's mother few
months ago, and the name of its father is
unknown. A description ofMrs Cotton's
personal appearance represents her as hav-
inc a handsome and prepossessing face and
fine black eyes. There is no doubt of her
guilt and of her certain conviction.
terrible storm of wind rain and hail,
causing destruction of property and life,
visited Burlington, Iowa, on Saturday af
ternoon 1t came up suddenly, unroofed
n school house on West Hill, and then
swept through the business portion of the
city, tearing off roofs and doing other dam
are The "butter and egg depot" of I.
\ Pond, ON Jefferson street. was blown
down, and twenty-five persons were buried
in the ruins. Mr.. Pond aud three Others
were taken out dead and nineteen Others
we're injured Another despatch says the
house Of 4. Steiger was also leveled, and
his wife and children killed. 1t is feared
other persons have been killed or injured
Sheffield, it is said, is about to give the
world greater benefactor than Watts
The price of coal has been one of the great
questions of the hour in England, and the
propable exhaustion Of the coal-felds has
made those interested in pOsterity very
uncomfortable Now substitute is prom.
i,ed. and one, too, of which there is an
unlimited supply Mr.. Wright's invcn-
ton for warming and lighting is already
patented. In passing through charged
battery atmospheric air is carbonized, and
thus combustible gas is produced which
burns brighter than coal gas, and when
mixed with air has heating power which
can melt copper wire.
At Memphis, on Friday night, John
Newell was shot dead by X. W. Coleman.
his brother.in-aw. Itappears that Newell,
who was Of dissipated habits, had written
to his father-in-law, 4. d. Keel, threaten.
Ing to shoot him il he did not give him
$1,000. Keel, with his son Samuel, and
Coleman, found Newell opposite their
house and the shooting then took place
Newell in his dying declaration, asserted
that Coleman was hired to kill him The
latter surrendered himself on Saturday,
and says Newell drew a knife upon him
before he fired.
News has been received ut New York.
through Spanish sources confirming the
reported capture of the fortified city and
seaport of Manzanilla by the Cubans A
large amount of money and munitions of
war was taken by the insurgents, who
sacked the town. The attack was made at
night, during the absence Of the Spanish
troops in the field Captain General
Ceballos has telegraphed to Madrid for
more troops, a revolution among the Span
iards being liable to break out sat any
moment
The Texas Pacific Railroad, of which
Col Tom. Scott of the Pennsylvania Cen
trail Railroad, is President, is being pushed
forward with the utmost vigor, and will
soon span the entire State from east to
vest--from Marshall to III paso--and
stretching thence across through the rich
mineral regions of New Mexico and Ari-
iona to San Diego, California, afford a
grand trunk line shorter by about one-half
than any which now connects the waters
ofthc Atlantic and Pacific.
The act Of December "a, 1872, abolish
Ing the offices of assessor and assistant
assessor Of internal revenue provides that
it shall 20 into effect on or before the LIST
Of July next. The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue has selected May 10th
as the most convenient date for putting it
into operation, and on that day about 1900
assessors aud assistant assessors will be
dispensed with.
At Newtown, l.. l., early on Saturday
morning, Mr. William Il. Furman shot
and mcrtally wounded au unknown burg
lar whom he found in his back yard.
Some other robbers who were in the
vicinity carried the wounded man a dist
ance Of one hundred yards and there left
him, where he was found by the aroused
villagers. He died soon afterwards.
The New York Herali's special com
missioner, OKelly, is held prisoner by the
Spanish authorities at Manzanilla, a seaport
town on the southeast coast of Cuba.
0kelly has asked assistance from both
the English and American Consuls, and
both have promised to use their good