The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-09-08
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OF the 200 inmates Of the Maryland Poni-
tertiary, 400 are wholly ilhterate.
The Eagle Flour Mills at 0akyille, ILL.,,
with $1,000 bushels Of wheat, were burned on
Monday. Loss, $4,000.
The wheat crop Of Ohio is estimated at
87,SO0,0 600 bushels, and the farmers Of the
State will probably clear S5O,000,00O.
Mrs. Irene House, who became insane after
being acquitted Of the murder of her husband,
and was pronounced incurable, has been re-
leased from the Trenton Lunatic Asylum.
There is lady at Eureka, California, who
a dozen years ago, was married in $1,000
dress Now she takes in washing to support
a drunken husband and three pairs Of twins.
The steamer Montreal, new boat, plying
across Lake Champlain, was burned TO the
waters edge in Maguam's bay, on Monday
night. She had only made asingle trip. No
lives lost.
| A National Convention Of Colored Masons
met on Tuesday in Chicago. About 10 dele
gates were present, representing nearly all
the States The object of the gathering, it is
stated, sis to unite the Colored Masons IN this
country" I..t
Frank Mcdonald alias "Big Frank es-
capped from the Jail ut New Castle, Del,
key. He was confined for the robbery of the
Delaware Bank, in Wilmington, in 1878. 1t
is his third escape.
A courier from General Howard arrived at
Bozeman, Montana, on Sunday, and reported
| that the General was at Lower Geyser Basin.
A small party of Indians had killed man
named Dietrich at Mammoth Hot Springs,
and burned a bridge on the Yellowstone and
ranch.
Since May |, when the local.option law
went into effect in Calvert county, Md, many
citizens have avaled themselves of the bars on
the Weems' line Of boats to quench their
thirst Much to their disgust, an order has
been issued closing the bars on the steamers
at the Calvert county wharves.
| During the recent visit to Smyrna Of the U.
| s. Minister to Turkey, he was waited upon by
deputaton of the Jewish residents, headed
by their Grand Rabbi, who expressed their
thanks to the Government Of the United
States for its solicitude for the welfare of the
Jewish people in the Ottoman Empire.
| The commission TO treat with Sitting Bull
and his followers left Washington on Thurs.
day for st Paul, Minnesota, where it is to sit
on the 18th inst. The terms it is instructed
to offer the chief are unconditional surren'
der. Crazy Horse is prisoner at Cheyenne,
and his band dispersed. He attempted to
escape on Wednesday night but was Killed.
A question having arisen as to correct
gauging Of spirits shipped by the West Chica.
go Alcohol works TO Toledo, barrel was
emptied and the barrel taken to pieces, when
il was discovered that the wood around the
bung.hole had been reamed out and the op.
posite stave gouged out, so that the quantity
Of spirits was apparently increased gallon
or more. The alcohol works have had to pay
5000 as drawback on account Of this fraud.
1t having been ascertained that nearly 40.
900 foreigners are at present living in San
Francisco, many of them in destitute crcum.
stances, a number of ladies met in that city
the other evening and organized society," to
| be known as the 'San Francisco Ladies'
Foreign Evangelical aud Philanthropic So.
cety.h The object of the organization is to
help the families of foreigners who reside in
that city.
The next triennial session of the General
Convention Of the Episcopal Church will be
held at Boston, beginning October 8, and
continuing about three weeks Between $50
and 400 delegates will be present. Among
the important topics TO come up for consider
alton are the proposal to change the name
protestant Episcopal Church to something
else, and methods for simplifying and facili
| tatlnB missionary WORK.
The suit of the widow of Robert f. Lee for
the recovery Of the Arlington estate was again
before the U. s. Circuit Court at Alexandria,
Va, on Tuesday. BY consent of the coun.
sell the hearing of the question as to the
Jurisdiction of the Court war postponed until
the January term. The point made by the
defence is that the United States, being in
possession cannot be sued; but the plaintiff
contends that the parties in absolute posses
sion are sued, not the United States.
The New York letter of the Philadelphia
Ledger says AS another unmistakable evi.
dence of our increasing export trade, and Of
the certainty of ready market for our sup
plies of breadstuffs I'd provisions in Europe,
the fact is worth stating that since my last
feet Of British iron steamships, about twenty
in all, have been chartered at this port ''to
arrive" for ports in the United Kingdom or
to the Continent, at eight shllings per quarter
for grain and forty.fve shilings for provisions
The Dover, Del. Sentinel saws On Sat.
urday afternoon, Mrs. Hugh Mccall noticed
her clothesline shaking, and knowing that she
had hung her husbands coat on the line q
short time before, she went to the door and
looked out, and saw q tramp making off with
the coat. Picking up doubled-barrelled
gun that stood behind the door, she ordered
him to drop the coat. Not needing her de.
mand, she fired the gun over his head. As
he paid no attention to this, she put the con.
tents of the other barrel in his back, about
midway from his head to his heels, causing
him to drop the coat and jump about feet
off the ground.
The Hebrew New Year commenced yester-
day at sunset The festival of the New Year
is one of the greatest and most sacred in the
Hebrew calendar. The services are impress.
sive, and the principal prayers are for the ap.
proach Of the day when all nations shall wor.
ship one God, cease strife and be gathered
under the banner of brotherly love. The
cornet is sounded several times during the
services to remind the worshippers of the Day
of Judgment. and also to prepare them for
the Day of Atonement, which occurs ten DAYS
after New Years day. There is an old He.
brew tradition that the destiny of each human
being for the next year is written down in the
Book of Life on the New Year and sealed on
the Day Of Atonement. The day is marked
by total suspension of business among Is.