The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-12-04
Now, Of The Week.

Branch to Mrs. Caroline j, Buckley for $685..
600.
The total vote Of New Jersey at the recent
election was four and six.ieuths per cent. of
the population OF the state.
Only three wooden shanhes now stand on
the site OF the little hamlet where Jefferson
was born, near Charlottesville, Va.
The earnings Of the St. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad for the year ending the
oath uliimo., show an increase OF s 100000.
Important discoveries Of gold aud silver
quartz lodges have been made on the Nasse
river, in British Columbia, near the Alaska
boundary line.
Al old man in New Orleans has in his bed
room 500 spiders Of every size, color, and spe.
cies, and the ceiling is network Of webs.
Spiders are his hobby,
The intention Of producing the passion
Play in Booths Theatre, New York, has
been abandoned in consequence of the ad
verse public opinion.
Carrie Haines, aged 20 years, being dsap.
pointed in love, committed suicide by throw.
ing herself in front of a railroad train at Fair.
mount, Illinois, on Saturday.
Two hundred bales Of cotton belonging TO
the British steamer Sandringham, stored upon
a wharf in Norfolk, Virginia, were almost en-.
tirely destroyed by FIRE Sunday morning,
Mr.. Augustus Wernet, OF Canton, Ohio,
sprained his ankle in jumping out of bed ON
the morning of November Is, and after sui.
tering great pain, died Of lockjaw on the 2lst.
In the last week Of October the wrecks in
Europe were almost unprecedented in number.
The approximate value of the property lost is
put at $50, 600, 900, Of which $1,000, 900 was
British.
Virginia's share in the Chesapeake Bay
oyster interests amounts to 81 1881 l00 against
| S6,245,s76 Maryland capital similarly invest.
ed. Delaware has $40, 100 engaged, there.
| fore the total is S7,65O,07G.
The consumption of cotton in the South
has increased from l2l, lS9 in 1875 to 22l 1897
bales in 1850. The capital invested in cotton
manufactures in the South receive larger pro-
| fits than in the same line in the North.
Archbishop Feehan, Of Chicago, was in
stalled in the Catholic Cathedral, in that city,
Sunday as successor to the late Bishop Foley,
and delivered an impressive sermon He is
yet to be invested with the pallium.
/ The Bessemer Steel Works, the Albany aud
Rensselaer, Spike Mill aud Burdens Water
| Mill, in Troy, New York, suspended opera
| tons Monday because OF low water. One
thousand men are thrown out of employment.
| Five tramps, nearly dead from cold and
hunger, were found in box car that arrived
at Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday OF last week.
They had been locked up since the car left
Kansas City, and had been deprived OF food
for five days.
! A baggage car on the Texas Pacific Rail
road caught fire on Friday night of last week
near town called Sulphur, and was entirely
consumed. Ninety-three pieces of baggage
aud fly sacks Of mail were destroyed, in
yolying loss Of $50, 600.
In Calabria, South Italy, there is a colony
of Albauians, which settled there two centu-
res ago, aud which still speaks its native dia-
lecl, aud largely processes the Greek religion.
They have lately contributed money toward
the independence of Albania.
The recent earthquake along the North
Pacific coast last week was very violent along
the Nasse river, between the British territory
and Alaska Glaciers were rent from their
bases to the submits, and great masses were
cast into the creeks and valleys, filling them
up.
Mary and Auuie Arts, aged respectively :
and years, broke through the ice, on Nor
ris Canal, at Jersey City, Sunday afternoon.
John Barton, aged ~ years, succeeded in get
ting both girls out of the water, but the young
err died in his arms before he reached the
shore.
A match has at las, been arranged between
the oarsmen Hanan and LaycOck. 1t will
take place some time within six weeks aud
will be a notable sporting event, The hardy
little Canadian has won so many victories on
the water that he has come to be looked upon
AS inyincible.
There was panic in church in Clifford,
Ontario, on Sunday night, caused by the
snow sliding from the roof and some one
shouting ''fre" The door became jammed
by the rush to get out, ard number of per.
sons tainted and were trampled on, u woman
being seriously injured.
1t IS estimated that at least 22O freight cars
are daily turned out of the twenty manufacto
ries in this country and that fully 100 more
are built in railroad workshops Il spite OF
this large supply Of new rolling stock, there is
always scarcity, and manufacturers are at
present way behind their orders.
Cornelius A. Fine, the sexton Of Grace NJ.
Il. Church, Paterson, n. J.who set fire to the
church because an increase of salary was re-
fused, and who stole horse aud buggy and
set FIRE to several barns in the neighborhood,
was on Friday of last week sentenced to 4
term Of seven years in state prison.
The ravages of diphtheria in New York aud
Brooklyn have become alarming. In New
York during the months Of September, Octo
Der and November there were ,Olj cases and
49, deaths. In Brooklyn III cases occurred
within the last six days, 81 of which proved
fatal. Scarlet fever is also prevalent in
Brooklyn.
Robert Carter, a siableman, WAS admitted
to the Bellevue Hospital, New York, Sunday
suffering from the effects of rat bites He
is not expected to survive, as his blood
was poisoned and lockjaw will probably set
in. He attempted to kill number Of rats
hanging on TO horses mouth, when they
bit his hand and arm
Mrs. Theresa lleimenschnider, alias Auer.
bach. alias Grau, alias Temple, progresses.
ing woman, % years old. was arrested Tues.
day night in Brooklyn, n. T., charged with
bigamy and grand larceny 1t is said she has
married fourteen Germans in Newark, n. j. e,
aud elsewhere, for the simple purpose ofrob.
bling them. She will be taken to Newark for
trial.
A fire at West Point, Virginia, on Sunday
night, destroyed the large wharves, sheds and
warehouses Of the Richmond, York River and
Chesapeake Railroad Company, the Com.
pany's steamer Shirley, the telegraph aud
freight Offices, twenty.oue partly loaded
freight cars, 10000 bales of cotton, and a
quantity of other freight The loss is est.
mated at upwards Of S250,000.
William 4. Brockway, accused of being
concerned in the counterfeiting Of S2IO,01J
Of Government bonds, has been released on
his own recognizance in 5000. The coudi.
. ton Of his release was the surrender to the
Government Of the plates from which the
bonds were printed. These plates were de.
livered to Mr.. Drummond, Of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, on Friday of last
week II is said Broekway will not be pros.
ecuted.
Navigation on the Hudson River Is consid.
cred closed, at least for the present. The
| number of boats frozen in on the New York
canals is estimated as follows; Erie, 900, OF
which GOO contain grain; Champlaiu, rs,
mostly loaded with potatoes; 0swego, Black
River. aud Cayuga and Seneca, Is, laden with
lumber, potatoes and coal. Work on the
Delaware and Hudson Canal has been step
ped, the ice upon It being six inches thick.
They have an expeditions way Of paying
of the employees Of the Hudson River Rail-
road. The paymaster goes over the road,
paying out Sl50,000 in greenbaeks and gold
The lTain runs at its highest speed, and the
pay Of the Aagmen between stations, put in
envelopes and attached TO sticks, Is TIN own
at the various hagmen us their shanties are
passed. In this way some $4,000 has been
thrown from the pay car as the train was going
at the rate of nearly mile minute.
Small pox is committinn dreadful raxagaa