The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-07

charged from the general land Office, in Wash
legt0n, on Saturday.
Since last May nearly two thousand head
of cattle and sheep have been shipped from
Baltimore to Liverpool.
The total coinage of the minis during
August was IS, 500, 900, including s., 900 600
Of standard silver dollars.
Three young women were drowned while
bathing in the Ottawa river, at Pembroke.
Ont, on Saturday evening.
California, it is estimated, will produce
this year not less than 10000, 900 bushels of
wheat and 100000 OF barley.
Mrs. Hannah Madison died at Bennington,
VI, several days ago, aged 90 years. She
had been confined to her bed for 80 years.
The earnings of Sing Sing Penitentiary
during August were Sl9,471, and the expen-
ses Sl4,445. The average number of couvicts
was 1913.
The fair at Lexington, Kentucky, closed
on Saturday. About 10000 were in attend
ance, but it is noted that 'sthere was no fight
ing or betting and not one drunkard.'
The Fountain House, at Waukesha, Wis.
was burned on Saturday evening. Loss $780,
600. There were 400 guests in the house. but
they escaped with most Of their baggage.
7. II. W. Wall, said TO be member of the
Mississippi Legislature, was killed by falling
from gang plank while trying to get on
board asteamer, at Buffalo, on Saturday even
ing.
A Danbury, Conn, man got divorced from
his wife few years ago ans married AGAIN
His second wife has given him an heir. and
he has secured the first wife's services as
nurse.
When lord BeaeonsiieId made his late
visit to the Queen, at Osborne, crimson cloth
was laid from the train to the royal Yacht
which conveyed him from Portsmouth to the
Isle of Wight.
Two coal trains on the Reading railroad
eollided between Alaska and Locust Gan. on
Saturday afternoon, and 30 cars were denol-
ished. Two men were killed and a third
slightly injured.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of
Savings OF San Francisco suspended Tuesday.
and will go into liquidation. 1t owes depos-
itors about 1865, 900, and it is believed. will
be able to pay them in full
Forty boys in the State Reform School
at Jamesburg, \. j., are sick of scarlet fever.
and several have died of the disease. The
remaining inmates, nearly 200 in number,
will be removed to other quarters.
William Enright was shot dead BY a police.
at Laramie City, w. T., on Friday night.
He had been released from the peniientiary
a few hours previous, after serving years
term for burglary.
The Central Elevator, at Milford. Mich.
occupied by Stephens & Roberts, was burned,
with three adjoining sheds, on Sunday morn.
ing. A prominent citizen of the place, nam
/ ed Ii. 4. Rowland, has been arrested on the
charge of firing the Elevator.
/ Secretary Evarts addressed a letter to the
/ British Government several weeks ago setting
forth the excessiveness ofthe Fishery Award.
No answer has yet been received, and it is
1 supposed the British Government is giving
the matter thorough examination.
Bridget Long and Annie Dooley, aged re-
/ spectively Is and 10 years, were drowned at
Green Island, n. Y, on Friday night. They
were returning from an excursion, and at
| tempted tojump on the wharf before the steam
boat was fastened to it, but fell into the wa
/ ter.
A girl at Edingburg, Scotland, leaped
/ from a second-story window, a short time
/ ago, and her legs came in contact with spike
on the iron railing, which ran quite through
the limb and held her suspended in great az
ony until blacksmith could be got to cut the
railing.
| Inc IN AFkanSaS was nGiQ on Mon
| day The Democratic candidates for State
| officers we're elected, there being no onposi.
| ton. In Pulaski county, which includes
| Little Rock, there was a Greenback-la labor
ticket, and the vote in that county is report
ed very close.
| The British ship Lord of the Isles, from
Austria, for Manila, and the British bark
| Queen, from Singapore, for the Island of Pa
| los have been lost at sea. The crew of the
/ Lord OF the Isles have arrived at Hong Kong.
/ The captain and eight or nine sailors of the
| Queen were drowned.
| Blaekie, General Meades old war horse,
| lives at Alverthrope, Pa. He is as handsome
as ever, despite his twenty-four years. He
comes of Black Hawk stock, was wounded at
I the battle of New Market Cross Roads. IN
June, 1862, but served the General all through
| the war until a short time before his DEATH
The ship George Bell, which arrived at
Baltimore, on Monday, from Liverpool, had
on board six stowaway boys, aged from IA to
| IL years, who we're not discovered until the
ship was day out from Liverpool One of
these youths, named Nugent, is said to be
the son of the chief clerk of large Liverpool
| firm.
In this State last week the post-offiee at
River Springs, St. Mary's county, was dis
continued and offices we're established at
Bellevue. Prince George county, and Kemp
town, Frederick county. The name Of Mill.
stone, in st. Mary's county, was changed to
Jarboeville. In Delaware an Office was esta-
blished at Viola, in Kent county.
Near Detroit, on Sunday morning, Mrs.
Chaser, wife of an old farmer, went to her
husbands room to awaken him, and found
him murdered, his skull being fractured, and
a blood stained axe lying near the body.
Christopher Brienstenback, aged II, grand
son, who occupied the same room, is missing,
together with $40 which the old man had
about him. Brienstenback had served term
in prison for robbing his grandfather.
Mantle, CT. fishermen had an exciting tus-
sic recently with monster striped bass which
broke out of the net after it had been drawn
up on the beach and darted for the sea. Il
was grasped around the body By one of the
men just as 1t reached the water, and he was
quickly carried beyond his depth, but the
other fisherman took hand in the fight then,
and both were borne out of the water The
FISH weighed 4G pounds and was nearly four
feet long.
An attempt was made By the saloon keep
ers OF Detroit, on Sunday, to resist the Sun
day Liquor law. They gathered in Arbeiter
Hall, and for n time did a brisk business in
selling beer, but the traffic was was stopped
by the arrest OF four prominent saloonkeepers
who officiated as walters. At night FIVE hun
dred Germans, headed by a brass band,
marched TO the police station and demanded
the release of the arrested men, but without
effect.
On Saturday 394 petitions in bankruptcy
were filed in New York, the principal bank
rupt being Michael Murray, who owes $685.
600, largely secured by real estate. 375 petit
tons in bankruptcy were filed in Chicago, 1913
in Buffalo, and l45 in Pittsburg. Among
the Chicago bankrupts are Paul Cornell,
capitalist" who owes 81 ,425,O 600, with as
sets which amount to practically nothing
S. S. Hayes, who owes 81 ,0OO, 900, with as
sets that are "small," and Charles W. Cal.
houn, real estate agent, who owes S7s7, 900
and has mo assets
On Friday of last week Thomas c. Hughey
and A. Hooteu Blackiston, lawyers, of Cum
bertrand, Nd, quarrelled while examining
some papers, and Blackiston, who was large
and powerful man, knocked Hughey down
and beat him. He was taken off By some
friends, when he again started towards
Hughey, when the latter fired, killing him in
stantly. Blackiston is a son-in-law of Judge
Pearre, of Cumberland. Hughey is a native
Of Queen Anne's county, and Blackiston a
native of Kent county, Md. 4 corouer's
jury found that '.Blackiston came TO his death
by n pistol shot fired bv Hughcy who was re-