The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.
items Of Interest from Home and Abroad.


have advanced 3O,O0O,O0O reals to the Spanish
government ...A violent storm occurred at
st. Petersburg, and did great damage. ....
The verdict of the Jersey City Presbytery in
the Glendenning case acquits him of every
thing but unminsteral conduct, of which he is |
fourd guilty, and for which he is suspended |
from his pastorate. Edward Madden, editor |
of the Mereed (Cal.) Tribune, was shot dead
by II. Granice, stepson of the editor Of the San
joaquin Argus. Springfield, Mass, elected
Emerson Wight, Rep, Mayor, by 3i3 majority
......C Commander VIM. b. Gushing, U. s. N,
whose mental condition has recently been a
subject Of some anxiety to his friends, has be-
come insane, and has been removed to the
government hospital for the insane. ....The
amendment to the Constitution OF Wisconsin,
limiting municipal indebtedness to five per
cent of the assessed valuation, was carried,
66,O61 votes being cast III the affirmative and
l,5O9 in the negative. The body OF Bernard
Mahon, detective, was found in the river at
Toledo, Ohio He had been murdered.
A dispatch from the British Astronomical
party stationed at Roorka, India, states that
their observation of the transit of Venus has
'cNh
favorable and one hundred photographs we're
taken during various stages of the transit. .....
John w. Garrett was elected president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad ID. Dauells print
ing house in Lille the largest establishment OF
its kind in France, was burned. The loss il
! 100000. &C.. Many farmers have lost cattle on
/ Long Island, the animals being stoen for their
! hidee ... President Grant has pardoned John
Whisonant and jerome Whsonant, of South
Carolina, both convicted Of Ku Klux ofTenses
and sentenced each to five years imprisonment
in the Albany pententiary and 800 fine.
They have served two years of their term. ...
y number of gentlemen, embracing many
prominent Phiadelphians have formed an or
ganization for tho erection of mammoth
hotel, to be completed in time for the Centen-
nial. One hundred gentlemen subscribed
$4,000 each. by violent gale OH the
English coast many lives were lost and much
property destroyed.
1t is feared that the steamer Pelican, from
Cardiff for Cork, has been lost with all on
board. Her passengers and crew numbered
forty-six. -. Mr.. Bense direct from the Black
Hills mining district, confirms the rumors that
many miners are at work in the hills. They
are all fortified, and they have found gold
III paying quantities. .... War is imminent be-
tween the Sioux and Ute Indians. ... Gov.
Hartranft of Pennsylvania has directed the
discharge of Capt. Bmchard, commander of a
, company of National Guards at Altoona, and
/, that the company be disarmed, because theil
arms were lent for use i'll the recent disturb.
ance on the West Pennsylvania division OF
the Pennsylvania railroad " The merchants
and shipowners of New Bedford have decided
r to prosecute i'll the Court of Alabama Claims, al
Washington, claims for constructive damages
on account of prospective catches of whaleri
destroyed or frightened out of the Arctic
ocean, by the pirate Shenandoah in 1865.
2 Col. Renlck, Nebraska agent, reports tina
$500 persons whose crops were ruined b,
, grasshoppers in that State will need dali,
= rations and clothing until spring ... Judg'
l John S. Yellott. of the Circuit Court of Balti
> more county, Nd, has sued the Batimor,
e american for libel, for criticism of his action
I Oh the bench Nine men, genteel i'll ap
l pearance, but destitute, were committed to til,
f House of Correction in Philadelphia, at thei
s own request. . 1t is said that at small expense
the water in the Adirondacks can be saved ~
as to keep the Hudson river full in the loy
f summer stages
e Judd, who attempted to walk 800 miles il
seven days, broke down at the 37Oth mile anC
It left the track with sprained ankle. His aver
Il age walking was one mile in II minutes 8
>, seconds. .... In Beaver Falls, Renville county
the residence of John Mangin was burned, an'
his wife and one son perished i'll the flames
l. Mrs. Mangin feared to follow her HUSBAND
Z through the flames of the burning dwelling
and consequently she and her young child wer
\ burned to death. "A young man went into
Il Boston barber shop, and, standing before
g mirror, cut his throat with razor. He wa
out of work " The United States is toode
# with counterfeit nickels Diphtheria, whic
If is raging 30 fearfuly in many sections of til
Al United States, is claimed by leading physician
is in no degree caused by foul air. -. AT Stan
~ ford, Conn.,, military company was turned OF
1t to arrest family that it was believed hay
committed many robberies in the neghbo
hood. When their house was reached the famil
had hown
The United States Senate, in executiy
session, confirmed the appointment of Pos
- masteT-General Jewell .... Fires in Bosto
- destroyed property valued at 100000. Fly
y hundred persons were thrown out of emplo
10 ment by these fires. The Champion CottC
st Press at Charlestown, S. G., was destroyed !
o. fire, with about 5000 bales of cotton Los
" 100000. .... Robert Stahl, the foreign e
IF change clerk of Drexel Il Co., of Philadelphi
1t has been arrested Oh a charge of embezzliI
rs about $4,000. .... The burglars, Mosher NJ
y Douglas, who were killed while leaving Il
), house of Judge Van Brunt at Bay Ridge, l..
i, have been identified a. the abductors of Chall
;" Ross by the stolen boys brother. -. The Cul
insurgents made an unsuccessful attack
~ Fort Cascorro and were repulsed with hea'
;. loss The Sunday law is enforced in Canad
p Petitions are already received by the Unit,
Is States Congress setting forth unjust discrimin
Id tons in the new postal law ..... The Prohil
L. tionists of Connecticut nominated Prof. Ha
is rington for Congress, and say in their resol
7e tions that they came to Connecticut to stay.
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