The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-08-01
News of the Week.

A citizen Of Portland has wedding
suit in which he has been married four
times in thirty-six years.
A popular negro church in Richmond,
Va. has upwards of three thousand mem.
bers and thirty deaeons.
The corporation levy for the present
year for Frederick is 81 10, and SO cents
for State and county, making sl,97 on the
500,
Henry Kelly, aged 16, was fatally in
iured in Boston, on Saturday, by bale of
jute, which was carelcssly rolled out of
third-story window.
A gang Of Indians carried of seventy
five horses from Medicine Bow, w. T.
on Sunday evening. A party of settlers
went in pursuit of them.
1t is stated from Washington that John
Jay, our Minister to Austria, is expected
to resign that position soon, his family
desiring his resignation.
Workmeu, while digging well at New
Haven, Ind on Friday, struck vein of
oil at the depth Of eight feet The fluid
is eVual 10 thc pcst todl Ol'
The woods ON Long Island, between
Deer Park and Farmingdale, caught fire,
on Sunday evening, and were still burning
Monday night. Ten miles of woods have
been consumed. 1t is not known whether
any dwellings have been destroyed
The famous stallion Gilbcth Knox died
at Beacon Park, Massachusetts,, on Satur.
day, from the effects of severe strain aud
a cold recently contracted His owner,
Mr.. Wentworth, paid $4,000 for him,
but valued him at a much higher figure.
The Wealth of California seems endless.
The Territorial Enterprise says that accor-
ding to present indications "the State will
harvest wheat enough to load thousand
ships, each of u thousand tons burden and
have enough left for home consumption.
The twcnty-seventh anniversary of the
arrival of the Mormon pioneers in Utah
was celebrated at Salt Lake City on Sat
urday The Tabernacle was crowded, there
being, it is stated, 10000 school children
in the body Of the building, and 5000 spec
tators in the galleries.
Mr.. Deckman, a man living at princi-
Pic, Cecil county, Nd while carrying
railroad tie short distance, was followed
by his little son about three years old, and
not seeing the child he threw down the tie,
unfortunately throwing it on the little fol.
low and killing him instantly.
The peoples Fire Insurance Company
Of Philadelphia has suspended A notice
ON the door of the Office on Tuesday in
formed the public that the Manager aud
Treasurer of the Company had left for
parts unknown, aud that it was deemed
advisable to suspend all further business
At Austin, Miss last Thursday evening,
a colored mob attempted to lynch George
II. Smith, who, a few weeks previously,
had killed eolored man The sheriff
ayerted the outrage By lodging Smith in
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of the attempt to lynch Smith, have asked
for guard of troops
There we're POI deaths in Baltimore for
the week ending Monday morning, being
an increase of 10 over the previous week
aud Of II over the corresponding week of
1873. The mortality among children.
under FIVE years of age continues to an
alarming extent. There were 6j deaths
from cholera infantum alone
A special dispatch to the Louisville
Couier-Journdi says one stroke of light
ming killed six persons in Woodford coun-
ty, Ky. ON Saturday night, viz MIR. Muir
dy aud wife, Mr.. Block, wife and daughter,
and colored man living in the same
house. During the same storm the light
ming struck many points in Central Ken
lucky
While Mrs. Porter, of st. Adams, and
her two children were out gathering ber-
ries on Friday afternoon, one of the chill
dren stepped on a rock ovcrhanginga deep
hole in creek and fell into the water
The mother jumped in after her child, fol-
lowed by the other child, and before as
sistance could be secured all three were
drowned
On Saturday there were foods in vari-
Gus parts of California, occasioned by the
bursting of ''water-spouts," At Carson
City, Nevada, there was great destruction
of property, but no lives were lost. A
portion of the town of Eureka, California,
was swept away, and number of the in-
habitants persisted. Fourteen dead bodies
have been recovered.
Most Of the foreign insurance compan-
les have instructed their Chicago agents
to raise the rates Of premium for insurance
against losses by FIRE. The Scottish Com
nierciai has instructed its agent to take no
more risks The London Assurance, North
British, Commercial Union, Queens and
Lancashire Imperial, all English compan-
les, raised their rates fifty per cent.
On Friday last, Miss Marietta N Ball,
teacher of a school near Rutland, VI. went
10 visit friend living about mile dis
tant. Her way was by a lonely road, and
.soih;..e ,sas hoard Of her until, on Sunday
morning, her body vac found in the woods,
about forty rods from the road The men,
suspected of the crime, have been arrested,
but il is believed the real criminal is still
at large
At Springfield, Mass. on Monday,
strong force Of State constables arrested
Elisha Tobey, owner Of liquor store, and
John Fried, dealer in liquors Tobey
and Fried were leaders of a mob who re-
sisted liquor seizures on Saturday. VIII
liam Chapman, special officer, aud others,
were also arrested. All were taken before
a magistrate and released on bail While
making the arrests the State constables
were followed by large crowd. There is
also great liquor excitement in West6cld
Tho grant of money recently voted by
Parliament to Prince Leopold, Queen Vie
torias fourth son, who has just come Of
age, vii call public attention to these
grants to the royal family The Queen
has an annual grant Of f3s5, 600 and, in
addition, the revenues of the Duchy of
Lancaster, from which, in 1873, she re-
ccived 100000. This makes total of
s2,l25,00O, out Of which she maintains
her ''householdV and "retinuc.p The
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