The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-04-21

Ross Winnns was worth only about one
million of dollars. His son Thomas counts
his millions by the tens or twenties.
The Monitors Passac Wyaudotte and Mon.
tauk left Norfolk Va, Tuesday morning for
Washington, where they are to be laid up.
About fifty persons left York county, Pa,
last week for the West. The Dispatch fears
that harvest hands will be scarce il this exc.
dus continues.
St Loais pays its police 5000 per annum ;
Philadelphia, S9l2 Baltimore, 1896 Chiea
go, $1,000; Boston, l,OS5, New York and
Brooklyn 81 200.
\ The new assessment in Frederick county
Md, amounts to S27, 1905 which is an in
crease Of 81 ,l0l, 100 over the old valuation Of
property in the county
William Scott, a colored youth Of 10 years,
was convicted Of manslaughter in Baltimore
on Wednesday. He killed James G.. Kirk,
aged 10, month ago.
Professor James II. Hackelton aged sixty,
President of Frederick Female Seminary, at
Frederick, Md, died there Sunday. He was
n graduate of BowdOin College.
At meeting of the Western Iron Associa.
ton on Wednesday ut Pittsbnrg the card price
for i!on was made two cents, which is nm adj
vance Of u quarter cent per pound.
! Two hundred thousand German colonists
/ in Southern Russia intend to emigrate to
! Brazil and other parts of America to avoid
draft into the army. The emigration has
already begun.
! The commission to considerthe Washington
monument, and the engineers reported that
/ the foundation is not sufficient TO bear the
additional weight of the structure, but they
make no recommendation whatever upon the
( subject
| The trial Of Mrs Mary Il. Ashton, in the
I Criminal Court, for the forgery of the names
of Havcmyer Il Elder, Of New York, to a
check drawn in their favor by Stoneburner d
Richards, Of Baltimore, was concluded Tues.
day by verdict Of acquttAl,
| Mr.. f. Westcott writes from Bridgeton,
/ Conn; 81 have COW that in the last %
| days has given her weight in milk, which is
$50 lbs; she is not yet years old is I Jer.
| sey, ! Durham; her milk is 20 per cent.
cream aud quarts make III. and OF. Of
butter
Edmond b. Quincy, clerk in the Distri.
button Department Of the New York Post
Office, was arrested Tuesday, harged with
abstractng packages from the m ails. Proof
Of his guilt was found upon him. Quincy
confessed that his populations sXte nded over
year,
The Russian Grand Dukes Alexis and Con.
stantine arrived in Washington on Wednes-
day, and dined with the President on Thurs.
day. They were received at the Washington
depot by the Russian Minister and large
concourse of citizens, among whom were
many ladies.
Reliable accounts are received from dis.
tricts in Nebraska which have been most
afflicted with the grasshopper pest, and they
state with much pOsitiyeness that there will
be no great trouble, this year. In many
places the eggs were completely destroyed by
the cold weather.
The Charleston Neics and Courier is inform.
ed that Rev. W. II. Scott, the colored
preacher reported to the New England Meth.
odist Conference as having been assassnated
ut church door, on the Sabbath, sis alive
and we'll and performing his pastoral duties
without molestation, in Marlboro county,
South CAROLINA"
The Media american says that Mark W.
Baker, of Mddletown, Pa, has been heavily
afflicted during the last few weeks. First the
mother of his wife died then two of the chill.
dren after this Mrs. Baker SO bewailed her
loss that she became insane, and in this con.
dltion gave birth TO child which died soon
after, and now we have to record her death.
John Mcnamara, charged with the murder
of Ellen Callahan, his sweetheart, in Corn.
ing N. T., year ago, was arrested in Chica.
60 last week. He is only 10 years of age. 1t
is said he killed the girl in fit of jealousy.
He says he has no recollection Of committing
the crime that during the year he has wan.
dered through Europe and this country, and
that he was only two days in Chicago when
arrested.
The Masons and citizens generally Of Cleve.
land, Ohio, are making extensive prepare.
tons for the reception and entertainment Of
the Knights Templar Of the United States and
Canada, who are expected to assemble in
that city in August next to attend the con.
Glaze of the National Grand Encampment.
1t is anticipated that it will be the largest
gathering of the kind ever held in this
country.
The Secret Service Division Of the Treas.
nary was advised Tuesday of important ar.
rests Of counterieiters at Greenpoint, Pa, St.
Louis and Wheeling. Thomas W. Marion
was arrested at Greenpoint He formerly
represented Green county IN the Pennsylva.
mia Legislature. This ex legislator sold coun.
terieit money to Treasury detective, and
boosted that he had frequently addressed
the State House Of Representatives when he
had his pockets full OF counterfeit money
Some very sad scenes are reported to have
been presented at the close Of office hours
"Wednesday at the Rareau Of Engraving and
| Printing, the occasion being the dismissal of
\ some three hundred Of its employees. The
unfortunates were Of both sexes, and included
/ press girls, printers, copyists and others, and
| the knowledge that the blow was to come
does not seem at all to have diminished its
severity. The trouble is said not to be ended
| yet, and that there will be fully six hundred
more dismissals before the middle of May.
Rhode Island has 2,0l9 manufacturing es
Establishments, with an invested capital of
nearly S50000,000, and employing So, I5O
hands, to whom are paid in wages yearly the
sum OF $23, 707, 5l3, or an average of about
Si20 each. The raw material used is valued
at SIC, 1890, and the value of products
yearly is $l2d, G5D, sT5. There has been
large increase during the past year in the
number of establishments engaged in manu-
featuring, and in the results of tn cir business.
There are 1876 cotton factories, with capital
OF 81 1884, 200, employing 22,574 hands, and
yielding goods worth .$3s,027 800.
Col. A. II. Mcclure, editor of the Phila.
delphia Times, was assaulted on Monday last,
by Nat Mckay the notorious naval eontrac.
'hSoS NiVNhNN III lht HhlS
and removal of the old Navy Yard at Phila.
/ delphia, were exposed in the Times, and for
which Mckay brought suit for libel, but
failed to recover. Confronting Mcclure with
whip, the stalwart editor was too quick
for him, aud seized and choked him, shaking
him like terrier would rat Two hired
ruiiians who were with Mckay dealt Mr.. Nc
Clure several blows about the head and face,
but he grappled one of them while the other
made his escape. The police quickly inter,
posed and Mckay and his fellow rufiian were
taken TO the Central Station and held to bail.
The hostile Sioux who surrendered to Gen
eral Crook at Spotted Tail Agency on the
lith, numbered about a 1000 persons, and
were under the Chief Roman Nose. They
gave up 1880 ponies and horses, and all the
arms in their possession, including many
carbines taken in the Custer massacre.
Five hundred Cheyennes are to follow the
example of the Indians under Roman Nose,
and surrender at the Agency on Wednesday.
General Crook, in despatch to General
Sheridan, says the disposition of the Indians
who have come in to the Agency seem good,
and Spotted Tail believes them honest in
/ their nrofaseinns rbnv lkod var,, ,,os;t;ua