The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-17
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100000 TO sl2O,OO0 year.
The rivers in the south of France are
rising with alarming rapidiiy,
/ Twelve railway lines in Switzerland
have been interrupted By inundations.
| The father of eight daughters in GRIND
HAVEN Michigan, has made musical
band Of them,
The Liverpool Courier says the number
Of steamers lying idle lin Liverpool and
Birkenhead is Unparalleled 10 the history
Of commerce,
DR.. George Cook, President Of the Bing-
ham Hall Insane Asylum, at Canandaigua,
was stabbed to death Monday morning by
an insane patient named Brown.
A telegram from Montreal says the foot
and-mouth disease has broken out with
great virulcncc among the hogs at Clare
mont Hundreds are dead aud dying
Statistics show that the productions Of
silver in the whole world in 1900 was $685.
DOC, 900 in 1850, s42, 500, 900; in 1854,
s47 10000 in 1868, s62, 900; and
in 1873 $4,000, 600.
The grand review OF the troops at Phil
adelphia on the 18th Of July will take place
in front Of Independence Hail. and the
ceremonies of the day will take place in
Independence Square.
Out of 1873 deaths in Baltimore last
week, 100 were Of children under one year
of age, and 81 of these died of the cholera
intantum; 20 of them on one day, Satur-
day,when tho heat was excessive.
New York pays her Governor the largest
salary Of any State in the Union, s10, 900
a year. Michigan, Nebraska, New Hamp.
shire, Rhode Island, and Vermont each
pay their Governor 81 200 year
Two members of the staff of Gen. Jack
SON. who were present ut the battle of. New
Orleans, now reside at Carrollton, Ky.
They are Major Thos Butler, 81 years old,
and Gen. VIM. o. Butler, IS years old.
Michael Doan, AGED %, was kicked and
beaten to death by Thomas Mcdonnell ir..
in Baltimore county. Md. ON Friday after.
noon of last week A dispute about a
board bill due by Dol,n to Mcdonnell
was the cause.
The floor of AN unfinished Catholic
church at Hontzdale, Pa, gave way Sun
day morning during the service, precipita.
ting the congregation into the basement,
killing the contractor and wounding about
thirty persons some seriously.
The Charleston IS. ca Courier publish.
es accounts of pitiful distress in f,olleton
district, in that State. In three townships
over seven hundred persons are without
bread, and these townships, it says, are not
in an exceptionally bad condition.
All the mills of the Spraeue Mauufaetur.
ing Company at Providence r. l. will
shut down as soon as the stock in hand
can be run out. The Hamilton Print
Works at Lowell, Mass, have suspended
operations in consequence of a strike of
the calico printers
Jacob Nunnemaeher and Christian Gun.
ther, convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the revenue, were sentenced at Milwaukee
Monday, the former 10 Eve months impris
onment and fine of $4,000 and the latter
to three months imprisonment and fine
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The trial Of George d. Lord for compl.
city in the New York canal frauds, termi.
mated at Buffalo on Saturday in verdict
of guilty. The penalty is fine of not
more than $4,000, or imprisonment for not
more than five years, or both, in the dis.
erection OF the court
In the town of Bethel, Sullivan county.
n. Y, strange disease of malignant
type has made its appearance among the
Several have died recently after
a few hours illness. The physicians orc
baiiled in their efforts TO deter !
mine the nature of the disease.
Two men own GOO 900 acres of land in
San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys. Cal.
ifornia, upon which they pay about $40.
900 yearly in taxes. Their names are Lux
and Miller, and they began their business
lives in San Francisco as butchers without
any capital. The land is used as meadows
and pastures.
The n. Y. kaolin Company has pur.
chased for 500, 600 the farm Of Thos II |
Jones, Calvert county, Nd. on the patux.
ent river, at the mouth of Lyons creek
The farm contains u valuable deposit of
Kaolin Ia clay used in making .porcela;nl |
which has been worked the nost wear hy
the New York Company.
A rival of Blind Tom bo. bae, Fam, a
at Blount Springs, Ala in tho nerson ~
James Harden. a colored bow from R,ti.
more. He PLAYS the guitar and s;nos the
most difficult music exeent;onallv well and
is also something of a comnoser He has
received no instruction bpt i mas, am
phaticaly a natural born musician
L;sbtn;nc s,rnoL =, ~ IN,
e. ps ~ 9euoA au vi wen near Brad
large iron tank, CONTAINING ., ooo hn,.oi.
of oil. was DESTROYED tooetber Win savoraI
small wooden tanks and ;vo 81 80 Ie' s
all loaded also several dwell;nns 4 a v
Der of wells caueh, fire a"I wero h nu
damaged. Estimated loss s1o5 ooo
m,