The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-11

John b. Cough will sail from England ior
New York to-day.
5,s02 animals have died Of rinderpcss in
Southern Russia since the beginning OF the
year
One Of the attractions Of the recent fair at
Easton, Pa, was Mrs Maria Rciss, who is
l0T years old
There are 300 cases Of smallpox in Ottawa,
Canada, aud the schools Of that ci4y are closed
in consequence
An the hollow ware moulders OF Louisville,
Ky, over thousand in number, struck Mon
day, for an advance of Is per cent.
A great deal of damage hns been done by
prairie fires in Manitoba. Many farmers have
lost their houses, wheat and haystncks.
Twelve hundred cigar makers Of Chicago
struck Tuesday for an advance OF ~ per
thousand. and their demand was granted,
The forest fires in 81, Lawrence county, N.
Y, continue to spread Large quantities of
wood aud several barns, near Madrid, have
been consumed.
The receipts Of the New York General Post
Office for last week were $4,000, the largest
receipts for single week ever known in the
records of the office.
Eleven tons Of tomatoes at one picking
from three acres is claimed as the champion
peninsula crop BY Hezekiah Masten, of Kent
county, Nd, who raised them.
The Rev. G. a. Mitchell, of Greencastle,
Ind, is on strike. He announced, after
last Sundays sermon, that he would not
preach again until his past.due salary was
paid.
The water in the Susquchanna at Harris
burg is said TO be lower at the present tins
than at any time the oldest inhahitaut can re-
member. Il is within three inches of the low
water mark cut in the rocks in 1903.
AT Laconia, N. H., man aged ca year.
was sentenced on Monday to six years i'm
prisoumeutin the State Prison for horse
stealing, who has already served five terms Of
five years each IN the same institution.
a large barn upon the farm of Dr. w. f.
Trout, near Fort Liitleton, Pa, was totally
destroyed by fire on Wednesday night to.
gether with the whole years product Of grain
and hay. The lossis nearly $4,000; no in
snrance.
The barns of Elizabeth S,earus, of Chase.
Mills, n. y. with their contents, were burn.
ed Tuesday by forest fires. The smoke is 50
dense in that section that objects thirty feet
away cannot be seen. Teams are driven with
caution to avoid collision.
An order of the Dominion Council was
Published in Ottawa Monday further prohih.
itiug the importation of American cattle into
the provinces Of Quebec, Ontario, New Bruins.
wick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Is
land, No time is specified
A conference Of ''the Edwards family heirs
and representatives from all parts of Canada
has just been held in London, Ont, to take
steps for the securing Of ga great estate il
New York city, valued at $50, 600, GOO, which
some attorney in want Of fee declares to be
their inheritance,
Adyices from Hong Kong, received in Sar
Francisco Tuesday, give Chinese report oil
some catastrophe, perhaps the death of the
Emperor or one Of the Empressos, within the
Imperial Palace, ut Pekin. Nine hundred
and ninety-one houses have been burned
in the French Concession Of Shanghi.
The Rev. Mr., Allen, colored preacher al
Russelville, Kentucky, and white femal,
who resides in Nashville, Tennessee, ran away
together to Jacksonville on Saturday and
proceeded 10 indianapolis, The minister
that performed the ceremony is liable to a
heavy line and Imprisonment according to the
law Of indiana,