The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-05-05

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The miners strike in the Hooking Valley,
Ohio ended on Tuesday, the operators yield.
ing to the demands of the miners.
A schooner capsized near Racine, Wis,
on the 10Th or 30th ult., and broke in two.
Three persons on board are supposed to have
persisted.
DIR. VIM. d. jerks, well. known citizen
Of Frederick, Nd, died on Tuesday morning
lie had practiced dentistry in that city over
30 years,
There are exhibited in San Francisco
apples fully matured from blossoms that
lowered last October at Petaluma. Il is a
very rare occurrence.
In San Jose, California, farmers find pep.
pcrmint a paying product. Michigan gets
twenty. eight pounds, while San Jose realizes
forty pounds of oil from an acre Of plants.
1t is reported in Washington that the mum.
Der of pension agencies in the country will
will be reduced TO twenty. The present
number ofpenSion agents is about fifty.
The money articles in the various London
papers Wednesday agree in stating that it is
generally expected the Bank of England rate
of discount will be raised to three per cent
The Dominion Government has presented
each of the Canadian Commissioners to the
Centennial Exhibition with gold medal and
an address in recognition Of their services at
Philadelphia,
Junius Butus Booth is said to have been
the first person TO use bones as a fertilizer in
Maryland, He mades the experiment fifty
years ago in Beair, Hartford county where he
had n farm.
During the month of April 70 newspapers
,.gtaIls.h.A ..,A 4 Ill a.
United States, showing fewer changes than
for many months. The new papers included
81 weekes, and Of the suspended papers A
were weeklies.
The Toledo BLADE publishes crop reports
from three hundred places in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, showing ex.
cellent prospects for the corn and wheat
haryests. Wheat especially is in better con.
dtion than for several years.
The city buildings and many private resi-.
dences in Louisville were Illuminated and
decorated with flags on Tuesday night in
honor Of the action Of President Hayes in
Withdrawing the troops from the Southern
States. The celebration was non-partisan.
The northeast portion Of the roof Of the
new post.oilice buildingin New York tumbled
in Tuesday afternoon, killing three men and
injuring several others. Aparty Of men were
at work putting new order in place to
strengthen the roof when it fell,
Insanity, once unknown among the negroes
has become great and increasing afilction.
To relieve it Virginia has established an in-
sane asylum for negroes, said to be the only
one in the world, where more than 800 Of
them are cared for.
The Governor of Pennsylvania issued war.
rants on Tuesday for the execution Of We
convicted murderers, namely: Andrew Ian
ahan, of Luzerne county; Edward and Mich.
ael J. Doyle, and John Donohue. of Carbon
county; and Thomas Munley, of Schuylkill
county. All are to be hanged on the same
day, june 2lst.
Hon, Henry Waterson has accepted an
invitation to deliver the memorial address
ut the decoration of the graves Of the Union
soldiers in the National Cemetry near Nash.
vile. In his letter of acceptance he says he
feels that ''the American soldier who gave
up his life for his opinions was his comrade,
''no matter where he fought"
The Providence Tool Company alone has
supplied Turkey with halfa million Peabody
riiles-quite enough to equip a small army
and that without making any enormous profit
for its stockholders. The Winchester Arms
Company, Of New Haven, has furnished Tur-
key with five hundred million rounds of am
munition. The Smith 4 Wesson Manufac.
turing Company has furnished Russia with
200, 900 rcvolvers.
A clerk was arrested in the newspaper de
partment of the Boston POstollice on Wednes
day by special agent, who had in his pos.
session thrtytwo stolen letters. He has
been operating successfully, it appears, for
several months, combining himself almost ex-
clusivey to remittances Of religious bodies
and missionary contributions, The letters
found on him were addressed to the Amer-
can Board of Foreign Missions.
A delegation Of Hebrews called upon the
President on Monday and called his attention
to the unhappy condition of their brethren in
Roumania, who are prosecuted both by the
Christians and the Turks. The President re.
ferred the delegation to Secretary Eyarts,
who, after hearing the statements made by
the spokesman, the Hon. BENJAMIN f. Pick
otto, promised TO take the matter into con-
sideration with view to reestablishing the
American Consulate at Bucharest.
A San Francisco telegram states that I'M
der the Desert Land Law, passed at the last
session Of Congress, lew capitalists and
political managers Of California have taken up
about $4,000 acres Of land in Keru county,
in the southern part of that State. Much Of
this land lies along the river bottoms and
along the line of projected irrigation canal,
and it is alleged that the greater portion of il
is not really desert, and that the act was
loosely framed in the interest of certain
parties. .a
There was a riot in Quebec on Friday night,
growing out of the presentation to the City
Council of resolutions adopted at a public
meeting condemning the various corporation
committees for extravaganza and also for de-
termining to reduce the police force. The
passages and galleries. Of the City Hall were
packed by mob, who compelled the Mayor
and Council to adjourn in haste, and they
upset stoves and chairs and smashed win.
dows. The police were powerless, and the
militia, being called out, remained passive,
but the rioters finally concluded to dispense
A decision in the suit of Ann Eliza against
Brigham Young was rendered by Judge
Schaeifer, in Salt Lake City, on the 2lst ult.
The Judge decides that the plaintiff is entitled
to decree of divorce, the alleged marriage
being polygamOus, aud therefore null and
void: also, that, 'duriug the time plaintiff
was with defendant as polygamous wife, she
was serving him as a mental servant, and
would be entitled to reasonable compensation
for her service but, having received in this
instance, ia the form of alimony peRoieRte lite,
more than such services are shown by the
proof to be reasonably worth, she should 60
hence without further compensation
On the 9th ult., a young man entered
the State Savings Bank in st. Joseph, Mo-,
and presented letter from Ogden, Brown &
CO., of New York, introducing B. c. Quinn,
and recommending him to the Bank. The
young man then drew $1,000 on certified
check on the National Park Bank, of New
York, for $4,000, leaving the balance on de
posit A few hours later the Cashier noticed
similarity between the writing of the name
Quinn in the letter and his signature on the
back Of the check. He telegraphed to New
York, and found that no such check had been
certified. Quinn was arrested at Weston,
Mo. He gave up the money, and is now in
the st. Joseph Jail.
On account Of the prevalence of scarlet
fever at Annapolis, Admiral Rodgers, Super.
intendent of the Naval Academy, has estab.
lshed number of sanitary regulations Ia
prevent the introduction Of the disease among
the students. All young persons and children