The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-08-19
News of the Week.

police force.
Dom Pedro, before leaving this country
left orders for $4,000, 900 worth of Amer
lean machinery.
William Gray, of Kent county, Del.
has three or four perfect apples growing
on very dnesrapo vine.
A. S. Abel, proprietor of the Baltimore
Saa, is seventy years old, and is said L
possess sl0,000,00O.
II is stated that Thos. Grecnly of Mid
dletown, Del has hen said to be % year,
old and has laid Mt least 5000 eggs.
A heavy hail storm prevailed in part,
of Maine on Wednesday Two inches Of
hail fell, and the crops were badly damag
cd.
Forest fires are raging near Fairfield and
Tuaco, in New Brunswick. About 2000
acres have been burned over near Fair.
field.
A total change of diet, with no medi
cine, is recommended by the Professors Of
Kings College, London, as an efficient
method of treating nervous diseases.
Upon the basis of the vote cast at the
last election, the Denver News puts the
population of the new State of Colorado ut
one hundred and fifty thousand
Nothing has been heard at army head,
quarters from Crook or Terry since the
advance against the Indians, and no credit
is attached to the published accounts OF
fights.
A freight train aud an oil train, on the
New Jersey Central Railroad, were wreck
ed by collision near Westfeld on Sat
urday morning, and four tank cars loaded
with oil were destroyed by fire.
Delegates of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, both North and South, met at
Cape May on Wednesday to arrange a
basis of union between the two sections of
the Church.
There is one committee at the Centen-
NAL Exposition that has not had vacancy
since the opening. 1t is the jurors on
wines, aud they have sampled over 800
ulHtTeul NuTlclleS.
1t is said upon the authority of reports
from trades unions that there are now
80, 800 unemployed workmen in New York
city. Six thousand of these are laborers
and the rest mechanics.
A resident of Brighton, near Cleveland,
Ohio, whilst boring in his yard short
time ago, struck ut depth of 40 feet, u
vein of gas, which is now flowing in sufii.
cient quantity to light the whole city Of
Cleveland.
The Italian steam frigate Vittore Eman-
uele arrived at Philadelphia on Wedues-
day morning, and exchanged salutes with
the receiving ship Potomac. A large class
of cadets are on board, who will visit the
international exposition during their stay.
Leon Vaudrey and Arthur Revert, of
Montreal, fought duel at Richford, VI,
on Friday. They fred two shots each,
aud Revert was shot in the leg The
principals and their abettors, six in all,
are under arrest. What they fought
about is unknown.
The proposals for the A. per cent. loan
of three hundred millions are now under
consideration by the Secretary of the
Treasury. As the Secretary desires to
close the matter as speedily as possible, it
is believed the award of the loan will soon
be made
The stables and car houses of the Cit
liens Passenger Railway. in Indianapolis,
were burned Sunday, with 80 horses, 20
cars and much more property. Loss,
$4,000. Thomas Hall, employed by the
company, was fatally injured, and died
same evening.
The New Jersey Ribbon Factory, at
New Brunswick, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday morning, with several buildings
adjacent. The flames were started by the
ignition of pail of cement in the mixing
room. The loss is estimated at $500, 900.
Three hundred and fifty hands were en-
ployed in the factory.
The accounts from Turkey are so conflict
ing that each days intelligence contradicts
the preceding Last week the cause of
Servia was represented as hopeless, and
that province was suing for peace. 1t is
now stated that foreign assistance has
strengthened Servia, and that the war is
to be prosecuted to the bitter end.
An cnterprising down-east widow, whose
husband was struck by lightning, turns
the manner of his death to profit by ex :
hibiting the room in which he was killed TO
admiring spectators, Admission costs 20
cents, and the curiosities to be seen for
the money are a shattered bedstead, bro,
ken mirror and a photograph of the man
after death.
An official despatch from Fort Brown,
Wyoming, dated the l4th, says that Sho.
shone Indian who came into camp report.
ed that he left General Crook on the 10th
well advanced on the Tongue River. He
thinks Crook struck Sioux village
on the nth or 18th. Small parties Of
Indians were watching and annoying hin
and burning the grass.
In the prison ut Toxic, Japan, there
were on July LIST, twenty-eight publishers
and editors Of newspapers, for terms rang.
ing from one month to three years, and
some of them were sentenced to pay heavy
and others light fines in addition to their
imprisonment These men are imprisoned
for exposing the wrongs, frauds and mi
quities of men who hold high positions.
Tbo ;o;nt saloct comm;ttaa 10 ;nyaet;,,o,o