The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-30
News Of the Week.

snow l03 years old. is at Chicago en- route % IA
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| The Treasury Department on Wednesday pu
/ Philadelphia Mint
The cholera continues yirnlent In Yokoham
Japan. Thus far this season there have been $50
/ cases and 5000.
| yellow fever continues its devastation In Men
rms, froia q % ~ cases arc reported daily. NJ
Eli Perkins, % years old. ofsussex county. Del
war; mas never seen railroad although liyiI
purchaser IL a stove store In Jersey City threw
ghted naich into pot OF stove polish n dag or IN
ago and the store was set on IRE
The practice tugs Standish and MayhOwer le
Washington Tor Annapolis Tuesday, with the cad
engineers returning nun their annual cruise.
! The town OF Bedford, Mass, celebrated the i51l
anniversary OF Its Incorporation Wednesday The
wasa procession Ofthe military ilrcmen and cltisen
Hasslers celebrated orchestra, OF Philadelphia,
10 play AZ the Delaware State Fair, at Dover. Goo
people.
Hitherto the Krupp firm has made and dellyers
% tne various states Of Europe and Asia more tina
which have burst
Two freight trains ON the Atlantic and Great Yves
ern Railroad ran into each other near Cleveland q
saturday night. Frederick saas conductor, age
~ years, was killed.
Eugene Garlerc colored. an ex-membcr OF III
louisiana legislature, and for few yeans past eler
In the postoiice at New Orleans has been arrcstes
for stealing money letters.
Mrs. GUINNESS recently gave bail ia London at
cOst Of s30.O00. Mnntcl pieces of stephanotis bank
OF snrdenia, and blocks OF ice into which flower
were frozen werc among the decorations.
slon rom chester 10 tape May, on sunday, and la
not been heard Of since Il slea red she was drown
cd IN while landing q the wharf in Chester
The Toronto Giobs publishes special cable dee
patch nom London. saying that Sir Charles Tuppe
mas ordered i1,Ug tons OF steel rails delivered II
Montreal, for the Canadian raciha RAilrnad
first Lieutenant Richard II Patt OF the Tent
Cavalry, has been directed 10 take charge of schOo
for young Indians, To be opened at Carlisle Pa. TIT
school will be similar 10 that at Hampton. Va
Flny thousand tons OF Scmnton coal was sold IL
New York wednesday by the Delaware, lackawan
na aud Western Railroad at decline OF from abou
l15s To ~ cents per ton on last months prices.
On recent sunday evening, 1900 persons In st
Johns Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, MINI.
stood up and repeated aitcr Father Turner, sol
drinks for one year.
There were several ARRAYS between parties o
striking and working spinnen In Fall River, Mass.
Gu Saturday night and sunday morning Stone
were thrown and pistols fired In some instances bu
nothing serious resulted.
A train OF twenty.eght loaded oil tanks on III,
Sunbury, liazleton and wilkoSbartc Railroad wa
wrecked and burned at Kipps' Station seven mile
nom sunbury. on Tuesday night The trgstle brdg,
over the run AT klpp's was also burned
The lAyest shan ever erected IN this country Is nov
ON its way from the Ninalhayen quarries, on foa
Island Maine TO be placed over the grave OF the lat,
Major General Wool in the cemetery near Troy
The shan weighs - tons and is IS feet In height
brutal tight between two bulldogs, Gus English
aud Coaehman American at hamlet on Long Is
ped came of victorious, This canine internAtiOnA
contest was witnessed by lurge eoneourse OF biped
of different natOnalities
Charles A. Carl who Is known to have four or 1--WE
wives IN different parts Of the country, pleaded gull
", at Harrisburg. Pa, Wednesday 10 the charge o
bigamy and false pretense and was sentenced q
pay nne OF 500 and undergo Imprisonment In ia,
penitentiary for three yCars.
1t is now believed that the fire which destroyed
the farm buildings Of samuel H. Soyes. al Bow y
H., last week, was started bynn incendiary. and tia
Noycs was robbed and murdered. Ills chArrcd body
was found in a shed near the house, and sum ol
money belonging 10 him is missing
The steamer Great Eastern. which has long been
lying at Milford Haven. England, Is 10 be hited az
with new boilers and machinery at cost OF fl0J u
as cattle ship. 1t Is estimated that she will carp
$50 head OF cattle aud 5000 sheep She is ~ trad,
between London and ports In Texas
SIS, Ricklys bank, In columbus, Ohio, was robbed
nj noon Tuesday OF SDl1 IN currency aud sIhOU 10
registered bonds The thief entered through rcal
window. while his confederate entertained the pro
pretor the only person then In the bank, by ntgo
tiation for the purchase Of some bonds.
Jim AYES, Warren AYES Jack Estes. Clemp Oran
Jim D0nney, Jim Estes aud Jefi Oran were arrest I'd
on wednesday, at sandriie, ny, charged with Kill
ing u negro man, wOundng another aud buryinp
the body of the man killed together with thai of 4
little girl and also an infant, some weeks since.
Most OF the business portion of Farmer City, III.
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning Tween
ty-iour buildings, twenty-five OF them stores wer,
consumed. and the loss i estimated ut 10000 /
Is supposed the tire was siarted by on inceLdiary
There were no ire enginesand but little water IN TIT
place.
The remains Of an old furnace or forge long sine,
dismantled, which supplied the Continental ARM
with cannon and ball still visible on the BAci
Rock road In York county, Pa Parties in examin
ing the heaps Of debris among the ruins ffeqnentl
bring Cannon balls and other Interesting relies 4
the surface.
The swimming match between Captains Webb
and Boyton at Newport. r. l.. Friday. ended abrupt,
at half past ten O'Clock in the morning by Webb
becoming affected by violent cramps which com
PEELED him 20 give up. BOyton continued padding
until he had made his y miles, by minutes past !
o'clock that night
Rear Admiral Ammen. who represented the In
tercsts OF the United states, at the lntcr-occani
Canal Congress ~ Paris, writes. to the New Yorl
World that General Grant, In a telegram dated TIT
1th INST signied his willingness TO accept the Prsi
dency OF an American company for the construction
Of Ncaragunn Ship Canal.
Henry J. Rogers, the agent in the erection OF thu
hrst telegraph line In the wOrld-that between Balti
more aud Mnshington--dled Wednesday In Balli
more. aged o. yean. lie was subsequently superiu
tendent of the North American Telegraph Comtany
now used In all ports OF the United States
Nineteen new cases Of yellow fever and eigll
deaths were reported Ia Memphis sunday Durinl
n storm ON Saturday night a fame building con
tanning Mrs. Hollis aud two children all sick q
fever. was blown down, and Mrs Hollis Is expecte,
10 die from the effects of exposure. Several ncN
cases OF Fever have appeared at points short dis
lance from Memphis.
An attempt was made to rob tho vault of the Lon
Branch Ranking Company, al Long Branch, on Tue,
nay night Five men gagged and bound the police
man on the street, entered the bank aud tried /
blow open the safe with gunpowder. but He'd at III
noise OF the explosion leaving their tools The sai
was not opened.
This tobacco-box factories in Richmond, Va. of 4
H. Whitlock and Turplu 4 brother were deslroye
by fire Tuesday morning. The building occupie
BY Turpin u Brother was the famous Castle Thu
der" during the war and was used chiefly by III
Confederate authorities for the detention OF diesel
tiers spies and civilian prisoners.
Charles smith, an itineranl seller of lottery ticket
from pennsylvania. was arrested In Baltimore Tue
day aud held 10 await the action of the Gmnd Jur,
A a Kentucky kpf a md
his possession and several persons who had bougi
tickets from him were discovered. The penalty 10
his offence is $1,000 fine, or one years imprisonment
or both. at the discretion of the Court.
car load OF silver orc, taken from mine I
Silver Mountain. near frederiekstown, Madiso
county, Mo, was shipped from that place on sAtu
day 10 st. Louis to be reduced at the smelling work
The ore is said 10 yield " ounces u the ton TheI
is much excitement In Madison county, aud parti,
vigorously prospecting the spurs OF the Ozar
Mountain Ia search OF indications Of treasure
The local board VI steam inspectors at Ballimol
have found the Philadelphia steamer David Reeve
Captain McGlcllcn, responsible for the collislo
with the yacht curlew, of Baltimore, in Chesapeak
Bay, ON the night Of the 18th instant. n. D. Keen
OF the yacht, was drowned ~ consequence If III
collision. libel for $500 damages has been file
against the steamer BY the owner OF the yacht
Mr.; George W. Chids gave dinner on frida
evening at his residence, Sea clin vIlla, Lon
Branch, 10 the Hon. A, II. Stephens, OF ueorgii
Among the invited guests were Speaker Randall
Messrs, Garfield Frye and Blackburn; also A.
Drexel, c. Vanderbilt 7. Geary, J. W. Harper. Gci
adephia, George w Pullman and Bishop Doane
In the Criminal Court, al Harrisburg, on Monda
Judge Pearson charged the Grand Jury In regard
the changes Of corrupt solicitation Of membefs OF III
Legislature in connection with the Piusburg Rit
bill lie Instructed the Jury TO bring true bill
against any person or persons who offered, aceeptc
or agreed 70 accept brides OF any kind, and to al
solely upon the evidence given before them"
The wheat crop OF Illinois this year, according
the returng OF the state Board OF Agricultun
amounts 10 i20ii ~ bushels, average OF ninelee
aud two.thrd bushels to the acre. This crop Is va
ued az So 10, or an average of eighty eight cen
per bushel In the farmers hands. II h the large
and most valuable wheat crop ever sOwn in Illinoi
The area OF land sown In wheat was 2,Iy7.rB acre
The baltimore JotGRafef C0HIulercc publishes a II
OF vessels bound for Baltimore, Nd, which COW
pTiscS n steamships is ships 100 barks and II brig
making total Of DO vessels. In addition To thes.
there are numerous others which have been cha
tered but have not yel sailed from the other sid
The majority Of these vessels are already chartere
for grain and represent carrying capacity of aboi
1001900 bushels. Many OF them are now fully dn
and the arrivals during the next few weeks wi
probably be the largest ever recorded at Baltimor
A letter from Cartaret county North f'arplin
published in the Uorid Of Monday represents IN
the recent great storm along the Atlantic coast a
atroycd 80 much property In that county, which q
tends one hundred miles along the seacoasi thai ii
inhabitants aTe actually In need Of the nece.sar
Of lie. Buildings were RACED TO the ground Il
stock swept away that the people are utterly a..
titute. The letter has been written by a lady fro
New York visiting her son there. with the view
obtaining aid for the sufferers
The plague Of rats In the Deecan Bombay. for N
second season In succession Is OecasiOninn seriol
alarm. These animals overspread the country mi
locusts, destiny the crops almost thoroughly an
are even more difficult 10 keep down 80 ernve I'M
become the aspect Of affairs that liat Commute.
was appointed 70 inquire into the best means of al
posing OF these creatures. They have advised ii
people 10 turn out en- masse and face the enemy. X
wards are To be offered for dead rats and III az
the invasion IA 10 be trentfd IA A matter ~ H.. daa