The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-04-05
News o. tho week.


A snow storm, with high wind, prevailed |
on Monday at Providence, II. l.. and eontin-
ued at 10 o'clock at night.
The jury in the case Of Poindexter, at Rich
mond, Va. was discharged on Saturday night, |
there being no prospect Of agreement.
The last descendant Of John Bunyan died
lately in England. She was an ancient dame
of 81, and her name was Ann Webster.
The hotel keepers Of Minnesota have formed
State association for mutual protection
against people who do not pay their bills.
Col. Bob Ingersoll and his brother, with
their families, have engaged rooms at the
Bright House, Rehoboth, Del, for the com
ing summer.
Much damage was done by the wind in EFF
ingham county, Ca, on Sunday, and son
of ex-Congressman Rawls was killed by
falling tree.
Governor Marks, of Tennessee on Monday
signed the bill for the settlement Of the State
debt ut fifty cents on the dollar, with four per
cent. interest.
Captain Edward O'Meagher Condor, the
released Fenian, has been appointed to a
twelve hundred dollar clerkship in the Treas
ury Department.
Bsmark, a large and bad tempered monkey,
at the geological Gardens, Philadelphia, re-
Gently killed two Of his companions, and is
now in solitary confinement
Dispatches received at Milwaukee an
nounces the discovery Of gold in the upper
Michigan peninsula. II is said that the an.
alysis made proves that it yieds at the rate Of
Sli4OO per ton. Gold has also been discoy-
cred near the Brule river.
Mrs. Mary Goodall died at Pequonoch
| Bridge, Conn, on Sunday, at the age Of 1903
! years, months aud s days. She was a
native of Connecticut, and twice married.
/ Her first husband was killed in the war of
1872, and her second died many years ago.
/ Mrs. Peter Miller, Of Helena, Ark, though
/ but four feet six inches high is asserted to
weigh 400 pounds She measures three feet
nine inches across the back, and is thus nearly
as broad rs she is long. Her age is 6s. She
married at is, and then weighed but 100 lbs
1 A man named Morgan, said to be from
/ Utica, N. y, was arrested in Charleston, S.
I g., on Monday, while passing from the First
! National Bank, with $4,000 worth Of U. s.
| bonds and other securities, stolen from the
I Presidents private room. The property was
recovered and the thief locked up.
/ Mondays storm in New England was the
seyerest Of the season. The streets of Pr0vi.
/ dence, r. l., we're blocked with snow, and
the street cars ran irregularly. The schooner
l Milton, from Mystic, Conn, for New York,
/ is ashore ON Spicers Point. The Shoyelfull
| Light vessel, Off Chatham, Mass, has disap.
/ peared,
Mr.. Kayanagh, Member of Parliament for
county Carlow, though legless and armless is
said to be nbeautilulpensman, a fine draughts-
man, an excellent shot, good yachtman, a
I splendid driver aud a fearless huntsman IL
/ he were furnished with arms and legs, il is
| probable that he wouldn't even be mem
! Der Of Parliament.
/ Mr.. Welsh, our Minister at London, trans
miis to the Department of State o copy OF
letter from the Foreign Secretary ofthe Royal
Astronomical Society, announcing that the
council of the society has awarded their gold
medal to Prof Asaph Hall, of the Naval OBJ
servaiory, Washington, for his discovery of
the satellites of Mars.
A suit has been commenced in New York,
which, IL is said, will carry the question Of
the coustitutionality Of the Civil Rights Act
to the Supreme Court Of the United States
The suit arose from the exclusion Of respect.
able colored man from the public table Of the
steamer Continental, on her passage from
New Haven to New York.
Captain Pratt, who originated the project
OF educating Indian youth at the Hampton,
Va, Normal School, called upon President
Hayes on Tuesday with party Of Indian stu.
dents whose ages range from II to 20 years.
The President expressed qualification at the
progress OF the pupils, and congratulated
Captain Pratt upon the success Of his under.
taking.
Some practical jokers encased the carcass
OF horse in red flannel, set it alloat in the
Ohio, just above Madison, Ind. and passed
the word by wire down both banks of the river
that Boyton was coming. Skifis shot out for
miles along the river as the dead steed drift,
cd down, aud at Madison the entire populaeo
crowded TO the wharyes. The sell was q
success.
A bill has passed the New York General
Assembly making the Office of county clerk in
New York city salaried, and forbidding him
to receive any fees for his own benefit. The
salary is fixed by the bill at $1,000 whereas
the office has heretofore yielded the incum.
bent, it is supposed at least $50, 900 per year.
A similar bill in regard to the register has
also been introduced.
1t has been announced hat the National
Camp Meeting Association will hold meet.
ing on the grounds of the Summit Grove Camp
Meeting Association, ON the 8 LIST of July next,
to continue twelve days. All the permanent
tents are already rented aud applications are
coming IN Tor canvass tents. The prospects
of large encampment are very good and ar
engagements are rapidly progressing.
The fremont House, at Claremount, n. II.
was destroyed by FIRE between one and two
o'clock on Saturday morning, and'tve Of the
inmates were burned to death. The victims
were Mrs. Gibson, mother Of the proprietor;
Mrs. S. A. Place, pastry cook; Miss Annie
johnson, chambermaid; Miss Lydia Merrill,
table girl, and Charles Morgan. Four small
stores, besides the hotel, were DESTROYED by
lire, and the total loss is estimated at $50, 600
DIR. Mcdonald mysterously disappeared
from Dartmouth, N. S., about thirty years
ago, and man named Thorpe, with whom
he had boarded, was arrested on suspicion OF
having murdered him for his money. There
being no evidence against Thorpe, the latter
was discharged. On Sunday the skeleton OF
Mcdonald was found under the flooring OF
the house where he had boarded with Thorpe,
and the latter who is still living in Pictou
county, will be rearrested
Rowell started back to England on Wed.
nesday, in the Seythia, taking with him the
champions belt he came for, about $50, 600
in money, including his earnings ia Phiadel.
phia and Boston, sundry friendly gifts, a great
fame as a walker, and the good wishes OF the
American people, who have admired his skill,
endurance and pluck. He will find a we'll.
meritcd welcome on the other side, all the
warmer from the ehagrn that was felt when
O,Leary brought the belt to America.
The magnitude OF the production of petro.
eum in Pennsylvania is enormous. During
the month of February the product was /, :
2lS,000 barrels, or 4S, 100000 gallons, Of
which nearly two-thirds were sent to market
as fast as it could be barreled. The imagina-
ton fails to conceive the extent Of the oil de-
posits Of the State. Vast as have been the
quantities already drawn from, there is no
present indication of exhaustion. New wells
are being sunk every day, and in the majority
of cases with success.
A night express train on the Grand Trunk
Railroad was thrown from the track by the
removal Of a rail- near Smiths Greek, Mich
on Saturday night, and the engine and three
/ forward ears were wrecked. Robert Wilson,
brakeman, was killed, Benjamin Waters,
engineer and Jeremiah Mcclure, fireman,
were fatally scalded. Several passengers
were injured, Francis Kellogg, Of Erie, Pa,
having leg broken The villains who re-
moved the rail were traced by their footprints
4 10 the mud aud their tools we're found near
the scsne Of the disaster. Several arrests
have been made
The Sioux City, Iowa, Journal publishes
reports Of destructive prairie fires in the Big
Sioux Valley aud throughout southern Da.
kota. In the vicinity OF Eden, about forty
farm houses and church have been destroy.
ed, the farmers loosing everything A child
was burned TO death and its father terribly
4