The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-10-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
interesting Items from Home md
Abroad.

AbrOnus
Cosgrove, alias McMaster, alias Howard, one
of the Welleboro bank robbers was arrested at
Waverly, N. Y. Ono thousand dollars was
found upon his person, and upon searching
the house in which he was arrested, $12, 900 in
stolen bonds and money, together with the
watch of Mr.. Robinson, the cashier, was found
secreted in q closet. Cosgrove is noted
character, and is supposed to have been con-
nected with the robbery of the First National
Bank of Athens, last October .....A man
named Salmond, and supposed to be resident
Of Brantford, Ontario, arrived at Clifton and
engaged hack to take him to Table Rock. On
arriving at that point he handed the driver an
envelope, with his address written on it, 90 in
money and a letter addressed to Mr.. Robinson,
banker at Brantford requesting that the letter
should be mailed, after which he suddenly
walked into the rapids and was carried over the
falls Some twenty-five persons were killed
by the terrible Fall River mill disaster and
more than double that number injured Many
Of them were young girls. The wounded were
severely injured and number of them will
die.
Frederick Dockray, the American who was
arrested in Cuba by the Spanish authorities,
and, after detention there for some time sent
to Spain, has reached Santander. He has been
landed, and it is said is cruelty incarcerated.
..... The will Of Miss Mary D. Brown dis
tributes s130, 900 among the charitable institu-
tions Of Philadephis. Twenty thousand dollars
is divided between the male and female depart
ment OF the Pennsylvania Hospital; $40, 900
to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the like
amount to the German Episcopal, and Catholic
Hospitals, and $15, 900 to the Soldiers and
Sailors Home. ... The Rev. Wesley Pretty
man Of the Northern NJ E. Church and Post
master at Marietta, Ga, was arrested for EN-
bezzlement and other penal violations Of the
Post Office laws. Bail was fixed at 80, 900. ....
A car load Of twenty-one cattle from Buffalo
were attacked by a mysterious disorder at
Washingtonville Orange county N. ]. Eight
suddenly died. The disease 10 onjectured to
be an affection Of the lungs, caused by the
recent dry weather and long confinement in
the cars. 49,. The Democratic and Anti-Mon-
opoly Convention at Yermillion Dakota, nomi-
mated W. A. Burleigh for Congress. ..... The
officers of the New York State Inebriate Asylum
at Binghamton call upon publishers and others
literally disposed to supply their library with
books. A large number of their books were
destroyed by fire in 1970..... Alden Sprague
and Howard Owen, Of the Kenebec (Me.) }
Journal were arrested on criminal process,
charging them with maliciously libelling
Gardner Vose, Representative elect from
Augusta, in leading article in the Journal.
They gave bail in 81 900 each.
Gen. Pope says Col. Mills has force enough
.....A riot took place on the Isthmus between
italian laborers and soldiers in which number
of both were killed. .. General Longstreet,
commanding Gov. Kellogg's troops, says he
surrendered to the citizens Of New Orleans fol-
want Of ammunition. -. The Money Order
Department of the U. s. Post Office is one Of
the most useful, and the extent to which it is
employed is shown by the fact that last veal
nearly u.s. 900, 900 orders were issued. -. The
British Claimants under the Treaty of Wash
ington were paid, through their agents, 81
| 929, S19 in gold less two and half per cent
allowed for expenses and the country is wei
pleased that they will get their money. The
claims of American citizens upon the $4,000
900 award by the Geneva arbitrators have no
been paid. The conference between th
Kellogg and and McEnery parties in Ney
Orleans in reference to the fall elections failec
to lead to an understanding 80. Maine elec
ton returns at the Kenebec Journal offic
give Dingley 81, BOG and Titcomb 40, 1877, making
Dingley's majority II, ,116. Balances in tn
United States Treasury: Currency, $14 665,
947; special deposits of legal tenders for tn
redemption of certificates of deposit $50, ,445,
900; coin, rs, s67, ,236, including $2S, ,651, $40 il
coin certificates outstanding legal tenders
1882, 100000.