The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-05-12
Ole Bull viii sail for Europe to.day.


The Handetfestiyal in London will have q
chorus Of 1000 voices.
The Columbus, Ca, Enquirer has seen q
green rose il smelled nice.
The Philadelphia Exposition is the Cen.
tennial, slightly boiled down.
The Tuscan straw hat is the fayorite with
Paris belles nice one is 500.
Chas. H. Grumley, young Rronaut, offers
to cross the ocean in balloon.
The popular new play, "Ah SIM will be
presented in Baltimore, next week.
The mission to Austria will most probably
be rendered to james Russell Lowell.
Sir Edward Thornton and family sailed
from New York on Wednesday for England.
A family in Schuylkill county, Pa, was
recently discovered who subsisted on dog
meat.
Gen. Hancock inspected Fortress Monroe
and the artillery school on Tuesday. He il
| in Richmond now.
There we're ffty.four deaths from small
pox in London last week, being the lowest
number since December.
An English white woman married negro
In New York city, last week, and white
Pennsylvania woman married negro al
Titusyille this week.
Mrs. Judge Dent has just recovered, b,
| Hon. Caleb Gushing, her attorney, in a Law
suit, $4,000 Of an old Spanish claim, il
which her husband, before his death wa,
interested.
Reports Of the condition Of the fruit crot
in fifty places in Ohio, published by the Gin.
cinnatti Commercial, show that the peache,
/ hovn laaV partzugt,s sr..-oA -. Al.
while the small fruits have been but slightly
damaged.
A letter from Deadwood, in the Black Hill.
country, dated April 20, says that snow had
fallen daily during the preceding two weeks
One day and night II inches fell. Though
the nights were cold the days were warm,
consequently the flooding of the gulehei
caused nearly total suspension Of placer
mining. The quartz mills, however, were
reported to be yielding largely. A surveying
party had ascertained the distance from
Kearney, Nebraska, TO Deadwood to be 20C
miles
Salt Lake, Utah, advices confirm the re.
port that members of the famous Nauvoo
Legion are drilling and arming in view Of
| future trouble with the United States author.
tiles on account Of the Mountain Meadows
massacre. Brigham Young, in a recen,
speech in the Tabernacle, gave the Gentiles
to understand that IL they wanted blood they
could have plenty Of it. There are 100000
Mormons and 100000 Gentiles in Utah.
The grand jury will meet at Salt Lake on the
2lst, and the subpenas are issued for for.
midable number of witnesses in long smother
ed up murder cases.
Advices received at the Navy Department
Washington, D. c. May 0, from Buenos Ayres
are to the effect that in consequence Of the
| drought and the intense heat which has pre-
vailed there for weeks, but small portion OF
the crops in the upper provinces will be saved
and much sutferiqg, it is feared, will result to
the people. Little or no rain has fallen for
weeks. The streams and small rivers have
almost dried up, indeed so much so that ia
some places fish are found purifying in the
scorching sun. Intense anxiety prevails as
to the fate Of the "Campasn up the Uruguay
river. 1t is reported that in the province Of
Entire Rios the fires prevail to great extent,
and have for the past two weeks, compelling
the passenger steamers up the Uruguay river
to anchor in consequence Of the heat and
smoke.
! The Mexican border troubles were consid.
cred in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, and
! il was decided that the organized depreda.
tons upon the property of American citizens
in Texas must be stopped without further
delay by the Mexican authorities. The State
Department will Immediately reopen cores.
pondence with the Mexican Government
on the subject, and, unless Mexico promptly
takes measures to prevent further incursions
on our territory, our military forces under
General Ord will probably be authorized to
cross the Rio Grand in pursuit Of the marau.
Ian from the Mexican Government disapprov.
ing the action of the Collector Of Customs OF
that port in regard to the American schooner
Montana. The U. S. steamer Lackawana
now remains at Mazatlan merely to await the
adjustment of damages.