The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

renc'o, Mass, was destroyed by fire, and two
mon out of the seventy occupants were burned
to death. .. Col. Stenberger, the United
States commissioner, has arrivedin the Naviga-
tors Ii lands, framed a new constitution had it
adopted, and been chosen Prime Minister for
life. .... ii. ID. Deuison, the canal contractor,
has beer committed to Jail for thirty days for
refusing to produce Ills books before the New
York State canal investigating committee.
The Smith College for women was dedicated at
Northampton, Mass, with great ceremony
The secretary of the treasury has called in
$10,00000 OF five-twenty bonds bearing date
of May /, 1862. John ID. Lee, one Of the
Mormons under arrest for the Mountain
Meadow massacre, has turned States evidence,
and will tell all he knows OF the occurrence.
A drunken man fell over the Canada bank at
Niagara, and although the distance was over
one hundred feet, none OF his bones were
broken. When picked up he asked for more
whisky. ..... Tho first bale of this yoars cotton
has been received at New Orleans from st.
Landry parish, La. 1t is two weeks earlier
than usual.
The great university race of 1875, between
thirteen six-oared Shells manned by seventy
eight youths culled from our most prominent
colleges and comprising the Hover Of American
manhood as regards thor mere physical at
tributes, wis rowed on Saratoga lake, and was
won by the Cornell College crew. AS the
freshman crew of the Same college had won
tho race of the day previous this gives Cornell
unusual prominence. Last yoar Columbia won
the university race and this year it goes to
another Now York College, Cornell being To-
Gated at Ithaca. The three miles were rowed
this year by the Cornell crew i'll sixteen minutes
ifty-tllree and one-quarter seconds, the boats
being at tho end of tho race i'll the following
positions Cornell, at finish Columbia two
lengths from finish Harvard, two lengths be-
hind Columbia; Dartmouth, two lengths be-
hind Harvard Wesleyan, two lengths behind
Dartmouth Yale, abreast of Wesleyan Am
herst, three and a half lens tbs behind Yale !;
Hamilton, abreast of Annie cst ; Brown one
length behind Hamilton vii iams, abreast of
Brown Bowdoin two lengths behind Williams;
Union, two lengths behind Bc,wdoin The win
ming crow were the recipier Is Of many ova-
tions.
Tho Omaha Herald repo cts the killing of two
Indians and the wounding Of three others by
soldiers, on the Little Waite Earth river, this
being on the reservation. The Indians are in
tensely excited over the occurrence and all
negotiations and work of the commissioners arc
entirely suspended. ... Notwithstanding the
many Affections, Nebraska has crop of two
thirds the usual average. ...... The college
athletic sports at Glen Mitchell, Saratoga
were well attended and created the usual en-
thusiasm among the students. The one-mile
running race was won by Barber, of Amherst
in 4.44I. The one-mle walk was won by
Platt, of Williams, in 7.50 The seren-mile
walk was won by Taylor, of Harvard, in 65. ISL
! The quarter-mile run was won by Culver, of
Union, in 55l seconds. The half-mile run was
won by Trumbull i'll 2.06M. Mr.. Taylor, of
Harvard, came in first in the three-mile walk
in 1928. The run of one hundred yards was
mado by Potter, of Cornell, in 1O9l seconds.
In the shree- mile run MorreIl, OF Amherst, was
victorious in 17.07$4. The hurdle race was won
by Maxwell, of Yale. Reports from different
parts Of Great Britain state that owing to heavy
rain storms many streams have overlooked
their banks and done much damage to crops.
.. Tho Emperor Of Germany is visiting the
Emperor of Austria. .... The city of New York
has received a bronze statue of Lafayette from
tho government of France.
Hon. VIM. A. Foster, chief Justice of the
circuit court of New Hampshire, was shot in
tho arm while travelling from Boston to Con-
cord i'll q Pullman car. II is thought tramp
fired at the train in revenge for being put of
the previous day. y...... Tho engineers have
found practicable route for the Canada
Pacific railway between Thunder bay and the
Lake of the Woods. .... The manufacturers
of Hamilton, Ont, at n meeting held for the
purpose, resolved to attach the prices to al
the goods exhibited in the Philadelphia ex-
hibition. George Nj. Jackson, deputy United
States collector of Louisville, KY, whose ac
counts are S45, 900 short, died from the effect
of poison which he had taken. The Cor
nell crew were enthusiastically received OF
their return to Ithaca. They We're escorted by
procession with band through the principa
troets, and congratulatory speeches were
made by President White and others. -. The
Catholic clergy Of Lawrence, Mass, denouncC
the late riot in a card. ... John d. Lee
States, evideltco in the Mountain Meadow
cases, will exoglorato Brigham Young $50, The
inquiry into the loss of tho steamer Vicksburt
has been closed. 1t is understood that the
verdict exonoratcB the captain from all blame
New York's usual Sunday crimes were ell
tirely cclpsed by those of last Sabbath. 4
young man OF twenty two years, named Bailey
shot and killed his father to save his mothe
and himself from brutal assault. There hat
been much trouble i'll the family on account o
the father deserting his wife for anothe
woman. The wife found note of her hus
bands addressed to the woman, and was up
braidng him for his conduct when he assaileC
her with stove litter and struck her severa
times, as well as his son who interfered, whel
tho young man shot him. ....A party o
negroes had general fight in gambling
saloon about one o'clock in the morning, whicl
was renewed on the parties meeting Ill bee
saloon about noon. One of them named Sor
rell was severely cut on the arm with razor
when the party ran into the street followed
! by Sorrel who had drawn knife in hi
hand and was infuriated by liquor and hi
wound. The street was well filled with coloret
people returning from church, and Sorrell see
ing man resembling one of his assailants
drove his knife into the mans heart and III
dropped dead. He then stabbed another limo
cent negro in the back, seyerinG the spina
cord, which will produce death OF paralysis TO
life. The murderer was then secured anC
boudaJ 70 tho No1ina Vhaueach prOwar