The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-09-06

contains % rooms, but is minus his wife and
children.
Forty.iiye coal boats moored above New
Orleans sank during the storm Of Monday.
Loss S20O,OOO.
There was received in New York from Eu.
rope Wednesday, S300,0OO in gold bars aud
81 $4,000 in gold coin.
Four of Philadelphia's large hotels, the
American, West End, ST. George aud La
Pierre, are permanently closed.
The Industrial exhibition at Toronto open.
ed Tuesday, but will be formally inaugnrated
on Friday by the Governor General. Mr.. lie
Due, the U. ). Commissioner of Agriculture,
visited the exhibition.
A dispatch from Yokohama September 3,
says General Grant was a passenger on the
steamer Ciiy of Toxic, which sailed from
there to-day. She will probably arrive at
San Francisco, on the Dad instant.
Ii seems, says the New York San, that the
Russian Gar is satisfied with the vessels built
for him in the United States, and wants more 4,
and parties have arrived in Philadelphia with
full authority TO make extensive contracts.
Thirty colored boys made "demonstra.
ton Tuesday at the Lincoln, H., High
School demanding admission. They were
ordered of, and threaten to take legal meas.
ures to secure the same privileges as the
whites.
The grounds Of the National Fair Assoeia.
ton, near Washington, were dedicated Tues.
day in presence Of about 1000 people. Pres
ident Hayes turned up spade full Of earth,
and Congressman Blackburn delivered an
grafton.
A. l.. Donaldson, of Baltimore, a one armed
man, swan on Monday from Norfolk to Old
Point Comfort, Va, a distance Of fifteen
..,hN "a ..,a4t., =. Al.
err Of the late professor" Donaldson, the
aeronaut.
The Whitehall gold mine, near Fredercks.
burg, Va, formerly owned by Commodore
Stockton, and which, il is said, at one time
yielded $4,000 in seven months, has been
purchased by Boston capitalists, and will be
again worked in few weeks.
Frederick Sussik, his wife and four chill.
dren, residing at Linden, n. j., were poi.
soned on Sunday night by eatiag toad stools,
in mistake for mushrooms. Two Of the chill
dren died on Monday morning, aud one Of
the others is not expected TO recover.
The yellow fever vessel at the Baltimore
quarantine is now reported TO be the bark
W. IL. Gem. of Maine. All the sick, six in
number, have recovered. Three of the crew
oithe bark Laura Doom, quarantined at Crosse
Isle, Quebec, are sick Of yellow fever
The Common Council OF Washington, War.
rem county, New Jersey, has passed an ord.
nance prohibiting saloon keepers from sell.
ing intoxicating liquors to the habitual drunk.
ards Of that town, whose names are TO be
handed to the City Clerk by the police.
A stage coach from Eureka, CAL, was stop
ped near Nevada City on Monday by two
masked robbers, who plundered the express
bag aud made the passengers give up their
Hseranuol tEslIsa,. Il
broker, OF Moore's Flat, refused to give IN a
gold bar, and was shot dead
The body of Jas. H. Calling was found
Tuesday near the old homestead at Murfrees.
boro', N. c., with aportion of the head blown
away by guushot. Deceased was a brother
Of the inventor Of the Calling gun. Yester.
day VIM. Nann, neighbor of the dead man,
was arrested, charged with the murder.
Tobias Ripple, Of Halifax township, Dau.
phln county, Pa, is 90 years old and his wifi.
is in her 9lst year. They have been married
seventy years, Mr.. Ripple still does his own
wood chopping, and Mrs. Ripple is still able
TO attend to the domestic duties Of the family
herself Mr.. Ripple has been Democrat ali
his life.
While Samuel Ham was boiling sorghum
on his farm ia st. Clair county, Mo-, few
days ago, three unknown horsemen rode up,
shot him dead, and then, after searching his
pockets, rode of. Ham had recently emf.
grated flo n Kentucky, and while some attri.
butte his assassination to robbers, others think
1t the result of an old feud.
An Illicit distillery, operated within three
squares of the White House, in Washington,
was seized Tuesday by revenue officials. +.
|. Brooks and one OF his sons, with Rich.
ard i. Dyer, Marion Lewis, Richard Burke,
and Charles ii. o Brien were arrested. Jas.
IL. Young, a carpenter, who fitted up the
place, was also taken in custody.
An anxious father in Florida has purchased
a lover alarm clock. Alto clock il strikes
loudly, two little doors open and a man with
a dressing gown and cap on glides out, hold
ing IN his hand card inscribed "Good night"
:. AZ hS-S bows and smili"gly retires back into
ihe clock me young man takes his hat, says
'uood night TO the ialr daughters and de-
paris.
Inc Irand Lodge, Independent Order Of
oda elbows OF the United States, will hold
iae,s niiy-hiih annual session at Odd Fellows
Hall, IN baltimore, commencing Monday, Sep
TENDER 10Th. The Grand Lodge is composed
oil one hundred and torty,eight members, rep
resenung hity grand lodges and thirty.nine
gralu encainpments IRON every State in the
oniohi several o. the Territories and the DO
minloh OF Canada.
severe storm prevailed IN New Orleans
an anu throughout southern Louisiana Monday.
Inc orange crop was damaged, fences aud
trees were leyelled, and a number Of coal
boats were sunk SIX miles above the city. At
Morgan Cily, houses were unroofed and a
steamer was sunk; The cane crop was con.