The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-09
Items Of News.

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excluded from, Tho pnbl;c soLnal, ae 81
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I';cavpne says The flood IN ,bo Rloot -,
country is dceper than IN 1sG7 Tho low.
or Mississinni and ;ts afrcn,s ,,.,.a c,,i;..
Yesterday.
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:, Rai,;mara o =. M asIu ~ was arrested
o,horhar T n" -i I;y 'ot "ssIiu',ilg an
much ~, 10 "an,ns;,,'I aseo,eu nun 30
Jav hy ,ol;no on.nn;a 9"'''ue ." iueS-
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Inc Emperor oil Russia aud the Grand
on III $40 a"'I passou '''ouen per,in,
tbo K;aas 81 r,aas o" so0,lt'e
boon la,eIv ''V' u ''"'oP0 nave
- rotary o0l'er IN Oondit paper mill,
~ DnawansunK, n, l., exploded on Satur-
uay evening nearly demol'shing the mill
iuu N'aeh,nery! killing SIX or seven per-
SUNS "hu inJuring several others
The stables OF the Evergreen Trotting
fark, at New Bedford, Mass, were burn
cd on satr day night. A Hambletonian
s'a'''on' Va'ueu q. Sdo,ooV ollmaS, a ra-
GER, y0lu noaa at sioVo' ana another horse,
"o.'" e-ooo' perisheu IN inc names
In Calvert county, Md, on "Wednesday
night OF last week, several men got into
dispute with colored boatman in a store
at solomon Island, and one OF them nam
cd MeCready, struck the boatman in the
lace. subsequently, MeCready, with two
nelghoors, named Tongue and Hood, start
ed Tor home On the way they We're as
sanlted by a party of colorcd men, who
fractured the skulls OF Tongue and Hood,
and broke the arm OF McCrcady.
The New York San says A move
ment to reduce the regular hours of labor
to SIX hours per day is the latest novelty.
SO lar as we are concerned we go for it
heartily. We wish everybody was 50 rich
that no one would have to work more than
SIX hours day. Nothing could be more
delightful than TO be obliged to toll only
quarter OF the time, aud we say this after
many years experience OF labor without
limit as 10 the number OF hours or the
intensity oil the application.
The Arkansas troubles present no indi-
cations Of immediate pacilication, and the
disgracelul contest bids fair to be indeiin-
ltely prolonged, \ despatch st9m Little
Rock announces hishhanded outrage on
tue part OF the Baxter troops. On sun
day evening company Of soldiers, acting
under orders or Governor Baxter, arrested
two Judges OF the supreme Court OF the
state. II Baxter refuses to 90 to the
Courts, ana Brooks refuses To go to l'egis-
laturc, the state may be kept in a state of
anarchy for protractcd time unless Con
gross taxes some action IN the case.
The National Crop Reporter states that
the annual backwardness of the season
has greatly delayed all kinds offspring work.
On April 10Th, the date of the last report.
there had been practically no seeding in
minnesota ana little blowing IN Wisconsin.
About forty per cent, of the estimated area
has been sown IN wheat, and little more
than one-ionrth IN oats. The average area
OF wheat sown IN Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consIn was - per cent. OF the estimated
total oats, w per cent, and potatoes 80.
Inc irnit prospects were dlscouragng.
The Baltimore papers of Saturday
publish accounts of atrocious cruelty by
two colorcd men towards colored boy,
named James Henry Woodley, aged 10.
II was perpctntcd in Howard county,
maryland, on the loth nit According To
the boy statement, the men branded his
limbs with red hot IRON, aud subsequently
poured turpentlne upon them aud set 1t on
ire' Inc victim escaped from his tor
mentors ana succeeded, he scarcely knows
now, III extlngnishing the flames. lie is
now IN inc Baltimore hospital, where his
recovery Is considered doubtful. The
men were arrested
Great excitement continues to prevail
over the terrible murder of an entire fami.
" at Homestead, in Western Pennsylvania.
The victims, consisting of man, his
wife, two children, hired man and boy,
six in all, were first brutally butchered,
and the house was then burned to the
ground. At first suspicion fell upon
another hired man, named Love, Rewards
to the amount of $4,000 were at once Of
fercd for the capture of the murderer.
Sunday night man named Mintzing
was arrested in Allegheny City, who con
fessed that the bloody deed was perpetratod
by him with an AK, aud that his object
was plumber,