The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Items of Interest from Home nnd
Abroad

In Greenport, L. l., Mrs. Jones put two
young children in a cradle with pet cat, near
the fireplace, and went about her work. On
returning she saw the cradle had been over
turned. One Of the children was burned to
crisp, and the other was dead of suffocation in
the hot embers. .... The divers, on examining
the wreck OF the Empire at New Orleans, saw
wedged in the freight on deck the bodies OF
come ten or twelve deck hands The divers
were unable to gain admission into the state
rooms on account Of obstructons by freight.
It is believed that the loss Of life will reach
between thirty and forty. go. BY an explosion
at the gas works at Mount Sterling, KY, two
white men and one negro were killed. The
bodies we're 30 burnt as to be hardly recogni-
Fable. One or two other employees escaped
Two buildings connected with the works were
destroyed. ... Mrs. West forty years OF age,
| the wife of well-to- miller in Elmira, COM
mitted suicide by attaching heavy stone to
her person and then jumping into a cistern
full OF water ... The official returns Of the
Arizona election show that G. G. Bean was
elected Delegate to Congress over Stevens,
who was supposed to be elected. They both
ran as Republicans. Great excitement exists
in consequence of the discovery, and the cleo
ton is to be contested. 80. Near Cuminsville,
Ohio, the officers of the American Express Co.
found in stump, wrapped in a cloth and
covered with leaves, SIC, 09O making with that
recovered before from the same place S37, 600.
| Eight or nine thousand dollars remain to be
found or accounted for. or this sum it is
supposed 81 200 or 81 500 were divided among
the thieves. and 81 500. to $4,000 burned by
Mrs. Hackney wife Of one Of the robbers.
This leaves about $4,000 which may yet be
accounted for or recovered.
The report of the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue Of the United States shows the follow
ing results: The aggregate receipts from all
sources, exclusive of duty upon the capital,
circulation aid deposits Of national banks and
collections made by contract under the act OF
May 8, 1872, for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1874. were s102, ,644, ,746.9s exceeding his esti-
mate by S2,644 746 90. The report shows the
total production of spirits during the fiscal
year from materials other than fruit was 6S,
sos, 374 gallons. Total production from fruit,
! 7G6, 6SS gallons. Aggregate productions from
all sources, 60, ,572, ,O62 taxable gallons. During
the last fiscal year 2,SS0 fruit dstillerios were
registered and 2, S41 operated 4; and 700 distil-
leries, other than fruit, were registered and
Cos operated. The receipts from all sources
relating to fermented liquors were 80, ,3O4.679 ;
the number of brewers engaged, 1924. The
total receipts from the manufacture and sale
of tobacco snuff, and cigars, in all their forms,
we're $33 2i2, ,S75.62, showing, as compared
wi h the previous fiscal year, a decrease of
51,143, ,42747. The number of cigars, cheroots,
etc, on which taxes were collected during the
fiscal year ended June 30 1874, was 1,S66 697,-
! i0S, being in excess of the number on which
taxes were collected the previous fiscal year by
| 1862 $50. The following shows the receipts
from all sources other than spirits, tobacco,
and fermented liquors for 1874 Bank de-
posits, savings banks capital bank circulation,
53.3S7, 100; adhesive stamps, Sc, 196, ,844 PEN
alties 1864 ,216; articles and occupations for
merly taxed but now exempt, S764, $50. The
total receipts from stamps on bank checks,
etc, perfumery, cosmetics patent medicines,
matches etc., being the remnants of what
were known under the revenue laws originally
as documentary and proprietary stamps, were
for the last fiscal year SC, 1864
Bishop William H. Dame, the colonel in
command at the Mountain Meadow massacre,
was arrested at Parowan, Utah. for murder in
that affair. Dispatches say that his arrest
will implicate many officers Of high standing
in the Mormon church. ... Joseph Griffin
bookseller to Bowdoin college, and the Oldest
printer in Maine, died at Brunswick 1t is
] IL,
been deposed, and his nephew installed in hi,
place. .... Sixty members Of the Commorist
have been arrested in Naples. -. The objec
of the English Catholic bishops visit to Romt
is to ask from the Pope permission to pursu,
an independent course in case the British
government should seek to restrict their libert,
Of action. .... The Presidential election il
Nicaragua has engendered much ill-feeling
and serious troubles are threatened. Al
Arabic paper says a force of Egyptians ha
captured Darfour, Africa, and killed the Sui
, tan. .... There was an alarming explosion in
, chemical factory in st. Denis, France. Th
building was destroyed and the railway static
near it was badly damaged. Three person
, were killed and fifteen injured. Half tn
windows in the town were broken 80. A boa
. belonging to H. NJ. s. Aurora was run down
| the Clyde, and seventeen men were drowned
; .....Dykeman was found guilty of murde
in the second degree at Herkner, N. Y, an
WAS sentenced to State prison for life. Il
: denied his guilt to the last.
! The Archduke Charles Ferdinand died i
: Vienna. ,.. Tho Carllsts have shot thirt,
= | seven prisoners captured at Cayelle
: Three Bridges, Hunterdon county n. j.. NJ
n William Vliet ascended to the roof of IL
e Dutch Reformed church, and while movl
Y along the peak he fell. The pitch OF the ro,
: being steep he was unable to save hmsel
j. and fell to the ground, sixty-five feet, turniI
l. over in the air and striking his head. II
r skull was crushed and his neck broken
: The liabilities of Roche & Co.. the lumb
dealers in Quebec, will, it is said, amount
! 100000. Several firms of Ottawa and Il
: Bank of Commerce are interested. 80. TT
- board of managers of the United States N
- tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Solde
i give notice that they are now prepared
Il receive benefciaries into either branch, ne
Augusta, Me-; Milwaukee. Wis; Central Az
lum, at Dayton, Ohio or Southern Branc
Hampton, Va.. A suicide in New York Il
this note behind him-"To those who find I
n body: My name is August Verrier. Bel
" satisfied that this life has nothing more
K teresting for me here, have done this a
: You may take my body for cremation. A. Y
" ....A fire in Brookville, Pa, destroy
N property valued a. $3.50, 900. Every buildi