The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-02
News of the Week.

taihecr ioT clOiuOU 10 w estern man.
William Robertson, aged lO5 years.
died at his residence on Laurel Creek,
Clay, county, Ky. on the 3D. of December.
Fifteen bears have been killed this win
ter on the Blue Ridge mountains, in
Rockbridge county, Va. between Whites
Gap and the james river.
Thomas Corr was shot and fatally
wounded by Christian Ecks, in Brooklyn,
on Saturday night, while in the act Of
stealing chickens in Ecks' yard.
Mrs. Mary Cabrill was fatally burned
in Baltimore on Friday, by the explosion
of a coal oil lamp. She had Just finished
trimming Christmas tree for her children.
A company of New Orleans capitalists
are about establishing extensive Ice houses
at Mantle, Conn. whence they will ship
ice to New Orleans during the summer
months.
Mr. Z. I. Barnum was the recipient
on Christmas day, Of handsome span Of
horses, valued at $4,000, the donors being
Messrs W. c. Coup, Dan CASTILLO and s.
II. Hurd, his managers.
A box of live rattlesnakes was recently
upset in museum in st. Louis, at timo
when il was full of visitors. The crowd
speedily left, and the reptiles were cap
tured before any damage was done.
Roger Williams watch was exhibited
at recent meeting Of the Rhode Island
Historical Society. 1t is still running,
and is apparently in as good condition as
when he wore it to this country in 1881.
Mr.. George Murray, of Racine, Wiscon-
sin, disposed of fourteen short-horn cattle
for 100000, the purchaser being the
Hon. II. NJ. Cochrane, member of the
Canadian Senate, from the province of
Quebec.
DIR. II. j. Glenn, of Jacinto, Colusa
county, California, has raised and haryes-
ted this year, on his own ranch, GOO, 900
bushels Of wheat. This is equal to 900
tons, and will load eighteen one thousand
ton ships
The dangers of dissection are recalled
by the death Of DIR. Richard Ingls, "the
most eminent physician in the State of
Michigan" who died at Detroit last week
in consequence of handling an anatomical
Subject"
A young widow adyertiscs in Cincin-
natl paper that she has an income of three
thousand dollars year, and will marry
any man, young or old, who possesses the
same means, and can produce certificate
of good character
Mr. II. +. Durant has spent 81 900, 900
on building near Natiek, Mass college
exclusively for the female sex. Every
officer and teacher in the building, from
the president and professors downwards,
is to be woman"
At New Albany, Ohio, on Friday, the
charred remains of man named Van
Werder, who had been missing for several
days, were found in the fireplace of his
house. His son, aged 10, confessed that
he stabbed his father.
Charles Summers sister, Mrs Hastings,
has sent from San Francisco to Wendell
Phillips one of her brothers large Hunga-
rian glass pitchers. 1t is of very peculiar
form, bears a Dutch coat of-arms, and is
probably more than century old.
la Oregon the canning of salmon has
been overdone so that prices have deteri-
GRATED to such an extent that the Gamers
have gone to canning beef instead As
they can buy cattle in Oregon for q cents
pound, there Is margin to work on IN
the business
The funeral of Mr.. Rinehart will take
place to-day, at twelve O'Clock, from the
residence Of his brother, Mr.. T. Thomas
Rinehart, Baltimore. The remains reach
ed Baltimore Saturday last, having been
brought to New York by steamer Austria
ian from Leghorn.
Sixteen large cases containing Struggled
opera glasses, silverwarc, &C., valued at
twelve to fifteen thousand dollars, were
seized Saturday in New York by special
Treasury agents The sworn contents Of
the boxes were "shclls manufactured into
boxes, work baskets" &C., the value of
each box being stated at about forty dollars.
FL. Il mt,
a.nah.a. a., ~ hn;n I".",,
Seeing her fathers barn on fire, she got
a pail of water, rau towards the blaze, and
tainted on the way. The barn was
destroyed, and her father, rating her in-
tentions by the low standard Of her failure,
warmed her shoulders with strap.
Wharton Rrotbers & "a iran mann.
facturers fled their net;t;on in banlrnntcv
at Pittsburp on Tuesday The aggrepate
Of liabilities Of the firm is s2l953I The