The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-12-11
New, Of he Wssk.

AEus W. d AANA1A ~ WV
chief Of the Signal Service.
The shipments Of wheat from Detroit Tor
the season amounted 10 !, $50, 500 bushels,
The total qaanii,y Of grain reported zee
bouud in the Erie Canal Is :, 4l9,055 bushels.
The ice in the Pennsylvania canals Is nov
several inches thick, and navigation is closed
again.
Mr.. CYRUS II. MeCormick has given 500
600 10 the Presbyterian Theological Semina'
~ Of Chicago, TO place il entirely oat Of debt.
A married farmer Of Knox County, Ohio,
eloped with a neighbor's wife, and within a
few days the deserted husband and wife we're
married to each other.
Texas retains the banner among the demo
cratic States. HAneoek's majority over Gar
| field. q few Of the counties being estimated Is
/ %, 10, and over all &C, 926.
I John b. Robertson, Democrat, was elected
/ Mayor Of New Haven, Connecticut on Tues
day, by 1908 majority. Nearly al the other
/ Democratic candidates for city officers we're
also elected.
I Diphtheria in a VERY malignant form, has
/ been prevailing recently in GrAyson county,
I Virginia. 10 some families five or SIX per
I sons have died, and in one instance the whole
family we're carried OF.
| The cleArings at Chicago last week amount
/ ed to SOL, l57 200, being SlI,0OO,O0O IN ex'
cess ofth0se ofany previous week. The cause
is the heavy movement Of products aud the
general activity of business.
Peck Va. Borden is the style OF a suit in the
/ Slaunton. Va, court. II began nearly cen
! tury AGO, and The original litigants have been
in their graves more than fiity years. A CON.
missioner report ia the case was confirmed
! last week.
Til will OF the late James E BroWn, OF Kit.
tanning, Pa, bequcaths $25 TO every widow
| in kittauning, SIS to every wife who shall be-
come a widow, this gift 10 be made to include
those KiuAnning girls who shall hereafter be-
como wives.
The three negroes, one woman and two
men, who murdered Mrs. Kenaedy in Claren
don county, S. c., last Sunday, were eAptur-
ed on Wednesday and hung on the nearest
Tree 10 the place Of the murder that would
hold them.
! Ia three Of the largest cities Of the United
States war Is being made on the political
1 bosses" New York is trying TO get rid gifts
I democratic boss, John Kelly Brooklyn re.
publieans have Snubbed Daggeii, aud the Phil
adelphia republicans are trying TO shake Oh
1 Names.
/ The Legislature Of Alabama adjourned on
I Wednesday until the LIST Of February next.
/ The long recess is for the purpose OF receiy'
l ing the census reports, 80 rs TO be able 10 ap
portion the State Senators and Representatives,
/ in accordance with the requirements Of tie
/ State Constitution.
1 A street car, containing about twenty pas
/ sengers, was struck by locomotive al a rail
I road crossing in Chicago, on Tuesday night,
and completely wrecked The driver OF the
I car was probably fatally injured, and eight
OF the passengers we're injured, one Of them
having thigh fractured.
A disastrous cyclone, accompanied BY vio
| lent thunder aud lightning, passed over Car.
! ihage, Sarcoxie, Round Prairie and Marsh
| field, No, Saturday. The same section was
visited by similar storm last summer. As
on that occasion, the damage to buildings and
other property was heavy and several persons
/ were fatally injured.
! James Anderson, a negro, entered the
/ house Of Joseph Miller at Pine Bluf, Ark,
] last Sunday morning, where Mrs Miller aud
/ two children were asleep. He committed an
outrage on Mrs Miller and stole a small sum
OF money. He was soon Afterward arrested
aud being identified by Mrs Miller, a mob
hanged him on the nearest telegraph pole.
A luuaie was found running Wild in the
woods near Steayens Point, Wisconsin, on
Tuesday, so badly frozen that both legs aud
| arms had TO be ampntated lie was ident.
| tied as one Of the patients who escaped from
] Wv 80 4 NAtt le1luul VA MtuneAUtA, when
/ il was burned. How he managed 10 work
his way to the place where be was found ia
4 mystery.
| Dispatches on Tuesday state tina, the wealth.
er has been very cold throughout the North.
west sihce Sunday morning, with high winds,
Snow and rain fell throughout Canada, and
snow was reported Monday in illinois, IowA,
/ Michigan, and Wisconsin. The telegram
/ wires from the for North and West are down.
The lowest ,emperpture reported is in Ne
bEaska, where Il averages degrees below
zero. The cold still CONTINUES,
The eolored emigration from Louisiana Ia
/ reported TO be increasing, and an effort is be-
| ing made BY certain land graz, interests 10
divert part Of i into New Mexico aud South
ern Colorado. The scarcity Of labor in l.oui
sianhi resulting from the movement, has led
TO the organization Of colored labor unions 10
secure higher wages, aud strikes are threat.
ened, especially IN the plantation districts
near New Orleans
Recent adyices from the Sandwich Islands
report an eruption Of Mauna I.oa, which Is
one OF the grandest ever witnessed. II broke
out on the 9th Of November, about 6 miles
from the summit Two great streams Of lava
were thrown out, one OF which Was 30 miles
IN length, from one TO two hundred yards
wide, and about twenty feet deep. Terrific
explosions accompanied the Gov, and the
progress Of the stream caused fears for The
safety Of flilo, although the eow was apparent.
" turning Ia another direction.
The continued existence aud growth NJ 4,
child whose flesh was ms hard a. = slone has
jor long tim, puzzled The physicians Of
Cleveland, Qhio, as we'll as de6ed their skill
to afford 1t relief. It died on Tuesday and In
order 10 prevent the physicians from obtain.
ing ihe body for dissection, the father. j. A.
kinseiy, OF New Philadelphia. has deposited
u IA strong vault, which is constantly
guarded by iaiihinl waichmen. During its
lifeline prominent showmsn offered large
amounts for the privilege Of exhibiting he
phenomenon, but the parents refused ,ha;r
consent and paid large sums in attempts 10
remove the disease.
The annual report Of the commissioner Of
internal revenue shows that the total receipis
during the fiscal year were SI1S, 1921, 2R.
or nearly SS,0O0D00 more than during the
previous year. In The face Of the reduction
OF the tax on tobacco the receipts show an In.
crease Of nearly $40, 500, 900 over the 6scal
year which ended June 80, 1879. Ona ~ ~
most important recommendations made by Inc
commissioner is that the tax be ken of baDk
eheesa, friction matches, patent medicines.
Periumery, cosmetics, bank deposits, savings
oank deposits and bank capital. The cost Of
Gohec,lng The revenue was 3,0a per cent. Of
the amount collected,
:, Tie kearsarge Mills, In porlsmouth, New
Hampshire, were destroyed by Gre SATURDAY
morning, The IRE Is attributed to the Uni.
lion oil piece Of waste paper with which an
employe was cleaning the piping. The paper
oanght fire from a gas jet and the flames ran
along the oily surface and became uncontrol
able; SO swift was the ERE that the occupants
Of the mill had barely time to escape wi.A
lheir lives, and !, is reported thai a man nam.
ed Greenwood peSished, and several others
were fatally scorehed; Had the FIRE begun
twenty minutes later, while the mill was ia fall
operation, il is believed there would nave 49,
a terrible loss Of life, The loss on nronsr,S
Is estimated Of $4,000 and $50 operative
are thrown out Unemployment.