The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-05-06
News Of the Week.

n woman IN Oonnecticut uleu recently
from the effects Of excessive laughter
Mrs. McRae, one hundred years of age,
was burned to death ut Toronto on Friday,
while sitting at the fireside.
Chief Justice Gilpin was taken sick in
court at Dover, Del, on Saturday, and died
one hour afterwards Of heart disease
Mr. John W. Garrett has given sl5,-
900 to the Peabody Art Gallery, Balti-
more, to be expended in statuary, &c.
On farm at the Gap Lancaster coun
ty there are chestnut fence rails, well pre-
served, which were made in 1760--llG
years ago.
Two men were killed and boy was
fatally injured at Cambridge, Ohio, on Sat
urday, by the falling Of house on which
they were at work.
1t showed at Quebec all day Sunday.
Snow fell ut Auburn, N. Y, for several
hours, the thermometer being at the freez-
ing point.
The torpedo boat Alabama will leave
Washington for Philadelphia in a few days.
She will be exhibited as curiosity of ma
val warfare
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company on Monday reduc-
ed the salaries and wages of their employ
es ten per cent.
About one hundred colored men left
Washington on Tuesday for the Centenni-
al in Philadelphia, where they have secur
ed employment.
The value of postage stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards issued during
April, was SO, 450,S9O. The number Of
postal cards issued was Is ,226,500.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment, the crack
corps Of the country, will participate in
the grand military display in Philadelphia,
on the Fourth of July, and return on the
9Th.
0risin Boyd, his wife, and two children,
while crossing the East branch of the
Delaware river, near Hancock, n. Y, on
Monday, were drowned by the capsizing
OF their wagon.
The Pennsylvania House of Represen-
tatiyes on Monday expelled H. j. Petroff,
a member from Philadelphia, for corrupt
practices in connection with the passage
of the "Boom bill"
Mr.. Lynott, member Of the Pennsyl-
vania House of Representatives, from Lu-
zerne county, has been expelled by that
body for receiving bride in connection
with the vote on the Boom bill.
The skeleton Of man, supposed to have
been murdered year ago, was found on
the mountain near Frackvile, Schuylkill
county, on Sunday. The skull was frac-
tured and the nose broken.
james o Brien, of Boston, steward on
U. S, Revenue steamer Hamilton jumped
overheard and was drowned off Cape Hen
ry, last Thursday night Every effort was
made to save him, but without avail.
The Marine Disasters during April, to
vessels belonging to, or bound to or from
American ports, numbered 81. The value
Of the vessels destroyed, inclusive of their
cargoes, being estimated at 100000.
At St. Henedine, Quebec, on Thursday,
a seamstress named Labouillier killed Mrs.
Murphy, for whom she was working, and
then tried to get away with all the valua-
bles she could carry, but she was arrested.
The Empress of Brazil is somewhat sur.
prised and astonished at American assur-
ance and pertinacity. She receives fifty
cards day from Mrs. Jones, Smith and
Brown, and she wonders who these people
are.
The Naval Appropriation bill, appro.
PIRATES about sl2,700,000, against ST.
10000 last year. The reductions are
mostly in the items for the Bureaus of
Construction, Steam Engineering and Re-
pairs.
Ralph l.. Rollins aud b. johnson were
convicted at Chambersburg, Pa, on Sat
urday, Of attempting to rob the National
Bank of Chambersburg, on the 9th of
March. They were sentenced to eight years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Chinese quarter Of the town of An :
tioch, in California, was deliberately burn
ed on Sunday morning by the whites.
The Chinese were warned to leave, but
those who remained until their houses were
burned fed unmolested
Fever is making sad havoc among the
Americans in Rome. During the last
week niue dead bodies of our citizens were
sent to Lcghorn to await transportation to
the United States. The excavations now
being carried on at the Campus are said
to be the cause Of the sickness.
The bonded warehouse of Harrison
tombstone, at Versailles, Kentucky, was
destroyed on Sunday by an incendiary fire.
1900 barrels Of whisky, valred at S112,-
600, were consumed. An explosion of
gunpowder occurred just before the flames
broke out
A skiff containing four boys was capsiz-
ed bya squall in the Delaware, about three
miles from New Castle, on Sunday after
noon. The boys chung to the bottom of
the boat, but were repeatedly washed off,
and two of them named Myers, were
drowned, The other two were saved by
three gentlemen who put off from the
Shore
A Philadelphia newspaper sounds SOL
emn warning to the residents and visitors
there during the Centennial 70 beware of
thieves The city is full of them, not only
those that have focked there from other
cities, but also great number who have
come'from Europe to practice their pro-
fession among the crowds aud at hotels and
private houses.
The American Competition in foreign
markets grows steadily, and it causes con
siderable anxiety to producers abroad.
The report is made from Birmingham in
the London jouranls that Birmingham
merchants recently returned from the con
tineut of Europe give very gloomy ac-
count Of trade prospects. They say the
American tool and implement makers APP
pear to be competing successfully with the
English manufacturers of those goods in
all the markets of markham Eurona and