The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-06-27
News Of the wook.

Baltimore is boiling down her surplus
canine population into glue, by which the
city gains five cents per dog.
Martin Lomboerg, Swede, aged 81,
was run over and killed by railroad ears at
Locust Point Baltimore, on Saturday
night
4 severe tornado passed over a portion
of West Tennessee on Saturday night, doing
considerable damage to crops, fencing and
forests.
The new German Hospital in Baltimore
was dedicated on Monday. II was erected
at cost of $50 900, from voluntary con
tributions
Clark Evans, who murdered Mr.. Hol-
bert, in Illinois, was taken from Jail at
Carrollton, Mo. on Sunday morning and
hanged by mob
At Portland on Saturday, the mate and
a sailor of the brig Mary Mariner got into
fight and fell overheard. The mate was
rescued aud the sailor drowned.
The Ohio Womens temperance Convcn-
ton, in Session at Springfield, on Thurs.
day, adopted constitution and resolved to
continue the strcot-praying crusade.
1t is said that some Of the planters in
Cuba have discovered that growing pine
apples and bananas for the American mar
ket, pays better than tobacco and coffee.
Ono of the female clerks in the Treasury
Department at Washington, recently ad.
ministcred horscwhipping to lady whom
the Treasury heroine accused of circula-
ting malicious reports about her.
4 young man, named Lewis Shulcr,
while bathing at Cincinnati, on Friday
night, was seized with cramps A friend,
named Ephraim Caruthers, went to his
assistance, but both were drowned
Seven handsome babies were present
and entered for the prizc-s10 or baby
carriage--at the fredericksburg, Caroline
county, fair, which was won by J. NJ. Col
lisOn, of Greenwood, Del for beautiful
pair Of twins, six months old.
On Saturday night freight train was
thrown from the track on the Pcnnsylya-
mia railroad, near Wilmore, Pa by running
over COW, The engine aud fifteen cars
were thrown down steep embankmont,
killing the engineer and fireman.
A terrible disaster is reported from the
East A Turkish vessel called "Karr'
was run into by an Egyptian vessel in the
sea of Mormora, and sunk in few min
utes after she was struck OF the $40
persons on board, $50 are reported lost
! NJ, II.,,., ,,.,,.l.,,.., ,.l:i. la,
fishing in the harbor the other day fshcd
up pocketbook containing gold and sill
yer coin and bills amounting to about 81,
900. The pocket-bpok had the appearance
of having lain under the water for years
At Eureka, Nevada, curious suit for
the possession Of a child has been going on
between two women, both claiming to be
its mother. The child is perfectly white,
while one Of the claimants is fullblooded
negrcss, and yet the case has lasted for
some time.
A new candidate for aerial fame has ap.
pcarcd in the person Of Professor Pierce,
gymnast who goes through the perilous
fcats of the trapeze in mid.air. He essay
ed TO give performance at Allentown,
Pa ON Saturday, but his balloon, being
imperfectly inflated, let him down sudden
ly on house-roof. lie sustained injuries
from the fall which may prove fatal.
At st. Paul, Mimi on Saturday, Judge
Hall rendered decision on the application
of foreign bondholders to have receiver
appointed for the st, Paul and Pacific
Railroad. lie refused the application,
holding that the road appears solvent, and
its management honest and efficient, and
that to appoint n receiver would be TO dam
age the interests Of the petitioners them
selves.
A Lexington (Ky.) paper relates that
in that vicinity recently party of thieves,
wearing DISCUSSES, broke iuto the house Of
widow lady and demanded sum of mon
cy she had recently received. The money
was given up, when the thieves demanded
that the lady should prepare them some
thing to cat. This was done, aud the men
ate heartily, but the lady had mixed pois-
on with the food, and the next morning
two of the thieves were found dead. One
of them is said TO have been recognized as
the lady's nephew.
II seems that the new Atlantic c,blc ia
likely IN obstr,et coa.tvisc nsvi0at;on
Tbo sohoo,or r,ro Roli .rr;yod a, e.,
on Saturday, from Ellsworth Me. and re-
ported that ON Thursday night, when fif.
teen miles northeast of Cape Ann, she ran
into the ocean telegraph cable buoy. losing
an anchor aud ten fathoms of chain She
cndeayorcd for two hours 10 get clear of
the buoy, but the weather coming on thick,
she was obliged to cut the chain, which.
together with the anchor, were left hang.
ing ON the buoy. Tho bouy Is a large one.
and lies on the track Of the coasting vessels
An ingenious coh'riVance ior watering
inc streets = pcing lried ~ some parts Of
honuon' wnich' u successful, VIII DC UNI,
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