The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-12-22

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field, H., suspended Tuesday. Its liabilities
tors. Every liability, il is said, will be paid
in fall.
1t is understood that ex Senator Hitch.
cock, of Nebraska, will be nominated for
Consul General at Paris, to succeed Gen.
Torbert, whose commission will expire next
month.
At New Castle, Del, on Thursday Dec.
10, Samuel Chambers and George Collins,
colored, convicted Of felonious assault upon
Mrs. Smith, were sentenced to be hanged on
the 22d Of March next,
The Philadelphia baby show collapsed on
Tuesday last, the managers could not be
found. the men got to lighting and the women
and children to screaming, aud the exhibition
broke up in a row.
A Kentucky man who went to the Black
Hills wrote back to a local paper, saying
Offer premium at your coming fair for the
biggest fool in the country, and I'll try and
get there in time"
A petroleum well was discovered few
weeks ago at point 100 miles south Of Dead
wood, Dakota. A sample of the oil received
in Deadwood was pronounced by experts to
be superior to that Of West Virginia.
The Westinghouse Air. Brake Company,
having secured large contract in France,
are about putting up works in that country,
and have sent three of their employees thithcr
to take charge Of the new establishment
The Simpson Bank, Of Lawrence, Kansas,
went into liquidation Saturday, and j. S.
Chew was appointed its receiver. 1t is
thought the bank assets, ''if not sacrificed, ~
will be sufficient to pay the creditors in fall.
A postmaster in Maine has been convicted
and sentenced for the improper sale Of post.
age stamps, and the Government intends TO
prosecute other postmasters guilty of the sale
of stamps by discount in exchange for goods,
Mrs. Cox, being insane, ran away from her
home, at Port Jervis, n. Y, on the 2Sd of
October last. On Monday, her body partly
deyoured by wild animals, was found by a
hunter on the top Of Shawangunk Mountain.
The office of Superintendent Of Public
Stores in Baltimore, the salary Of which has
been $1,000, has been abolished by order Of
Secretary Sherman The position has been
held for some time by Mr.. John Lee Chap
man.
A numberof colored citizens Of Washington
have organized the NEGRO American Socie.
ty,' for the purpose, il possible, ofdeyising a
remedy for the excessive mortality among
colored people in the District OF Columbia
and its vicinity.
The 2jth anniversary Of the marriage Of
the President and Mrs. HAYES will occur on
Christmas day and il is their purpose to oh.
serve the occasion by inviting TO the White
House all those now living who witnessed
their marriage in 1852.
The Ohio Agricultural College will begin
in January course OF special lectures to
practical farmers, a large number Of whom
have asked for such lectures. A tuition fee
Of S. will be charged, simply to cover the
actual expense Of the lectures.
The directors of the German American
Bank in Chicago, have decided to suspend
payment and go into liquidation The bank
owes sos, 900 to its depositors, and is report
ed to have assets worth sos, 900. Its stock.
holders will lose about so per cent.
A meeting Of fishermen Of Caroline, Dor.
chester and Talbot counties is to be held at
Denton Md. on the 22d, TO consider the most
proper course to be taken looking to the
preparation Of bill for the protection Of the
fish interests OF the Choptank river, to be pre-.
sented to the next Legislature.
A family in Springfield, Mass, which was
disturbed by an untimely ringing OF the door
bell the other evening, at FIRST supposed il
was done by unruly boys, but after n while
discovered their dog with the bell pull in his
mouth, and ringing to be let in out Of the
cold.
The great hrag heiier, belonging to Samuel
Marvin, Of Oxford depot, Orange county, New
York, which last year gave 6,63i9 quarts of
milk in 800 days, is milking finely, and now
near the end of her third month gives about
"a quarts per day, and bids fair to Guido her
former performance.
The Jenifer Arabian, until recently the
property Of Col. Walter Jenifer, Of Baltimore
county, says the UHion, is now owned by Mr..
Conlin Cameron, Of Brickeryille, Pa Mr..
Z. recently sold year old colt, sired by
thus horse, 10 gentleman in Oregon, for
$1,000
II is stated in Washington that the Admin.
lstralion has decided to employ lawyers to
recover the money aud other property be-
longing to the Confederate Government.
which remained in Europe at the close Of The
war. The amount is estimated at between
$4,000, 900 and $4,000, 900.
While three men aud boy, who were on
a drunken spree, were driving into Growers.
dale, Mass, on Sunday evening, they ran
into some obstruction on the roadside and
smashed their wagon. One OF the men.
named Niekerson, was killed, another, named
Wahle, fatally injured, and the boy badly
hurt
The will Of The late Gardner Chilson n,
Mansfield, Mass, bequeaths $25, 900 to Inc
American Baptist Home Missionary Society,
SO 900 to the American Baptist Missionary
Union, $4,000 to the American Baptisl
Publication Society, $1,000 TO the Society 70,
the Relief Of INDECENT Baptist Minister'S and
$1,000 to the Mansfield Baptist Church.
Two ships and steamer will be ready to
sail IN February and March, nnder the direc
ton of the Secretary Of the Navy, with good,
for the French Exhibition. The SUNNY. tle
/ first vessel to be loaded, will sail from New
York, under command Of Commander kirk.
land, who was chief officer Of the same yesse
when she carried out goods for The Vienn,
Exhibition. The Constitution will probabl,
bs the next vessel to sail, ana will load a
Philadelphia.
CAPTAIN Corbin, Of the Twenty. fourth n
iantry, testified before the House Militia,
Committee recently regarding affairs on M,
Mexican border. He stated that great mar
OF the illfeeling on both sides of the frontie
was due to the fact that the title 10 much \
the land ~ Texas is in dispute, Il being claim,
ed by Mexican residents under old Spauisl
grants The superior classes Of Mexican
and high officials we're, however, very friend
y to the American Government aud people
A diaholical attempt at arson was made /,
Nashville, on Sunday. At Eve O'Clock a,
the morning Of that day the hardware stor,
OF Highs a Co., in that city, was DISCOVERED
on hire. The flames we're exiinauished, whel
Il was fonnd that the building contained m
pounds Of gunpowder, distributed in thre
different places, aud that 1856 bales Of cotto
saturated with coal oil were scattered throue
tho house. One package Of powder weiehin
IS pounds was within three feet Of 4 sno
where the fire was hot enough 10 melt
metal spoon. The building had been Gre
10 four places; and the books OF The firm wer
burned. Had the powder exploded all n
have hnaD lillrd