The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-12-01
NeWs Of the Wesk.

California is promised this fall.
General Grant is having his portrait paint
ed in Paris by Mr. Healy, the American
artist.
A New York paper says there are 25OC
suits against Collectors of Customs pending
in New York City.
Moses II. Grinnell, one of the oldest and
most successful merchants in New York, died
in that city on Saturday last.
At Lowell on Saturday Mrs. Geo. II.
Thompson, a sister of Senator Sargent, OF
California, committed suicide.
The Lutheran Church in Beaver City, Pa,
has an oil well on its premises, and the flow
Is sufficient to pay all the church's expenses.
The Hutchinson family have reappeared in
/ New York, singing some of the old songs
That made their name famous twenty years
ago.
The total gold received for coinage at the
United States mints during the last fiscal
year amounted to 1882, SOL 70, and silver
S37, 429, 329.93.
Supervisors Egan, Pushee and Capin have
been indicted for auditing fraudulent bills
against Rensselaer,, county, New York, for
about fifty thousand dollars.
Mrs Mcclure, wife of Alexander X. Nc.
Clure, editor Of the Philadelphia Times, died
in that city on Saturday from an attack of
neuralgia Of the heart.
Henry Norfolk convicted at Annapolis of
the murder Of his wife, is to be hanged on
the 2lst Of December.
The pay of the National Guards of New
York for their services in queling the railroad
riots in that State last summer aggregates
nearly quarter Of a million dollars.
Mr.. George L. Brewer, of the Clearspring
District, Washington county, Md, raised the
present season on four acres Of meadow
ground 1903 bushels Of corn to the acre.
The farmers Of Cecil county, Md. have passed
resolutions to protect their sheep from dogs,
declaring that all dogs running at large shall
be considered at the mercy of the community.
An engine and construction train on the
Long Branch railroad we're upset near South
Amboy, on Sunday, by washing of the
track. Three men were killed and four
others injured.
A train on the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad broke through trestle bridge at
Fishing Creek, s. c., on Friday night. One
passenger was killed and several others were
slightly wounded.
Petersburg, Va, claims to have been huge.
ly benefited by the international British
celebration held there last May. Upwards
Of 5000, 900 have been invested in farms in
the neighborhood, and immigration is on q
most encouraging scale.
The board Of managers of the House Of
Refuge, Baltimore, on Monday passed a reso.
luton requiring the resignation Of DR.. Chas
A. Leas, superintendent, to take effect on the
Both November. Dr. Leas was charged with
cruelty in his acts of discipline.
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eral Miles, including Chief Joseph, arrived
ut Leayenworth, Kansas, Sunday evening
and were placed in the military prison Al
Fort Leavenworth, where they will be kept
until a reservation in Indian Territory j,
provided for them.
The whipping.post has been established ia
the State of Nevada, as a proper punishment
for men who iptheirlwiyes. We don't know
whether the good danes who correct their
husbands are punished in like manner or not
1t may be that "what is sauce for the gander'
is not "sauce for the goose" in Nevada
Mrs. John C. Green, of New York, ha.
deposited 100000 in the Philadelphia Trust
Safe Deposit and Insurance Company in trust
for the American Sunday School Union
The interest Of the money is to be devoted tc
the missionary work Of the Union and the de
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the highest merit.
In the case of H. N. Stiles, at Portland
Oregon, charged with perjury in connection
with the Grover investigation, the jury stooC
eleven for conviction and one for acquittal
and were discharged. A new trial was order
ed. The case Of W. B. Highly, indicted fol
subornation of perjury in the same connec
ton, is set for the 9th inst.
] a sn1a &c ,harnuuk hrnI ko,.o, -, NJ.
York, on Thursday week draft Of twenty
six from Colonel McDaniels stable brough
the sum OF $40, 1865, or an average Of S39S. 81
zach. The chestnut colt St. James, by Lex
ington, brought Sl665, the highest price o
the sale, and the bay FLY Lady Salyers By
Longtellow, brought $3.50, the next highest
price
Judge Towsend, at Columbia, S. c., OIL
Monday sentenced Cardozo, ex-State treasur
er, for fraud, to two years in prison, and Q
lind Of " 900, and one years Imprisonment
added il the fine be not paid. Congressman
Smalls, for accepting bride, three years in
prison at hard labor, and l.. Cass Carpenter
for forgery, two years in Jail and 81 900 fine.
Appeals will be made in all cases.
Last Thursday week, when the grand jury
Of Montgomery county, Md. asked to be dis.
charged for the term, the court instructed
them to return to their room and inquire
through whose neglect the county Jail still re.
mains in dangerous and terrible condition,
Notwithstanding frequent reports of grand
Jnries as to the matter. 1t is probable that
the county commissioners will be indicted fol
neglect of their duty in the premises.
On Monday portion of the Borden nine,
near Frostburgt Nd, fell in, imprisonine
John Davis and John Hagan. Hundreds Of
volunteers have been engaged ever since dig
ging for them, but up TO six O'Clock Tuesday
evening they had not been reached. The two
miners who were buried in the Borden mine,
near Frostburg, Md, were rescued on Wed.
nesday morning after being imprisoned forty
hours new opening was dug to them.
They had not suffered much except from
hunger.
The German immigration to Texas is
somewhat remarkable. Two hundred German
families, mostly gardeners, are negotiating
with the mayor OF San Antonio for the pur-
chase Of 10000 acres in the neighborhood Of
that city, while others in considerable masses
are settling in Fayette and Colorado counties,
In the northern part Of Texas the Germans
predominant, and under their thrifty man.
agement that region is becoming exceedingly
prosperous and lands are rapidly approaching
| in value.
Nearly 5000 men are employed at present
in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Altoona, Pa, 0fthis large force, 1000 are EN-,
ployed in the lower or car shops. During the
year 1876 this department of the works built
1853 passenger, 4 postal, 247 box, $40 cabin, %
stock, l4l3 gondola, and 2 gravel cars, be.
sides repairing 295 passenger and 1921
freight cars. Up to October s1st, this year,
the car shops have built passenger, postal,
sos box, 1900 hopper bottom and l6 cabin
cars.
The trial Of the twelve men charged with
riotinga Camden Station, Baltimore, in July
last, was finished on Saturday evening AZ.
ter the testimony closed the cases against
| Clayton, Seitz and Breckmeyer were aban.
| doned by the State. Nolan, Brent, Orem,
Merrick, Fitzgerald and Sauer, whose cases
were given to the jury, were found guilty and
remanded for sentence. The cases Of Lusby,
Walsh and Cook, on trial without jury, are
under consideration, the Judge rendered a
decision on Tuesday.
Between three and four thousands girls
now find employment in New York making
cigars in place Of men now on n strike. The
girls aptitude for packing is remarkable.
Their quick eye for colors enables them TO
| distinguish the different yarietiea ouicklv