The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
News Of the Week.


day, at her residence 10 Philadelphia.
john SchafFer, farmer near Oakland,
was recently killed ty falling limb Of a
tree.
Joe Coburn, the pugiist, has been con
yicted in New York Of assault with intent
to kill, aud sent to prison for ten years.
The Virginia House has passed reve-
nue. bill laying tax Of ono cent on each
drink sold at bar.
A San Francisco bride lately made her
wedding trip on vessel on which she
was born twenty years ago.
Judge Bacon, of Boston, has refused a
new trial to Guilford White, lawyer,
who was convicted Of receiving s25, 900 in
stolen bonds
General Sheridan passed through 0ma-
la Tuesday for Cheyenne, to perfect the
spring campaign against the hostile In-
dams.
Dr. Buckler Jones, the notorious ply
stefan of Baltimore, committed suicide, on
Thursday morning last, by cutting his
throat.
Nearly 100000 Germans are settled in
some forty counties in Texas, particularly
Comal and Guadaloup, and they are highly
successful as agriculturists.
A very old married couple named Minor
live at Fall River, Mass The husband is
more than one hundred years Of age, aud
the wife eighteen months younger.
Thomas Stevens was convicted at Ha-
gerstown, on Saturday, of murder in the
second degree, for killing his reputed
fatherin.law, William Hawthorne.
The Chicago Tribune thinks at almost
time that some vigorous man should take
hold of the religious newspapers and shake
the swindling advertisements out of them.
One of President Grants last official
acts was the pardon OF Smoot, Clayton,
New, Maigalg,s, Settle and Hale, the
Owen county, Ky, Ku-Klux, sentenced
in 1870
A new postoifice is established at Ara.
by, Frederick county, Md, on the Balti
more and Ohio railroad route between
Evansville aud Limekiln, with W. T.
Mullinix as postmaster.
The schooner Margaret and Lucy, from
New York for Charleston, S. C., went to
pieces last Friday night, on the north side
of the Baruegat Inlet All her crew, Eve
or six in number, are reported lost.
Detectives in Montreal believe that
Charlie Ross is living with woman in
the village of st. Jean Baptiste, near that
city, and they have communicated with
the police of Philadelphia on the subject.
The U, 5. ship Swatara has been order.
ed to San Domingo aud thence to Aspin.
wall the Adams to Valparaiso, by way of
Rio Janeiro; the Ranger to Hong Kong,
aud the Alliance to Lisbon, for duty on
the European station.
A telegram from Atlanta says that At.
torney General Taft's permission to illicit
distillers to plead guilty and 20 to their
homes has been taken advantage of BY 60
prisoners. Over 200 in all will be bene.
fitted by the governments clemency.
The Cumberland Ncrs of Wednesday
announces an entire suspension Of coal
mining in Western Maryland. Not sin.
gle mine is working between Cumberland
and Piedmont, aud not a pound of coal il
being shipped from the whole region.
Mrs. Mary Bailey who was attacked
by pack Of hounds while passing along
the road near her home at Pleasant Gan,
some three weeks ago, after much suffering
died of her injuries last Thursday. She
was not lar from seventy years of age.
Diamond cutting which has been mo.
nopolized by Amsterdam experts, is now
carried on by twenty-three young women
at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the shop
of Henry d. Morse, who learned the art
OF the lapidary from his Dutch EMPLOYEES.
The large iron six.story building. Nos
|, ) and D, Bond street, New York, was
burned OFT Tuesday night. 1t was occu.
pied by several firms, mostly dealers in
and manufacturers of wathes, jewelry and
sllverware. The loss is estimated at 81.
800, 900.
John q. Hoyt, long known and prom.
inent operator in railroads, has been de.
elared voluntary bankrupt in New York
city, Ills liabilities nre placed in his ne
tition at sl,730, S26.l5 The assets will
not exceed s225,0O0 in value, and will be
much reduced by litigation.
The joint special committee to ipyesti.
gate Chinese immigration made an inter.
esting report to Congress, in which il
recommends that measures be taken BY
the executive looking to modification Of
the existing treaty with China, and that
Congress legislatc to restrain the great
influx of Asiatics to this country.
The famous Edwards estate, valued Mt
$50 100000, in New York, which was
first advertised in August, 1870, is likely
to fall to the Matthews family, in Ken.
lucky, they having established lineal de-.
scent aud indisputablc claim to their share
OF the estate. The lease was made for
ninety.nine years of ground in the heart
OF the city, and expired only few months
ago.
A FIRE in St. Louis, on Sunday piybt
destroyed 2 large iron building owned by
General Allen, and occupied by Simon 4
Gregory, wholesale dealers in dry goods
and Clafiin 4 Co., wholesale dealers in
boots and shoes. The building, which