The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07

mehI uooPs OF sonora, MEXICO, ueteateu
body OF revolutionsts, killing or wounding
fifty. This ends the revolution, and martial
law has been proclaimed :. The Rockland
Print Works at Haverstraw, N. Y, were de-
stroyed by fire and two Of the employees killed
by falling wall. The rifle match between
the Canadian team and team from the Now
York Amateur Club, resulted in a victory for
the Americans by score Of 1,409 against
1854 ...... Seven men from the abandoned
lumber ship Western Empire were drowned
while attempting to effect a landing on st.
Vincents island, Florida .. The Inman
steamer City Of Berlin made the trip from
Queenstown to New York in seven days and
eighteen hours, being the fastest trip on re-
cord.
Mrs. Ebenezer Densmore, of Weathersfleld,
Vt, being refused by her husband the privilege
of attending circus, poisoned herself and her
three children, the youngest OF whom has
since died, but the mother and tho other two
expected to recover. Mrs. Densmore Is sup
posed to be insane ...... The Old Catholics in
Germany have decided in favor OF abrogating
the celibacy of the priesthood. :. Carl Schnrz
delivered his first speech in the Ohio campaign
in favor Of hard money. The gale at Great
Britain did moro damage than at first reported,
and many fatal casualties were occasioned by
falling buildings. The American ship Ellen
Southard went ashore near Liverpool, and was
total loss. Eight OF the crew were drowned
by the overturning Of a life-boat which went
to their rescue. Five Of the life-boat crew
were also drowned. -. Dispatches from the
Swedish arctic expedition report its arrival at
Hammerfest, Norway. All were well. Impor-
tant maps and scientific collections had been
made..... The works Of the Star Lnseed Oil
Company, at New Brunswick N. j., were do
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000; insurance,
S6S 0OO..... A fire near New Haven, Conn,
destroyed the works Of the New Haven Web
Company, the needle works Of Card & Morse
and the shear works of J.,F Henry, involving
loss of 500, 0O0... VIM. Russell, farmer
living near Roseville, Pa, left his home one
morning for the pospose of being married to a
young woman. His daughter eudeavored to
had he gone than the daughter left the house
and jIined her lover, Horton Hurst, as ar
ranged, and tho two were married and ad-
journed to the village hotel to dinner, accom-
panied by few friends. While thus engaged
Russell arrived home with his bride. and learn
ing what had taken place repaired to the hotel
where he burst into the room and seiziup
Hurst by the throat, abused him shamefullv.
Hurst endeavored to escape from him, when
he seized knife from the table and bepsn
stabbing him. Hurst drew revolver in de-
fense and warned him. But Russell again
attempted to stab him, when Hurst fired. only
to blow out tho brains Of Lis bride of tbroo
hours, as che stepped between the two men.
Hurst was almost paralyzed by what he had
done, and after unsuccessfuly begging his
wife to speak to him, he put his pistol to his
own head and fired, resulting in instant death.
There is tightness in the German money
market, and the rate Of discount at Berlin has
been raised to six per cent Rev. Newman
Hall, i'll the presence of select company, laid
the crowning-stone of the Lincoln memorial
tower, adJourning the new Surrey chapel in
London, England. The tower is designed "a
p memorial for the abolition of slavery, and a
bond of brotherhood between England and
America ..... Accounts from Scotland and
Ireland are to the effect that the great autumn
storm caused foundations and much damage
to property The city of Cork was partially
under water. -. Nova Scotia was also visited
by the gales which occasioned such heavy
losses elsewhere, and numerous vessels went
ashore. An old man named Welsh, resid
ing at Knowlton Quebec, attempted to murder
his wife with an ak, when, seeing his son COM
ing in, he turned and shot at him. The son
then, in self-defense, shot his father dead.
The old man is not expected to live ...... The
Indians want SO 100000 per year for an indei-
mite period for the Black Hills. The commits
sioners would not listen to such proposition.
and the council has broken up ... Tie New
York State assessors fixed the assessment of
New York city at 1905, 531, $50, and its State
tax, 81, 233, ,3l5, the rest of the State tax being
80 1872, 532 1.-THE Porte has addressed a
circular to the foreign powers declaring that
the present ssate Of things renders it mecca
sary to keep one hundred thousand men under
arms between Mostar and Widdin to watch
trespassers, and that Turkey is unable to con-
tinue this for an indefinite time 49,. The
Chicago board of education has discarded the
Bible from the public schools.