The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-06-20

uiaha railroad, IN Michigan, land contin-
ued for some time"
Some English papers are discussing the
question whether IL smoking was allowed
during divine service it would not increase
the attendance at church.
The sixth annual Convention of the
Episcopal Diocese of Central New York,
in session at Auburn, adjourned on the
10th, after adopting Every strong" resolu-
tions against Ritualism.
The new United States steamer Enter
prise was launched at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, on Saturday last. She is one
of the six Government vessels built by
private contract, and the first Of such com
pleted.
a Calcutta telegram says that the pros
poets for the future crops in India, are
greatly improved by copious rains now fall.
ing throughout the country. Three hun.
bred thousand people are being fed BY the
Government.
The trigate Constellation, with the mid
shipmen from the Naval Academy, arrived
at Fortress Monroe on Monday. She will
cruise, during the summer months, along
the North Atlantic coast, making New
London her headquarters.
Edward Lucas, alias Scott, a colored
man, arrested for completely in murder,
was taken from the officers near Shreye.
port, La. on the 18th inst. by mob, and
hanged. He makes the third man lynch.
cd for alleged completely in the same muir
der
Vessels arriving at Nova Scotian ports
this season report an unusual number of
icebergs at sea. The captain Of vessel
which recently arrived at Sydney says that
he passed east Of the Grand Bank an ice.
berg of immense size, its length being 4
miles, width 2 miles, heigb' 400 feet
There are now no fewer than seven ei.
RATES. in the Central Park menagerie. A
couple of rattlesnakes have Just been adj.
ded, but they arc not tho immense ones
Of last year A magnificent specimen
Of South American jaguar is among the
latest additions to the carnivorium.
The Bullock Press Company have
brought suit against the proprietors of the
New York Times for the infringement of
their patent. This Infringement consists
IN setting up and using one of the so called
Walter printing machines, such as the
London Times has employed for some time
past.
A singular circumstance took place on
the farm of George z. Tybout, in Red Lion
hundred, Del. recently, In one of his
large fields fifty steers were feeding. when
they commenced racing one Of their mum.
Der, and after long chase it fell from ex-
haustion, and the herd passing over il
trampled it to death.
A thousand pounds Of nltro.glycerips
in the Government magazine four miles
above Shreveport, Louisiana, exploded on
the 18th with terrific force. The concus.
sion was so great that the whole population
of Shreveport rushed into the streets
Houses were shaken aud windows broken
but no lives were lost.
The new liquor law Of Mississippi re.
quires that no person shall be licensed To
retail liquor until he has first secured the
recommendation Of more than half the men
over twenty-one years of age, and more
than half the women over eighteen wears
ofage in the corporation or township where !
he desires the license.
The Wilmington Commercial publishes
4 statement showing that over two bundreJ
and twenty iron ships, mostly steam YES.
sells, have been built in the yards of tia,
city, and states that this is a far greater
number than has been constructed IN an
the other yards of the United States 10
gether. IL estimates that the total MN
Der Of iron ships built elsewhere will nro.
badly not exceed fifty.
The great land case between settler. on
the Usage cedcd lands in Kansas and ~
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. and Inc Lesv
enworth, Lawrence and Gulf Railroads
was argucdon Monday in the United Ststss
Circuit Court at I.eavenworth. Tho fila |
TO $4,000 acres ofland, valued OF 81. O00
oOU and the houses Of twenty thousand |
settlers are involved. A decision l. ernee
ted before the Court adjourns.
The Boston Herald announces ,b.,
new counterfeit Of the recent issue offiffv
cent script has just made is appcrancs
1t is one-slxtcenth of an inch shorter 4
length and width than the genuine and
the line connecting the two upright lines
OF the letter n in the small words enoron.J |
engrariag printing at the end Of he
script Is reversed in every instance but ono
In the counterfeit there is no distinction
between the white cravat and shirt boson,
Of Samuel Dexter, while IN the oenn;aa
they are well defined.
There was not among the Chinese a,
Beaver Fails, Pa. on SATURDAY. TIL
superintendent, All Chuck, refused 10 d;s
tribute rice to the Chinamen who woaJ
not work. whcreupon the latter proenrsd |
knives, pistols and rope to put an end 10 /
his existence. All Chuck fed 10 b;s
house, pursued by mob Of $50 AZ ~
counirymen, when policeman appeared
on the scene and began knocking them
righ, and left, With the assistance ~ !
number Of citizens the policeman finally
queiled the riot and arrested twelve ~ ~
rineieaderS, who are non II ~, 80