The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-03-22

EllHabetn n, J., Marcn lS.-Cathar-
Inc Neu, aged eiglttythree committed
suicide this morning by throwing'her-
self head first into cistern. No cause
for her suicide is known.
1t is now suspected that the fire at
Harms City was the work of incendiar-
les who first murdered Mr.. Brown ,one
of the guests of the hotel and then set
fire to the building to conceal the
crime.
New York, March 16.-John McKeon,
counsel for Peter B. Sweeney said this
evening he had not seen him. Rum
ors are current that negotiations are in |
progress to compromise all the ring |
suits andit is believed that Tweed will |
before many days walk out of Ludlow |
Street Jail a free man.
There is said to be about $1,000, 900
now lying in the vaults of the Chester
County bank, and about $3.50, 900 in the
First National bank. AT no time since
the organization of either of these
1nonied institutions have the deposits
been so heavy. 1t bespeaks very
comfortable first of April to those who
require financial assistance.
Stanley Matthews was elected
United States senator by the legisla-
ture of Ohio Tuesday. He received
twenty votes in the senate, the
thirteen democratic senators voting
blank, and sixty-four votes in the
house against six for Gather and one
for Hurd, thirty.four democrats cast
ing blank votes.
The Bank Of Lansingburgh, n. V,
has suspended on account of the depre
citation of the assets. A. D. Powers
was appointed receiver on Saturday
last. The liabilities of ihe bank are
$4,000, and the nominal assets 81 ,15O,-
600. The suspension is though to have
been caused by speculation in New
Jersey Central and other railroad
stocks.
Washington, March 19.-In the case
of Mary f. Oliver against ex-senator
Simon Cameron, action for breach of
promise, in which $4,000 damages are
claimed, the defendant has filed his
plea as follows: "And now comes the
defendant, and for plea to the declara
tion filed against him in the above en-
titled cause says that he never promised
as alleged"
Cincinnati, March ia shocking
affair occurred in the outskirts of this
city this afternoon. The little six
year-old daughter of Daniel Boote, liv-
ing on Walnut Hill was feeding q
was often in the habit of doing, when
the vicious animal attacked her and
began literally to tear her to pieces.
The screams of her mother brought
the neighbors to the spot, but the
beast could not be torn from his prey
till bullet had been sent through his
head. The wounded brute then
spranG at the officer who shot him
and nearly threw him to the ground
he also bit Mrs. Boote severely during
the struggle. The child was alive
when rescued, but she is so mangled
and torn that her recovery is impossi-
BILE. The dog seems to have been in.
tent upon devouring her alive.
Omaha, Neb., March 16-The Mis-
souri, river is just now full of floating
ice, the result of the recent cold snap
and an immense ice-gorge has formed
IN the Big Bend, in a northeasterly di
rection from the smelling works caus-
ing the stream to rise at that point anC
overflow the bottom on the Iowa sid,
for over a aquarter of mile. Opposite
the smelling works the water pour
down over the Iowa bank into tht
main channel forming series of fall,
from four to six feet high and over two
hundred in number. At one place the
southern point the fall is from forty tc
fifty feet wide and about six feet high
This cutoff is what has been expected
for several years and it was thought
when it did occur it would form now
channel where this body of watea il
now rushing over the bottom. 1t may
be that the gorge will permanent Gu
and thus allow the water its old course
John ID. Lee TO be Shot on Friday.
Salt, Lake, March 21.-The friend,
John d. Lee, who is condemned tt
be shot on Friday next, have SEN
numerous petitions signed by promi
nent Mormons and Gentiles asking
for communication Of sentence, or par
don, to Governor Emory, but the evi
dence Of guilt being so clear, and The
offense so heinous, the Governor hal
tn-nay in answer to telegrams from