The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-28

Cen Grant arrived in Paris from Switzer-
land on Wednesday.
Subscriptions at Paris for the yellow fever
sufferers amount TO $4,000.
A convention Of colored temperance men
was held at Chestertown, Md. on the 18th inst.
A shark measuring eight feet four inches
was caught last week at the Chestertowu.
Nd. wharf.
Jas. A. Hamilton, son of Alexander Ham.
ilton, died on Tuesday at his country seat
near Irvington, \. Y, in the 9lst wear of his
age.
Burt Taylor, a burglar, was shot dead bv a
policeman while trying to escape from a house
he had just robbed, in Chicago, early on Sat.
urday morning.
A destructive storm passed over Michigan
on Wednesday night Several persons were
killed by lightning, and dwellings and barns
were blown down.
James Mullen a wealthy bachelor farmer
of Cover, No., was found lying dead near
his barn on Saturday morning with most OF
his flesh eaten by hogs 1t is supposed he
fell from the barn loft and broke his neck.
His horses and cattle were tied in the barn
and nearly starved when discovered
The Postofice Department Is informed
that "a sacks of newspaper mail have been
burned by the Health Office at Mesquite.
Texas. Asthe Department has not forced the
mails past any point in the South where the
quarantine has been established, the question
of the authority for burning the mails will be
investigated.
The Treasury Department has issued cir
cular providing that on and after October LIST
the charges for transporting national bank
Il. =.
demption must be paid by the party making
the remittance. Ii the charges are not pre-
paid, the amount thereof will be deducted
from the proceeds.
At Rome, Michigan, last Saturday, tame
bear kept by a man named Moltzman, seized
his daughter Edna and began to make a meal
off her body. Ethel Hodges, a young woman
in the house, picked up large stone, chased
the bear into his kennel, and succeeded in
extricating the girl from his jaws. There is
little hope of the girls recovery.
The Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows com
pleted its session at Baltimore on Saturday,
and adjourned to meet in that city next year
The officers for the ensuing term were install.
ed John Harmon, of California, Grand
Sire; Luther j. Glenn, of Georgia, Deputy
Grand Sire; James l.. Ridgely, OF Maryland,
Grand Secretary, and Joshua Vansant, oil
Maryland, Grand Treasurer.
While peddler was crossing the mountain
between Port Jervis, N Y, and Greenville.
on Monday morning, n man emerged from
the woods, demanded his money. and severe
ly wounded him with some blunt weapon.
The peddler drew a pistol and fred at the
robber, who fell. Hurrying to Greenville,
the peddler procured assistance, apd returned
to where he left the body, but it was gone, a
large pool of blood being in its place.
There was a lamentable increase of the
fever at Memphis on Tuesday. The distress
and suffering in the stricken city almost ex
ceeds belief The President of the Young
Mems Mechanic and Labor Aid Association
of New Orleans has made an appeal for aid
from the mechanics and laboring men of the
country, owing to the fact that all manner of
business is suspended, and the contributions
so far have been for those who are suffering
from the yellow fever. They say many Of
their families are in need of the neeessaries
of life.