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

On Friday last, In West Mannheim town
ship, York comfy, Pa few miles south
OF Hanover, at barn raising on the farm
Of hr Eli Mace, while one of the upper
timbers was being placed in position, a
heavy plank fell from height Of twenty
feet directly in the midst Of crowd Of
fifteen men, Five Of the party were injur-
ed, two Of them seriously.
Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher preached a
sermon at the Twin Mountain, New
Hampshire, on Sunday morning, to an au
diencc estimated at ten thousand people.
He spoke for about an hour In favor of
what he termed "Christian unity, as
against unity Of the mere outward form
Of religion"
The bureau Of statistics, at Washington,
has made up the return Of the foreign
trade Of the United States for the last ifs
cal year, which ended june 30th. The
totals are given in specie values, and are
Imports of merchandise, 1857 1913, 621
and exports, $3.50, 1902 ,S75. The surplus
of exports is more than eighteen millions.
The election in Wilmington, Del. on
Tuesday, for members of the city council
resulted in Il triumph for the Democrats.
The Democrats carried seven wards, the Re.
publicans two, aud the Independents one.
The Republican majority of eight hun
dred has been changed to a Democratic
majority of thirty.
The District Conference of the Balti.
more district, NJ T. Church South, will
convene in Trinity Church, in Frederick
City, on Wednesday morning, the 10th
instant. Opening sermon Tuesday even
ing by Rev. John A. Kern, of Central
Church Baltimore
The Collector of Customs at III Paso,
Texas, in letter to the Bureau of Stats
ticts, dated August 18th, says :-"We
have not had drop of rain in this vicini-
ty for three hundred aud sixty-five days.
Everything is seorched, hot and burning
up. Many cattle have died Of starvation.
A fatal accident occurred on "Wednesday
at the ComptrOller's Office, Annapolis.
While some carpenters were at work on
the improvement Of that building, an arch
gave way, bruising two carpenters named
John Wiggius AMI Thomas BROOKS, and
killing third, named J. Barney Mills.
Admiral Scmmos, who won world
wide rcnown as the commander of the
Confederate cruiser Alabama during the
late war, is announced as candidate for
Congress in the Alabama district. His
disabilities were removed last winter.
A colored girl was burned to death in
Baltimore on Tuesday night. She went
to sleep with coal oil lamp beside her
and was awakened by the flames, her
clothing and bed were entirely consumed.
Through the fundamentally of tho
Ncwsboys' Saving Bank in Now York over
5000 is saved monthly by about one hun
dred and ten -boys.
The health of Edward S. Stokes, Col,
Jas. Fisk, Jr.s murderer, is said to be Sc.
riously impaired by his confinement at
Sing Sing
From June to August 81, there were
2,343 deaths in Baltimore, Md. l45 were
children under five years of age.
Within the past two years over 5000.
900 worth Of sheep have been destroyed
by Kentucky dogs.
Mr.. Sartoris, the son-in-law of President
Grant, won the chief prize for yachts at
the Handle River regatta.
Maine prides itself upon two apple tree.
over two hundred years old, both Of which
still bear fruit