The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-12-05

resluinB near wilmington, hent county, ND.
went out in a marsh carly in the morning
to shoot muskrats Finding good rat
shelter, Mr.. Glanding seated himself at n
convenient distance to watch for rats.
After being secreted some time, he OBJ
served a dark object emerge from the top
Of the rat shelter, and quick as fash he
blazed away at it, but to his horror found
when too late that instead of a muskrat
the dark object turned out to be the top
of.thc head Of negro boy, whose outcries
soon convinced Mr.. Glanding that be had
shot the boy in the head. lie ran to him
aud took him home and had his wounds
properly attended to, when it was found
that the wounds were Of trihing charac-
ter The boys father at once proceeded
to the nearest magistrate, had a writ issued
for MIR. Glanding, and in default of bail
he was lodged in Jail to await the action
OF the Grand Jury at the May Term.
1t is estimated that the vintage of Cali
fornia this year will reach 1000, 900 gal
Ions last year it was. less than 1000 900.
That State, the present year, was visited
by rains at an unusually early season, and
it is predicted that this will effect a de-
crease in the strength, but an improvement
in tho quality of the white wines and
champagnes. The premature rains caused
the grapes to swell, tending to decrease
in alcoholic strength, which is calculated to
result in the production of light wines
more delicately favored than the usual
product Of California. The grape crop
has been immense on the Pacific coast
this year. A dealer who has turn for
statistics informs the San Francisco Chron-
icle that the amount Of grapes raised in
California and consumed or exported, in
dependent of what are used for the manu-
facture of wines and brandies, will amount
to fifty pounds for every man, woman and
child Of the whole population.
1t is proposed to tunnel the Hudson
river between New York and Jersey City,
and operations on the work are reported
TO have been commenced. The project is
to build tube Of brick masonry three feet
thick and Of twenty five feet diameter in
the clear A shaft is TO be sunk on the
Jersey side sixty-five feet deep, then tun.
mel to the middle Of the river on decend.
ing grade of one foot to the hundred,
repeating the operation from the New
York side. The contractor will use the
system followed in the caissons of the
Brooklyn bridge of forcing out the debris
with compressed air. The estimate is that
it will take from two to three years TO
complete the work. The railroad compan.
les are opposing the scheme, and an in
junction has already been asked for.
Two families were murdered by Esqui-
maux at the settlement of Indian Tickle,
Labrador, on the 18th ult. Some gangs
of Esquimaux had been committing rob
berries, and several of thom, being captured,
were punished by being publicly aogged.
This inspired them with the desire of
revenge, and on the night of the 18th
they broke into two Of the houses and
murdered William J. Morrison. his sons.
Thomas and Herbert. Robert Morrison
and wife, and their sons, William, Charles
and James Robert Morrison's daughter
Lizzie was spared, and is tho only survivor
of the two families. One of the Esaui-
maux was shot dead by James Morrison.
This is the first time within the memory
of the Oldest Labrador settler that the
Esquimaux have been guilty of criminal
conduct.
A serious riot occurred near Shaner's
Village, Pa, Sunday morning. 1t appears
that about twenty five armed Italian miners
crossed the river from Armstrong;, and
behaved riotously, driving the women and
children from the houses, but were driven
back by the citizens. Subsequently about
seventy-fve men crossed the river from
Buena Vista, and opened FIRE on the
Italians. In about three-q quarters Of m
hour the Italians displayed white flag,
after which the firing ceased, and they
promised to leave the place Monday Il is
said that four Italians were killed and
many others severely wounded, while
their antagonists escaped injury. Further
trouble, it is believed, will be prevented by
the Sheriff Of Westnoreland county, who
has arrived with police force on the
scene.
A report of horrible murder and sui
eide has reached Troy, N. Y. A carpen-
ter named Elias Williams recently began
the erection of frame house in a forest
district of Hamilton county, N. Y. and
hired George Smith to assist him in its
construction A few days since they got
drunk and quarrelled, when Williams
threw Smith upon a wooden saw horse
and held him there until he sawed his
head off with hand saw. When consci
GUS of what he had done, Williams COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat. A
boy named Grant, who saw the tragedy,
carried the news to the nearest neighbors,
two miles distant, and they buried the
bodies of the men.
Five masked men, supposed to be from
Gads Hill, went to store on Petit jean
river, in Yell county, Arkansas, Wednes-
day night, 18th ult. murdered the proprle-
tor and robbed his store, and then
plundered boat in the river. A sheriff's
posse started in pursuit of the robbers,
two OF whom went towards Little Rock
the otlc.s taking a different direction
The sheriff followed the former and over
took them on Sunday, when they were
captured after fight, in which both the
sheriff and the robbers were badly wounded.
A large meeting was held on Monday,
in Edgefeld, S. G. to protest against "the
charges made against white people, and
arbitrary arrests" General NJ. G. Butler
and other speakers said the charges of
outrages in Edgefeld were false, and that
more intimidation had been practiced by
colored people than by tho whites. A
committee was appointed to report, at a
meeting next Monday, the facts in regard
to alleged intimidations by the Radical
party on election day.
While two accommodation trains on the
Northern Central Railroad were crossing
the iron bridge over Lake Roland, seven
miles from Baltimore, Monday afternoon,
portion Of the structure gave way. Both
engines passing over safely, but the ten