The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-09-05
News of the Week.

motive engines TO run the railroads in the
United States aud Canada.
Thomas ii. Morris, Senior Bishop of the
NJ. Il. Church, died at Springfield, Ohio,
on the I'd instant, aged 80 years.
A base ball match between the married
mon and bachelors Of Harrisburg resulted
in victory for the former.
Henry b. Slater, lawyer of Baltimore,
aged IS, committed suicide in that city
on Mondiy morning, by cutting his throat
A large quantity of old iron from the
scene of the Crimean war is being CONVEX
ted into ploughshares by New Jersey
foundry.
Col John W. Forney, the official agent
OF thc Centennial Commission abroad, has
his headquarters in London, and receives
100000 year and expenses as compcn-
sation.
The trial of Buell., the newspaper cor
respondent, who accused Senator Chandler
of drunkenness in the Senate Chamber,
will take place in Washington on the 18th
of September
During the month Of August 200 pris-
oners were received at the Baltimore City
Jail, being considerably in excess of the
commitments of any preceding month in
the history Of the institution.
Governor Osborn, of Kansas, has called
an extra session of the Legislature, to
meet on the 18th of September, to devise
means for the relief of tho settlers whose
crops were destroyed by grasshoppers,
horse disease similar in character to
the epizootic Of two years since has broken
out at st. John, N, b. with great violence
A large proportion of the working horses
of the city ara sick, and many have died
At Paterson, n. J. recently, a grocery.
man was helping to unload wagonful of
vegetables which had just arrived at his
storl. A melon was thrown to him, which
he failed to catch, and it struck him on
the right side of the head, producing con
cussion of the brain.
August Gardner, Frenchman, was
robbed on Saturday night near Crawfords-
vile, Ind and left tied across railroad
track; before he could wholly cxtricate
himself u passing train cut off his leg, and
death resulted as a consequence,
Bush fires are again raging in the neigh
borhood of Ottawa, Canada. Much alarm
exists near Black Rapids, owing to the
rapid destruction of timber Along the
Gobineau river the fires made great pro-
gress Monday, and Ottawa was enyeloped
in pail of smoke
The monitors Shawnee and Wassuc
were sold at auction on Saturday at the
navy yard, Boston, the four guns having
been removed previously. The Shawnee
brought 1923 900 and the Wassuc s23, 500.
Both vessels were purchased by Nathaniel
Mckay.
At Canton, Bedford county, Pa. on Fri
day night, colored man named Albert
Brown feloniously assaulted girl seven
years of age, and then cut her throat. He
subsequently threw himself in front of a
prssing railroad train aud had both legs
cut of. He was lodged in jail
A boy named Mcguire was shot dead
by man named Labaugh, at Shenandoah,
Schuylkill county, Penna. on Saturday
night The boy was stealing fruit at the
time. To avoid being lynched by the in
furiated people, Labaugh ut his own re-
quest was taken to the Pottsvilc Jail
The four-story coopcrage of Kimball,
Schaffer 4 Co. in Baltimore, was burned
on Saturday. The roofs of several dwell
ings in the vicinity were destroyed, and the
chapel Of the Home Mission School was
damaged to the extent of several thousand
dollars. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000.
1--WE young roughs went to the house of
james Landergan, in East Cambridge,
Mass, on Friday afternoon, and demanded
dinner. Mrs. Landergan being frightened
called her husband. On entering the
house Landergan was fatally stabbed by
James McGurk, the knife severing the
jugular vein. McGurk and his cempan-
ions are in jail
Work was resumed on the LIST inst. in
all the coal mines Of the Wyoming and
Iackawanna valleys, and there, as in the
Schuylkill region, no further stoppage is
expected this season. Besides tho resump-
tions, operations were begun in two new
mines-that of the Erie breaker, near
Carbondale, and one of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company at Spring Brook
Ex.Govcroor Uorbe,t has COMMANDED
nm c,n;as n sr;t .ga;no, tbo n v NJ
IN tha TIn;,eJ s,asos n;s,r;o, canr, NJ
YORK far I;hel laving dnma,,os y, sso ooo
Governor Werber; wes anna;u,oJ hv pros'
;dent Gr,n, nno ~ ,ha W;ss;ss;a; -
Commissioners, and in an article on the
appointment the World said he was bank
rupt in fortune and character. The capias
was served on Saturday morning last.
Three burol,rs onterod tho oa;o. "a
S;o;smund Dr;nger in ps,erson n I =,
tive o'cloct nm Saturday morn;n, covo,eJ
the safe with wet sheets and blantets
dr;llad a bolo thron,b ,he door aud hlou !,
onen with gunno9der Tho oynlov;on