The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-02
Items Of New.


The geological Society, Of Philadelphia,
have already in hand SOL 900 towards a
geological Garden in Fairmount Park
The Germantown Telegraph states that
there are about two hundred animals now
in the garden. Among the larger are two
fullgrown bufaloes; one grizzey, one
cinnamon, two black aud brown bears
elks, blacktail deer etc, etc. In the col
lection there are also mGrmosels, silver
gray foxes, prairie dogs, several varieties of
wolves, hedgehogs, ravens, eagles, parrots,
birds Of different kinds, etc II is further
stated that an agent is now in Australia
collecting birds animals, kangaroos, &C.,
from that far off land From thence he
goes to India to secure lions, elephants,
nc, which he expects to ship to Philadel-
pha via San Francisco some time during
the coming summer
Mrs, Andrew Dougherty Of Scranton,
Pa, received peculiar fatal accident on
Friday. She went to the barn to get a
chicken, and was obliged to enter a stall
which contained COW in order to secure
the fowl. The animal showed signs of
yiciousness, owing to her calf being taken
from her few days previous but the wo-
imam supposed there was nc danger, as the
COW was tied. When she was in the act
OF STOPPING to pick up the chicken the COW
threw her head around, and one of its horns
penetrated the chin of Mrs. Dougherty,
coming out just below the left eye. The
animal then gave toss of its head, which
tore up the floor Of her mouth, broke the
jaw bone, and laid the cheek of the poor
woman open, so that it fell down on to her
breast. The woman had only recently ris.
en- from sick bed
Additional adyices from the flooded dis
tricts Of Louisiana show terrible state Of
things, Captain Blanks writes to mem
Der of the New Orleans Relief Committee
that he has just returned from the over
flowed portion of Northern Louisiana. and
he states that l 500 persons need assist.
ance there. For several days they have
been in actual want The New Orleans
Times states that 5000, 900 acres of land.
comprising some Of the richest cotton and
sugar producing parishes of the State, and
having population of about l7s, 900, have
been devastated by the flood that $4,000
people now need help, and that in less than
sixty days the number needing relief will
exceed 10000.
In the Supreme Courtat Taunton, Mass,
on Saturday, the suits of Margaret Black
against Weeks & Potter, druggists, Boston,
resulted in verdict of $4,000 for the
plaintiff. An appeal has been taken from
the verdict. 1t appears that the plaintiff
had narrow escape from being fatally poi
soned by dose of aconite, which she took
under the supposition that it was picra,
The drug was originally put up at the es-
tablishment of Weeks d Potter, druggists,
where, as alleged, it was labelled . pcra'
by mistake. It was sold to a Fall River
druggist, who sold some Of it to the plain
tiff from the same package without discoy-
ering the difference.
Since the passage by Congress of the
bill TO relieve the suffering BY the Misss-
sippi floods, it has been found that no sup
plies can be spared from the military sta
tons in that region. The Secretary of
War, after u conference with the President,
has therefore ordered the purchase Of 500
900 rations of meat, four beans and rice,
aud asks an appropriation of 100000 to
carry the law into effect. His estimate is
based on twenty-five days issue Of rations
to 10000 persons.
Mr., Thomas j. Scharrof Baltimore has
written an interesting history of the tea
burning in Maryland, aud the non-impor-
tation associations which preceded the
Revolutionary War. 1t is well-estab-
lished fact that Maryland burned imported
tea long before Boston threw it into the
water. Thomas II, Benton, in his Me
moirs ofthe Senate, expresses nstonishment
that Maryland has not received more credit
for this act of patriotism.
American machinery and tools are fast
winning favor abroad. The announce
ment is now made that our hardware and
machinery are being largely imported in
to Germany, and this statement is being
extensively quoted in England. An Eng
lish journal, referring to it, says; The han.
dy shape, the new contrivancc, and gencr-
ally good workmanship" are features in
these American manufactures (which find
many friends in Germany and in Russia
At Cincinnation Monday, saloon keeper
named Charles Wagner, with the assistance
of his wife, forcibly elected several lady cru
saders who were praying upon his premises
This collected q large crowd in front of his
saloon, but disturbance was prevented by
the police, who ordered both crowd and cru
saders to move on. Wagner was subse-
quently arrested for assaulting the leading
crusaders.
The news that immense deposits of gu
ano have been discovered on the mainland
of South Peru is confirmed, to the satisfac-
tion Of the whole country. The analysis
of samples of the greater part of it show
it to be equal in quality to the best Chin
cha guano, an article that now readily COM
mands price OF GA the ton in foreign
markets. The new discoveries at the low
est estimate win reach s 100000 tons.
The Frederick Examiner says Mr..
John T. Ford, Of Baltimore, has engaged
our new City Hall for the entire week of
our Agricultural Fair, and first class
Company is promised. They will be I'M
der the management of the polite and gem
tlemanly assistant, Mr.. John r. Ford,
who has the happy faculty of making hosts
Of friends wherever he goes.
A woman in Lapeer, Mich, took her
husbands knife few days ago to open
a felon; shortly after her husband used the
knife to extract silver from his hand, and
inoculated himself with the virus Of the
felon. His hand began to swell and in
four hours he was raying maniac, and in
less than forty eight hours died
Smallpox is increasing in New York.
Thirty-three cases were reported during
the past week and the health officers
are going to begin battling against its
spread. 1t exists principally among the
tenants of the wretched abodes of lower