The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-08-05
News Of the Week.

Feurst and Adler, two of the whisk,
ring conspirators in prison at Jefferson
City, Mo, have been released by Presi
dent Grant.
A diamond ring which a lady had los
while bathing in the surf at Falmouth
was recovered by means of dredge madC
of fine wire netting.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, has organized a
vigilance committee TO "clean out thC
thieves and plunderors that are now stalk
ing through the country"
Gen. William II. +. Lee, eldest son Of
the late General Robert Il. Lee, is sue
cessful farmer in Fairfax county, Virginia,
and drives a stunning pair of mules.
While a man was shearing sheep neal
Atherstone, England, several days ago, one
of the sheep butted him SO violently in the
stomach that he died from the effects.
Several buildings ia Rhomere, Cass Co.,
Mo-, were demolished by tornado on
Saturday morning. A woman and child
were killed, and an old lady fatally injured.
A school of mackerel became entangled
in celgnss in Chauncey's creek, near
Portsmouth, n H., the other day, and
about thirty barrels Of them were caught
by hand. .... ....
Gallants are scarce at Saratoga. One
young fellow towing three, sometimes five,
young ladies down to the spring, or from
one hotel to another, is not an uncommon
sight.
There are now in the State Prison at
Auburn N. Y, fourteen hundred and for
ty-eight convicts, larger number than
have ever before been in the prison at one
time.
A scow containing 10 excurtionists sank
in Bawbees lake, near Hills 1ale, Mich.
on Tuesday afternoon, and nine Of them
were drowned. Five of the victiLs were
women and one child.
Colonel Wilson a retired merchant of
Lynn, Mass, who has been for some time
labOring under paralytic stroke, was re-
Gently cured by the excitement he under
went in killing mad dog.
Jacob Nunnemacher, convicted Of whs-
Ky frauds at Milwaukee and pardoned
recently by the President, was released
Monday on paying his fine of $40, 900 and
the costs of the trial.
California is building half dozen rail.
roads. The most important ono is the
Southern Pacific, which will probably be
in running order between San Francisco
and Los Angeles in September.
A fire occurred near Frederick on Sun.
day morning by which about 1000 bush
els of wheat not yet thrashed, aud 20 tons
of hay, stacked in shed on the est te of
Samuel Hoke, were destroyed by fire; loss
$4,000.
The importation of beef into England
shows considerable increase for the first
six months of the present year, the figures
being 81 900, 900 worth for 1876, against
81 100000 for the corresponding six
months In 1874.
Mr.. Henry p. Hamill, son of Hon. Pat
rick Hamill, of Oakland, has accepted
charge under the Baltimore Conference Of
the NJ. L. Church South, and will DO sta
toned at Springfield, Hampshire county,
West Virginia.
David Pcyton Jones, alias Nat. Jones,
notorious burglar, who escaped from
Baltimore City Jail on the 25th of May,
was arrested in Brooklyn on Monday
morning A large amount Of stolen goods
was found in his possession.
There is death under green vail A
child in Troy, who had been put in crib
for a morning nap with vail over his
face to keep the flies from worrying him,
sucked in arsenic and coloring matter aud
died in commissions.
Ga the steamer Strasburg, which arrived
ut New York on Friday, were two young
hippopotami, two African elephants and
four giraffes. Fifteen goats were required
on the passage to supply the hippopotami
with milk.
In Pawtucket, while clerk in the fur
niture store Of Mr.. William b. Read was
breaking up an old desk which had been
purchased three years before, he touched
spring and a drawer opened, from which
dropped three twenty dollar gold pieces.
A young French Canadian is said to
have accomplished the feat of walking on
the water. He has pair of very large,
canoc-shaped shoes, which bear him up
and enable him to keep his balance. He
recently walked about mile on the 0tta-
wa river.
An extra freight train from Washington
ran into a train from Annapolis Junction,
near 0denton, Nd, Monday morning, and
threw one car across the track. Mr..
Barnes Compton, State Treasurer Of Ma
ryland, was severely injured, and two or
three other persons were slightly hurt.
Raphael Williams, colored man, raw
ished white woman named Mrs. Davis,
at her own house, at Camden Point, Mo-,
last Thursday night. He was arrested the
next day, and lodged in Jail in Platte City.
Monday morning, about 12O armed men
entered Platte City and hung him to a
tree.
The increasing interest taken by for
eigners in the Centennial Exhibition is
shown by the numbers coming from Eu.
rope. The demand for passages by the
White Star Line from Liverpool during
August and September next is so great
the managers experience difficulty in fur
nishing accommodations.
The passenger lists of steamers from
Europe show largely increased number
of visitors to this country. One Of the
favorite lines il is stated, has SO many ap-
plicants for passage in August and Sep
TENDER, that considerable difficulty is ex-
perienced in furnishing the desired ac-
commodations.
Glass chimnies that won't break A
Pittsburgh inventor is reported to have
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