The Democratic advocate., 1878-11-30
Eews of the Wsek.

News of the Week.
The New York canals are 10 be closed on
December 18th, unless sooner closed by ice.
Hon. Robert M. MeI.ane, recently elected
to congress from Baltimore, has gone to Paris
to join his wife.
The Dunganuon bone and phosphate facto-
~, near Baltimore, was burned on Saturday
morning. Loss about $4,000.
A company with 50, ,OOO, 900 capital has been
formed at London, Oat., to make india rubber
from the juice of the miikweed.
The schooner Thomas Ray, with cargo
of Potatoes, from Halifax for Baltimore, has
been totally wrecked at Cape Sable.
At New York, on Tuesday, "a, 900 tons of
Scranton, Pa, coal were sold at from 25 to
40 cents lower per ton than the prices in Oe-
tober.
Nine convicts, six black and three white.
we're publicly whipped at the jail at New Cas-
tie, Del, on Saturday, FIVE of them being
also pilloried.
A. w. Terrell, while returning from buying
hogs in the neighborhood of Anna Station, in
Ohio, was robbed of three thousand dollars
by highwaymen.
At the Bible stand in the Paris Exposition
nearly a million and half Gospels and New
iestaments printed in twenty-five languages
were given away.
AlexanderB. Sayresis to be hung shoot
ing bis wife, about year ago, in the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church of the Aseensioa, I4um-
bard street Philadelphia.
One hundred and twenty-five persons were
killed and one hundred and fogr injured on
she railroads Of Massachusetts during the year
ending September 30, last.
Mr.. Bancroft, the historian, is said to have
recently presented the lady who reads the
proof of his work with $50 for discovering an
error in one of his Latin quotations.
In Massachusetts the official valuation of
real and personal property shows a decrease
OF S9g, ,23S,5T2 for the last year. During the
year before the decrease was Sl0I, ,0S2, ,773.
The Marquis of Lorne, the new Governor
General of Canada, arrived at Halifax on
Sunday last, and was formally received on
Monday by grand demonstration and par
ade.
The Southern Mutual Insurance Company
of New Orleans has sued the estate of VIII
liam s. Pike for $3.50, 900, which, il is alleged,
he used in his own interest while President
Of the Company.
The Grand Jury at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, have
indicted Lyman Easton, Captain Hilliard and
DIR. Heyl for grave robberies. Hilliard who
is greatly affected by his position is expected
to make confession.
Major William H. Dobbs, of New Castle,
Del, who was attacked with hydrophobia on
Saturday, died Monday morning. 1t is now
known that he was bitten by a small dog
about two months ago.
The excess of our exports over our imports
of merchandise during ten months ending
October 81, was S237, ,I91 ,Ol2, against an
excess Of S72, l9l, ,4s9 during the correspond
ing period of last year.
The Chicago Times says that plan is on
foot for the consolidation of the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads under one manage
ment, with Sidney Dillon President and
Mr.. Clark as General Manager.
Mrs. J. II. Bryant of Benton, Ala, during
the prevalence of yellow fever cut her hair,
forty.two inches long, from her head, and sent
It to New York city to be sold for the benefit
of the sufferers
The Bellevue Gallery, belonging to the
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Compa-
ny, began to cave in last Saturday and large
portion Of it is in ruins. About 200 persons
are thrown out of employment by the disaster.
While several men were tunnelling under
a street in Mahanoy city. Pa, Monday after
noon, the superineum5ent earth fell upon
them, killing John aad Antony Risher and
| Christian Post, and seriously injuring Michael
1 Yempher.
| The total number of standard silver dollars
| coined up to and including the Odd inst, was
/ 1854, 500. OF this number, little over s.
1000 are in general circulation THAT is,
outside of the United States Treasury and
Mint vaults.
| A cablegram received in Chicago reports
the arrest at Lisbon in Portugal Of Chas. w.
Angel, the cmbezzling Secretary of the Pull
man Palace Car Company, and says that $780,
/ 600 of the money stolen by him has been found
in his possession.
| A woman in Coatesyille, Pa, who was
fearful of tramps, and who wished to leave
the house for n while the other day, placed
her husbands gold watch into the stove
| During her absence the cook built fire, and
the watch was ruined.
! Weston, Conn, has an aged couple named
Sturges, who, if they live a little more than a
| year longer, will be able to celebrate their
diamond wedding. The husband is % and
the wife "a years of age, and they have been
married over 73 years.
An explosion of gas took place in the Sui.
| livan coal mine at Sullivan, Ind, on the 2Ist
inst. the violence of which was increased By the
| consequent explosion Of eight kegs of powder
near the bottom of the shaft Thirty men
/ were in the mine, thirteen of whom were in
stantly killed. Many of the injured are not
| expected to recover.
| A Baptist minister named White, was shot
/ in the head, while driving vita his wife to a
| Baptist Convention, at Sumter, S. c. Hewas
supposed to have been mistaken for man
who was active in the late election, ande col
ored man, named Coleman. has been arrested
for the crime. The shooting is now supposed
to have been accidental.
A meeting of railway managers was held
in Cincinnati last week, for the purpose of
forming pooling arrangements on eastbound
| freight, TO maintain the present rates. The
meeting resulted in an arrangement which
ends theeompetition in east bound passenger
rates, and restores fares to the figures which
ruled before the cutting began.
John Taylor, with his wife, two children and
young man named Clutz, left Springfield.
No., in wagon for Colorado, two months
ago. Nothing was heard of them until.
few days since, letter was received from
Miss Clutz saying that the Indians had cap
tured the party and murdered them oil except
herself. She was afterwards rescued By q.
s. troops.
Atalarge meeting of the clergymen of Balti.
more, held on Monday, at the suggestion Of
-hAs -hSVulf AAc EtFAFAii5tf committee was
appointed TO issue "a call to the evangelical
ministry and churches of the United States
to unite in the month of January, following
up the week of prayer, in concentrated ef-
fort for the revival Of Gods work through
out the whole land
At Wilmington, Del, Monday, several of.
iicers ofthe Delaware State Fire and Marine
Insurance Company were arrested and held
each in $500 bail to answer q charge Of libel
preferred by William 7. Croasdale, editor of
the EreTy EreRiRg and Commercial 1t ap-
pears that charge made by the newspaper
againstthe standing of the insurance company
was publicly denounced by its officers rs "false
and malicious" hence the suit for libel.
Robert Lapaz, farmer living near Ash
vile, n. Y, took down gun for the purpose
of clearing K, on Sunday. His little son ask.
ed him to sire cap" and supposing the
gun to be unloaded, Lapaz did so, holding the
weapon across his knees. A heavy charge
left in the gun by neighbor who had borrow
ed it exploded, and the ramrod, which was in
the barrel, passed through the body of the
farmers eight-year old daughter on the op-
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