The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-28
News of the Week.

Mt Belair, Md, on saturday night Monks
leaves wife aud six children Later ac-
counts say that Monks will recover
Tramps are so numerous at Middletown,
Del, that the town commissioners have
billeted the town, notifying them to leave
or they will be committed to jail as VOC
rants.
Among the cabmen in London are to
In found former Governor of the Bank
of England, an ex-M. p, of Cambridge
College, aud a clergyman who was one of
the respondents in a remarkable divorce
case
The Albion Print Works, at Consho-
hoeken. Pa, were destroyed by FIRE early
on Saturday morning. The loss is esti-
mated at s250,00O, Several hundred
persons are thrown out Of employment by
this fire.
The Arlington Hotel, at Watkins Glen,
was destroyed Sunday night by fire orig
mating from the explosion of gasoline
lamp in the bar room. The guests saved
their baggage and were accommodated at
another hotel The loss is $4,000
A correspondent Of Chicago paper
saws that Mrs. Lincoln is pronounced well
enough to leave the insane asylum and will
visit her sister in Springfield, Ill. 1t is
not believed that she will return to the
asylum as her condition is greatly i'm
proyed and some of her friends refuse to
believe her insane.
Gen. N. 2. Banks, Alexander H. Rice
and Col. A. Worth Spates, of Baltimore,
have been selected by 1000 Massachusetts,
women to present mementoes Of the late
Bunker Hill Centennial to the women con-
nected with the military organizations of
South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland
An explosion of escaping gas occurred
Tuesday evening at the house of 4. G.
Webster, in Brooklyn, NY. Mr.. and Mrs
Webster, Mr.. l.. G. Thrall, and domes-
tic named Eliza Wilson, were badly burned
The walls Of the house were bulged, out
and all the windows were smashed by the
shock.
Mrs. Mary Killerhouse died at Kinder
hook, New York, on Friday night, at the
age, as reported, of LOG yrs. 2 months and 8
DAYS. Her maiden name was Lick, and
she was born in Kinderhook. 1t is furth-
er reported that she was four times mar
ried-"iirst at the age of eighteen, and
last at the age of lightweight"
The census of New Jersey which is be-
ing taken this year shows that Jersey City
is the largest city in the State, having
about 10000 population. Camden city
has about 1896 population and Camden
county, 81 ,466. Gloucester city has 5llG,
Both Camden and Gloucester have shown
rapid growth in the past FIVE years
The silk interest is becoming one of
very great Importance in this country.
Ten years ago not yard Of this costly and
beautiful fabric was made in the United
States. Now we have 40 establishments
engaged in its manufacture, and American
made silks are now considered fully equal,
If not superior, to the imported. These
establishments consume about 10000
pounds Of raw silk per diem.
The Cooperstown, New York Republican
tells this There lives in this town n
farmer who was moving load of hay from
one point to another some time since, and
after going a short distance the hay fell
of. Il was reloaded and shortly fell off
again. 1t was again put on the wagon,
which, after going awhile tipped over; the
farmer thereupon took match from his
pocket and set fire to it and saw the whole
consumed.
The American Rife Team arrived in
New York on Saturday evening, in the
steamship City Of Berlin They were met
in the bay by reception committee of the
National and Amateur Rife Associations,
aud as the steamship proceeded up the
harbor they were greeted with cheers and
the sounding of whistles from numerous
excursion boats and small steam crafts,
As they passed Fort Tompkins, on Staten
Island, salute of thirteen guns was fired.
The improvement of weapons for the
destruction of life goes on steadily, The
announcement is made that the Sharpe
Rife Company ut Hartford are expert
menting with new magazine rife which
can be fired three times second. One
third Of a second is scarcely appreciable
fragment of time, and the celebrity Of firing
thus sought to be attained for rife be-
comes extraordinary when one considers
how very small portion Of time even a
second is.
Cutie and Bordley, who abseonded from
Baltimore some days ago, after swindling
their creditors out os about 100000, were
arrested in Canada on Friday, on writ
granted by Chief Justice Richards, of To
ronto, under an old English statute con
eerning Ascending debtors. Cutie was
arrested just as he was getting on board a
steamer Of the Royal Mail Line, and Bord-
ley was caught after chase of twenty
miles through the country heswindlers
who could not be arrested in Canada
under the cxtradition law, will be tried
under the statute mentioned, and their
ease will be test one.
An idea of the immense extent Of the
peach crop now seeking the market is fur
nished in the fact that the shipments over
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad on Saturday required l62
ears, and that they were sent to the fol-
lowing places Eight cars, with 1000
baskets, to Philadelphia; IS cars, with
$4,000 baskets, to Jersey City; 81 cars
with 10000 baskets, for Boston; 2 cars
with 900 baskets, on the Reading Rail
road; "a cars, with 1900 baskets, fol
Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad, and 8 cars
with 1000 baskets, for the West over the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
james II. Noe, Sr., brush manufacturer
Of New York, was inspecting his store in
Greenwich street, Sunday morning, when
he discovered burglar in it. He attemp,
ted to arrest the burglar, but was knocked
senseless with an iron bar, bound and rob
bed Of his watch and money When Mr.
Noe recovered consciousness the burglar
asked him for the safe keys. Noe said
they were not in his possession, whereupon
the rufian struck him again aud fractured
the base Of his skull. The burglar then