The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-29
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occurred in New York last week.
The mines in the coal region around
Scranton, Pa, have all resumed work.
There was slight frost few miles
north of Port Jervis, N. Y, on Sunday
night
The New York coal combination an
nounce an increase of fifteen cents a ton
in August.
| Vermont newspapers are complaining Of
the rayages of the potato bugs in the fields
Of that State.
The gold in the vaults of the Bank of
France at the present time is estimated to
exceed 200 tons in weight.
The Piutes, it is said, are the only In
dian tribe that have increased since they
have come in contact with the whites.
Last year France exported to England
and this country false hair to the amount
Of 100 tons, valued at $780, 900.
liberty pole ITO feet high, made of
jointed cylinders of Bcssemer steel, was
erected few days ago in Cleveland, Ohio.
Five girls were drowned by the capsi-
ing Of boat near st. Joseph, Mo, on
Sunday. One of them upset the boat BY
reaching for lily.
The first batch of French workmen, who
visited the centennial exhibition as dele
gates from Paris, sailed from New York
for Europe Saturday on their return home.
An Iowa farmer cut open an old hornets
nest just to examine the inside arrange
ment He says he thinks he will be able
to see his barn in about two weeks.
Mrs. West, Miss Billings, Miss Hayden
nd young child were drowned at Hap.
indian, Iowa, Friday night by the upset
ting of boat in which they were sailing
with two others.
A little boy was attacked by three water
snakes in Yoluntown, Conn, the other
day, and when his father who rescued him,
came up, all the snakes were wound around
the child's body,
Destitution is prevailing so largely
among the poorer classes in Brooklyn
that it has been made a subject of inyesti-
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supply of Boston, is slowly drying up, but
the Transcript says that no cause exists
for public apprehension, as Sudbury river
can be turned into the lake at short Ho-
tice.
hnp"S 'no "iSi1,cS Y"aS iii,e oeeh 'aAen
i!o'l 'ic runs Vi oas'ie uuraeh are so'er-
siSss anu napo,eons, ineleeu 10 masses 0,
n al metal, ana losly- nVe goie anu
si,'er Watches inc iat'er very little muir
~. i,
nmou sh' ar'iI'cs eAiip,'eu d. tne
Cen'enniai ny Oa'aua Is iead pencii
n leee lons, - iee' thlGk' ana weighing -
ON pounus' ~ Is u ions piece Oh p'uinDa-
80, anu was taken from 4 mine eighteen
'hi'eS ironi o''awa'
a cloud burst in the Diamond Range
no our eh'r'een mics east OF EUREKA
C Ca.or' on ounuay nish.. thirteen
t InineSe r. mHou'cu''ers pcilSheu, anu mum,
oet Vi itaiihis are iiilss'ns ana SuPposcu
" i"'e snaieu ''o same ia'e'
1t has been estimated that since the list
OF April 75,OOO to $4,000 bushels of oys-
tiers have been taken from st. Michaels
river, Md, and sent to Jersey waters to
DC pian.eu, whi'e from other points large
shipments nave peen iiiaue also
An Iowa mother set her three months
old baby under tree near the house, while
she went into the garden moment. The
child's screams brought her to it immedi
ately, when she found that pet pig had
eaten OIL both the baby's hands and part
of its face.
Kansas is complaining that her crop of
cereals this year is too enormously heavy
for utilization. Millions of bushels of
wheat will have to be lost, the farmers say,
because it ripens too fast, and cannot be
got to market; and as to corn, the yield
is SO great that vast quantities will have
to be used as fuel during the winter.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
directed the Indian Agents at the Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies to turn
over their charges to the military officers
at Camp Robinson and Camp Sheridan
respectively. His object is to have perfect
harmony between the military and civil
officers near the agencies in the present
condition of affairs.
There are now in the United States
four hundred colleges and universities,
with nearly 81 900 students and 37Oo
professors and teachers. In addition to
these there are 200 female seminaries,
with 23,445 students and 22s7 teachers.
OF high-grade professional schools of vari-
Gus classes there are 322, having %, $50
students and 2490 instructors.
One hundred tons of American beef
we are told. are consumed every veal in
London. This beef is shipped from this