The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07
toms Of News.

England spends sixty -four million !
lars year for tohacco-
Potatoes arc worth more than wheat in
Kansas and Iowa.
The Sons Of Malta have sprung up again
in the West.
A grange in Wisconsin consists of 90
men and 81 women.
4 challenge, on wager Of $500, is
made by man in New York, to cat 1870
pies in three hours.
A Milwaukee woman recently snapped
her baby and S. to boot for Newiound-
land dog.
II is estimated that the oyster beds of
Virginia cover an area equal to 5000
acres, and yield an annual money value of
$40, 0O0,0 900.
Bolivar ID, Daniels, Presiding Judge of
the Orphans Court OF Baltimore, died
suddenly in that city on Sunday night.
Twenty persons were killed and many
seriously wounded by boiler explosion at
Blackburn, England, on Monday.
William A. Stone, lawyer, convicted
Of setting fire to the village of Canastota,
n V, has been sentenced to imprisonment
for life
In the New Jersey House of Represen-
tatives, on Monday, two bills were intro
duced providing for the compulsory educa-
ton of all children between the ages of
and H.
The new hotel in San Francisco is to
have single clock machinery in one of
its towers wherefrom the time of day is to
be transmitted by means Of compressed air
to dials in each of its 500 rooms.
There was a very serious fire in Panama
on the 18th ultimo, which consumed the
major portion of the city The loss is
roughly estimated at Sl,000,OO0, the
greater portion of which is covered by in
surance.
Fifteen of the crew of the Grace
Darling, which went ashore off the Scotch
coast during the gales last week, were
drowned. -Four men belonging to the
life-saving station were drowned in at
tempting to rescue the crew
John b. Cough will help on the womens
temperance movement for 5000 night
bio Lewis will do it for $50 a night and
John o. Van Pelt of Chicago, who says he
has really reformed and can be depended
on, win labor for s25 a night
In case involving the question of
marriage between white man and
negro woman the Supreme Court of the
State of Mississippi has decided in favor o.!
the negro children, who were suing as
heirs of their deceased father.
President U. s. Grant is to be present
at the next exhibition of the Agricultural
and Mechanical Association of Washing
ton county, to be held at Hagerstown, on
the 18th, l4th, 18th aud 18th Of October
next. Hon. A, H. stephens, of Georgia,
has promised to deliver the address on the
occasion.
Senator Chandler has brought suit
against the Detroit Free Press, for libel,
claiming 100000 damages. The alleged
libel is a special despatch from Washing
ton, February goth, charging Chandler
with intoxication and disgraceful conduct
in the Senate Chamber The paper ret-
crates the charge and asks for an investi-
CATION.
Probably the fastest train in the world
is the express train on the Great Western
railroad which leaves London (Paddington
Station) at l1.45 A. NJ. and arrives at
Swindon Junction Us miles, at LIZ p.
NJ, at an average rate of 534 miles per
hour Few Of our American lightning
express trains keep up speed of thirty
miles an hour
Two freight trains, consisting of IL
cars of tea and silk worms eggs, from San
Francisco, passed through Baltimore on
Friday night, of last week for New York.
This is the first consignment of through
freight from California, which has passed
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The run from San Francisco to Baltimore
was made in II days.
A number of private bankers and brok-
ers, and also the proprietors of faro banks
in Richmond, Va, are TO be summoned
before the Grand Jury with the object, it
is stated, of obtaining information regard
ing the State bonds alleged to have been
made away with by Coleman, late Secre-
tary to the Commissioners Of the Sinking
Fund, now under arrest on charges of
forgery and embezzlement,
Senior Aldama, the Cuban agent in New
York, says the patriots in Cuba number
$4,000 armed men, and they could put
three times that force in the field if they
had arms and ammunition. He says the
native Cubans are all on their side, ana
nearly half the area of the island is in
their possession. The Spanish troops in
Cuba number 10000, of which %, 900 are
regulars, and reinforcements are asked
The Mechancsburg (Pa.) Independent
says;-A party of deceiving impostors are
at present travelling through the country
districts, swindling farmers with dry goods
samples, and it will therefore be well to
keep sharp lookout for them, Their
game is to 20 from house to house exhibit
ing samples of cotton goods, &c. These
they propose to sel for about one quarter
Of their real value, and of course take
large number of orders therefor, with the
promise to deliver the goods soon, They
then exhibit a lot of cloth and cassimeres,
almost worthless, which they sell for big
price, delivering the goods on the spot,
receiving the cash therefor OF course
the cotton goods are never forthcoming,
while the swindlers have disappeared with
the money they received for the worthless