The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-01

WINE coupling an engine 10 tram,
A vein Of coal eleven feet thick has
been discovered in Scioto county, Ohio,
about eight miles from Portsmouth.
A colored boy, Z years Of age, died il
Washington on Sunday morning from the
effects of drinking half pint of whisky
from his fathers bottle the day before.
Two girls, aged respectively 0 and IL
years, were drowned while crossing the
ice at North Andover, Mass, on Saturday.
a mammoth steer from Oregon is al.
ready en- route for the Centennial Il
stands nineteen hands high, or six feet four
inches, measures twenty feet from tip to
tip, and weighs 5000 pounds.
Wild turkeys are said to be exceedingly
plentiful this season around 0akville,
Texas, and that it is very poor hunter
who cannot kill fifteen or twenty in an
afternoon
A coal miner named Lee was assassina.
ted by two other miners named Dawson
and Estept, near Charleston, w. Va, on
Saturday evening. They stabbed him
thirty-thrce times.
The Secretary of State has issued cir.
cnlar letter on the Spanish Cuban question
to the European governments asking an
expression Of views on the subject of Gu
ban Intervention.
While workmen were repairing rail
road tunnel ut Riverton, Ky, on Sunday
morning, piece Of rock weighing several
tons fell upon them, killing three and
badly injuring fourth.
At Trenton, N. j., Monday, running
race of 100 yards, for $500 side, took
place between John F. Crossley, of Frank.
ford, and George King, of Trenton. 1t
was won by Crossley, in l /! seconds
The Rev. Henry Bochm, the oldest
Methodist preacher in the United States,
died Wednesday at his late residence, on
Staten Island. In June last he celebra-
ted the centennial anniversary of his birth.
L. L. Pierson, member of the Louis
lana State Legislature, was shot dead in
difficulty" with Cosgrovc, editor of the
Vhdicator, at Nachitoches, on Sunday.
The quarrel arose from abuse of Pierson
in Cosgrove's paper,
kilograms from San Francisco speak Of
continuation Of the trouble on the Mex.
lean border. An engagement at Sonora
between the State aud revolutionary forces
resulted in the defeat Of the former, a
number of whom were killed and wounded.
The Maryland Coal Company have, du-
ring the season just closed, shipped by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Underwater,
l9,344,3l2 tons of coal, the greatest guam
tity ever shipped by any company in one
season, with, perhaps a single exception.
The cotton crop this year is said to be
the largest ever produced, and it is esti-
mated that it will bring return of over
three hundred million of dollars to the
Cotton States. A portion Of this wealth
should be used in building more cotton
factories at the South.
Mr.. Shaughnessy, Revenue Collector at
jackson, Miss, has applied for and OBJ
tanned military assistance from the Gov
ernment at Washington for the protection
of his deputy, who has been driven from
town to town by armed forces while dis.
charging his duties.
The wages of the operatives in the Pa.
cific Mills at Lowell. Mass will he redu.
ced 10 to 10 per cent. on January LIST
owing to the DEPRESSION in the price of
prints The mills employ 5000 operatives
The corporatiou saw thew are OBLIGED either
to stop their looms or reduce the cost of
production.
The Kingdom of Siam will partiein,te
in the Centennial Exhibition. and expepd
about slUO 900 in displaying its products
Mr.. John ii. Chandler. an American citi.
zen. has been apuoiu,ed Commissioner
and he was to leave Bangkok some time
during the present month, with the goods
for the exhibition.
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