The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-09
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several loads OF silver ore were recently
sent from Mexico to st. Louis to be smclted.
A bill is proposed in Canada to limit
lawyers power Of abuse while arguing in
court.
The children within the '.beltn are to be
excluded from the Public Schools of Bal
timorc.
A correspondent Of the Now Orleans
FfeqyHae says the flood in the Black river
country is deeper than in 1867. The low
er Mississippi and its aiucnts were falling
yesterday.
Christian Geise aged 10, was arrested
in Baltimore on Monday for assnulting an
other boy. The disgrace affected him so
much that he committed suicide on Tues.
day, by taking arsenic,
The Emperor of Russia and the Grand
Duke Alexis have passed through Berlin,
on their way to England. How sociable
the Kings and Emporors of Europe have
been lately
\ rotary boiler in Condit's paper mill,
at Shawangunk, \. Y, exploded on Satur.
day evening, nearly demolishing the mill
and machinery, killing six or seven per-
sons, and injuring several others
The stables of the Evergreen Trotting
Park, at New Bedford Mass, were burn
ed on Saturday night A Hambletonian
stallion, valued at $4,000 Climax, ra-
Ger, valued at $4,000, and another horse,
worth $1,000, persisted in the flames.
In Calvert county, Md, on Wednesday
night of last week, several men got into u
dispute with a colored boatman in store
at Solomon's Island, and one of them nam
cd McCready, struck the boatnan in the
face. Subsequently, McCrcady, with two
neighbors, named Tongue and Hood, start
ed for home. On the way they were as
saulted by party of colored men, who
fractured the skulls of Tongue and Hood,
and broke the arm of McCready.
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 far as we are concerned we go for il
heartily. We wish everybody was so rich
that no one would have 10 work more than
six hours day. Nothing could be more
delightful than to be obliged to toll only Il
quarter of the time and we say this after
many years experience of labor without
limit as TO the number of hours or the
intensity of the application.
The Arkansas troubles present no indi
cations of immediate paciication, aud the
disgraceful contest bids fair to be indefn,
itely prolonged. A despatch from Little
Rock announces highhanded outrage on
the part of the Baxter troops On Sun
day evening company of soldiers, acting
under orders of Governor Baxter, arrested
two Judges Of the Supreme Court of the
State II Baxter refuses to go to tn,
Courts, aud Brooks refuses to 90 to Legis
lature, the State may be kept in state o.
anarchy for protracted time unless Con
gross takes 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 18th, the date of the last report
there had been practically no seeding il
Minnesota and little blowing in Wisconsin
About forty per cent, Of the estimated are'
has been sown in wheat and little more
than one-fourth in oats The average are;
Of wheat sown in Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consin was 81 per cent of the estimated
total; oats, % per cent, and potatoes 30
The fruit prospects were discouraging.
The Baltimore papers of Saturda,
T publish accounts Of atrocious cruelty by
two colOrcd men towards colored boy
named James Henry Woodley, aged 10
1t was perpetmtcd in Howard county
Maryland, on the 10Th nit. According d
the boys statement, the men branded hi
limbs with red hot iron, and subsequent,
poured turpcntine upon them and set it OF
fire. The victim escaped from his tor
mentors, and succeeded, he scarcely know
how, in extinguishing the flames. He i
now in the Baltimore hospital, where hi
recovery is considered doubtful. Tn,
men were arrested,
Great excitement continues TO prevail
over the terrible murder of an entire fami
ly at Homestead, in Western Pennsylvania
The victims, consisting of man, hi.
wife, two children, hired man and boy
six in all, were first brutally butchered
and the house was then burned TO tn
ground. At first suspicion fell upol
another hired man, named Love. Rewards
to the amount of 1900 were at once of
fered for the capture of the murderer
Sunday night man named Mintzin.
was arrested in Allegheny City, who con
fessed that the bloody deed was perpetratc,
by him with au AK, aud that his objcc
was plumber.
Additional reports from Spain leave n
doubt that Marshal Serrano has been sue
cessful in raising the siege of Bilbao, an,
has entered the town, where he was receiy
ed with great rejoicing. Although thi
victory is an important one to the Repub
lican troops, and will have happy effec
upon their morale, it does nothing to ter
inmate the Carlist war, which may protrac
itself indefinitely in the mountain countr,
in the north of Spain In the northern
provinces the inhabitants Of the village ar
Carlist sympathizers, and on the approach
of the Republican columns they carry al
the cattle into the mountains, so that tn
collection of rations for the men is ex
trcmoly difficult, and generally caused a de
lay of from twelve to twenty four hours
This was the strength of the Legitimist od
hcrents during the Seven Years war, aut
it constitutes their strength still, and a
the Carlist troops at the present time ar
much more numerous, better cquippc,
aud better COMMANDED, there is very it'll
chance of the contest being brought to
speedy conclusion.