The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-04-11
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A heavy snow prevailed on Thursday
night in Ohio Kentucky, aud as farsouth
as Memphis, Tennessee.
A suow-slorn began at five o'clock
Sunday morning at Chicago, and continued
twelve hours. Six Inches fell
One of our contemporaries remarks 'that
it is hard that newspaper should have to
pay bills like other people and not collect
any.
Annette Mckee, of Pittsburgh, Pa, is
the weaIthiest young lady in America.
She has s2,0O0,000 in her own right.
She is single
In England recently man attending
the funeral Of his father was arrested for
an offence committed fourteen years pre-
yiously.
In recent trial in New York it was
shown that patent medicine men can get
almanac certificates of the wonderful
virtues of their medicines for fifty cents
per head,
Last week ago, when the flood in the
Mississippi was at its height, the width of
the river from Cairo all the way to the
Gulf, was not less than forty miles, and in
some places it reached sixty miles.
At Oakland Park, San Francisco, on
the % Instant, Lady Mac won five mile
trot against Jerome and Omaha, in thirteen
minutes. This is said to be the best time
recorded in five mile trotting race.
While seven men were loading barge
with sand at Memphis, Tenn, on Saturday
about quarter of an acre Of the bluff fell
upon them, buryiug the barge and four of
the men in 100 feet of water
The creyasse near Thibodeaux, La, is
three miles above that town, instead of be-
low it, as first reported. It is on Bragg's
plantation and at last accounts was 200
feet wide. Fourteen plantations are sub
merged.
The Monocaey Flour Mill one the
largest merchant -four mills in Frederick
county, owned by T. c. Deleplaine, was
sold at trustees sale on "Wednesday, in
Frederick city, to Charles Simmons, Of
Buckeystown district, for about $4,000.
The Ashantee War cost England s4,-
100000, wh;ch sum parliament is asked
to pay. OF this s! 2S5,000 was for the
army 81 sos, 600 for TIE navy; $500, 900
for provisions aud forage; sl50,00O for
clothing aud the balance for transporta-
ton and other supplies
An examination of the fairs Of the
National Bank Of Brighton Mass, has
revealed "misappropriation" of its funds
to the amount of $40, 900 or sl0O, 900 by
one Of its officials. 1t is stated that prop
erty covering the amount of the theft has
been surrendered to the baA
Mr.. Lewis Peierman, Of New Freedom,
York county, Pa, has very extraordina-
ry nen. She performed very wonderful
trick on last Sunday. She laid an egg
regularly every day last week aud on Sun
day she laid four eggs, and is laying on us
usual. The above is not story, but
truth which can at any time be proven
A special despatch from Helena, Arkan.
sas, dated April 8, says the Hastpukany
levee, near Sunaower, Miss, broke again
last night. The break is now one hundred
yards wide, and endangers the whole Of the
Sunhower and Yazoo river bottoms, which
are among the richest in the Mississippi
Valley.
Henry Howard, Esq, late agent of the
British Government under the Mixed
Commission, will disburse the money
awarded by it to British claimants. The
amount-a little less than $1,000, O00-
viii be paid by the United States to the
British Government by the 26th of Sep
tember next, aud viii be then paid by Mr..
Howard to the claimants or their legal
representatives.
At recent sale in London of old China,
the prices paid for some of the articles ap-
pear almost fabulous. A cup and saucer
in old Sevres was sold for Si9s. Another
cup and saucer for S945. A rosewater
ever and bash for $1,000. A pair of
vases, richly painted, each I ! inches long,
for $3.50, and second pair of vases, / !
inches high, for the enormous sum of
s34,125.
1t is stated that the number of cans of
peaches packed last year appropriated
about l2,000,000, tomatoes $4,000 900.
and corn from 100000 to 5000, 900.
The headquarters of peach canning are in
Maryland and Delaware. Large quaint
ties of oysters are also put up along the
Chesapeake. Tomatoes come chiefly from
New Jersey, Maryland, New York and the
Eastern States; canned corn aud Holsters
from Maine.
d. d. Williams, Cashier of the National
Bank of Conneautyillc, Pa, which was re-
ported robbed some weeks ago, was arrest.
ed on the Sd instant, he having been sur
rendered by his bail On the morning of
the reported robbery, Williams was found
in the bank gagged and senseless, or ap-
parently So A recent examination Of the
banks books has revealed defalcation of
S27 900, in addition to the reported rob-
berry Of sl7 900, and this has thrown sus-
pieion on Williams.
A letter from Havana says the informa-
ton obtained about the recent battle of
Guasimas shows that it was one of the
hardest fights which have taken place be-
tween the insurgents aud GPsaiartls. The
Spanish force was 5000, and the Spanins Is
lost forty officers killed and wounded.
Most Of the cavalry WIS cut down, only
few escaping to Puerto Principe. A col
umn Of 1000, which left Puerto Principe,
was attacked by the Cubans, but after
severe struggle succeeded in joining the
other Spanish force.
The timely arrival of the English
steamship Greece prevented horrible
catastrophe in mid-ocean on the I'd inst.
The French steamship Europe" from
Hayre to New York, spang leak, and
was taking water rapidly, when the Greece,
bound from Liverpool 10 New York, for,
tunately came up and took off her passen-
gers and crew (four hundred persons.
The vessel was taken in tow, but soon
went down. Further particulars in regard
to the loss of the Europe give no informa.