The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-07-10

A crab eleven feet six inches in length
is on exhibition in Yokohama. II was
captured on an island 10 Yeddo Bay.
To order to avoid confusion, growing
out Of the similarity in color existing be-
tween the two'Gvc cent stamps, the former
will hereafter be printed in vermilion.
There were only 1000 miles Of railroad
constructed in the United States last year,
il being little less than one-third the
average of the preceding five years.
Eighteen persons, of whom eight are
females, are to DO prosecuted in New York
City, for refusing information to the CEN
sus takers.
The trial Of ex-Treasurer Parker, of
South Carolina, on the charge of having
defrauded the State, began Tuesday at
Columbia. 81 # - w. e'ft
The boiler Of saw mill, near Hot
Springs, Arkansas, exploded on Saturday,
killing four persons, and seriously injuring
seven others
A Catholic Church at Binghamton, n.
Y, was robbed of some of the sacred YES
sells, aud the contents of the poor boxes on
Monday night
Seven boys, while bathing at Fall River,
Mass, Tuesday, Joined hands and walked
off a sandbar into deep water, where six
Of them were drowned
The Grand Jury of the July Term of
the Criminal Court at Chicago, empannol-
ed Monday morning consists of sixteen
white and eight colored men.
There are rumors in Washington of APP
preaching damaging disclosures in regard
to certain prominent Treasury officials In
connection with the whiskey frauds.
The business agent of the Washington
Base Ball Club has absconded with its
funds, leaving the players in St. Louis
with no money and far away from home.
A Washington letter of the 9th instant,
says about eighty printers were to-day
furloughed from the Government printing
Office on account Of the decrease of work.
There is no falling off Of the number Of
attendants at the Moody and Sankey
meetings in London Large numbers Of
persons continue TO visit their inquiry
rooms.
Two passenger trains on the South-side
Railroad, Of Long Island, were demolished
by collision near Far Rockaway, at two
o'clock Monday afternoon. Seven persons
were killed and about twenty Others injured
On Monday, two young men we're
drowned near Worcester, Mass; two girls
were drowned at Lewiston, Me-, while
bathing; boy was drowned at South
birmingham, Mass, and another boy was
drowned at Plymouth, N. II.
Lizzie Schmit, aged I, was feloniously
assaulted and murdered near 0fallou, Ill.,
ON Saturday night James Hogan has
been arrested in st. Louis on suspicion,
and taken to 0fallon. 1t is feared that
he will be lynehed
A lively war is waging between Henry
Corbin, who recently opened liquor sa-
loon in Westerville, o., and certain citizens
Of that place who are opposed to liquor
selling, An attempt has been made to
blow up COrbin's store with gunpowder.
A wagon was upset while crossing Mid
die River, near Greenfield, Adair county,
Wis. last Saturday night, and five persons
were drowned. The victims were Mrs.
Thomas Montgomery and her infant, Mr..
A. Montgomery and his child, and J. r.
Baker.
Last year the following drugs, all impor-
ted, were consumed in this country -
Arsenic, ! $780, 1886 pounds, camphor, 1885,
1877 pounds; jalap, l6, 1853 pounds ipecac,
26,202 pounds nux vomica, 297 ,213
pounds. There was also imported $780,
800 worth of vaccine virus.
Two of the severest thunder storms ever
known at Worcester, Mass, visited that
place and vicinity on Monday night, and
did serious damage to the crops. Houses
in Worcester, Shrewsbury, Uxbridge,
Westboro, East Templeton and South
bridge were struck by lightning.
A beet sugar factory at Sequel, Cal, is
now running night and day, using two sets
of hands-about sixty-six men. The en-
tire force numbers 200 men. The mill
has a capacity of sixty tons of beets per
day. They have 900 acres of their own
land The machinery cost SIT 600.
Justice Swayne has dissolved an injunc.
ton obtained by l.. d. Sine, of Cincinnati,
against the Postmaster General. He says
that Sine has his remedy in suit against
the Postmaster General and the Postinas-
ter at Cincinnati. Sine was refused the
use Of the mails for the furtherance of
lottery scheme.
Robert N. VERIFY was shot dead by B.
l.. Oliver and his son, on steamboat,
near St, Louis Landing, Arkansas, on
Monday. After despatching VERIFY, the
divers ordered the captain to stop the
boat, which was done, and they escaped to
the woods. The murder grew out of an
old quarrel.
While the Northern wooden mills have
stopped, those of Georgia are increasing
the number Of looms and reaping dividends.
Columbus has $4,000 spindles, go wooden
and $40 cotton looms, all built in less than
seven years by city which lost 10000
bales of cotton, worth S15,000,000, and
millions Of other property,
The College regatta at Saratoga takes
place on Tuesday Of next week, and all
the crews, except that of Williams College,
are now at the lake and practicing for the
struggle Of skin, muscle and endurance
Nobody yet names even the probable win
ner with any degree Of certainty, the un-
expected victory Of Columbia last year
tending to unsettle speculations.
A collision occurred at half-past ten
O'clock Monday night in Hampton Roads,
off Sewall's Point, between the steamer
Isaac Bell, from Norfolk for New York,
and the tug Lumberman, which was re-
turning from Fort Monroe to Norfolk with
a pleasure party. The Lumberman was
so badly damaged that she sunk immedi.
ately, and ten out Of eighteen persons on
board were drowned.
A despatch from Brownsville reports
the arrest Of Cortina by Colonel Manuel
Parrat, of the regular Mexican cayalrv