The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-01-27

AHN'NA ~ -
Tho Washington Chronicle, Radical, has
suspended publication.
During the past year 10000, 900 trees
were set out in Minnesota.
In San Francisco last year there were
1000 marriages and 253 divorces.
William Il. Lathey, lately City Solicit
tor of Erie, Pa, has been arrested on the
charge of embezzling $1,000.
A colored man named Ragland was
hanged at Tarboro, N. c., on Monday, for
felonious assault upon white woman.
Sonora Peres Glen, native Of Lower
California, is lao years old. She now
lives at San Gabriel with her youngest
daughter who is 80,
The receipts of the Patent Office for
1876 were 1857 ,9S7, and the expenditures
S6l2,552.s The receipts for 1875 were
s743,45 the expenditures 1921 ,65S.
The State Of Maine pays a five dollar
bounty for every bear killed within its
limits. Last year was apparently good,
or rather bad year for bears, for ga
were killed, costing the State S2750.
During the last year there have been
145 suicides, So homicides and 1873 cases
Of drowning in New York city. There
were, however, only II convictions for
murder of lowerdegrees and manslaughter.
The British Commissioner says that the
exhibition of Philadelphia was, without
execution, the greatest ever held in the
world. He praises especially our superior
manufactures in metal work, textiles and
chemicals.
1t is rumorcd at Fort Randall that, on
Thursday last, train Of fifteen wagons
and twenty men were captured by Crazy
Horses band while leaving the Black
Hills, aud all the men were killed. There
is no confirmation of the report,
Search is being made for the hidden
treasure of Capt. Kidd, the pirate, on
Money Hill, Ocean township, Monmouth
county, N. j. The reason of the search
is that pieces of Spanish coin were found
there years ago. The digging is carried
on after dark. Many choice legends of
COLLINS and gold hunters are told in the
locality.
The assessment of property in Dorches
ter county, Nd, amounts to S6,O64 1862,
an increase of sl33, 29I; in Garrett county
to 81, $50, 795, an increase of 1904, 1874,
and in Wicomico county S4,507 1871, an
increase Of S1l9,5lG; in Charles county
Nd, shows an increase of S240,306 over
the old valuation. In Allegany the in
crease is estimated at slS,OOO,OO0.
An Illicit distiller, named Redmond, ac-
companied by twenty armed roughs, sur
rounded the house of Deputy Collector
Barton, near Easby's, s. c., on the morn
ing of the 10th inst, and by threats Of
instant death, compelled Barton to pay
him 800. The gang then rode off with
one of Barton's horses. Redmond is the
man who recently killed Hendricks and
wounded Deputy Collector Barton.
1t is officially stated in Washington that
there is no statute under which u person
can be punished for having in his posses,
sion dies or moulds by which the coin Of
the United States eau be countcrfeited.
In two Southern cities, dies are now being
made for such purpose, and Treasury
detectives are aware of the fact, but must
wait for the "overt act of stamping the
metal before they can stop the nefarious
work, or arrest the offenders. In view Of
these facts Senator Sherman has introduc-
ed bill for the punishment of persons
making or having in their possession dies
or moulds for the purpose of counterfeiting
coin.
Mrs. Mary +. Ashton was arrested in
Baltimore, on Monday, on a charge Of
forgery. She had robbed the letter box
corner of German and Howard streets OF
two letters, one of which contained check
for s2500, sent by Baltimore firm to
one in New York. She endorsed the
name of the New York firm on the back
and presented it for payment at the Ma.
tional Exchange Bank, in which bank the
Baltimore firm kept their account. The
parties in New York were summoned by
telegraph and on Tuesday they pronounced
the endorsement forgery, She is now
held in default of bail for action of the
grand jury.
4 dispatch from Baltimore says thai
Col. Harwood, Lighthouse Engineer, re
ceived on Wednesday details of the opera
tons of the steamers Heliotrope and
Tulip, sent to the relief of Hooper
Straits lighthouse, carried from its station
by the ice, on the lth inst. The light
house was found adrift five miles from it:
location where the steamers securely an
chored it. A small boat was seen on thu
hard ice a mile from the station, with NJ
one in it. Nothing had been seen of Johr
Cornwell and Alex. $. Conway, keepers Of
the light, but it was believed and hoped
they had succeeded in reaching the shore
The ice was running heavily.
John McKernan and wife we're recently
arrested in Cincinnati for dealing in coun
terfeit money, and Miles 0gle was arrested
in the same city for manufacturing the
article. 0gle has since made confession
to government detective by which thu
latter obtained on Wednesday over ont
hundred finely executed plates, among
them plates for the manufacture of tel
dollar notes on banks at Richmond, Lafay
ette and Muncie, Ind. He also obtained
10000 counterfeit fifty cent pieces, which
had been buried in a suburb Of Cincinnati
These pieces so closely resembled the
genuine that none but experts could detec
them.
The chief signal officer reported Sunday
night that the Mississippi river had riser
% inches at Cairo, 3 feet 6 inches Al
Memphis, II inches at Vicksburg, and I
inches at New Orleans, but was stationary
from st. Paul to St. Louis. The Cum
berland river had risen II inches at Nash.
vile. The Monongahela river was falling
after having risen feet 2 inches al
Brownsville. The Ohio river had risen
feet 10 inches at Pittsburg, aud 8 inche,
at Louisville, and fallen Is inches at Gin
ciunati. II was feet above the danger
line at Louisville, aud 2 feet 3 inches
above at Cincinnati. The Potomac, after