The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-08
News Of the Week.


doing South Carolina
The public debt statement for February
shows an increase of S3ll,4i1.
Additional cases of cattle disease have been
found in Jersey City Long Islaad.
The President has signed the International
Revenue bill, reducing the tax upon tobacco.
VIM. kauifelt, aged 10, was killed by being
caught in the shaiting Of the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Works at York, A., Monday.
AT Boston Tuesday, a jury awarded Charles
W. Haekett, for personal injuries sustained
on the Eastern Railroad, $39,50l damage
Mary Louisa Andre Grellier, n kins. woman
OF Major Andre, recently died at Clapton,
near London. Major Andre was native Of
that place.
The entire business portion Of Reno, Neya.
da, was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning
The loss is estimated at $1,000, 900. Five
lives are reported lost.
The Norwegian bark Admiral, in ballast,
from Dunkirk for Baltimore, went ashore at
Cape Henry, at Sunday midnight, and is hard
aground. Her crew are safe.
The excess Of exports over imports for the
twelve months ending January 3lst, 1879, was
STAG, 7sl PA, against an excess Of s2g7 $50
06S for twelve months ending January 31st
1878.
A Deputy u. s. Marshall named Seawell,
was shot dead by N. B. Taylor, in Moore
county, N. c., on the 9th nlt. Seawel was
looking for illicit distilleries His murderer
has not been arrested.
A Georgia paper reports that on South.
bound trains two thirds of the passengers in
most instances are people Of the North visit.
ing the sunny South-some on business, but
the majority pleasure seekers.
Virginia pays q State tax of fifty cents on
the 500; Georgia the same; Alabama, sew.
pntp. S0uth (forniina
cents, and Tennessee only ten cents on the
; 100, no wonder she repudiates.
The farmers on South River, Anne Arun.
del county, Md. are busily engaged getting out
rails. posts, &c., preparatory to the removing
of the gates on the public roads, in accordance
with an Act Of the last Legislature.
Mr.. Luther Martin, Of Hartford county, an
| old defender, died last week, in the Dist year
OF his age. He took part in the battle Of
North Point. Mrs. Rachel HUFF, of the same
county, also died last week aged So years.
John Hopkins, of Cambridge, Nd. was ar.
rested in Baltimore on Saturday for passing
counterfeit trade dollars. He made con.
tession, duplicating merchants of Cambridge,
and said he purchased the counterfeits in
Philadelphia.
AT Gambia, n. H., on Monday night, Ed.
ward II. Ingalls,, town treasurer, was bound
to ladder in his barn by several men, who
then broke open his desk and stole $1,000,
which he had collected from the town. The
robbers escaped.
Prince Louis Napoleon has written letter
to NJ Rouher, announcing his intention TO
join the British forces at the Cape. He says:
For the last years have been the guest
oil England and my education was completed
IN the English military school.
The record Of mortality in Philadelphia
fAr Q ell. al, a. = 1
including 1885 children, and that diphtheria
carried off AGA, scarlet fever 55i. The mar.
rlages numbered G,2lT, and the births rs, 3i6,
including 1853 twins and three triplets.
The anniversary Of Robert Emmet's birth
was celebrated in Philadelphia and other cit.
les on Tuesday evening. In Baltimore, Gen.
James Shields delivered an address, and
among those present were Mayor La;robe, L.
). Senator Groome, and several clergymen.
A State Mass Temperance Convention met
in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday. II was re.
solved to take steps for the adoption of an
amendment to the State Constitution prohib.
ting the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating
liquors except for sacramental, medicinal or
mechanical purposes.
On Saturday all the New York creditors Of
the American Print Works, Of Fall River,
Mass, had with two exceptions, signed the
fnFf' tAttHalbH. IL was tNpetl"
ed that the directors of the two banks who
desired further time to decide would sign, and
that the works would soon resume
There are now six female lawyers in the
United States, and are all having fair prac.
tee. They are Mrs. Lockwood, of Washing.
ton; Mrs. Bradwell, of Chicago; Mrs. Phoebe
Cozzens, of st. Louis; Mrs. Foster, of Iowa;
Mrs. Goodel, Of Wisconsin, aud Mrs Foltz,
of San Francisco.
Rev, Sidney NJ. Stray, Of the Presbyterian
Church at East Lake George, n. Y, was
showing new revolver to his wife, on Mon.
day night, when il went off and wounded her
in the forehead. Surprising he had killed
her he attempted suicide by shooting himself
in the head. Both are likely to recover.
Nilliam III. Richardson Justice of the
Peace at Mount Washington, near Baltimore,
was arrested on Tuesday for a murderous as.
sanlt on John Tonnay. The trouble grew
out Of the arrest Of the latter's adopted son.
lonnay received eight stabs, and, though his
wounds are serious, Richardson was admitted
to bail.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has nine chill.
dren, his Oldest son, aged about 10 years, is
student at the University of Virginia. Sever.
al of the older children go to school in Wash
ington city. His wife has very little DISPOSE.
ton for society life, aud she passes her time
with her children giving an occasional plain
reception.
An effort was made to remove James Ken.
NEEDY, teacher, from public school at Shell.
byville, Indiana, on Monday. The result was
battle between Kennedy's friends and the
trustees, the latter being driven OIL. A trus.
tee named Munson was dubbed and knocked
down by a woman, and several others were
severely beaten,
The Harmony Mills, at Cohoes, n. Y, the
largest in the country, which were closed
several weeks ago on account of the stagna.
ton OF trade, resumed on Monday last with a
full force, on full time, at reduction of 10
por cent. in wages. These mills employ 5000
persons, and manufacture 5000 yards of
cotton cloth per week.
In the United States Circuit Court at st.
Louis, on Saturday, suit was begun by the
Government against the sureties Of T.. W.
Fox, lately Collector Of the Customs at that
port, to recover $4,000 not accounted for by
Fox when he left office. Suit was also begun
against Z. IL. krum, administrator of ex.In
termal Revenue Collector Ford, and his
bondsmen, to recover $1,000
"Brick' Pomeroy has concluded to 90
back to La Crosse, Wis, the scene Of his ear.
her newspaper work, where he kept an arsen.
al in the first years of the war aud pitched
into the policy of the Government. 'Brick'
has "hired hall'' and will start another pa.
per. 1t happens that the quarters he has
rented are in block owned BY his first wife,
from whom he was divorced some years ago.
Brick is poor now and she is rich.
Maryland has source OF profit in her sand
and gravel. The steam sand works of Messrs.
5. p. Speets 4 Co., on Severn River, Anne
Arundel county, have resumed work and they
are shipping large quantities Of sand to the
Pittsburg glass works. The winds and tides
Of the Chesapeake throw up large quantities
of beautiful white gravel at Cedar Point,
mouth Of the Patuxent river, which Is taken
by ship loads to Boston and other northern
cities and towns, for the construction Of hand
some grayel'walks around suburban resi-
dences.
G. G. CARTS, clerk in shoe store 10 Rich.
mond, Va, was shot four times and fatally
wounded, by George Pondexter, on NJ, nday
morning. The proyocation was the alleged
use OF improper language to Poindexter's
sweetheart, . few days previously Poindex-
Ter went to Curtis place of business and COW
hided him. Curtis then went to Poindexter's
and gave him Gaming, when the shooting
took place.
A passion Play intended to run through
the l4enten season, was produced at the Grand
Opera House in San Francisco on Monday
evening. 1t is said that the audience MAG