The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-26
Naus Of the Week.

| ia Philadelphia, Pa, last week op persons
died from consumption.
England paid Germany three millions s'er
4 ling for potatoes last year. IN
/ The cattle drive from Texas tins year VIII
realize abont S3,00O,OO0. -, -
nm Tuesday, Tor London, with II 900 boxes OF
/ Holsters.
| A fire at Starkyille, Miss, on FRIDAY, az
stroyed most OF the business portion OF tue
4 town. Loss about $4,000
Russell & Co.'S agricultural implement iac'
tory, at Massilon, Ohio, was damaged ny hre
/ sunday morning to the extent Of S25,OOo.
/ Mason a Hadley's wire works al Asbnry
| Park, n. j., suspended operations on Non
day. This throws rs hands ont OF employ
ment.
The trial at Marshall, Texas, Of Currie, for
| the murder Of the actor Porter, ended sainr,
day in a verdict Of not guilty, on the grouhu
Of insanity.
The suit Of Jessie Raymond agAins. Senator
| Hill, in Washington, for $4,000 damages
| resulted on Saturday. in judgment Tor the
defendant.
Mr.. j. Ii. Shoenberger, the Pittsbarg iron
manufacturer has settled 5 900, 900 upon his
| new. made bride, who was Miss Alice Taylor,
| Of New York. 49,,
A man at Athens, Ga, seeing child fall
| from third. story window, pushed barrel OF
water into the spot, and the little one fell into
| il harmessly.
Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown, one Of the
earliest missionaries from this country to China
and Japan, died at Monson, Mass, Sunday
aged 20 yearsr
A FIRE in batavia, n. Y, on Saturday, de
stroyed Daily's furniture factory aud nun
Der Of other buildings, mostly small causing
loss Of $4,000.
Gen. John A. Suttsr, the discoverer Of gold
in California, one Of the earliest pioneers on
that coast, died at Msdes Hotel in Washing.
ton city, Friday.
Much damage was done by a thunder storm
at Auleboro, Mass, Monday afternoon.
Several persons we're injured and one was
killed by lightning.
Veterinary Surgeon Human reports 10 the
authorities Of Manitoba that the disease
among cattle in that province is what is known
as "black quarter.
Major John II. Ewing is remarkable man.
Eighty years Of age, on Monday he rode on
horseback from his farm in West Virginia to
Washington, Pa. over fifty miles
Malaral fever has prevailed alarmingly in
Brunswick county, Va, during the. last Two
weeks. In some instances whole families are
Frustrated with the disease, and many deaths
are reported:
Joseph Foster was killed by lightning on the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad near Trenton, n. j.,
Monday evening. VIM. Daub, Of Pittsburg,
was killed about the same time by being run
over by the train, having crawled under the
cars to keep out Of the rain.
A telegram on Tuesday from North Adams,
Mass, reports o continuance OF the epidemic
there. Twenty new cases and relapacs have
been reported since Saturday The theory
IL. -.
instead OF atmospheric influences, is revived.
Rev. Isaac NJ Kaloch, Of San Francisco,
was on Monday released from srrcs, on the
charge of killing Charles De Young, oSing
to technical defect in the proceedings. He
was immediately rearrested on u new com
plant, and committed without bail
The steamer Arkansas, at New York from
New Orleans, reports that on Sunday, fifty
miles oil Cape Henry, she spoke the Austrian
vessel Freu Ducroyocki, from San Domingo
for Wilmington, Del, with all the crew sick
Of yellow fever. The Arkansas supplied the
sick men with provisions
George Thompson, colorod, who il is claim
ed killed Milton u. Frank, captain, and VIM.
Gage, eolorcd, cook ofihe Baltimore schooner
Mignonette, in James river, on May 81 was
arrested at HAvre de Grace on Saturday, aud
on Monday fully identified by WIN. W Selby,
mate Of the schooner.
Some children picked up on the beech, ~
miles from Halifax, n. s., Monday, piece
of barrel stave, about inches by = inches in
size, on which the following was written with
q lead pencil 'Atania going down, April
~, 1850. No hope. Send this To Mrs. Mary
White, Pierce, Sussex. James White -
David l.. Shank, young naD, attacked
two widows in their house, nj Port Jefferson,
Ohio, on Thursday OF last week, and killed
one OF them, 60 years Of age, with fence rail,
lie tried to kill the other, but was driven of
and subsequently arrested lie acted as in.
sane, but is said to have been only drunk.
A storm Of unusual violence ragged near
Nspanee, Ont, on Sunday afternoon. IN
less than two hours y inches Of rain fell, and
1t was accompanied by hailstones Is large as
butternuu. Fences we're lcvelled, glass ia
buildings WAS smashed, whole fields Of wheat
and rye were ruined, and fowls were killed.
Walter FeArneyhongh, n prisoner ia the
city hall at Richmond, Va. had his skull frae.
tured by another prisoner named RAfaelo
Bontani, with piece Of wood on Saturday
afternoon, aud died in few hours from his
injuries. Bontanti had been leased beyond
endurance by the other prisoners, hence the
assault
The schooners DAVID L. Taylor % tons
burthen, and William j. MeKewen, 81 tons,
have been sold by Henry Brothers 4 Co, OF
Baltimore, TO an association Of Spaniards, and
presested 10 the Spanish authorities for use as
cruisers in West Indian waters. The Taylor
has already sailed for Havana; the Mckewen
sailed on Thursday.
A dispatch from Pestb, June q, says:-The
village ofHomoRna, in the county Of Lemphn,
Hungary, has been destroyed by FIRE. Many
inhabitants were burned, and others injured.
A famine having ragged since the beginning
OF the winter, the misery is indescribAble.
One thousand and eleven houses were bsrned
in Hungary during May.
The bark Josephine, Captain George Long,
returned to New Bedford, Mass, Monday.
from voyage in the South Atlantic aud along
the PatAgonian coast, having been absent
since May 10Th, 1871. She has taken in her
cruise 800 barrels Of sperm oil, $500 barrels
OF whale oil and n 600 pounds Of whalebOne.
she made the passage from MOntevideo in
forty.one days
During a terrific storm at Morganyille, n.
j., Monday evening, the Hammond Mills
were struck by lighicing and consumed.
Much damage was caused TO trees, fenees and
buildings 10 the surrounding country by the
storm The residence, two barns, with a
large stock OF grain and farming implements
OF VIM. Meiss, near Whitebridge, n. j., were
struck by lightning and destroyed. Loss
| $4,000.
The Governor of the remote Russian pro.
vince of Orenburg reports that the cold of last
winter has caused such frightful havoc among
Hooks and herds that a famine ia imminent.
| The crops, too, have suffered, and corn has
risen 800 and hay 400 per cent. 10 the dis.
trict OF Parlograd 200 camels, Oh 900 cows
and oxen, $500 horses, and 81 600 sheep
| persisted II has been the same thro lghout