The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-05-24

The Il. hour bicycle race in New York wa
won Saturday night by W. De Noille, VIII
covered 800 miles.
Out Of 972,00s pieces Of baggage carrie
over the Pennsylvania railroad lines darin
1878 only one was lost
Mrs. Polk, wife of the ex.Presideni, nov
lives in Jefferson, Ind, and is said TO be
sprightly and well-preseryed old lady.
During a thunder storm at Fredericksburg
Ind, last week two young men, named Dur
/ rilfnnd Mourning, took shelter under a tire
and we're killed By lightning.
A fire at Galesburg, Illinois, on Monda.
morning destroyed $50, 900 worth Of property
In a livery stable that was burned were seven
teen horses, all Of which were total loss.
A skipping rope was placed among th'
flowers on kiltie Boylan's coffin, in Clyde
Ohio. She had died from jumping It ~
times without stopping.
Asahel Peck, ex. Goyernorof Vermont, die,
Monday at his residence 10 Jericho, aged u
years. He had been Judge Of the Supreme
4 Court Of his State for twenty years.
Mrs. Wren and Mrs. Howell were drowned
/ by the upsetiing OF small boat on the wes
/ branch of the Susquehanna, near kOpp's Sid
/ ing, above Sunbury, Pa, Monday afternoon
/ L.. Iangebehm, a farmer Of Costa Rica
county, Cal, beat bis little boy and girl "a
death in field on the 10Th instant, and then
committed suicide. II is supposed he was in
sane.
William Morgan, cashier of the St. Nicho.
las Hotel. in Cincinnati, and his brother,
John, were drowned by the upsetting Of a
row boat on The Licking River, on Sunday
afternoon.
The new liquor law for Illinois permits all
persons, male aud female, TO vote on the
question whether Licenses shall be granted in
their town. There is special and different
law for the larger cities.
The Z, S. ship Constitution, the last Of the
Government vessels with returned goods from
the Paris Exposition, is now 80 days out from
Lisbon, aud expected TO arrive in New York
this week.
A meeting to protest against "Sabbath
dissertation was held IN Lowell, Mass, on
Sunday Governor Talbot presided. Raso-
buttons were adopted calling for the enforce
ment of the Sunday laws.
At Columbus, Texas, Mack Anderson, u
negro barber, whose wife had left him, dan
gerously cut white man with a razor on her
account, and subsequently cut the woman $
throat nearly decapitat:ng her.
A special session OF the New England La.
Dor Reform League was held in Science Hall,
tons were adopted and speeches made eX.
pressing ultra Socialistic ideas.
An explosion, caused by the boiling over
of two kettles of turpeutine, occurred in the
varnish factory Of Berry Brothers, at Detroit,
Monday. Five men were burned, three Sc.
yerely and one, il is thought, fatally.
Congressman Carlisle, OF Kentucky, has
been invited TO address the Democrats Of Bos.
ton at Faneuil Hall on the the questions which
have been pending in congress during the pres.
ent session and will accept the invitation.
Saturday afternoon, ayiolent thunder storm
passed over Wilmington, Delaware. Several
houses were struck by lightning, which stun.
ned at least dozen persons in different parts
Of the town. In two cases the parties did not
recover for some hours.
The farmers ia tidewatcr Virginia, have
commenced harvesting their early crops,
which are nearly month later than last year,
and the steamers for New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washinglonare daily loaded to
their utmost capacity with new potatoes, as.
paragus, strawberries, &c.
Monday afternoon, the track OF the Denver,
South Park and Pacific Railroad, in Colora.
do, reached the KenOsha Summit, 1910
feet above sea level, the highest point yet at
tanned by railroad on the North American
Continent. The road, when completed, will
connect Denver with l.eadvile.
ES.State Senator Cornish, convicted at
Belyidere, N. j., of conspiring to defraud the
county Of Sl0,0O0, was sentenced on Saturday
to one years imprisonment in the Peniten.
tiary. j, II. Sweeney, ex Chief of Police OF
Phiilipsburg, convicted Of raising county
bill, received similar sentence.
While number Of children we're PLAYING
ball at Somerville, Mass, on Sunday, a ten.
year daughter OF William II. Goodspeed
picked up the ball they had been using and
refused TO give it back. Several Of the bows
pelted her with stones, one of which struck
her on the temple, causing her death on Mon.
day morning.
The breaker at the Stanton shaft, Wilkes.
barre, Pa, was burned to the ground Sun.
day morning, The FIRE which broke out in
this shan on the 7th inst, has been burning
ever since, aud il is supposed the breaker
caught from the accidental ignition of the is.
suing gas. The cost of erecting the breaker
and sinking the shaft was $3.50, 200.
A strike occurred Wednesday afternoon at
Joseph II. Browns iron works, South Chi.
cage, which throws about 600 men ont of
employment. Originally fourteen mes ia the
butt department struck against reduction.
This caused stoppage OF all the plate men,
and as the other departments depend on the
plate department, the whole number will be
out.
William Nelson, colored. was sentenced
at Terrc Haute, lud., Tuesday, to nav A fine
Of $1,000 and be imprisoned in the peniten.
tiary for one year, for marrying a white
woman. Il is said the prosecution originated
in spite. Nelson was convicted under a law
enacted in 1856, which the Judge, Long, held
to be valid, through decision Of the Supreme
Court
Lieutenant c. VI. Carrow, of the Seventh
Cavalry, committed suicide by shooting him.
SELF IN hotel at st. Louis, on Monday. He
was on his way back from the East, where a
Surgical operation was performed on his knee
live weeks ago, TO join his regiment at For,
Lincoln. No cause for the suicide is known.
Carrows father is well-knowu minister,
now residing at Pottsyille. Pa.
a leading Boston merchant who has iusi
returned from the West says; --'I have
never seen the time when the prospects for
the West looked so bright. | noticed partic.
ulariy the activity in all The Departments Of
manufacture, especially in machinery. and
still more in the specially Of the manufacture
ofagricaltural implements Wherever went
was informed by the manufacturers that
they were working night and day and vet were
unable to meet the constantly increasing de-
mnnd.
On Saturday last the puddlers in the Pits,
burg mills held meeting aud unanimously
resolved TO submit to no reduction in priees
OF pudding iron, The present agreement 81
the manufacturers 10 pay five dollars a ion
will expire on June LIST, aud some manufae.
tnrers say they will close their works then.
They claim that as three dollars and a half 4
the price per ton for pudding in the East.
they cannot compete under such terms. There
will probably be a lockout next month.
Seven steamers left New York for Enrope
on Saturday, the passengers being about 500.
Inc cargoes were very large, the leading AZ.
gregates being ms follows :--Grain, Do. OJl
bushels; bacon, $40 boxes; cheese, nd. zoo
boxes bnlter, $3.50 packages; cotton, PIG
balesi Hour 2ll5 barrels and GG0O sacks; 30
tons sack flour; 500 head of sheep and 3l5
tons of fresh meat. The shipments also in.
elude two street cars, built by the Stephenson
70. ior the London framways Co., and 80
bales domestic dry goods.
VIM. Gordon, a mail clerk in the emplov ol
ii. y. Clnllin Il Co., New York. has been
Arrested, charged with swindling his emnloy.
ers out Of nearly 5000 within the past ihree
years. lie confessed his guilt and said tha,
he was iirst tempted to steal sheets Of poslaI
stamps by Thomas l.. Smith, fellow clerk,
They divided the proceeds for two years.
When Gordon determined TO stop steal.
ing Saith threatened him with exposure
II he did not continue his peculalions. Smiih
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