The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-30
SUMMARY OF NEWS,

OF inc Onurcn ana OF the society to make
thorough and detailed examination into
he rumors, insnuations or charges made
respecting his conduct" and asked them, if
they approved OF tho selection, to add their
official appointment to his personal request.
The committee at once commenced the work of
| thorough investigation into the matter.
The last victim lynched in Mississippi was a
boy only sixteen years old . The Carlists
shot correspondent OF the Neue Freie Presse,
of Vienna, in spite of feprieve sent by Don
Cafios, .....A man named Israel Elias had
some difficulty with his son. at Cincinnati
and the boy attempted to run away, when
Elias seized musket and fred the contents
at tho boy, inficting probably fatal wounds
.... The U. s. Secretary OF war has tee-
graphed the Governor of Minnesota that he
has no money at his command with which
to purchase supplies for the sufferers from the
grasshopper ravages.... Several reyolts have
broken out among tne peasantry in northern
frubsia on account of the new laws making
changes in the methods of local government
The troops had been called out, and in one
conflict with the people three persons were
killed. Serious trouble is expected.
The last estimate of the Delaware peach
crop places the aggregate shipments at 500, 900
baskets-35S, 600 baskets in excess OF that of
the convention Of the peach growers at Dover
The smallpox was very prevalent and
fatal at Kioto, Japan. Between October and
April 1,20o persons died of that malady.
| In two engagements with the natives CT For
! mosa the Japanese were victorious, and nearly
all the southern tribes surrendered. A
terrific Storm passed over Holt county Mis-
| souri,. Hundreds Of fruit trees were uprooted.
houses unroofed and whole fields of corn pros
trated. Tno c'''.,as declare that they have
not witnessed 80 heavy rainfall in twenty
years. An unfortunate affair occurred in
Columbia Co.. Georgia. A Deputy Sheriff and
posse arrested four colored men named
Dogett-a father and three sons-on the
charge of riotous conduct After proceeding
some distance the prisoners attempted to run,
when they were fired upon and killed. A
Coroner's jury returned verdict of justifiable
homicide .... The childrens' excursions in
New York, so successful last year. are this year
as successful. The plan is to take 1000 of the
poorest children into the country and give
them treat. 1t is good work, and its results
are beneficial. -. The contracts for supplying
the American Indians with beef was let at 81. 80
per cwt Patrick Foley died in Louis vile,
Ky, of what the attendant physicians say was
Asiatic cholera. After a sickness of eight
hours he died in the same house in which the
epidemic of 1851 broke out. This is the first
case reported in this section this summer.
U. 5. Secretary Conant decides that steam
vessels not decked and under five tons in
burden, though required to carry certificate
of inspection, under the steamboat laws, need
not be supplied with marine documents.
The body of Louisa Kilburn, aged "a years
was found in Fish Creek at Taberg N. Y.
under ffty-foot preclpice. She was evidently
murdered by being thrown over the bank into
the creek. 80. Thes sdore Tilton has written q
letter to the Beecher investigating committee
in which he says Il give you notice that
shall prepare a full and detailed statement il
accordance with the terms of your committed
invitation to me 90 to furnish such facts as are
within my knowledge" touching matters
(which compromise the character of the Rev
Henry Ward Beecher.".. "A boiler attached
to the Touring and saw mill of G. W. Paschal
Co., in Fulton, Ky, exploded, demolishin,
the mill building and fatally injuring PER-,
Paschall and his son. ... VIM. j. Mccormick
, Collector OF Customs at San Diego, CAL, whc
, told story of having been robbed of So, ZOO o
, Government funds by two men, was arrested
charged with having embezzled the money
2 He was released on $4,000 bail. m Mrs
} John Meats, residing about ten miles south 0
} McConnellsburg Pa, the Republican says
, while laboring under state Of mental aberra
ton, seized gun, and while her husband wa
still sleeping, shot and killed him instantly
She then with razor made horrible woun
on the head and neck of one of her children
!. and with pitchfork almost killed another.
q The official returns of all the counties i
{ Alabama foot up: For the Convention, so, 900
q against $4,000. Out of ninety-one delegate
# elected seventy are Democrats
The Republicans in Maine have placed i
nomination for reelection their Governor an
all tAeir members of Congress. The list is a
d follows For Governor, Nelson Dngley Jr
It for Members of Congress, First District. Wn
:, P. Frye; Third District, James G. Blaine
s Fourth District, Samuel +. Hersey; Fift
NioiiSt' Iu6Oho llaie LOItuH, who II
. Gently murdered his wife in Gravesville, Wis
= pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Stat
: Prison for life. .... The leader Of the - Youu
a. Ireland party in the revolutionary agaitatio
=, of 48, Mr.. John Mitchell, sailed from IL
f United States for Ireland. 1t will be remen
n bered that he was tried in Dublin, and sentence
# to penal servitude, on the charge of Treason
l. felony. After some years passed in the pen
e colonies of Bermuda and Van Diemen's Ian,
{, he escaped to the United States. 1t is h
= intention to enter the British Parliament as
home ruler. One of the most prominent me
Q of the party will retire in order to secure Ii
4 immediate election. e. The Precedence Journ
- estimates that the State Government of Rhot
4 Island costs each inhabitsRt s1.99 year. I'll
n State expenses of the little Commonwealth a.
a S4S2,558 In Vermont the Government cos
r. S343,S2 year. or S1.04 head, in New Ham
It shire 1852 900 year, or At cents head, and
Z, Delaware emily SS1 $685. or 25 cents head.
d dispatch from st. Petersburg denies that Il
n young Duke Nicholas, who stole his mother
10 diamonds, has been sentenced to banishmen
g but says his case is still pending before IL
~ Emperor. Jimmy Wood, the well-knov
y Western base ball player, has recently lost /
leg. . The Great Western Railway Compal
of England has abandoned the broad for h
narrow gauge. Tie change of gauge of Il
whole line was effected in three days, and wi
a. it ends the broad-gauge system in Gre