The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-05-01

did considerable damage to property.
The Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees, received
the rite Of confirmation ia the Episcopal
church at Tcrrc Haute, Ind, on Sunday
last
On May 9th the indomituble Boynton
is to make another attempt to cross the
Channel, starting this time from the French
coast aud making for Dover
The parafne factory of J. N. Carswcll
K Co., near Baltimore, was burned Tues
day morning, and Peter Hahn, aged 40,
persisted In the flames.
Sarah Walker, a colored woman who
kidnapped white infant in Washington
n month ago, was sentenced on Monday to
three months Imprisonment
The Boston and Lowell Company trans
ported $4,000 passengers to and from
Concord, Lexington and Boston, on the
day of the centennial celebration.
Since the ice has disappeared from
Great South Bay, Long Island, N. Y. ii is
found that about half the oysters left on
the beds during the winter are dead.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut,
who has just returned from a southern
trip, gives it as his deliberate opinion that
"Texas is bound to be one of the most
Furnishing Of States"
The house Of Mrs. Rachel Haley, near
Mount Carbon, Pa, was destroyed on
Monday night, by FIRE caused by the ex.
plosion Of coal oil lamp. Mrs. Haley's
body was found next morning in the ruins
The fifty-sixth anniversary Of the intro.
duction of Odd Fellowship into the United
States was celebrated in some of the
churches at Washington on Sunday night
appropriate addresses being delivered by
the ministers to the members Of the Order
present.
Niles G. Parker the State Treasurer Of
South Carolina, under the Scott and Moses
administrations, has been arrested upon
charges Of fraud and embezzlement pre-
ferred by Governor Chamberlain and Others
and has been committed to Columbia Jail
in default of $780, bail
The body of an unknown woman was
found on Tuesday, in a packing-box, at
the Erie Railway depot, in New York.
The box had been sent to the depot for
transportation to Van Vert, Ohio, and
was addressed to "Mrs. NJ. Woodford."
No clue was obtained to the shippers of
the box.
Ex-Congressman Bowen was on Mon.
day arrested 10 Charleston, s. s., for in.
stigating the murder of Colonel White,
committed eleven years ago. This was
the charge for the publication of which
the Ners and Courier was last week pros
ecuted for libel Judge Reed released
Bowen upon $4,000 bail.
Ex-Governor Bigler, financial agent of
the Centennial Board Of Finance, reported
the following subscriptions to the Centen-
nial stock taken within the last few days
In Boston to the amount of $3.50 900; in
Buffalo, $1,000; in st. Louis, 81 900;
Steinway & Sons, Of New York city, 81
900; Orestes Cleveland, of Jersey City,
81 900.
Extensive preparations are being made
for Professor Hayden's exploring cxpedi-
ton, which is to start this spring, under
Government auspices, for the survey of
the unexplored portions of Western Colo
rado. The explorations are to be made in
the country between Denver and the west
ern boundary of Colorado, and the expe-
dition will be divided into six divisions,
so as to moro completely cover the Territory.
A man in Jersey city recently went to
enter a complaint against his wife, but
when the magistrate came TO fill up the
warrant, the man could not give his wifc's
name, and stated that he had never known
it This case was cqualled in Delaware,
some years ago, where groom and his
groomsman went to procure marriage
license, and neither Of them could tell the
lady's name.
A woman in Wilkes county, North Car
olina, has given birth TO triplets Ave times
in succession. The children Of each birth
have been raised, and the whole number
are now alive. No two Of the children
resemble each other in any marked degree
except the color Of the hair. In the sex
the female predominates largely. The
children are all well developed and with
out the least malformation.
At st. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
on Tuesday, the berretta was conferred
upon Cardinal McCloskey with perhaps
the grandest ceremonies ever witnessed
inside Of an American church. During
the services the newly-created Cardinal
delivered brief address, expressing the
compliment paid to American Catholics
and this country in the appointment of
himself to the high Office.
The prospects for an adequate French,
English and German representation at the
Centennial Exhibition have been growing
very much more favorable of late. The
French Commission, under the direction
of the Marquis de Lafayette, has been
particularly active, and cable despatch
announces that its appeals have been
largely responded to by the French manu-
facturers and producers.
A FIRE broke out "Wednesday afternoon
in the hourishing little city Oshkosh, Wis.
which destroyed almost the entire business
portion of the place, spreading over dis
trict of nearly mile square. The widest
state Of excitement prevailed, and it was
next to impossible to estimate the loss,
though one account places IL at seven hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. Several
lives are reported lost.
At Georgetown, Del on Monday morn.
ing, the body of Rachel Andrews, colored,
was found lying across the doorway of her
house, with gun-shot wound in the back
Of the neck. Her husband, u colored
preacher, named John Andrews, had dis
appeared, and he is suspected of the crime.
Her father, who lives in neighboring
house, heard the report of gun at about
eleven o'clock on Sunday night.
The Postmaster General issued an order
on Monday, cancelling all the awards Of
contracts made in favor Of jerome j.
Kinds, Patrick Laughlin, John W. Della
ney, William Weiss aud William Iddings,
thasa being the mn mes affi xed IN tho nro.