The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-09-29
News Of the Week.

North East Md, hotel keeper has brought suit
against a minister OF that town for Islander ne
having denounced his hotel publicly from the
pulpit
An the brass bands OF West aud South New Jersey
will assemble In convention Ut B0rdentown ON
Thursday, October 4th.
Spartansburg s. C.. boasts of a woman, aged %
years who recently walked a quarter OF a mile to
hear funeral sermon.
Boston Is to have a baby show Three sets OF
tripletsand sixteen twins have ALREADY been prom
ised for the exhibition Disgusting lNt
Il Is announced that the Somerset and Worcester
railroad Is 20 be sold at public sale at Princess Anne
ON the ID of October.
baby weighing ileen pounds and standing
twenty-iour inches without stockings was lately
bonn atsallsbury, n. c. a FaH-
James y, Jones, OF Greene county. He ASK fcetOno
inch high, and weighs 6iT pounds.
Rev. DIR. James A. Duncan, prominent Methodist
clergyman and President OF Randolph Macon Col
lege died at Ashland Va, Monday.
At GraysOn, Ky, Alexander Herr, aged IS, has Just
welded his nth wife With good luck he will yet
marry rs many as Blue Beard
The six tramps who were captured for the robbery
Of the Virginia Midland Railway station, ut Warren
ton, have been committed 10 Jail al Brentyllle Va
for trial.
Gov. Bowes hurdle.racer Calvert which he had
recently presented 10 his daughter. Mrs Roberts Of
Prince GeoIgcs, was killed by lightning a few days
Ego on Mr Roberts farm.
Two children OF Mrs James ST. Clair at Cleveland
Ohio died on sunday evening from eating t0adstOols
IN mistake for mushrooms. The mother, who also
ate them, Is dangerously III,
II may be noted as another sign of improving
prospects for the Western railroads that some VI the
Inns am advancing the wages of tlieir employs
from engineers down h switchmen.
James Rose Hawkins, the negro who.commltted
an outrage upon llto white girl As she was return.
ing from school near the Relay House. was tried on
Monday at Ellicou city and convicted.
The nation Is great cte,litor we'll Is debtor
The six Pacific railroahs-Union, Central. Southern,
Kansas Sioux City and Westeni-Owe IL sg2 $50 75l
which pays no Interest until the maturity In 1897.
William Deafield, passenger on the steamer
SarmatiaI ut Quebcc, nom Liverpool, has been
arrested for smuggling $1,000 worth of diamonds
The diamonds are held by the revenue officers for
duty.
On Sunday morning last Mr. Harry Small OF Clear
Spring, Washington county, committed suicide by
taking choroform. lie was about thirty yeaH OF
nifty.
The Chambersbug. Pa, Pa5lic Opinion gives an
account OF n double headed copper head snake
killed recently near that town Il has been prescy.
ed among other natural curostics, At Nixons drug
store.
The argument in the civil suit against Mckee to
recover damages for whisky frauds began at st.
Louis Monday, on demurrer, the defendant holding
that the Presidents pariOn IN the criminal ease pre-
vented civil proceedings against him.
The principle attraction at fair at Germantown,
KY was q lady that had beard full ten inches
long and line a. silk. She is resident Of Brooks
Willie. Ky, and has two sisters with similar boards
They are daughters OF Henry Persinger.
The Treasurer OF Defiance county Ohio. Is report,
ell TO be short In his accounts from seven 10 twenty
thousand dollars. The State Auditor has appointed
a special Inspector who protected by an armed
guard. has commenced an Investigation 'F
The schooner Jonas Smith which has been drift.
ing about the southern waters for some months
giving MARX Twain foundation for his amusing
been lowed into Do6oy Sound by the steamer Dicta.
tor
John Baugh. OF Hone Cave Ky, sold waiermelons
that made people sick aud caused death a p0d
morton revealed poison, and a warrant for Baugh's
arrest was issued but he lied He Is thought 10 have
poisoned the melons 10 kill thieves and sold them
by mistake
Portions OF the skeleton OF an antediluvIan animal
OF large size have been found by some wofkmen
whilst digging In the suburbs Of HaKleton Pa They
were tmbedded In shale about ten feet below tie
surface. The bones are chiefly Vertebrsn and The
WORK has been suspended until scientific assistance
is obtained.
package containing bonds, stock certificates
MORTGAGES anu pronissory notes, valued AZ S000U
was stolen from the frst National Bank at Cortland
y. l., Satufday the loss not being discovered until
individuals F'"'N
The situation at FernRndina Is reported worse
There were five deaths Saturday. Including Two
sisters OF Mercy Large contributions OF money
medicines and supplies are being sent ~ FernAndi,
ma The fever n said to bospresding rApidly among
ths colofed people. ~.
The Experiment OF growing silk worms in Kansas
has proved q success, and 1t Is predhted thai the
state will become one Of the most profitable sIlk
growing countries In the world The silk worms
are led ON the leaves Of the Usage orange which Is
thought 10 be superior to the mulberry
The Ohio clerks at Washington who live in conn.
Ties 10 Ohio which arc close are Ito 20 home 10
vote and their salaries will 20 ON as usual The
other Ohio clerks will remain IN Washington. send.
ing one half the cost Of journey home as contri
button 10 the Ohio election fund
band Of IL robbers having stolen 800 cattle I'm
western Kansas, a band OF rangers Is in number
pI pun sS , AieT hye days ride they came up
rounded them while At supper killed seven. hanged
another TO a tree. and recovered all the cattle.
The Hagentown, Nd. MIes says Tho nrisoner.
confined In our Jail made another attempt Ia ps
cape, The plan was well laid out Some had their
hobbies hled on, while Others had Just begun when
discovered. For this action they have been placed
III straight iron bays and Will be closely watched
The party In Washington who are seeking IN
abolish the Presidency say that petitionS az,
being circulated for signatures In sxty.four cltlcs
asking that the Constitution he amended 50 as
10 place the Government In the hands Of = Cnnnrl
OF State composed OF Heads Of Departmsnts ~ n.
chosen by Congress. - -
=, serious fire occurred at Eeyport. New Jersey
FRIDAY night destroying the entire business portion
of the town. and causing SaOJOO loss Ovsr Ca,
buildings were burnt Including the Eniscnnsi
church the Mansion House and the PAyillion Un,el
Inc Town mad no IRE apparatus 10 aid in arresting
Thomas Mead, convicted Of robbery and tnunle,
At ldneyille, near Alliance Ohio and sentenced IN
Dc hanged, escaped from Jail year ago Detectives
on sunday discovered him at his home In Linevllie
ana attempted his capture, He fired on the ofboers
who returned the fire, wOunding him. when Sneins
escape impossible, he blew his brains OUT
The Lberean immigration society Is doing n won.
ueriul WORK IN south Carolina and a good deal in
Alabama ana Florida. In South Carolina IL Is Said
that 1000 negroes are on the rolls a. dssirn,,~ y,
leaving. In Florida large number are an ions IN
get Out anu 70 III Lower Alabama In Georgia the
movement makes literally no Roadway
The wilkesbarre coal miners have acc.ptad ,,,o
offer OF ten per cent. advanced wages for october
and work win be resumed Tuesday Thrae i'm,
sand miners attended the meeting Al Pittston I.l
miners, when the news from Wilkesbarre was ~
ceiycd, held a meeting and Determined IN ma =
tho offer 'eA @ouoh on
Hon. John D. DOwney. OF California, whose mama
mas Deen prominently mentioned In Connection win
the United States senatorshlp for that Eat h f,
Charles county, Nd. lie Is the half brother al tbs
" Mis- Martin who at one SINE conducted the 81,
Mary female Institution at ByantoWn. He went
became governor 'N'>' anu
General s,urgs reports in reference to his .t,act
upon and pursuit of the NeE perces, on Auetist n
~ ana 10, that % dead Indians were found ami H.
believes more were killed. He estimates the indio,y
wounded at 90 and his own loss al three ofdca,.
wounded, and four soldiers killed and tWeiye
wounded Several of his scouts were alsD kiila1 az
wounded. Ills command had been Ilyinu 6,,,r a.. y,
on mule meat sitting Bull Is s in hTItisb a ~
lumbia. rrfi.s. 100, - -' az "iAh 70
There was on exhibition IN a store I'm n,,no,,
street.. San FRANCISCO mammoth bunch Of granes
from the great grape vine OF Santa Barba ru n c1is
from the monster sent TO the Centennial ( TINE
cluster weighs Ia pounds IL six feel in circn,ns
ehee aud three feet long. The vine from which
this was cut IL sixteen years old and nrpd,,
nually ten thousand to twelve thousand nn,d. u,
grapes This probably the largest bunch OF grapss
Henry A.. Dennlson, aged about AZ for,,a,,,, .,
New Haven, Conn, fell from an east windo,T ~ IA
OourtOfAppeals room, in the state house Annsnn ny
" ABOUT O'Clock on Monday morning a dists,,,o,
~ hehtIy iOrty ieeI He was painting M the ti,na
Inc pavement below was of stone and the mn fnrtn.
nate man sustained injuries from which he vi,
probably die. This is the fourth accident within H.
lad i've years with which Mr. DcnnIsan has ny Wy
He Is married aud has family. '''>' mt
The Fidelity Savings Rank. Of Chlca,,, .,,.,,.
.uesday win liabilities estimated at 81 OOOb tn
deposltors number 900. The President NJ HatnhS
has disappeared, and y Is believed has len the s,a
The three savings banks that have thus far n ~
Chicago had agOO depoatDrs who have lnst ~
greater part OF their savings. Spencer oueld and
unlikely. the otheers OF the state savings Rant AZ
Chicago, have been indicted for the eInberxien,cn,
OF SOoOoo They have all lied 10 parts nnknown
1t has long been known that tho BLACK sands a,
.ne BOTTOM OF the sea along the northern coast a,
the rivers Enormous estimates have bes, 10y ~
OF the Total; but mining has been prevented fnr nv
same reasons which saws Phlladelphia CLAW f,a a1e
being robbed ofits gold--the cost A nachina ~
Gently devised has paid $1,000 at a WORKING eos, y,
only SlsSp, and average $50 per ton OF saId Sa,.
machines are being constructed and II The same mt
OF Pfpnt Is continued the Increase OF gold production