The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-10-15
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Interesting Items from Home an
Abroad,

by three-quarters Of q second, trotting the |
second heat in 2;161 .... Sergeant James |
Davidson, who served for over fifty years in
the United States army, died at Fort Constitu-
ton. He was the oldest enlisted man in the |
service, having served in the wars in Florida
and Mexico with distinction. For several years
he has had charge Of Fort Constitution. ...
The Democrats of the Third Arkansas District
have renominated W. W. Wiltshire for Con-
gress. .....A 22,0O0-barrel tank, belonging to
the Hazlewood Oil Company on the Jamison
farm east of Central Point, sprung q leak and
the oil wasted rapidly. The inhabitants Of the
region abandoned their homes for fear Of
fire .... In the shooting match between the
Irish and American teams, at Creedmore, the
latter won by score Of 3-934 to 931. AS the
Irish team have beaten the first marksmen in
England, the victory is one that naturally
causes great rejoicing among the American
rifemen. ..... John Anderson, aged thirty
two, of Philadelphia, went to 318 Lombard
street. a tenement house, in the basement of
which his wife was at the time drinking He
tried to get her homo, when a man named
Antoine Nicholas got hold of Anderson, and
throwing him down violently, broke his neck.
All the parties in the place were arrested.
A frightful typhoon passed over Hong Kong.
The steamers Leonor and Albay and eight
other vessels we're wrecked or foundered, and
many are missing. A great number of houses
and property were destroyed, and thousand
persons were killed. The damage to property
in Hong Kong and harbor and surrounding
country is immense.
Tho Secretary of the U. S. Treasury directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
55O0,0OO of gold en- each Thursday during the
month Of October. The total amount sold
is 81, 500, 900. . The trial by court martial of
the persons charged with illegal arrests and
irregularities during the Commune outbreak at
Marseilles in 1871 commenced on September 7.
The first case tried was that of Susini.
brazier, charged with having male illegal
arrests. He was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment, followed by five years police
surveillance. ... The annual election in Penn
sylvania will henceforth be held in November
and not in October as formerly. ... Negotia-
tions have been opened for the purchase of
Lake Weewanapee, Connecticut Farms, Union
county, N j., for 100000. The transfer has
De0u ndue. lno lake covers an area OF ZUU
acres, and is fed by never-failing springs. The
purchasers are to use it for the raising of
leeches, trout, and salmon. 1t will be divided
into compartments, go that the several species
of fish may be divided from each other. 1t is
said that the negotiations are being conducted
in the interest of the Prussian Government,
and that the salmon will be taken to Prussia to
stock the rivers of that country. " The
River Segre, running through the province of
Lerida, Spain, has overhowed its banks,
causing great damage to property and serious
loss of life. In the town of Tarrega, twenty
five miles northeast of the city of Lerida fully
two hundred houses were swept away, and
many persons were drowned ... Mount Etna
is still in a state Of agitation. Rumbling
noises are heard inside, and an earthquake
shook the mountain to its base. The shocks
extended to the village Of Randozza, and des-
troyed several houses.
The young women previously reported as
having fallen over the bank near the ravine
road on the Canadian side, at Niagara Falls,
and whose body was found has been identified
as q German girl named Mary Buckotz. She
had been in Canada two years, and lately
served as a cook in Hamilton. Some months
ago she was seduced by one Roodman on
promise of marriage, and she no doubt pre-
ferred death to shame. In baskst found
with her was a draft for IS, 900 in favor of her
sister Madeline, residing in Gutenberg, Ger
many, which she had drawn from the bank in
Hamilton. Charles Linscott, freight con-
ductor on the Eastern Railroad, aged 81, died
| H.
a tooth extracted under the influence of
Ghloroform. A medical examination showed
that the lungs were decayed, and no inquest
was deemed necessary. Linscott was native
of North Berwick, Me. .... Four years ago the
famous Stevens yacht Maria was sold to three
of the Hoboken ferry masters and chartered
from them for the fruit trade. The yacht dis
, appeared suddenly, and was not heard from
until few days ago, when Mr.. Edward Kirk,
of Hoboken received cable dispatch, saying
, that the vessel had been seized as smugglel
while attempting to land 200 cases of American
rifles for the Carlists, An explosion of gas
in the residence of James Coates at Provi
dence, r. l., partially destroyed the house
and burned Patrick Sheehan a carpenter, anG
Walter Patterson, Mr.. Coates butler, so badly
that both died. Workmen had been repairing
the gas fixtures, and left one Of the pipes un,
{ plugged Sheehan and Patterson entered the
, room with lighted candle when the explosion
+ took place . The northward bound maj
| train on the Mississippi Central Railroad wal
9 thrown down an embankment over thirty fee
deep. The ladies' car and Pullman palace cal
turned over twice. No one was killed, bu
! fifteen persons were wounded The acciden
! was caused by heavy rain during the morn
) ing which undermined the embankment.
Bishop Lee, OF the Diocese of Iowa, died a
his residence in Davenport of malignan
g erysipelas, brought on by an injury to one o
Y his hands, received in falling down stairs som
: two weeks ago. He was in the Goth year o
e his ago. The threshing machine acciden
r at Franklin Minnesota, seems to have been
Q serious affair. A steam thresher belonging t
u Mr.. Borke had been stopped for few minutes
: and was about to be started again when tn
. boiler Of the engine exploded with terribl
!, force, throwing the engine and fragments c
!, the boiler upof stack Of straw distant 10
a feet. The names OF the killed are Mrs.
n Barnish, Miss Katie Devine, DR.. S. D. Gram
q and Perry Borke.
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d In recent action for a breach c