The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-10-03
News of the Week.

way from Liverpool to San Jose, Cal.
Il is stated that the wheat crop in
France is nearly double that Of ordinary
years.
The Supreme Court Of California has de-
cided that the Local Option law is uncon-
stitutional.
The cotton spiuners Of Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island have determined to cut
down the production Of their mills one
third.
The Battle Green, (Mich) journal has
been told Of farmers who were feeding
wheat to their horses in preference to oats
or corn.
In quarrel between two factions of
the Republican party near Montgomery,
Ala. colored man was sho. and killed on
Monday.
The Rifle Match ut CreedmOor, on Sat
urday, between the Irish and American
teams, was won by the latter, the respec-
tive scores being 931 and 1884,
The American yacht Maria was stolen
from Hoboken four years ago. She has
now been heard from at Alsiers, where
the French authorities have seized her for
attempting to smuggle 200 cases of rifles
for the Carlists.
General Emory has sent troops to
Shreveport, Monroe, Coushatta aud other
points in Louisiana designated by Attor-
ney General Williams as the scenes of dis
turbance The U. s. steamers Wachuset
and Worcester arrived at New Orleans
Sunday.
George w. Claypoole on Monday plead
cd guilty to the indictment charging him
with robbing the United States mails in
the Baltimore City Postof6co, and was
sentenced by Judge Giles, of the United
States District Court, to five years in the
Maryland Pcnitentiary.
At San Francisco Monday, the Asses
sors office was taken possession of by tho
Mayor, and warrants were issued for sew
eral persons connected with the office. The
precise charge against them was not stated,
but it was reported that frauds had been
discovered in the pol-tax department.
Joseph H. Bradley was restored Mon
day to the list of attorneys in the Supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia, from
which he was expelled in 1867. His ex-
pulsion took place during the trial of John
H. Surratt, for contempt of court, and he
was afterwards accused of sending threat
ening letters to Judge Fisher
The Alexandra Sentinel says that the
daughters Of Horace Greedy have been
spending the summer ut the residence Of
Gen. Lomax, near Warrenton, and have
won the hearts Of the Fauquier beaux by
their engaging manners and personal
charms. They will spend the coming
winter, or large portion of it, in Wash
ington.
A mail train on the Mississippi Central
Railroad tumbed down thirty foot EN-.
bankment, near Hslly Springs, Miss. on
Saturday afternoon. The ladies' car and
the Pullman ear were turned over twice
No one was killed, but fifteen were injur-
ed, colored man severely. The accident
was caused by the washing of the track
by a heavy rain.
At Wilkesbarre, on Saturday night,
four colored men, Henry Thomas, James
Welcome, Thomas Irwin and Geo. Bazine,
assaulted white man, named James
English, on the street, and Thomas cut
his throat. Thomas was arrested, and it
required all the efforts of the police to
keep him from being hanged by an exas-
perated mob. English is in precalious
condition.
A box containing large amount of
counterfeit money and counterfeiting i'm
plements was captured in the Adams ex-
press Office at Louisville Monday by United
States detectives The contents belonged
to large gang Of counterfeiteB who have
been operating in North Carolina, East
Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky,
Six Of the gang, including the one who
shipped the box, have been arrested.
George Eagle, butcher Of New Castle,
was robbed Of 1920 on the road between
that city and Wilmington, on Wednesday
night, 23d ult His horse was stopped by
FIVE masked highwaymen, who took him
from the wagon and rifed his pockets.
They then drugged him with chloroform
and drove of with the wagon about two
miles on the road to New Castle, where
they left it. There is no clue to the rob
bers.
In the Circuit Court of Howard county,
Nd. the suit Of William A. Boyd against
the Third National Bank of Baltimore,
resulted, on Monday, in verdict for the
plaintiff. The action was for the recovery
Of $40 900, principal and interest, of bonds
left with the bank as collateral, which were
taken when the bank was robbed, in Au-
gust, 1872. The bank had procured the
removal Of the case from Baltimore to
Howard county for trial.
Particulars Of the threshing machine
disaster at franklin, Minnesota, are given
by a st. Paul despatch. 1t appears that
steam thresher belonging to Perry Borke,
after having been stopped for few min
utes, was about 10 be restarted, when the
boiler exploded The explosion hurled
the engine aud fragments Of the boiler on
stack Of straw 100 feet distant. Mrs.
NJ. Barnish, Miss Kate Devine and DR.. s.
Grant were instantly killed. Perry Borke
was blown 400 feet into swamp, and died
shortly afterwards. Master Deviuc and
Thomas Cunningham were seriously injur-
ed. DR.. Grant had just arrived to witness
the operations Of the thresher when ii cx-
ploded.
A despatch from Charlestown, S. G.
says the gallo Of Monday was the seyerest
known there since 1854. 1t began about
daybrsak, the wind being strong from the
southwest, and increased until 8 o'clock,
when it blew hurricane. For an hour
after, the storm was the most violent ever
known at Charlestown. During the height
OF the gale, "tho air was filed with states
and tin stripped from the roofs, making
the streets impossible The massive
brick walls Of the new theatre were level
cd. The tide rose to an unprecedented
height, inunda,ing the whole river front of
the city. Wharves were damaged, some
OF the pier heads were demolished, and