The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22
News Of tho Week.

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: The lobster fishermen of Long Island
Sound complain Of Il very poor success this
year.
1t is stated that the crops in Western
Iowa were never more promising than at
present
A Florida man raised 300 bushels Of
cucumbers, and sending them to New
York early made $4,000.
The copper mines of Newfoundland are
being developed with great success, and
large deposits of lead have been discovered.
The swiftest regular trains between
Washington and Baltimore run forty-two
miles Of the distance in fifty minutes.
Mr. Geo. NJ. Pullman's cottage at Long
Branch was robbed of $1,000 worth of
diamonds aud jewelry on Tuesday night,
Great depression is reported in the En-
glish iron trade, and it is thought tho crisis
can hardly pass without n general break
down
Alexander Myers was arrested in To-
ronto on Sunday, on suspicion of having
stolen S22, 900 worth Of diamonds in the
United States.
Mr.. Moody will commence his revival
labors in Boston in January next. Chi
cago will be his field Of operations for the
last quarter of 1876
The Marshal President of France has
given the four splendid black horses sent
him by the Emperor Of Morocco to the
National breeding studs.
1t is asserted that, unless the New Eng
land fishermen discontinue catching cod
fish in the spawning season, this species Of
fish will be exterminated.
Bishop Cheney has been nominated
Presiding Bishop Of the Reform Episco-
pal Church, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Bishop Cummins,
The college races at Saratoga on Wed
nesday, including the university, the sin
gle-scull and the freshmen races, all re-
suited in favor of Cornell
The steamer Baltic caught FIRE four miles
below Albany, N. Y, on Wednesday night, |
and burned to the waters edge. The
vessel was valued at Si0, 900 crew saved
The eight hundred Cheyennes and ST.
oux who left Red Cloud agency to join the
hostile Indians have been intercepted by |
Gems. Crook and Terry and driven back.
4 son of Jefferson Davis belongs to the
Chickasaw Guards, of Memphis, the com
pany which recently rendered its services
to the Government to avenge the death of
Custer.
The forest fires at Cape Cod have de-
stroyed between 800 and 1000 acres of
woods. The fires have been nearly ex-
tinguished, and no further loss is antici.
pated.
Mrs. Annie johnson was murdered in
lcavcnworth, Kansas, on Monday night,
by Louis Earlmein, whom she had sever
al times refused to marry The murderer
escaped.
The village of Freedom, Pa, was delu-
ged Thursday week by heavy rain. The
flood swept away the house of Thomas
Lighthill and his wife and four children
were drowned
Miss Rye, known in connection with
efforts to find homes for INDECENT English
children in Canada, recently sailed from
Quebec for Liverpool to bring over anoth-
er lot of little ones.
The peach trade opened with the Early
Beatrice on the LIST of July, Hale's Early
made their appearance in market this week.
General shipments will not commence until
the LIST of August.
DIR. Richard s. Stewart, well known
physician of Baltimore, died in that city
on Thursday 18th inst in the 10Th year of
his age. He was for long time Superin-
tendant of the Maryland Hospital for the
Insane.
Intellectual advancement in England
is shown by the fact that the total amount
Of moneys voted in Parliament for Educa-
ton, Art and Science, has increased from
s2,353,810 in 1852 to s16,390,l95 in
1876.
Prince Carl Oscar, second sou of Oscar
III. of Sweden, has nearly completed an
extended tour through this country. The
Swedish man -of.war, to which he is attach
ed as midshpman, will sail from Phila-
delphia this week.
General Crook tclcgraphs General Sher-
idan from Goose Creek, Wyoming, that
the Sioux have three fighting men to his
one, and that he will defer an attack until
he is Joined by the Fifth Cavalry, when
he expects to end the campaign with one
crushing shower.
The people of St. John, Newfoundland,
are enjoying an unexpected pleasure this
season. An immense iceburg, fifteen hun
dred feet in height, has grounded just
outside the harbor, and the temperature
of the town has been reduced thereby to
delightful state of GOODNESS.
Constant rains in Middle and Southern
Ohio during the past few days have done
much damage to the growing crops, and |
washed out fences, roads, and railroad
tracks. A waterspout near Londonyille,
Ohio, has destroyed several fields of wheat,
one hundred sheep, and several hundred |
feet Of railroad track.
The Carpet Manufactures Of Phiadel-
phia, we are informed from census of |
that branch of industry taken by lead
ing establishment, employ 651 power
looms, have capacity for producing an
nually twenty-five millions of yards of
ingram and venetian carpets, total much
larger than the capacity of all the other
carpet factories Of the United States
Jacob socey, citizen of Clearspring,
Washington county, Nd, was stabbed, it
is thought fatally, Wednesday, in fight
with Col. II. W. Dellinger, also Of that
place. The latter was committed to the
custody of the sheriff, and he appeared
before Judge Motter at Hagerstown on
Thursday for release on writ Of habeas
corpus, as it is claimed that the stabbing
was done in self-defence.
A serious FIRE was started in the woods
of Cape Cod, near Wier Village, on Tues