The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-05-24
Items of News.


dams on the Mexican border.
VIM. II. Culley was arrested at Turtle
Greek, Pa, last week. charged with com
hitting forgeries to the amount Of $780,
900 on persons in Pittsburg.
A FIRE Mt Plymouth, o., Wednesday
night, burned drug store, hardware store,
jewelry and millinery establishment.
Loss $4,000
Peru ddyices state that from 1850 to
1872 there were 1872 vessels despatched
from Macao to Peru with sO,354 Coolies.
OF these 3,227 persisted from shipwmcks,
and five per cent. from sickness and suicide.
The Wabash Elevator Company's ele-
vator No. 2, at Toledo, Ohio, was burned
on Monday afternoon, with its contents,
consisting Of $4,000 bushels of oats and
10000 BUSHES of corn. Loss on building
$4,000; on grain $4,000.
The Arcadia Powder Works, at Waver-
ly, N. s., eleven miles from Halifax, blew
up on Saturday night Trees around the
buildings were uprooted, and the ground
within a radius of 800 feet was ploughed
up by the explosion, but no lives were lost.
The great fire at Porte -au. Prince, in less
than four hours consumed $50 buildings,
among them Notre Dame Cathedral. The
estimated value Of the property destroyed
is 81 100000. The woman in whose house
the fire originated and her three children
were burned to death,
1t is reported from Green Bay. Wis,
that the woods are on FIRE around Big
Cedar A new hotel and store at that
place were reached by the flames on Sat.
urday and consumed. The town of Ish-
peling was also surrounded by FIRE, and its
destruction was feared.
A severe hurricane passed over Central
Iowa early Thursday morning. At Han
over a church was blown down and COM
pletely demolished. A frame house about
nine miles west of Des Moines was blown
over and several of the inmates severely
injured
The nephew of the late Thaddeus Ste
vens having forfeited his right under his
uncles will by using intoxicating drinks.
the executors will apply his share of the
estate, estimated at $50, 900 to 800, 900,
to the founding of an orphan house at
Lancaster, Pa in compliance with the will.
J. r. Hollohan, recently convicted, and
sentenced to be hung on the 18th of June
for the murder of Mrs, Lampley, in Balti-
more, has made full confession. Ii will
be remembered that during his trial at
Annapolis, he made murderous assault
on Marshal Frey, from the effects of which
Mr.. Frey is still confined to his room.
Six hundred U. s. troops. on the goth
instant, under command of Gen. McKen-
zie, have made raid on the Kickapoo
Indians, killing 10 warriors, wounding
large number, capturing 80 squaws, and
over 100 horses that had been stolen from
the settlers. The fight took place in
Mexico.
A chicken was recently Matched on the
farm of Mr. +. NJ. Snead, in Lunenburg
county, Va with the following remarkable
peculiaritics 1T is entirely blind, being
destitute Of eyes, has head like mole,
and beak like robin. II has to be fed,
eats heartily, is growing rapidly, and is
now in possession of Miss Hettie Tisdale,
of that county.
An attempt was made on Sunday night
last to blow up freight train on the Al
legany Valley Railroad, N. Y, by means
of q nitro-glycerine torpedo The engine
was thrown off, but no other damage done,
The object was to rob the train, which
was loaded with valuable freight. Three
men have been arrested, and their convic.
ticn Is certain.
A despatch from Austin, Texas, says
grasshoppers in innumerable numbers have
made their appearance in that State, and
are laying waste all vegetation. In some
localities they have entirely destroyed the
corn, consuming il down to level with
the ground. They seem to be moving
northward, and it is feared that Nebraska
Missouri, Illinois and Kansas will be visited
A company of California capitalists have
purchased the island of Guadalupe from
the Mexican government, and intend to
convert il into vast ranch for the breed
ing and rearing of Angon goats. The
island, which is situated off the coast Of
~, "el oai,iylnl' = 'aiu 70 pcar ! reniaiN ,
aD,o ,ssent,a ~, ~ oma'o anu ene.a
''"u'''onS 70 '"e ,'a''e so'' u tue Ausofa
On the 9th of March great confagra
tion broke out IN osIa, Japan 1t ragged
"all one day and night, and many hve'
were lost. on the 18th OF March the
same city was visited BY two violent shocks
OF earthquake, On March End Hong
hong, IN China, was also rayaged BY
coniiagratlon, which destroyed forty-foul
acreS VI houses anu renuereu 'ooo per
SONS honneiess
The papers Of the great grain-growinI
districts OF the West continue to reptor
that the spring has been most favorable
for the putting in OF wheat, and that
greatly increased breadth has been planted
Ii is altogether certain now that the ex
port demand for American wheat will be