The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-10-16
THE DEMOCRATIC ADv ATE,
FURNISHED EVERY SATURDAY
WILLIAM II. ,yANDERFpRD,
oTylog. no. ., CARROLL aGli
News of the Week.

The women Of Massachusetts, have al
r. Apdy collected nearly $4,000 for the Nation.
d Ceutennial.
THE consumption Of crabs is so great in
VA anco that there is danger Of the supply
bed oming extinct.
So abundant is the English apple crop,
In ii in some parts Of the country cider is
r4tailed at penny quart
james w. Hewlett, Water street, Bal
timOre, dealer in hides, leather and oils,
isiled on Wednesday. Liabilities s75 900.
-Four Ice houses Of the Boston Com
many, at Woburn, Mass, were dhtroyed
on Sunday evening by an incendiary fire.
A young woman in Illinois, without
money, obtained two dollars, wherewith
to procsed to Chicago, by pawning her
glass eye.
westeryelt, charged with being one of
the abduetors Of Charlie Ross, was senten.
ced in Philadelphia on Saturday TO seven
years solitary confinement.
Twenty cigars per head are annually
manufactured for every man, woman and
child in the United States Forty years
ago two was about the average
Two Boston amateurs had prize fight
10 settle quarrel on Saturday, which
resulted in the death Of one Of them after
a fight Of three hours, in which % rounds
were fought
The death record Of the District of Co.
lumbia for the week ending the ID inst,
shows that the mortality per thousand per
annum was Is among the whites and A
among the blacks.
The Patterson Guardian says that the
outlook for the locomotive works Of that
city was never darker than at present
There is scarcely any prospect of work for
the coming winter.
CAPTAIN Bogardus, the pigeon shooter,
was arrested In st. Louis on Saturday, on
application of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, for shooting
at a match the day before.
War has begun between Liberia aud
the aborigines, who are commanded by
several educated natives. An engagement
took place on the 18th OF Sept ember, in
which some fifty were killed and wounded.
The Cotton Exchange Of Memphis offers
premium Of $1,000 for the best bale Of
cotton Of the present crop grown in any
county tributary to Memphis This pre-
MUM bale is to be sent to the Centennial
Exhibition.
Treasure troyc, in the shane Of fifty
gold sovereigns, was dug up few days
ago By boy In sewer excavation in New
York. The coins bear the stamp Of the
reign Of George w., and had evidently
been buried for safe keeping.
In the suit of Edwards, against the
Ottawa River Navigation Company, at
Ottawa, Canada, for damages for the des-
truction of his mills, last summer, by
sparks from steamer, the jury has awarded
the plaintiff 500, 900.
Utter lawlessness prevails among the
miners in the coal regions around Potts
vile, Pennsylvania. Men are shot and
stabbed, houses, stores aud barns are being
plundered and burned-neither life nor
property is safe. .E
CT, Heard, charged with kloniously
assaulting two little girls at Cobyers Ga,
month ago, was convicted on Saturday.
Immediately after the announcement of
the verdict he committed suicide by swat
lowing morphine.
Henry Tyson, Of Baltimore, has been
appointed receiver Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company under foreelu-
sure, upon application Of creditors. The
road runs from Richmond to Huntingdon,
on the Ohio river
The United States District Attorney at
Washington, Friday, brought :uit in the
District Court 10 behalf Of the United
States against G. w. Balloeh for sl6,652,
balance due by him as Chief Discussing
officer Of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Rev. II. L. Hastings, the revivalist, who
was with Moody aud Sankey in London,
preached from the eastern portico of the
Capitol, at Washington, on Sunday, to an
audience of 5000 persons. He was aided
by vocal and instrumental music.
Another puddlers' strike is expected in
Pittsburg this winter The manufacturers
have asked the puddlers for reduction of
one dollar per ton, which would make the
rate $3.50, and the puddlers insist upon a
sliding scale and say they must Ego out,
If a reduction below the market price of
irOu is attempted 4 p
George Spear, colored, was hanged on
Friday, at Atlanta, for feloniously assault
ing and numbering . white girl of 10.
Although fully identified and convicted,
he protested bis innocence, and declared
himself the victim Of a conspiracy. lie
was thirty years Of age, and leaves wife
and Eve children.
The barn, stable and other outbuildiugs
on the farm Of Daniel j. Foley, in Howard
county, Md, were burned on Friday night,
with eleven head Of cattle, two horses, and
aquantity Of grain. The fire started in a
hay NOV, wherea tramp was sleeping,
and is supposed to have been caused by
sparks from his pipe.
freight train on the New York Cen
tnl Railroad, running ut considerable
speeN. left the track in Rochester on Sat
urlaf morning aud dashed into the walls
oftbI depot, The locomotive, tender and
pr " he train were smashed up, and
ibe IL Bot was partly demolished. VIM.
Vao,n Ieueinecr, and Andrew G. Northrop,
freman vere killed.
Tbs ouss Of George Forrest, at Bay
Civ N. H.. was entered carly on Friday
mo,a; 10y by some unknown person, who
pOurs% ! hd on the face Of Mrs. Forrest as
she sS deep Her face is horribly burn
cd "a 7, 9 viii probably lose her eyesight.
hhs ,sed the outrage was committed
Whose suit had been rejected by
sgih w, slept with Mrs Forrest.
wun., PelnbertOn, accused of horse
s,ssllss "a taken from constable at
pto,,s mn at one O'Clock on Saturday
mo,r,.5 II, .,.naaf twelve men and
lynshs'S 4s>s1 riddled with shot,
- .h.n hangad ftnra ~ trae - The con