The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-16
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Items of Int crest from Home and Abrou

The Chntofnla election resulted in ylctory
for the Democrats. by a collision OF the
two English ironclads Iron Duke and Van
guard in the channel the latter was sunk.
No lives were lost. 80. Z. The anniversary OF the
surrender Of Sedan was observed throughout
Germany as holiday and day Of general re-
joicipg. =. Heavy rains in the Baroach dis
trict, India, will necesstate the replanting Of a
large part Of the cotton crop there. H.. ..Infor-
nation has been received from the State Of
Colombia to the effect that articles Of peace
had been signed by General Delgado, comman-
der OF the national forces Of the Colombian
government and General Santo Domingo Villa,
commanding the insurgents. This re-estab-
lishes peace in the republic, and leaves the
national authority unquestioned. Panama
advices state that the republic Of Ecuador has
been declared in state Of siege, and tho
governor clothed with the extraordinary facul-
ties provided for by the political code OF the
country. The governor appeals to the Chiefs
officers and soldiers to assist him in maintain
ing order and sustaining personal security.
President Moreno was assassinated in the cor
ridor Of the public treasury, in the afternoon,
as previously reported ...... Corday Harris,
chief of the negroes arrested in Georgia for
attempted instruction, has been tried, found
not guilty, and discharged. ... One Rehm,
the teller OF the Planters National bank Of
Louisville, Ky, reported to the police that
three men took him from his bed to the bank
and made him open the vault, from which they
took 100000 and then chloroformed and
stabbed him. Rehm was afterwards charged
! A. 4 alo rl,oro
he had bid the $780, 900. .....A train on the
Waikiki (N.Y.) valley road went through q
rotton bridge near Goshen, while having on
board an immense crowd from camp meeting,
and twenty-five people were more or less in
jured but none killed outright.
A special dispatch from Berlin says that after
the recent appointment Of Muhmoud Pacha as
grand vizer Of Turkey there is less hope than
ever of the insurgents coming to terms 80.
Signor Pietro yaini, an italian artist resident
in this country, committed suicide at City
Island, near New York, under singular cir
cumstances and from inexplicable motives
While reciting some verses from the tragedy of
Phaedra, at clambake, and just as he had
uttered the words "God, who judgeth all
JHLiSb, Will dlbO JlluSo uuiS dCO vi Hills, uc
suddenly placed pistol to his head and blew
his brains out, to the horror Of the assembled
guests, who at first thought it was part Of
the fictitious tragedy but were convinced Of
the true nature of affairs upon lifting the body
from the ground. ... Advices from Hayti
tate that seventeen followers of General
Canal, who are now under the protection of
the United States minister, Mr.. Bassett, were
condemned to death on the twenty-ninth Of
July; and it was stated that the government
contemplated forcible entry into the Ameri-
can consulate to take the refugees into GUS
tody, they having been condemned as muir
derers and assassins by the Haytian Tribunal
.... A German ministerial order has been issued
declaring that the bishop of Paderborn has
forfeited his rights to citizenship by his depar-
4ure without leave from the city in which he
was "interned." "A slight shock of earth
quake was felt at st. Thomas, West Indies.
The association for the reform and codifcation
of the law of nations was formerly opened
at Hague. Delegates from the United States
were present =. The secretary of the treasury
has issued calls for the redemption of s13, 600,
600 of fve-twenty bonds for 1864 Of which
$4,000, COO are on account of the sinking fund.
900. The post-ofice department has changed
the color OF. the two-cent stamp from brown to
red. The seven, twelve and twenty-four cent
stamps will be withdrawn .... The Atalantae
won the four-oared race over the Beaverwycks.
at Troy, in eight minutes and thirty-four and
and-quarter seconds. Courtney won the single
scull over Riley, of Staten Island in nine
',,,;, a,NI ,;x, t., ~,
oar Union Springs won over Beaverwycks and
Neptunes in eight minutes and fifty and one.
half seconds.
Rehm, the bank teller Of Louisville, who
robbed the bank and then confessed, has been
held in $4,000 bail. His property has beef
: attached by the bank, under charge of embez
zling ...... Six murderers were executed a
Fort Smith, Arkansas, at one time. James II
Moore, white, one of the unfortunate men
shot a sherif's officer who was pursuing hin
for horse stealing. Daniel II. Evans, white
murdered a man last November. Sam. W
, Tooy, quarter black Cherokee murdered
young man for $500. VIM. J. Wilmington
white, murdered man in the ChIckasav
nation, while inflamed with drink. Edmond
| Campbell, colored, killed man and woman
5 The other was Smoker Manklief, a full-bloode(
= Cherokee ...... The London Telegraph say
; the prospects are favorable for the hop har
vest, which has already commenced. Damag,
{ done by mold and vermin is below the average
, The London Times, in its financial column
says sit is known that we shall have t,
import sn unusually large quantity of wheat
and it is equally certain that all the mailing
: barley will have to come from abroad" w
Owing to a rainfall of seven and half inche
within few days great damage is announced
in the central provinces of Japan, farms beinl
flooded, houses and bridges demolished an,
+ upwards OF $4,000, 900 in produce destroyed
There were also great many. lives ost :. TIL
: Chinese troops refuse to follow the nborgine
3 into the heart of the island Of Formosa, an
e have revolted by regiments The savages re
3 main master of the situation, and the Chimes
: military operations have been suspended. .
I Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile in two minute
=, and fourteen and half seconds at Hartford
: Conn, in an effort to beat her own time of tw
minutes and fourteen seconds . Heav
rains washed away abutments ON the Chicag
=, and Northwestern railroad, near New JeffeI
son, Iowa, and cattle train went through tn
: bridge at that place. Twelve cars wer
r smashed, and nearly all the cattle killed
!, There were no men seriously injured -. Th
s Boston and Charleston steamship sompany
e organized in 1872 with capital of 800, ,O0(
# has sunk its entire capital, and has additions
/ liabilities to the amount of $125, 600. TIL
steamers have been withdrawn