The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-11-05
NEWS OF THE DAY,
Interesting Items from Home and
Ahroah-

knlng WIN. Allen, the fireman, and fatally
scalding the cook. The body Of the fireman,
it is supposed, was blown to pieces. =. Dis
patches from Rio Janeiro contain information
OF serious riot in Para between Portuguese
and Brazilians. number were killed and
many wounded. 80. The " Civil Damage Act Z"
is doing well for the temperance cause. Rum
was sold to a lad in Brooklyn, which led to his
death, and the father has recovered $4,000
damages from the man who furnished the
| fluid. zee. The ex-Empress Eugenie, of France
and her son have telegraphed their thanks to
the people Of Ajaccio for having elected
Prince Bonaparte to the Council General over
Prince Napoleon. ..... While Ellen Nestor. a
COOK in New York, was kneeling at prayer
before range recently, her clothes caught fire
and she was burned to death The Usage
Indians want peace, and desire to become
civilized. ..... The suit of Christian X. Ross
father Of the now world-renowned Charlie
Ross, who was abducted from his fathers resi-
dence at Germantown on July last, terminated
in verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for
new trial in the case was made, but the case
will probably end there.
The Washington Republican editorially de-
mands that Gen. Sherman shall re-establish
military headquarters at Washington or resign
..... Twenty-Five thousand people, including
military and civil dignitaries, took part in the
Inauguration Of the Lincoln Monument at
Springfield, Illinois. ... In the Congressional
districts Of the city Of New York, the Demo-
Gratis made the following nominations: Mr..
Cox for the Sixth District Mr.. +. A. Conkling
in the Eighth Richard Schell to fill out the
unexpired term of Mr.. Mellish; Fernando
Wood in the Ninth Mr.. Hewitt in the Tenth.
and Mr.. Willis, Secretary of the State Com
mittee Of the Liberals, in the Eleventh.
large number of clerks in the departments
at Washington have been DISCHARGED
The annexation Of the Feejee Islands to the
British Empire has been formally carried out.
.....A defalcation to the amount of 81 .Ooo Ooo
is reported in the Havana Custom House.
The Grand Jury of Salt Lake City indicted
Brigham Young for lascivious cohabitation
The trial OF Michael Murphy, of Jersey City.
for the murder of Mrs. Hujus at Manuel.
resulted in verdict Of guilty, and he was sen-
fenced to be hanged on the fourth day of
december. ..... The Rev. Mr.. Frank Kellcher.
who, while examining Montana geyser, broke
through the ragged edge Of the crust and was
scalded to death. "A declaration of out
laWry has been issued by the Court of Queens
Bench in Manitoba against Louis Riel. This
action disposes of the question whether Riel
is or is not fugitive from justice, and of any
claim he might make to sit unmolested in the
House Of Commons. .... The teller of the
First National Bank, Of Auburn, Me-, is de.
faulter.
The new Congressional delegation from
west Virginia is Democratic. .. Apprehen-
sions are felt for the safety Of a party of
twenty-seven gold hunters who left Yankton
for the Black Hills, and who intended to travel
in the track Of the Yankton party attacked by
Indians. The Indians are understood to have
expressed determination to prevent white
men entering the region of the Hills at all
hazards. The majority for the new con-
stitution in Arkansas is rs, 900. .... The police
have arrested gang Of book thieves who have
been making extensive depredations on the
committee rooms Of the Capitol at Washington.
One thousand three hundred and fifty pounds
OF documents have been recovered. the bind
ing having been torn off and in some cases so
mutilated as to be rendered almost useless.
Most of them are valuable volumes and cannot
De replaced. An affray between Coles
circus men and citizens Of Tavstock, Canada,
was serious. No less than eight citizens re-
| ceived severe injuries. Steel knuckles were
used freely, and one man was stabbed in three
places. The man who had his ears bitten off
is recovering, though for time it was SUD-
posed he was dead. He was pounded. cut.
and bitten in such fearful manner that he
could scarcely be recognized as a human be-
ing IA party Of Spanish troops who we're
following the trail Of a band of insurgents in
Cuba, came upon them on the River Seborneal.
where they were encamped in strong posi-
ton. The Spaniards attacked and dislodged
them, killing and wounding several. Three
OF the Spaniards were wounded.
Smith Ely was nominated for Congress BY
the Tammany Hall Seventh District New Yorl,
Congressional Convention The Democratic
Congressional Convention at Oswego nominated
E. F. Jones, Liberal, of Binghampton. wee
Edward s. Esty, declined. :. The workingmen
OF the Eleventh New York District nominated
Benjamin A. Willis for Congress. Amherst
Wight, Jr., was nominated in Republican Con-
vention, in White Plains, to represent the
Twelfth Congressional District. -. The Re-
pubhcans nominated in the Sixth District of
New York Nathan Hall; Seventh District.
Charles s. Spencer, for Congress. -. Official
returns from seventy-three counties in Indiana
give Democratic majority of IA, 733. Leaving
Knox county out the Legislature stands (:
senators-Democrats, %: Republicans, "a I;
Independents, g. House, Democrats, so; Re-
publicans, 81; Independents, 10.
The cotton reports from all parts of Ala
bama, says the Mobile Graphic, show that the
crop is turning out better than was at first ex-
pected, and the corn crop is the best since the
war;. The Spanish government has dis
patched another battalion of marines from
Cadiz to Cuba to aid in suppressing the insur-
rection in that island. .... The commander of
German sloop-of-war, recently anchored at
Apia, in the Navigator Islands, levied forced
contribution on the natives and burned many
of their houses: .:......A private letter from
Fred. A. Dockray, dated Carcel Nacional,
Santander, Spain, Sept, 81, briefly narrates his
hard experience of Spanish injustice in Cuba,
and adds; :" 1 hardly know what my fate is to
be. have to-day received an encouraging
telegram from Gen. Gushing, our Minister in
Madrid" ...... Eighteen indictments were
brought in by the grand jury at Salt Lake. 1t
is stated that some of the murders committed
in the Territory years ago are being investi-
Uatad mt ia 0hah hat % H.