The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-11-29

inc reports OF violence having been
offered to Minister Sickles are denied at
Madrid.
It is said that in Colorado last year,
100000 buffalo were slaughtered for their
hides.
Chicago is very proud of its new hotel,
which with the site, building and furniture,
cost $3,5O0,OOO
Elk United States Senator Richard Yates,
Of Illinois died suddenly in st. Louis on
Thursday night.
Ground was broken on Wednesday for
the erection of the Centennial buildings at
Philadelphia
The snow drifts at Quebec, at the close
of the storm on Tuesday, were from twelve
to fifteen feet deep.
lngersoll, another of the New York ring
thieves, was convicted on Wednesday in
Judge Davis Court, and yesterday was
sent to keep company with Tweed.
1t is stated that over 1000 skilled Eng.
lish and French silk workers have returned
to their own countries since the suspension
Of the silk factories at Paterson, n. J.
Her Maiesty's ship Sirius is now 40 days
out from Halifax for England, and there
are fears that she is lost She had crew
OF nearly 300 men on board.
The Spanish frigatc Arapiles, without
waiting to complete her repairs, has left the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, preparatory to sail
ing for Cuba. This is now denied.
Mr.. Samuel c. Cobb, candidate of all
parties for Mayor of Boston, is spoken of
as a modified Democrat with Republican
tendencies.
In political speech at Glasgow on
Saturday night Mr.. Disraeli predicted
great struggle in Europe between the
spiritual and temporal powers.
The German Government complains to
France Of the action of the Bishop of
Nancy in ordering prayers for the recovery
of Metz and Strasburg.
Mr.. Perdue, the counsel for Undertook,
has filed petition for a new trial on ac-
count of alleged errors of the court The
points will be argued on the second Monday
in December.
Tom Allen and Tom Kelly returned to
st. Louis from Edwardsyille, ILL.,, Saturday
where they gave $4,000 bail each to APP
pear for trial for participating in a prize
fight in Illinois last September.
Naval recruiting is dull in New York so
far as able seamen are concerned. The
reason given is the reluctance of many of
them to mess with colored men, who are
becoming numerous on our war vessels,
The trial of McOotter for the murder of
his father-in-law, 1nsley, at Cambridge,
Md, was concluded on Monday evening,
by verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree.
There is suspicion prevalent at Kings
ton, Ont, that the United States steamer
Ada, which left there with forty officers
and men on board, has been lost with all
hands.
Duckers now report more ducks feeding
at their accustomed haunts on the Chesa-
peake Bay, and the tributary rivers, than
has ever before been known Partridges
and game of all kinds is also reported more
abundant now Than for several years past.
The quantity of coal raised in Great
Britain in 1872 was Ia, 800, S53 tons,
against 6,439 Psi tons in 1871. The
total loss of life among the miners was
1860, showing that one life was lost for
every 49, 400 tons of coal raised.
A disastrous fire occurred at Haverhill,
Mass, on Sunday morning, destroying
thirteen buildings and turning 500 hands
out of employment. The bodies of Amos
c. Heath, and an employee of Boynton
Bros, were found in the ruins of Gilman s
block, and it is supposed third person
also persisted.
Torpedoes, which were successfully en-
ployed for the defence of harbors during
the civil war, apd also during the Franco
German war, are again to be called into
requisition by the authorities, for the pro
lection of the seaboard against possible
Spanish cruisers. They were employed,
without much effect, by the Russians dur
ing the Crimean war, but the perfection to
which they have been brought since is
almost entirely due to American inventors.
The United States is doing quite well
in its export of manufactures of iron and
steel, having sent abroad, during the last
fiscal year, goods of this character valued
at more than ten millions of dollars. A
large portion of this is hardware, and for
it Canada is profitable market. Thus
Canada took sl.619,27s of American
hardware, whilst her imports or hardware
from all other countries combined during
the year amounted to but S2,200000.
The Montreal papers say that the Ameri.
can manufacturers are gradually cutting
off the English ones from the Canadian
market for these goods,