The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-11-10
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me Denton Union has brought suit again
'he Denton Journal for libel.
The Tennessee Methodist Conference
solves not 70 admit any clergyman who us
!. A eatamount Ave feet in length was recon
d Y killed ~ Allegany county, near Rawlinq
e The health Of Rev. Thomas Guard. forme
n " OF baltimore, now Of California, has B,
/, come seriously impaired.
The Cecil county Farmers Club will hav
an exhibition Of stock and farm products. q
the 18th instant, at Mr.. A. X. Magraw
> farm. s'""
One man was killed and five Others wer
dangerously injured by the fall Of d scaiIol
y a new church building in Warren, Pa, Of
Saturday afternoon.
California exported last year over 50, 900.
oOOpounds Of wool, worth 81, 100000. Their,
are several wool growers who own from 80.
600 to 10000 sheep each
| The New York tax levy for next year In
been reduced about 100000 below III,
amount levied this year, o retrenchment fol
which the taxpayers are thankful.
AZ Annapolis, on Saturday, Henry C. Nor
iolk was convicted of the murder OF his wifi,
IN Anne Arundel county, on the 10Th Of Mn,
last he was remanded for sentence.
Last week William Gay, gardener for Col.
onei Herman Stump, Hartford county, gather
cd green peas fresh from the garden Of The
latter, which is certainly very unusual in this
latitude.
The million and half Of dollars loaned 10
the Centennial Exhibition by Congress has
been paid back into the Treasury Of the Uni
TED States, and the receipt of the First Conn
troller received for the same.
A colored man was tried last week ia thS
Criminal Court, Baltimore, for selling a TIRED
cent lottery policy. The costs to the StaA
amounted to $500, according to an estimateA
a member Of the bar. III
The celebrated trotting mare, Goldsuf
Maid, has been finally withdrawn fromN
turf. Her owner states her ago at nearly
years, and declares her in perfect henltE&pd
entirely sonnd.
The Farmers WaFehousing Eleya@ at
Belleyille, Ont, was burned onSaturdi PIN
$1,000 bushels Of grain. Loss $500.
Richard Dewsbury, the engineer, perttd IN
the building.
Martin Wink, young man, from fwark,
n. j. was killed by the caving in Of aninei
the Black Hills, on the 10th ult. III broth.
er was drowned in the Passaic yer two
years ago.
In Baltimore on Monday whN, Levin
while in the act % liking his
mother, was struck on the head th q stick
by his brother Levin died Cd saturday Of
hi. injuries, and his brother haS pen commit
ted.
Three members Of the Eaisyille Base
Ball Club have been expelled for receiving
brides for selling games. giey confessed
me offence. A fourth membf who asserted
MS innocence of bribery, u been expelled
Tor general misconduct
Owen Wright, colored ban, charged with
having teloniousiy assaulted a white woman,
vas taken from the Jail atseale, Ala, on the
ID inst, by a mob of l0 men, and put 10
ieath in the adjacent woels. II is said they
'arHed him to death.
A Cincinnati paper ppblishes reports show
ng that the hog cholera has been very preva-
ent in the states Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Kentucky, and has causedgreat
oss to the farmers, slough it is now dying
mt.
the granting mill Of the American Powder
company, at Concord, Mass, blew up on
saturday morning, killing man named
'erry, who was the only occupant Of the
'nilding, A man working in another build
ng, one hundred yards distant had his hands
adly lacerated by broken glass.
The officers Of the United States mint at
Philadelphia have just discovered that some
ishonest practices have been going on in the
eiiners department for some time past.
hey are confined as far as is known at pres.
Mt 10 a single employee, at whose house
bout hundred ounces Of silver were dis.
oyered
some Of the prisoners working in the
Zines at Mount Serat, No., attempted to es.
ape on Saturday by setting FIRE to the bar
icks in which they were confined. The
uilding was consumed. Twenty Of the in
'ates were injured by jumping from windows
nd the bodies Of two were found in the
aims.
Government prisoners will hereafter be
,nfned in the Maryland Penitentiary, in.
cad Of at Albany, Now York, asheretotore.
he government pays $l.25 week for the
oard Of each prisoner. After an inspection
Y government agent, the Maryland Peni-
military has been recommended as the best
anaged Institution Of the kind in the coun.
y.
The sheriff Of Philadelphia on Monday sold
nder the hammer the largest number Of
roperties Of unfortunate debtors ever put up
one sale 10 that city. The sale comprised
30 pieces Of real estate, comprising over
200 different properties. OF these about
were sales made onforaclosed mortgages Of
aiding associations. Many valuable dwell.
gs were sold.
The value Of the ore reduced and sold in
e Black Hills in 1877 Is estimated at about
!, 500,0 The yield Of the placer claims
IS been less than last year, and will not
-obabIy exceed 81 100000. This makes the
tai product Of the Black Hills for 1877
,out 50, 100000, or one fourth as much as
at Of Colorado.
After three years litigation the company
gained TO construct tunnel under the
udson river from Jersey City TO New York
I'VE effected a compromise with the opposing
,mpanies, and the work begun ia 1874 is 10
} Immediately resumed. When the tunnel
completed II is expected that passengers
! rail will be able to 20 through il from
srsey City TO New York in two minutes.
A new ingention--a torpedo balloon--is
idergoing a test in Bridgeport, Conn. Il
designed 10 convey torpedoes by means Of
balloon above a hostile army or city, when
I an automatic arrangement they arc dc.
ched and exploded by a gauge fuse. II
" attracted much attention, and an agent
the Russian Government Is observing the
experiments.
The Circuit Court Of Prince George county,
d., recently fescinded the order Of June
st for the sale Of the Southern Maryland
abroad, now in course Of construction from
'ashington, D. c., 10 Point Lookout. The
scision resembling the sale sustains the claims
certain stockholders and Col. S. s. Shoot
100000 ofthe securities Of the road under
rs gentleman's contract with the company
Il is ascertained that 81, 70s, 53s feet Of !
hite pine logs, valued at S30S, $40, have
zen cut aud removed from the vacant pub. ,
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