The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-13
News Of the Week.


ago she was bitten by a pc; dog.
The Worcester and Somerset, Nd railroad
eight miles long was sold on Tuesday oil las.
week at Trustees sale for forty SIX hundred
dollars to George A. Rahm, Of Ph'ladelphiG.
On Friday night the Western abu.ment OF
the large iron bridge across The Missouri TTlNe,
at Atchison, Kansas, tumbled into the nyerr
with the whole Of the 10 feet wall and 20
feet Of the emhaukmeut
The 6nAl council with the Sioux delegation
took place At the White House on Tuesday,
and resulted in an understanding that they
should remove TO the new reservations recon-
meaded BY the Presideat-
Major CrAghill in his report on the i'm
prOyemsnt 10 the entrance Of Baltimore bar
Dor estimates the amount that can be prohtA
bly expended in that wogS dgrtug the hseat
year eadiag June 80, 1879, at SlSS,OO@
The s.. MiehasTs Co-se. ard advertiser
states that large numbers Of horses IN that and
adjAeen, eosates are dying fr0n the blind
s,aggers. and a large namber Of hogs are
dyiag fron a disease supposed 70 be sFiehiaA-
Joha II. Haaley, psoninea, citizen Of
FrOs;burg, Nd, and MAJOR OF the Second
Maryland L. : Volunteers during the var,
committed saiciie By shooting himself on
Saturday evening. He had beea a. invaiid
for several years
The Cape Cod Five Cents Saviogs Bank
has temporarily suspended ia consequence OF
a run, during whicA nearly 100000 vas
paid cot. Ths Allegheny Savings Baak. a.
RJtsbgrg has also suspended. and the Ter
zaa American Bank d Quiacy, Illinois.
Funk Pah enc Of The most influential sad
respected Of the Chinese merchants Of San
Francisco. sailed frum that city several DAYS
ago for China. % VISIT the districts from
wh;ch Chinese smigraiiog 20 san Francs SEQ
priaapaiig comes, ali, II possible 20 tissuaie
his eUdnrymsu tom coming 10 his country.
A pghlic meeting Of the sitlans q Mont
somery county, M, Wi be held AZ Rockville
on ha lith Of Octubar, for The relief Of the
inmates Of the A.msaouse and Jail OF thai
county The meeting was suggested BY DR.
Chancellor rgp0r., and the cal Oc H s
signed BY 4 aamher ut ladisa and gentlemen.
jay Could has been brought 10 30ma peGu
mary greet By q Judgement against him &C New
YORK in ayor Of Bury 4 Eslsar for sea-,
66t To- They were employed BY Could IS
brokers 10 advance tle price ot guid, aud
Could having ieciidud sunni Of their trIlsac-
.ious alter gold declined.
A Gtiie BOY Oh ais way 30 mil. llar Ac3bn-
VILE, reunessee. went ludsr true " piuk tp
some apples. and dlunI segural pieces ut ST..
yer These be carried hame. when fur her
search WIS made, and over six hundred
pieces OF silver. buried lhirty.ivq ygaa ago
By an odd miser we're gncarthed.
Over two hundred convicts ia the psnilea-
tiary on Blackwcl's Island. New York, have
been ia 4 state Of revolt during the past wees
90 account Of the stoppage Of their hitherto
accustomed ratiuus OF tobacco, but the an
thorites thought SATURDAY evening that they
had the malcontents under subsection.
An oil train on the Lake Shore Railroad
broke into sections az the crossing At Paines-
vile, Ohio, Tuesday morning The sections
cOllided and left the track; tank OF crude
oil exploded and ten or eleven oil cars and
the gainesville and Youngstown Railroad
building were consumed.
The thriving town Of Nckeesport thirteen
miles south OF Pittsburg, Was visited by dis
astrous FIRE on Tuesday night Of last week.
The Pittsburg ear aud locomotive works was
entirely destroyed, and all the building, in the
square bounded by Walnut street, Fifth Ave.
nue. and the Connellsyille Railroad. The
total loss is estimated atSlsj,0O0
The jury at Philadelphia in the case Of Jas.
A. and Christina Bliss claiming to be Spirit
ualst mediums, charged with conspiracy 20
defraud, being unable TO agree were on Mon
day discharged. The case grew out Of suit
for libel against the Philadelphia Times, that
having denounced the Blsses as imposters,
and a cross suit by Col. A. X. Mcclure, the
editor, was the result. The trial lasted nine
days, the jury retiring last Saturday evening.
The extensive car depot Of the Dry Dock
Passenger Railway in New York at Four.
teenth street and Avenue B was entirely de
stroyed Wednesday morning, with all its con.
tents, including 90 cars, 1900 bales Of hay
and large supplies Of grain, with valuable
machinery. The loss was estimated at half
a million, but the insurance agents believe il
will not exceed 100000. Fortunately the
adjacent stables were saved.
A telegram from General Sheridan reeeiy.
ed by the War Departm ent, Tuesday, SAYS
that information from the Department of
Missouri leads TO the belief that the Apaches
Of Arizona who recently left their reservations
will soon be compelled TO surrender Two
chiefs have already agreed to yield. All
the available troops in New Mexico are
operating against these Indians
Some 100000 pistols have been made at
Norwich this year. Orders are increasing
and many Of the works are running day and
night The Bridgeport cartridge works make
some 100000 cartridges day. They have
supplied Russia with 10000, 800, Turkey with
1OiOOO,0O0, and have just got an order for
sO,OO0,000 from Italy. The Russian and
Turkish inspection officers have been working
side by side at the factory.-Boston Post
The War Department on Sunday afternoon
received official dispatches regarding the
troubles in FL Paso county, Texas They
show that the Mexican population of the
county have risen in instruction aud impris
oned the county officials, including two
Judges. At last accounts the Sheriff had es.
capped. The rioters number four hundred,
the Americans about thirty 1t is said the
rioters expect aid from Mexico, and that the
hives OF the Americans are in danger. The
trouble was caused by the "location" Of salt
lakes
Warrants have been issued in San Fran.
cisco for the arrest Of Joseph C. Duncan.
manager OF the defunct Pioneer Bank, and
benjamin +. lIewarne, secretary Of the Life
Deposit Company who are charged with an
over issue OF the company's stock. Duncan
IS the principal stakeholder Of the Safe De.
post Company. The amount Of fraudulent
issue is not known, but is said TO be large.
l.ewArne manipulated the over issue and
Duncan hypothecated the stock. The demos.
MS IN the eompanys vaults are reported FALL
right. Duncan and Lewarne have disap.
peared
The Philadelphia Permanent Exposition
seems 10 be in danger Of being anything hut
permanent. The stockholders have had a
meeting. with a view Of saving the concern
from being sold out by the sheriff. There i
a debt Of S26I, 900 due By the company. oi
which $4,000 are due to the centennial
board of finance, and $84, 600 TO individual
creditors. The directors Of the Pennsylvania
railroad and Of the Heading railroad, who
are interested in the continuance Of the exno.
sihon are examining its financial condition
with view Of extenning aid to il il there he
chance OF its being made to pay hereafter.
meeting Ofthe stockholders Of the Rnl,l,
more and Hanover Railroad was held nj the
hotel OF II. Lamoite, Hampstead, on TUESDAY.
over 100000 Of stock was voted, renreseni,
ing four different routes. Tho foilowing nj.
rector. were olected;-A. W, Eichelberger.
!, =. Melsheimer, William Grumbine and &
heeier, of Hanover, Pa, W. II. Hoffman. al
Baltimore county, c. G. Wooden, Of Carroll
county and Chas. w. Slagle, of Baltimoye
city. The Board of Diractors ,y;tI 49,. 4,