The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-06-24

The peasantry are selling their next seasons
coffee crop for the necessaries Of life....
pecial dispatches from Greece deny that there
are any thoughts Of the king abdicating. The
country is tranquil. .... Nineteen prisoners
escaped from the county Jail at Cleveland, o.,
blythe aid Of young girl working out fine in |
tho jailers family. She stole the keys, and,
watching her opportunity, unlocked the doors.
Five of the prisoners were recaptured. BY |
the burning Of the Brilliant Oil Works at Pitts
burgh, Pa, property to the amount of $1S5,000
or $780, 900 was destroyed, which bore 'an in
surance of but $3.50 .... The Communists
and workingmen held meeting in Chicago to
consider the labor question, whom speeches of
the most inflammatory character were deliv-
cred, advising the arming Of laborers and for
cibly resisting the encroachments Of employers
on their rights also extending sympathy to
the striking miners. IA dispatch from st.
Johns, N. f., states than an American fishing
boat picked up nine of the crew and three Of
the passengers of the Vicksburg, and had
landed them at that port. see. .Advices from
Iceland state that the country has been terribly
devastated by volcanic action. About Christ
mas the inhabitants were terrified by subter-
ranean rumblings which continued into Janu-
ary, when violent shocks of earthquake we're
felt, and an extinct volcano near Yetrayskud
opened and for four weeks poured forth liquid
fire. lava and ashes, destroying the village and
all farms within radius of twenty miles. A
Don as this volcano ceased, another extinct
one near Myvatu commenced, and continuing
for weeks devastated the country round about
for fifty miles. In March great mounds rose
from the surface in the center of the island,
and cracking open, vomited forth their burning
contents upon the earth. The world-renowned
geysers have dried up and now throw out smoke
and ashes instead of water Ten Thousand
people have lost their all, and hundreds are re-
ported killed. The Danish government is
sending all relief possible.
State Auditor Charles Clinton of Louisiana,
has been indicted by the grand jury on four in
dictments-two for misdemeanor in office, one
for extortion in Office, and one for embezzling
$1,000 of State funds. He was arrested and
subsequently released on S23, 500 bail. :. =. The
American rifle team were rendered dinner on
their arrival in Cork, during which compliment
tary speeches were made by both parties .....
ipih nlSoSihL, tcSpSlduO VI NllClbhdIi' WIZ
will be remembered as the prisoner Hon.
Clement G. Vallandgham was defending at the
time of the accident ending his life, was assas-
sinated in his barroom by some person un-
known. IA mob visited the Jail at Annapolis
Nd, and breaking in a door, took the keys
from the keeper by force, and secured the
negro Sinus, whom they took out and hanged
! Slmms WAS under arrest for brutal assault
| upon white lady named jackson. He con-
fessed his crime previous to the hanging ...
| The Cincinnati Commercials Memphis cor
respondent says that the young crops Of corn
and cotton in the valleys Of Arkansas, White
Yazoo st. Francis, and along the main rivers
south to the gulf were never more promising
/ than now, and present appearances indicate
the most prolific yield for many seasons.
The Maine Republican State Convention
nominated Gen. Selden Connor for Governor.
..... About eighteen months ago VIM. NJ.
Tweed known as Boss Tweed, of New York,
was sentenced by Judge Davis, on twelve
different indictments to twelve years in the
penitentary-one year OH each. His counsel
showed that the sentence beyond the first year
on the first Indictment was illegal and took the
case to tho court of appeals Of the State.
After deliberation the court decided unani-
mously that the sentence was Illegal and
ordered Tweed's release. He was at once re-
arrested on other charges connected with the
ring frauds, and taken to Ludlow street Jail in
New York, where apartments were fitted up
for him. .... Tho New Hampshire house of
representatives has passed the resolutions re-
ported by the committee on elections, ousting
Messrs. Raymond and Harding two Democratic
members. -. The American rifle team Was
received at the depot at Dublin by the Lord
escorted them to their hotel preceded by a
band of music. The populace along the
route cheered enthusiastically. Subsequently
supper was rendered them followed by q
serenade. ..... Dispatches from Omaha state
that the grasshoppers are passing northward,
doing but little damage. The crops are the
finest ever known. 80. Mrs. Peter Flynn, of
Brooklyn, n. T., WAS awakened about three
o'clock in the morning by some one in her
room and saw man ransacking her bureau.
She called to her husband in another ROOM
and the burglar escaped through window, but
not before MIR. and Mrs. Flynn had recognized
him as e young man named Mooney. He was
subsequently arrested by an officer, and was
found to answer the description OF the burglar
who shot Mr.. Shute a few nights previous
Mrs. shute was quite positive Of the same.