The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-10-21
News Of the Week.

Four Cinnamon nave Jolucu DupJlst
church ia North Adams, Mass.
There was snow at Norfolk Sunday and
also in the ueighborhood of Richmond.
The Ute Indians in Colorado and New
Mexico are reported to have assumed
hostile attitude.
A Connecticut couple, the other day,
attended wedding on horseback, in the
style of l776.
Several cows have recently been killed
in Wayne county by browsing upon wild
cherry leaves
The British feet at Halifax, N. S., has
boon ordered to remain there until further
ORDERS instead of proceeding to the West
Indies for the winter MS usual.
The Pacific Mail companyS steamer
Colon was seized at Now York Monday,
at her dock, by the city marshal, for
slS0,O00 taxes due the city.
AT sale of short-horu cattle at Win
chester, Kentucky, on Friday last, full
prices were obtained, ranging from ST.
300 to $4,000 each, aggrcg ting $4,000.
The schooner G.. W. Lewis, from Savan-
nah, put into Hampton Roads on Sunday
morning in distress, with yellow fever on
board. Two of her men died Sunday
night.
The English cotton spinners refuse
longer to be bound by the regulations,
concerning wages, and the mills will close
next month, throwing 10000 operatives
out of employment.
Two young men were recently hanged
by yigilants in Llano county, Texas, for
cattle stealing. Later Developments show.
cd that the cattle found in their possession
were hired from stockman at some dis
lance.
The schooner Attempt, loaded with coal,
was wrecked at Cape Yormentine, N. s.,
on Sunday, and her crew of five men per-
ishcd. The schooner Hopewell was wreck
ed at the entrance to St. John harbor, but
her crew were saved.
The Peoples Bank at Manchester,
Michigan, was entered by burglars last
week, the safe blown open and over
$4,000 in currency stolen. They depart
ed unmolcsted, turning the bank card to
the street so as to read "bank open"
A number of tramps and drunken mi
ners engaged in sancuinary riot near
Shamokin, in Northumberland coal region,
on Saturday, during which two of the
tramps and one miner were killed No
arrests had been made.
Two thousand school children from
Pittsburg were in Philadelphia on Tues
day, After parading some Of the streets,
visiting the Independence Square and
hearing an address from Gov. Hartranft,
they proceeded to the exhibition grounds.
At Jefferson City, Mo-, Monday morn
ing, George Backus, feeble old man,
was assassinated by James Myers, son of
the Sheriff Myers had been too intimate
with the daughter of Backus, and had
been forbidden to continue his visits to
the house.
Cook st, John, centenarian, died at
Walton, New York, on Wednesday week,
at the advanced age of 1903 years, months
and II days. He is reported as having
been conscious until within three days Of
his death, and could converse readily and
intelligcntly on all subjects.
1t has been several weeks since Charley
Ross was discovered, but he now turns up
again. A man named Benners has
been arrested in Philadelphia, who says
that he knew Mosher, who made the alb
duction, and that he also knows where the
boy is secretcd, having seen him within
three weeks.
A few nights since two masked men
,entered the office of the county treasurer
at Knoxville, Iowa, and, drawing revolvcrs
forced him to deliver the contents Of his
safe, $4,000. The robbers told the treas
urer they were the James brothers, and
that they wanted to make q raise to effect
the release of their Mortified partners,
Louisville was visited on Tuesday morn
ing by the most destructive fire that has
occurred there for many years. A number
of large mercantile establishments, with
their stocks of goods, were destroyed, and
other valuable property was greatly dam
aged inc to'sl loss, cy m ,,: acJ 1'I,
being not lar from nan m'i''On Oh aoiiarS
BY the explosion of four boilers at the
Carbon Hill coal mines, GoOchland county,
Va, Tuesday, two men were instantly
t'lled ana one injured oeveral psi'u1 IN,
IN the nelghoorhood were wrecked lne
accident was caused Dy tne gross careless
ness in turning water into the ooilers aitei
they had been allowed 10 become exhausted
Work on the Manchester and keene
Railroad, in New Hampshire, has been
stopped by the inability of the contractors
to pay their debts. The destitute work
men having become riotous, the Governor
was requested to call out the militia, but
he declined to do SO, and police force
mas been sent from Nashua anu mahcneS'
ter to the scene
Capt james Howard, well-known
Rkaa mhoat builder of JaffarsOn Vile Ind