The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-07-03
News Of the K.ok.

Three hundred families left Maniloba this
spring for tho United Slater.
lhere were seventeen deaths from sun.
stroke in New York Tuesday.
Inc census gives Utah population ofabont
1876, 900, and Salt Lake City about ~ 900.
80, q. W. Dellinger's Touring mills at Ripon,
Wis, were burned on Saturday night. The
loss IS about 100000
a boy named Sprnule was killed by light.
mug ~hlle fastening horse to telegraph
pole, at Carp, Ont, on Sunday.
George Dick was sunstruck while digging
grave at llehighton, Pa, Monday morning,
aud was found dead in the grave
On account Of the oppressive heat Monday
outdoor work in Camden, N. j., was gener.
ally suspended The crops are suffering for
the want Of rain.
or the eleven iron furnaces 10 the Hooking
aud Shawnee (0hio) region all but two have
stopped on account Of the high price Of mi.
ming and these two will stop.
In New York DR.. S. II. Tanner Is trying
the experiment Of fasting for forty day. Sew
eral medical and scientific men are closely
attending the performance.
a hre IN Tarporti near Bradford, Pa, June
10, destroyed thirty'One buildings, among
them three hotels, the Post Office and the OIL
Exchange. The loss is about $500
Trees were leveled and buildings unroofed
at Brdsville, N. G., and Danville, Va, Tues.
day, by storms. Much damage was also done
to the crops in the surro lnding country.
There was procession Of Roman Catholic
Societies in Montreal Tuesday as public pro.
test against the expulsion Of the Jesuits from
France. About 1000 persons were in the
line.
The flood in the upper Mississippi has sub
sided. The river fell Eve feet at McGregor,
Iowa, on Monday, and the running Of railroad
trains was resumed, after suspension Of two
weeks.
The steamer Seawanhaka, plying between
New York and Roslyn, l.. l., was burned
Monday afternoon, off Randalls Island.
About forty OF her passengers persisted by be.
ing burned or drowned.
| Great mortality is reported among the cat.
tie in Ocean and Monmouth counties, New
Jersey, IN consequence Of the continued
drought and heat. Destructive forest. fires
are also reported to be again raging ia those
counties.
| The internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
/ year. which ended on the 30th inst, are about
| Sl3O,O00, 0O0-SlO, 600, 600 more than the
receipts of last year, and 50, 0OO, 900 ia excess
OF the Department estimates at the beginning
OF the preseat year.
Lock No. Of the Lachine Canal, at Mon.
treal, was burst in Tuesday by the steamer
bohemian. The steamer was badly damaged,
two bsrges were sunk and the navigation Of
| the canal was suspended for one day. The
| loss is estimated at 500, 900.
The Bayard family has had four members
in the United States Senate, grand father, two
sons and grand son. The grand mother was
the daughter OF a Senator, Richard Bassett,
making five in all. No other family in the
country has been equally honored.
The contract for the construction OF a turn
pike from Monocacy to Hyattstown, Nd, a
distance Of seven miles, has been awarded be-
the directors Of the road TO Messrs. Boyan
and Gilbert, of Mechaniestown, for $4,000,
the work 10 be commenced Immediately.
During the "a hours ended noon June %, in
New York POI deaths occurred, and for the
week l,03S. This is the highest rate of NOR.
tality recorded this year. The increase i.
| chiefly due to the fatal prevalence of cholera
iniantum among the children, especially Of the
| poor.
! The lesec at Warsaw, Ill.,, broke during
I Monday night, and crevasse 300 feet wide
was formed, through which the water pours
in perfect torrent. 1t is feared that all the
crops on an area Of $4,000 acres will be de.
stroyed. The farmers were busy Tuesday in
saving their live stock.
Christian Becker, member Off firm Of piano
makers, Of Kingston, Ont, aud his little son,
we're drowned uear that city on Sunday even.
ing. The boy was bathing, line being pat
out OF w'boat for him to keep hold OF.
lie happened to let go, when the father Jumped
out of the boat to save him, causing it to cap
size, and both persisted.
Tuesday was the hottest day of the season
at various points on the New Jersey coast
At Long Branch, the temperature at one tim,
was 90 degrees on the pier and 80 in the vii
lage. Several persons were sunstruck, one
Henry Finch, OF New York--it is believed IA
tally. At Perth Amboy, the temperatur,
reached % degrees in the shade, at Red Baul
100, and at South Amboy lO2
The schooner Herman Babson, which sail
ed from Gloucester, Mass, for the Greenland
halibut fisheries on the 18th Of May, has been
forced to return by the immense quantities o.
zee she encountered off the Straits of Belle
Isle. The ice blockade was unparalleled il
the captains experience. II extended down
to the sd parallel Of latitude, with thousands
OF icebergs Of every size and shape.
The farmers on Long Island are greatly
alarmed by the continued drought. The crop,
already harvested have yielded only fourth
otthe usual amount. The early cabbage, pea.
and timothy have failed aud there is so little
pasture that many farmers are feeding their
cattle on hay-a thing without precedent in
June. The thermometer marked lO2 degrees
in the shade nj College Point, l.. June %.
The killing of William Jones by revenue
raiders, in Campbell county. Ga, las, week,
is considered an outrage by the people of that
county, II being asserted that Jones was an
unoflending young man. A indignation
meeting OF prominent citizens was held Mon.
day at Red Oak, at which resolutions were
adopted denouncing the conduct of the posse
and demanding a full investigation OF the
killing.
Last Monday morning Mr.. Edward Hensell
OF winchester, Virginia, was engaged in box
ing with fellow clerk in u hardware store in
that town when he received severe blow IN
the breast and fell backwards over q wheel.
barrow. He did not rise and his companiou
rushed forward to fad him dead Physician,
were hastily summoned, and decided that his
death was caused by heart disease precipita.
ted by the accident He was about seventeen
years Of age.
A telegram on Tuesday from Petersburg,
Va, reports the continuance Of the destruc.
tive drought in Virginia In many couutie,
no rains Of any service have fallen for four
months, and the wells and streams are drying
up and the ground baked to hardness. In
Petersburg there is fear that the water supply
will fail, and prayers have been offered ia The
churches for rain. A similar report comes
from Vermont. Throughout that State the
weather for the last fifteen days has been the
hottest known in June for thirty years. The
hay crop will be less than half the average,
and corn is backward.
A despatch from San Francisco states that
dispatches from various sources state that the
rivers in Oregon, and Washington Territory
and British Columbia are swollen by melting
snow, and foods are imminent At no pre-.
yious time for many years have the rivers
been so high. la consequence Of the melted
snow at this period Of the year, Skagit river
Is rising at the rate OF ten feet daily, and has
now overlooked the banks in many places.
The Columbia river has Overiiowed the banks
at Portland, aud most of Front street is sub
merged. Merchants have anticipated the
floods, and removed their goods to the upper
stories and places Of safety. Great fields Of
wheat have been destroyed on lands adjacent
to the river.
On June 20, about midnight, a meteor as
large as a barrel, starting from the zenith,
plunged down the northeastern sky, and ex-
plodet near Macon, Georgia, with a report
that reverberated for thirty seconds, and
shook the earth points distant. The me-
teor was about eve seconds ia falling, during
which time the city was liz up rs though by
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