The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-06-13
News of the Week.

Asahel Mix, of Polkyille, c. aged so
has welded Belle Laddon aged a.
The yellow fever has broke out at Pen
sacOla and the small pox in Havana
George Kahler, of Baltimore, Md was
overcome by the heat on Sunday, and soon,
expired.
Chiva lrie" is the latest game II is
something similar to croquet, only little
more So
Recent excavations at Ephesus have
disclosed nearly the whole Of the famous
Temple of Diana.
Hon. Jefferson Davis sailed from Liver
pool on Thursday week for Now York on
the steamship Adriatic.
Mexican depredations on our Rio
Grande frontier are described ms worse
than ever.
Vermont this year turns out 1000
900 pounds of maple sugar, worth ten cts
pound.
Maine has in her State prison l42 con
victs, Of whom II are under sentence for
murder
The deepest hole in the world is an ar
tesian well ut Pottsdam, Mo. which goes
down $500 feet,
A Weekly journal, devoted entirely to
American affairs, has been started in Lon
don. 1t is entitled The State
The Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Ma.
sons have contributed 81 900 for the re-
lief Of the Louisiana sufferers
Miss Anna Lowe, daughter of cx-Goy-
ernor Lowe, Of this State, is one of the
American pilgrims to Paray 10 Monial and
Rome.
The quantity of shad and herring in the
lower Susquehanna, during the present
season, seems to have been almost unprc-
cedented.
Mrs. Henry Chrine, residing near Bal.
timorc, Nd attempted to make fire by
using coal oil on Sunday. Result, burned
to crisp.
The General Conference of the Method
list Episcopal church South declines organ.
ic union with the Northern church, but
cordially desires fraternal relations.
a species of black bug is playing tho
mischief with the peach orchards in Caro-
line county, Md The grated stocks of
$4,000 trees were killed in one nursery.
A Missouri man wheeled his wife, who
is cripple, three miles to see funeral
The poor lady said it was the first DAYS
real enjoyment she had seen for seven years.
Mrs. i. j. Bradley, of Lancaster, Pa.
committed suicide at Wilmington, Del ON
Saturday, by taking laudanum. Domes-
tic trouble and illness had unsettled her
mind.
The cable steamship Fanlday arrived in
the harbor at Portsmouth, n. II. Tuesday.
No trouble occurred in laying the cable
from Halifax TO within ten miles of Ports
mouth, where it is buoyed.
The first packages of goods for cxhibi
ton at the International Celebration Of
1876, were received in Philadelphia last
Monday. They came from Austria, Nor.
mandy and Sweden.
A colony of crows have deserted their
country home aud taken quarters in Sa-
vannah, Ga. for the summer. They have
built their nests on Liberty street and cy-
identity mean to stay,
1t is estimated that the cost of draping
the railroad stations and engines owned
and leased by the Pennsylvania Central,
as testimonial to the worth of the late
President of the company, aggregated
$4,000.
The number of fat cattle shipped from
Hanover this spring aggregates ., O60; Joel
Henry $40, Kirk 4 Co. S29, j. Wagner
BOG, other parties 1856. A very consider
able portion of these were fed in Adams
county.
A new horse disease has made its ap-
pearance in Chester county, Pa. The
horses are first taken with the Group, which
is followed by stiffness in the fore legs, and
generally results in death within few
hours after the attack.
The projected international Methodist
camp-meeting at Round Lake, Saratoga,
\. Y. next July, promises to be The largest
gathering Of the kind ever held in this
country. Numerous dignitaries of that
church are announced to be present.
On Saturday morning last, Mr.. iona
than Miller, Of West Mantmeal, Chester
county, on going to the stable, found
valuable horse lying dead in the stall, with
his throat cut. No clue to the villain who
did the decd has been obtained.
A Bear weighing 400 lbs that had kill
led steer and several other cattle, was
shot, recently, in Rockingham county, va.
on the Shenandoah mountain, near Gin
let Springs, by Mr. Price Sites. -Four
days after the shooting of this monster,
four ycarlings were killed.
The American lady to whom the young
Duke Nicholas of Russia gave his mothers
stolen diamonds is now in Paris, with the
jewels, worth 100000 francs, in her posses
sion. She is described MS intelligent aud
beautiful The Duke is said TO he madly
in love with her, and wishes to mary her.
A minister, named Hardy, while preach
ing in Built county, Ky. few Sundays
ago, was worried by youth who made
noisy interpretations ut frequent intervals.
SO he came down from his pulpit and gave
the young mau hogging; for which little
diversion Mr. Hardy paid sl2 the next day.
The grave of Edger Allan Poe lies in a
secluded spot in the churchyard at the
corner of Greene and Fayctte streets, Bal
timore. And now, at his own expense,
Mr.. Gcorgc w. Childs, Of Philadelphia,
intends having erected over it, a monn-
ment to the memory of this brilliant son
of Song.
An eccentric millionaire Of San Fran
cisco has undertaken to dispose Of his es
tate in his life time, aud has astounded his
fellow.citixens by the apparent capricious-
ness Of his benefactions Among them'
Is one Of $500, 900 for the construction Of
the largest telescope in the world, and
sl5O,0O0 for the erection of a monument
to the author Of the Star Spangled Banner
in Golden Gate Park.
The total amount recommended by the