The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-03
News of the Week.

The Chester, Pa, shipyards will turn
out five new steamers, all iron, this year,
for the southern trade.
Ono thousand one hundred working
men are employed in New Haven making
cartridges for the Turks
A newspaper printed in English is to
be established at st. Petersburg, and will
be the first of its kind there.
Garfield has sued the Cleveland Piin
Dealer for charging him with having at
tended quadroon ball at New Orleans.
In Walkersville, Frederick county, Mr..
Everett Perry broke his les while playing
base ball. Nevertheless base bali is glori-
Gus sport, .....
The carriage annex Of the main build
Ing at the Centennial has been shipped to
Maryland and turned into a friedrich
factory.
A convention Of Philadelphia Methodist
ministers have passed a resolution looking
70 the foundation of liccums and Libraries
10 connection with their churches
It is reported from Magdalena, Sonora,
that the hostile Apaches have cleared the
valley of stock and killed and captured
several of the settlers.
The Norwegian bark Lief, from Liver.
pool for Savannah, with cargo of salt,
stranded Friday week ON Hunting Island,
5. c., and is now full of water.
n A Mississippian named Cage, who had
stolen horse and severely wounded its
owner was taken from the Jail in Alexan-
dria, La, on Friday night and lynchcd.
VIM. II. Weldon, who pointed pistol
at Packard, in New Orleans, is the disso.
lutte aud half cruzed son of highly re-
spectable Lutheran minister in West Phil
adelphia
The steamship Ohio ran into the schoon.
er George H. Twibil, below Tincum
Island, Monday afternoon and cut her in
two. The crew were picked up by the
Ohios boats.
Mrs Hiram Young killed her two chill
drcn at Newark, VT, on Saturday, terribly
manging them with an axe She had
been deserted by her husband, and was
probably insane.
Hester, Tully aud McHugh, the Molly
Maguires on trial ut Bloomsbury for the
murder of Alexander Rea, near Centmlia,
we're convicted on Saturday Of murder in
The first degree.
Over three thousand persons outside
llDf the almshouse are receiving aid from
the Board of Poor Directors of Erie
Bounty, Pa, being over thousand more
Than at this time last year
The British bark Maria was wrecked
Do December last off the coast of Africa
Her crew were thirty-two days without
Hood, and were obliged to eat the flesh of
their dead comrades. Only one man sur.
yived
An injunction has been granted against
,he ringing of the chimes Of St. Marks
Church, Philadelphia This is probably
the first instance of the kind in this coun-
Try How would it do to try an injunction
against the organ next?
The engineers engaged in boring on the
south side of the Washington monument,
IN Washington, have reached an immense
gueiss rock, which is believed to extend
hinder the base of the structure and form
foundation at a depth Of thirty-three
feet below the surface,
The Chicago Bar Association is after
he divorce lawyers who have so long
made that city their headquarters So
bays the Lar Jownal; aud we wish the
Reputable lawyers complete success in put,
Hing an end to the business that has been
fery 1emoralizing to the country.
Joel S. Evans of Cecil county had
z5hcrss knocked down to him at public
fale of live stock ON Saturday last by &C.
eidentally winking at the auctiouer, which
b likely to terminate in a lawsuit. The
apctioneer is certain that he winked at
BIN, which Evans denies. 4 wink is
bid to be as good as u nod.
A Chicago telegram announces that
Special Agent of the postoiiice Depart
heut has discovered that Postmaster Nc
Arthur of that city is in default to the
Government to the amount of S3S, 900
II is bondsmen are believed to be bankrupt.
Macarthur has telcerapbed his resignation
% the Postmaster General and gone into
voluntary bankruptcy.
s The Russian Grand Dukes, Alexis and
Constantine, having left their ships at
Norfolk, have been spending several days
b New York city. The former made him
ELF very popular by his first visit, and
hey are both most cordially received on
Recount of their ancient and unbroken
friendship between the United States and
Russia. .....
A destructive fire occurred in Phiadel-
phia Sunday morning about one o'clock.
Fox's American Theatre was entirely de-
stroyed, as was also an extensive wagon,
kpusc The Mercantile Library and much
1ther property were also greatly damaged
Tic loss is not far short Of 100000.
% which there was partial insurance.
Two men were seriously, aad it is feared
Atally, injured during the FIRE.
In the Nichols Legislature, in New
3rleans, on Saturday, u member named
kidd offered resolution declaring that
0nder no circumstances, will tho people
LOulsiaba Pay uiuutc " any otuei
Slate Government than that of Nichols,
I'D that any attempt to collect taxes by
shy other authority than the Nichols
government twill not only prove abor-
I'VE but lead to lamentable civil strife, if
80 to bloodshcd aud actual war.
Various projects have been proposed to
shorten the dreadful voyage between
Europe and America. One plan con
lemplates railway across Newfoundland,
epnnecting with swift steamers, which
seuld make the trip from that island to
alentia bay, Ireland, in three days
4 mother project, which would shorten the
assage about one-half, is that of building
4 railroad from GLASGOW, Nova Scotia, to
hite Haven, the most ensterly point on
be continent, and about l 900 miles from
J ew York, by which the ocean voyage
could be shortened to five days.