The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-12-28
The united ages of fourteen persons s who

line WlIlQraWdlS IEOLll buO cnbAh5o
Massachusetts within the last two years have
amounted to over 100000, 900.
William Moody, Familiarity known as I'm
Gle Billy Moody" the first white chiIo 3 aa.l
in Cincinnati, died few days ago In MS oo'h
year.
w. j. Hadley, charged with forging clrcu-
lar notes on the Union Bank OF London, Eng
land, was held in $4,000 bail in San Francis
CO on Tuesday.
William Niles, about 10 years of age, son
of Professor Niles. was drowned at Sunbury,
Pa, Wednesday, while attempting to cross
the Susquehanna river on the ice.
Paul Boyton, the great American swimmer,
after paddling around in all the principal
rivers in Europe, has returned home 10 as
NAV his medals and talk about his adven-
lures.
Upward of $50 failures in Glasgow and the
west of Scotland are directly or indirectly
traceable to the stoppage of the City OF elias
cow Bank. The total liabilities of the Scotch
firms who have been dragged down are Sl2o,-
900, 900.
The Toronto Globe says that the American
paper manufacturers are buying all the poplar
wood they can find in the Canadian Eastern
townships. They pay so cents cord IN the
tree, and thus the farmer reaps return Tor a
wood that is almost valueless for fuel.
IfGov. Hampton gets well, South Carroll
mas two Senators will together have but two
legs. Senator Butler lost one OF his legs
during the war, and Hampton's recent loss OF
one Of his, reduces South Cardinals leg re-
presentation in the Senate to two.
Stephen D. Richards, who has been placed
in Jail at Steubenville, Ohio, charged with the
murder of the HARRISON family, at hearney,
Nebraska, has made full confession, &C
knowIedging the commission OF nine murders
within the last three years.
Eva Leroy, young woman OF evil repute,
who was once beautiful but had sunk to the
level ofan outcast, was found lying In the ROAD,
badly frozen, near Rogers City, Mich, on
Monday night. She was taken into the town,
where She died under the performance OF an
amputation.
Mrs. Ann Scarlet, of West Chester, Pa,
celebrated on the 23d, at that place, the one
bundredth anniversary of her birth. The ex-
ercises incident to the remarkable event took
place in the form of a reception. Among
those present was "Aunty" Graham, who Is
102 years of age.
In response to demand from the Cover
nor of Kansas, the captured Cheyenne Indians
will be taken to Fort Leavenworth, in order
that those identified as guilty of outrages may
be turned over to the Kansas authorities for
trial. and the remainder sent back to their
agency in the Indian Territory.
A serious shooting affair took place in q
store, in Baltimore, on Monday, between
VIM. NJ. James and Denwood 8. Kinds. The
parties we're not over ten feet apart, and both
emptied their revolvers, resulting, perhaps, IN
the fatal shooting of James. The affair arose
from James attentions to sister OF Kinds.
A cable despatch from London to the New
York Herald says that General Grant con-
templates visiting Ireland about Christmas
time, accompanied by Ministers Welsh and
Moves The i'll health of the Minister to
England has delayed the journey somewhat.
The General goes to Ireland as his last Jaunt
before his departure for India.
Felix A. Savin, ex-cashier of the Union
Banking Company of Baltimore, which failed
some time ago, and Marius ID. Savin, his
brother, who were convicted of conspiracy to
defraud Sargent Brothers, of New York, by
means of fraudulent certificates of deposits,
have been pardoned by Governor Carroll.
Their term of Imprisonment would have
expired next March.
A sum of nearly ST., 200, drawn from the
United States Treasury on Saturday by Will
liam j. Brown, financial clerk of the Wash
ington City Post office, disappeared in mys'
terious way, being lost, according to Mr.
Browns report, in one of the closets of the
Treasury building. Detectives are investi
eating the matter.
Mrs. Sarah Gilmore, of Taunton, Massa-
chusetts, attained her ninetieth year las
Thursday, and the occasion was made one o.
a congratulatory afternoon call by her sisters
one of whom is in her eighty seventh year,
another in her eightieth year, and still anoth
er in her seventy second year, and brother
in his eighty-ninth year.
There was much drunkenness and disorder
in Washington on Christmas day, and an I'M
usual number of ARRAYS, one of which result
ed in homicide. James Coombs, being saw
agely assaulted by party in the "Marble
Saloon" on Pennsylvania avenue, fired at his
assailants, and the ball entered the forehead
of young man not engaged in the fight
named Samuel Emory, killing him almost in
stantly.
The Hazelhurst -four mill, near Baltimore,
Md, was burned on Monday morning. At
the time of the fire the mill contained 5000
to 1000 bushels of corn, 400 to 500 bushels
wheat, about 40 barrels wheat flour, $50 to
200 barrels cornmeal, and 5000 bushels feed
stuff, all of which was consumed. The loss
is estimated at between $50, 900 and $4,000
and the fire is supposed to have been acct
dental. Loss covered by insurance.
A considerable sensation has been caused
in Patterson, N. j. by the discovery of sinai
outflow of petroleum oil through the assures
of the rock walls of a celler in South Patter
son. The premises are owned by John Ruff
fling, German. The oil has been tested and
is pronounced unusually pure, and property
holders are in fever of excitement Indica
tions of oil have been found about Patterson
before, but nothing was ever developed.
Dispatches from WATERFOWL. New York,
December 25, say:-The snow has been fall
ing for three days. No trains have arrived
there since Monday, and none have started
from that point At Kansas city the weather
is the severest known there for twelve years
The Missouri river is closed, with ice foot
thick, the snow is two feet deep, and the en-
tire overland transportation is transacted witt
sleighs, all the railroad tracks being blocked
up. -, .,
The other evening, while number of boys
were skating on the mill pond, at Hodgdon,
Me-, a little son of r. 7. Bickford slid off the
ice some distance into the water. Joseph
Harrington, boy of II or 10 years, seeing
his danger, threw off his coat and plunged in
to the rescue. Reaching him just as he was
sinking for the third time, he held him above
the water and with his feet swan to the edge
of the ice. Being unable to get upon the ice
without assistance, he held the nearly drowned
boy there until help came.
The bodies of Ezra Wilson, aged 81 years
and his wife Ellen, aged SO, were found il
Wilson's store, in Sudbury st rect, Boston, on
Wednesday morning. He had shot her dead
and then committed suicide. They were mar
ried in July last and separated in October
She called at his store on Tuesday evening
and asked him to give her back some letters
she had written during their courtship. He
said he did not have them with him and told
her to return later. 1t was doubtless wher
she returned to the store that the tragedy
occurred.
General Charles P. Stone writes from
Cairo, Egypt, to the com missioner of Agrieul-
ture, that dEnglish and Scottish horse raiser:
who have been furnishing carriage horses Of
high quality to that ancient land, confess
that they cannot compete at home with the
''horse raisers of Kentucky and Ohio, who
send fine carriage horses to England, and far
undersell the native English raisers.n This
being the case, General Stone thinks that a
good grade of carriage horses might be export.
ed from Baltimore to Egypt, by the Mediter
ranean steamships, the shipments to be always
made in the latter part of the summer to
avoid the hot season.