The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-12-20
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A firm in jackson, Mich, Is making vi,
600 dozens Of hay forks for an English order.
A single order from England for 100000
doors Is being filled at a planning mill ia Chi.
cago
The bark Morovia sailed from New York
Monday for Liberia, with seyeniy-6ve colored
emigrants.
The noted exocutioner, Colcraf,, who for
fortysx years held the office Of hangman in
London, is dead.
| Rev, William H. Goode, D. D., Of the
Methodist Episcopal Chnrch, died Tuesday
Of paralysis, in Richmond, Va
Nine business places at Addison, N. Y,
were destroyed by fire Tuesday, involving n
loss OF 100000 with $50. 600 insurance.
Charley Mayn, an errand boy, IA years old,
killed himself on Monday, in Chicago, by fall
ing three stories, while sliding down the ban
/ listers.
A number of negroes were arrested at Red
Bank, N. j., on Monday for robbug farmers.
One Of them made u confession, duplicating
ten or twelve others
George Bowen, President Of the New Eng.
! land Commercial Bank, and a prominent
member Of the Society Of Friends, died sud.
denly Of heart disease in Providence, r. l.,
on Saturday night.
According 10 the LutAenan Almanac for
| 1880 there are in this country 81 Lntheran
synods, S,092 ministers, 5,sss churches and
694, 1926 communicates. Thirty.two ministers
have died thus far this year.
Three graves at Oxford, Mich, were rob.
bed Of their dead on Thursday night of last
week. Two men having the bodies in their
possession, were arrested at a railway station
near Oxford, next morning.
James NJ. Edmunds, Postmaster Of Wash.
| ington, ID. c., died in that city on Sunday of
Bright's disease, aged SO years. He was a
native Of New York, and at one time Com.
missioner of the General Land Office.
| Eleven years ago two persons, father and
son, died suddenly in Lockport, N. Y, and
now, after all this time has passed. the wife
and mother, with n supposed aecomplce,
have boon arrested for the murder in Michi-
gan.
The schooner Dexter, having tow Of
barges with laden cars for Locust Point, was
run into and sunk by the convoy tug OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in Baltimore
harbor, on Saturday night. The crew were
saved
Rev. ". II. Pledge, recently appointed by
the Methodist Conference at Atlanta, Ca,
to take charge of church in that city, com
United suicide on Saturday night by cutting
his throat with pocket knife. No cause is
| assigned for the deed.
The colored emigranls from North Caro-.
lima arriving in Indiana are reported to be
very thinly clad and almost entirely destitute
OF baggage and money. The entire baggage
of 30 men who arrived in Shelbyyille on
Friday Of last week ''would not fill hand
cart
A piece Of rock, weighing 100 tons, fell
from the face of East Rock, New Haven,
while men were quarrying beneath ii, Tues
day morning. The alarm being given in
time, all got away safely except one team.
The horses we're killed and the driver fatally
injured.
Representative Keuna, of West Virginia,
has secured subscriptions from Congressman
in aid Of the suffering poor in Ireland 10 the
amount of.oyer $500, and he expects the sum
to reach $1,000. There is no political siguif
canoe in the contributions; they are acts Of
purely personal charity.
In the district of Waldai 10 Russia, wolves
are making great ravages this year, and il is
feared that the losses Of the peasants will sur.
pass those of 1878. The bill Of slaughter for
this year alone in the above district includes
2T6 horses, s54 colts, 1868 sheep, 237 cows,
T40 calves, and 295 goats and pigs.
A despatch from Pesth, dated December
~ says The Overlooking Of the rivers Koros
and Maros has caused fearful destruction.
The city of Arad, on the Moros, and several
other towns have been ruined and their in.
habitants driven away. Fully 10000 persons
have been rendered homeless.
On Sunday and Monday severe storm
prevailed in the Red river country Of the
Northwest, aud the mercury at different
points fell from 25 to 40 degrees below zero.
AT Breckenridge, Mimi, two children Of VIM.
Owens were frozen TO death, and two men
are supposed to have been lost and frozen
in the storm.
One hundred emigrants from North Caro-
lima arrived at Petersburg, Va, Tuesday, on
their way to Indiana, and another large party
will arrive to-day. These unfortunate people
seem to know nothing of the climate and
country to which they are going and they
are also ignorant Of what their condition will
be in their new homes,
The value of dairy products in this country
last year was 500, 100000. We produced
during the year nine hundred and sixty mil.
lion pounds of butter aud thirty-four million
pounds of cheese. There are twelve million
i've hundred thousand mich cows in the
United States-three times as many as in
Great Britain and Ireland.
At Scranton, Pa, on Monday, W. w. Win.
ton, President Of the Second National Bank;
bis son, A. II. Winton; his son-in. law, Thos.
Livey; and his brotber.in.law, Isaac Dean,
were arrested on oath of George S. Goodall,
| receiver of the bank, for maliciously conspir.
ing to defraud il Of SlS5,000. They gave
bail in the sum of $4,000.
On Saturday Frederick Roach sent his
sixteen-year-old son to Taylorsyille, near
Scranton, Pa, for some oilofvitrol. The bot
tom Of the vessel containing the oil broke,
and the fluid burned the boys flesh so terri.
bly, that he fell from the horse, which gall
Hoped home. When found the poor fellow
had torn off his clothing, and he died soon
after in agony.
A despatch from Vienna, dated December
~ says Nearly all the rivers and brooks 10
Transylyania have over1owed their banks,
laying under water vast tracts Of country and
destroying bridges and houses, interrupting
communication and sweeping away farming
utensils, cattle and grain. In some cases the
inhabitants were for days on trees and roofs
Of houses awaiting rescue,
The village Of Red Rock, five miles FROM
Bradford, Pa, was entirely destroyed by fire
December IL. The fire started in an oil we'll
on Thursday evening, and communicated to
q rs, 900 barrel tank Of oil. AZ Ave o'clock
Friday morning the burning oil flowed down
the valley and into the village, destroying
every building in the place. Three hundred
families are homeless and destitute, and re-
lief committees have been formed for their
assistance.
| Abraham Anneta, colored, and Francis
Adams, sailors, were arrested in Baltimore,
Dec. IL, on the charge Of murder on the
high seas, and attempting to destroy the
schooner NJ. Z. Henderson, Of Philadelphia,
bound to Baltimore with phosphate from
Bull River. The vessel went to pieces on
the a0sh ult, near Kitty Hawk, and Anneta
and Adams, with another sailor not yet ar.
rested, were the only ones who escaped from
the wreck, and as soon as they got ashore
they ran away. As the bodies OF the officers
were not found, it is believed the three men
murdered them and then beached the vessel
10 conceal their crime.
A ere in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Sun.
day evening, destroyed the livery stable OF j.
ellis, with ten horses and several carriages
and wagons, and the cotton compress adioin.
ing, with about 100 bales Of cotton. Mr.
ellis and his family, Who slept over The sta
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