The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-03-09
News of the Week.

At the end of the year 1877 there were in
the United States $4,000 miles Of railroad,
with an invested capital Of 81, SOC, O0o, 600.
Major Lewis Cass, only son of the late Gen.
Lewis Cass, of Michigan, died at Paris, re-
Gently, whsre he has. lived for a number Of
years.
The depot of the Baltimore snd Ohio Rail
road, at Weaverton, Nd, was burned on
Tuesday morning. All the valuables in the
building were saved.
The schooner Virginia, from Accomac
county, Va, for Baltimore, with IS, 900 bush
els of corn, was run into and sunk by steam
err at the mouth Of the Patapsco river on
Friday night Her captain, John burlington,
was drowned.
Niles G.. Parker, ex-2tats Treasurer of
South Carolina, has been released from the
Columbia Jail on his own reeognizance. he
has turned States evidence, and surrendered
documentary proof of the misdeeds of his
former associates in Office, hence his release.
The convict choir at Auburn, N. Y, prison
is q remarkable musical organization. The
organist is sentenced for grand larceny, the
first violin, the first tenor and double bess are
murderers, the second tenor, basso, and sopra-
nos are all burglars, and the professor IS
forger.
During theheavy thunder and hail storm on
Sunday last the tobacco house of Mr.. Rufus
K. Day, situated near kemptovn, Frederick
county, Nd, was struck by lightning and
entirely consumed, together with its con-
tents, which consisted of about 1000 pounds
Of tobacco.
kilograms from AaehiGnn and Topeka re.
port large arrivals of immigrants hound TO
the interior of Kansas. Over 1900 arrived in
Atchison alone, in one day, and it is estima-
ted that, if the number of immigrants keeps
up, the population Of the State will be in
creased 100000 this year.
The latest advicss from Peru indicate a
possible famine in certain districts, in conss-
quenee of the failure of the cereals, owing
10 excessive drought. While drought has
prevailed in the interior, the coast districts,
where rains have been almost unknown, have
recently been visited by disastrous foods.
A tornado in Casey county, KY, on Sat
nrday afternoon, demolished everything in n
track four hundred feet wide, near the vii
lagos Of Rich Hill and Mount Olive. Six
persons we're killed and several others injur-
ed. Many horses and cattle were also killed.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The New Orleans Rcayuae publishes long
letter fTOLs w, p, Converse, Jr., foreman Of
the jury before which General Anderson was
tried, claiming the entire faiEpsSE Of the work
ing of the jury in that case, and stating that
the two eolored men without reservation as
scented to the verdict of guilty.
A bill has been reported favorably in the
Pennsylvania Legislature to encourage the
planting of trees along the roadside. This
bill was suggested by the State Agricultural
Society and allows any person liable for road
tax one dollar for every four trees transplant
ed along the roadside, the distance of such
trees apart ranging from sixty TO seventy feet,
according to variety.
In the Criminal Court at Baltimore, Mon
day, Judge Brown rendered his decision in
the cases Of those indicted in connection with
the suspension of the Union Banking Compa.
ny. Samuel Rarth, ex-President of the con-
eern, was acquitted, sRd the two Savins and
j. Nj. Baldwin were declared guilty, Coun-
sci for defence gave notice Of . motion for q
new trial, and sentence was deferred. The
case was or trial without jury for two weeks
An effort will be made to secure from the
Legislature an appropriation to erect in some
public place in Baltimore, Nd, monument
to the memory of the Union soldiers who died
in the service of their country. The monn-
ment is to be about thirty-fiye feetin height and
will cost about $1,000 committee, COM
posed Of prominent gentlemen, has been APP
pointed to present the matter to the Legis-
lature.