The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-04-10
News of the Week.

grants who arrived in the United States
was 260,8l4.
Philadelphia contains, according to the
directory, just one hundred and thirty-6ve
plain John Smiths.
The city Of New York has four thousand
lawyers, with incomes ranging from star
walton to 100000 per annum.
The Spanish aud Cuban cigar makers Of
New York struck, on Monday, against n
reduction Of their wages to 50 per thou
sand.
The Government Of Santo Domingo will
demand s5,000,000 damages from the
United States for its armed intervention
in support Of President Baez
The President has accepted an invitation
from the Massachusetts Legislature to at
tend the centennial celebration of the
battles of Lexington and Concord, on the
10Th inst.
Governor Porter, of Tenn, has pardoned
cx-State Senator McKenna, who was re-
Gently sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary for marrying his former wife's
granddaughter.
The health officer at Key West, Florida,
reports under date April Awe have
had four cases of yellow fever here None
are existing now. The weather is cool
and the city healthy"
Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania,
on Saturday issued proclamation ordering
the rioting miners Of Luzerne and Schuyl-
kill counties to disperse, and to cease from
further unlawful combinations
Oliver Ames, one Of the executors of
Cakes Ames, denies the statement that
the money claimed to have been paid to
Mr.. Colfax was in reality used for his own
purposes when hard pressed financially.
George Drury, member Of the Louisiana
House OF Delegates from Assumption par
ish. has been indicted by the grand jury
for participating in the forgery of the gem
oralappropriation bill recently promulgated.
Henry Brown, aged - years, was found
hanging dead in his fathers barn, near
Bloomingburg, N Y, on Thursday morn
ing Itissupposed he accidentally hanged
himself while intending to play first of
April trick
The Irishmen in Philadelphia have Sc
cured the Chestnut Street Theatre for the
obsequies in honor Of the late John Mitchell
next Sunday. The New York societies
have appointed committee to report on
the best way Of honoriug the memory of
the patriot.
II "a onno,non1 g,o,,, waal;,,..,,, Al .
the offences recently committed by invad.
ing Mexicans on the Texas border will be
brought to the attention of the Mexican
Government by our State Department, and
such reparation demanded "as will satisfy
our national honor"
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias meets in Washington city on
Tuesday, the 18th day of May next, II
is expected that il will be numerously at
tended, as every portion Of the United
States will be represented A grand pa
rade will take place on some day during
that week
At Richmond, Va, on Saturday, John
Il. Bossieux, President, and Thomas $.
Armistead, Cashier of the Dollar Savings
Bank, which suspended in the panic of
1873, were arrested on the charge of hav-
ing embezzled sl4 900 of the banks funds,
and made fraudulent entries to conceal
their crime.
The vital statistics Of the Board of
Health for the District of Columbia for
the last week showed total of 80 deaths.
While the rate of mortality Of the white
population was twenty-three per thousand
per annum, the mortality Of the colored
population was sixty-dve per thousand for
the same period.
The attention Of the Mexican govern
'ment is again to be called to the depreda.
tons Of its citizens in Texas, coupled this
time with "such demands for reparation
las will satisfy our national honor" How
many millions of dollars Of acres of land
that will amount to has not apparently
been calculated yet.
During the stallion show at Paris, Ken.
tucky, Monday, Goldsmith's Abdallah,
while going around the track, was met by
his full brother, John Bright, and the
shaft Of the sulky drawn by tho latter en-
tered his breast and came out near the top
OF his shoulder, causing death in few
minu1ae. He was valued at $4,000.
Masrhusetts after tinkering with pro-
hibitory liquor laws for years, has finally
adopted stringent license law. Among
its provisions is enc that NO side or delivery
Of liquor shall be made to person known
to be drunkard, or to an intoxicated
person or TO minor; and another that in
case Of damage done by an intoxicated
4 person the liquor dealer is made liable,
and he is further subject to damages should
he persist in selling liquor to person hab-
itually liable to intoxication, after warming
from husband, wife, child, guardian or
employer.
An express train which left Omaha on
Saturday for Chicago, came into collision
X with western bound train on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Sunday
morning. Both engines were smashed.
ii. Il. Miller, conductor Of the Chicago
Express train; Gardner, tho American
Express messenger; and Pickle, the fire.
man Of the Pacific Express train, were
killed. One Of the baggage masters is
missing Engineers Pugh and Streeter,
and fireman Mcdowell, were seriously in
jured. The wreck caught fire, but the
fiames were soon quenched.
Colcael o. A. Mack, in charge of the
National Cemeteries, is to leave Washing
ION next week to inspect the headstones
recently erected ia the National Cemeter-
les at New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez,
Vicksburg, Brownsville aud Port Hudson.
In these places 10000 hcadstones have
been So. up, including 10000 at New
Orleans. The whole number Of hcadstoncs
required for all the national cemeteries is
about 900, 900, Of which 1850 are for
graves Of the unknown dead. All are to
be Of marble, except at fredericksburg,
Va, where granite will be used 1t is ex-
pected that all the headstones in all the
cemeteries will be in place by November lst
A system Of gross frauds upon the Post
Dfflea nor, - has s,,of hao..