The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-02-13
New. Of the week

tension Of any Of the sewing ha'"''0
patsnts Is very decided.
The loss BY the fire in the shaker SCI
ilcmout at Mount Lebanon, n y "on'
day, is.stated at slbO,OOo i,
Owing 10 4 scarcity Of water hfe 10
Newton, n. H., the other day, was eSllh-
quished with seven barrels OF cider
There 4 some commOtion In Chester,
Connecticut, over the marriage OF an o'u
white farmer and young colored woman
The divorce business seems to be preuy
good in Maine. last year ls1 bills were
Granted of which 23S were for deserIlon'
Oakland, California, has Sunday
School, at which ll3 Chinese pupils are III
regular attendance,
The Pennsylvania Conference OF the
Church Of the United Brethren in Christ,
met at Littlestown, Pa. on the 10Th OF
this month.
The stables of Daniel Dempsey, at
Benncts Station, Pa were burned on
Monday morning, aud thirty-dye horses
persisted in them,
The increase of the population oil the
city of San Francisco during the past year
was $4,000, and more than 1000 new
buildings were erected
George w. Cornelius was convicted IN
Baltimore, on Thursday, for an attempted
outrage on Miss Elizabeth Hunt, Of Wood,
berry, Nd, in October last,
The ico-bridgc across Arthurs Kills,
between the jersey shore and Staten
Island, still remains passablc for teams.
The ice is eighteen inches thick.
The Kansas House of Representatives
has passed billnppropriating 500, 900 for
the relief OF settlers in the srasshopper
districts of the State.
The trial of the libel suit Of Mr. VIM.
II. Kcmble, of Philadelphia, against the
editor Of the New York SIN, ended Feb.
4, in the discharge of the jury, who failed
to agree upon a verdict
Mr.. William S. Fitch, father Of Lieut..
Thomas Fitch, who recently married the
daughter of General Sherman, died on
Saturday morning, at his home at Green
point, l.. l., aged So years.
At Kearncy Junction, Nebraska, on
Friday, Mrs. johnson Grabash killed her
step-daughter, aged five years, by kicking
and jumping upon her. She had previous.
ly attempted to poison the child.
John Wood and Henry johnson color
cd, who robbed an express messenger, in
Memphis, few days since, have been ar.
rested and have revealed the name of their
accomplices.
James Sinclair, convicted in the Crimi-
nal Court, Baltimore, of stealing a yalu.
able mare from John u. Owens, the
comedian, has been sentenced to six years
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Boston Pilot is informed that the
Pope has raised the dioceses of Philadel.
phia, Boston, Milwaukee and Santa Fe, to
the dignity of arch dioccscs, aud their
respective Bishops to the rank of Arch.
bishops
At Packerton, Pa, the Lshigh Valley
r. II. Co., taking advantage of the low
price Of labor aud materials, are building
5000 coal ears, turning out 90 per week.
About 1000 men are kept steadily en-.
ployed.
A skaters game Of base ball, on the
Hudson river, was interrupted on Saturday
by the parting Of the foe, the pitcher, the
second base and the field going one way,
aud the catcher and the first and third
base the other.
The mummeries of the Carnival at
Memphis began on Monday. king Car
niyal' landed from steamboat at four
o'clock in the afternoon, aud received the
keys of the city from the Mayor in the
presence of 10000 spectators.
The ship Princeton, set on FIRE by light.
ming at the Southwest Pass of the Missis.
sippi, about two weeks ago, was discovered
10 be again on fire in the hold on Monday.
and was towed up to New Orleans. She
is laden with cotton.
Adam Grove, resident of Vieksburr
Union county, Pa. was attacked and badly
beaten on Thursday night by seven IN.
known men, who carried of $1,000 in ca,h
and two horses. A reward of $500 il
offered for the return of the property.
The Odd Fellows in the United States
are secret beneficial society of great na.
merical strength and Importance. On
December 3lst, 1873, their membership
reached the large aggregate of 4l4Oa
that being the latest date at which reports
have yet been made. There were at that
time 54IO lodges in this country, and dur.
Ing the year ending with that date 57.2l5
new members were initiated. The reyen.
ues OF this great organization for 1874
amounted to s3,92S, 696, whilst the large
sum of 81 ,333, 2i0 was disbursod for relief
James r, HOwison, lawyer of Amman.
Oils who enjoyed to an unusual extent Tho
confidence and esteem Of the citizens. and
upon whose integrity there had never bccn
a breath OF suspicion, died New Years
Eve, and is now found to have embezzled
trust funds and appropriated bonds Of his
clients to the amount Of 500 900 or over
What has become Of the money Is a mys.
tory, as he was never known TO gamble
ana dld not live in an axtrayasant manner
lie died very suddenly Of hear, disease
and 1t is supposed that the near approach
oil exposure cnused his decease.
The alleged robbers of the Second No
iionai Bank, Of Carbonate, Pa. have All
been arrested William Brown. clerk in
the Erie Railroad freight Office. at Cnrbon.
dale, Is alleged to have planned the rob.
berry, and the actual perpetrators. il i,
sad, were Henry Bond, workman n a
single factory, aud another whose name
IS not divplged Having bound and ga1
ged the cashier aud taken their plunder
they came out, changed hats with Two
aceompllees outside, and walked leisurrlv
away. All belong to the Molly Mamirs
society. The clue on which the detective
started was a scarf which one Of tho rob
bers left in the bank. 'O
The female aaifrage cause has nrooro.
sod 20 as far as the United States sunrcmo
Court, where suit is now on trial ;pvoly
ing the question whether women aro II,