The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-07-17
News Of the Week.

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/ week.
Tuesday last was the hottest day Of the
season, the mercury In many cities aad towns
ranging from 90 TO i02e,
Winfield Scott Hancock, grandson Of Maj.
Gen. Hancock, died ON Tuesday morning OF
cholera iniantum, aged five months.
Miss Riylerc Of Charleston, ), C., has a
court dress once worn hy Marie Anioineite
Il is Of purple gaiin, and "a lill IN good con.
tlilon.
The Pennsylvania State Agricultural fair,
to be held in Philadelphia from September
9Th 10 18th inclusive, has premium list Of
$4,000.
$1,000 quarts Of blackberries, yielding a
return Of about $1,000, were shipped in one
day last week from the Nineland, n. j., rail.
road stations.
Hon. Joseph X. Chandler died in Phla,
delphia Saturday night, aged 50 years, lie
was editor of the United Sfdics Gdgct6 for
many years and a member Of Congress from
/ 1919 TO 1856.
The census shows that the population Of
some counties in Wisconsin has diminished
since 1870, Jefferson county showsa decrease
of 1908, and Dodge county decrease Of
1000.
At Flushing, l.. l., Monday, in two hours,
4,l5 inches of rain fell The roads were
washed out, trees blown down, foundations Of
houses washed away and crops destroyed
The damage is estimated at $1,000 or $4,000.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Capt.
John 5. Wise, arrived at Fortress Monroe
Monday, to 60 into camp near the Fort for
ten days. They were met by the Artillery
School Band and escorted to lhtir quarters.
The water in the reservoir Supplying Peters
I burg, Va, having become insufficient, sup.
D nile srua furand tn 10 gaYat GUnIav
evening. 1t is now feared that the canal will
/ become so low that several mills will have 10
( suspend operations
] The bodyui an unknown white man, enclosed
/ in rude box, was found, Monday, on q farm
4 in Prince Georges county. Va, about five
miles from Petersburg. rope was drawn
| tightly around the neck, and j, is supposed he
was murdered.
| Five steamers left New York on Saturday
I for Europe carrying SIS passengers, $4,000
| bushels Of wheat 90, $50 bushels Of corn 80,
I 900 sacks Of Hour, $1,000 boxes OF cheese, .
{ 10000 boxes of bacon, 5000 packages Of bat. /
/ ter and 5ll0 bales OF cotton.
I The Seagord, Del, hlder SAYS Last Mon
| day was lively day at the farm OF Col. }. j. (
/ Ross near this town. -Four hundred pickers F
were employed ia gathering berries aad 3ji /
crates OF choice black berries we're shipped to F
various markets on that day.
The cornerstone Of an immense silk mill
has been laid a, IIawIey, Wayne county, Pa.
/ The main building is TO be $50 feet long BY +
100 broad aud five stories in height The ma
chinery sill be driven by wuter power and 4
give employment to over 900 hands.
church excursion party, returning from (
trip onthe Potomac, was landed lathe Seventh i
street wharf, 10 Washington, Monday evening.
aud the wharf not heiur lighted, u gentleman /.
and a lady walked overheard. The lady. I
Mrs Sarah T.. Rolhns, WAS drowned
Charles Ware aged eight years, entered 81
school house, at Alianburg, Ont, through a
window, on Sunday, to get some books. On /
coming out, the window sash fell upon him,
and he was found three hours afterwards
hanging from the window by his neck, dead. I
A tramp consented TO do small Job at
digging post holes at Carson, New. though
labor was contrary 10 his custom. He re.
turned to his employers house in au hour.
threw down his spade, aud said he had changed
his mind. He found $3.50 worth Of gold bars
which some miner had buried.
On Sunday boy named johnson, near
Huntsville, Ont., saw bear passing through !
a clearance of his fathers farm and fired, !
woundlng 1t. lie then started in pursuit with (
the empty gun. The bear tlrnod upon him,
and before assistance could arrive had Killed .
him, and torn his body almost To pieces
wagon, containing nine eNcursionist
descending the Mount Washington carriage
road, was upset by its drunken driver about
mile below the halfway house Monday al. /
ternoon. lady from Michigan was killed /.
and i've or siX others we're injured. The /
driver was injured, il is thought fatally.
An unknown tramp, about 80 years Of age, /
entered the depotat Byers, Colorado, on sun.
day evening, and, after some conversation.
suddenly drew a large butcher knife and stab. +
bed three men, one or two Of them, perhaps
fatally. Before the stranger, who is supposed
TO have been insane, could do any further in. /
jury, he was sho, dead by a policeman.
The shipments Of fresh meat to Europe from
New York for the week ended July 10, we've
the largest on record for one week. The .
number OF hive cattle alone being four thou.
sand, OF which fifteen hundred mere shippel
on Saturday. Also shipments of 5,G2O quar-.
tiers of dressed beef, / 1855 head live sheen.
1850 earcasses of mutton, and llj dressed
hogs.
The dome Of the Rensselaer, Poly,echnic
Institute observatory a, Troy, New York. i
built entirely of paper Ii Is reduced by
pressure to the hardness OF wood, and is laid
on in sections one sixth OF aH inch in thick
ness. The weight Of the structure is only
about one.tenth of what it would he il mad.
OF the usual materials. Il is said to give sal.
isiaetion in every particular.
A boat containing man named Miller. bis
vile, two children, and bow named Rasa '
was capsiZed by a squall in Lake Winnebago.
Wis, ON Friday OF last week. Rose VA
drowned, but the others chung 10 the bottom
OF the boat. and were picked up after twenty
hours exposure, Mrs. Miller had a Rlteen
year old boy dashed to her back. He died on
Saturday night, and the others are IN A crit.
cal condition.
Monday evening a number OF bows were
playing IN Lancaster, Pa, saw mill, when
William Fetter, aged 10, son of the pronr;s.
tor, was pushed against a circular saw. which
entered bis right side, cutting cash seven or
eight inches deep aud penetrating the lobe Of
the lung TO distance Of three inches. The
night arm was completely severed above the
elbow, and the left arm was also badly chi,
he boy recovery is very doubtful.
he scheme to invade the Indian Territory
ahd occupy the Government lands therein.
seems 70 DC gaining strength, Emigratinr
parties are being formed in Illinois aud Mis-.
souri, as well as Kansas, encouraged Inv ibo
success thus far, Of Captain Payne's snng
The Interior Department has no official IN.
formation of the invasion yet, but Secr.tarv
oehuTz VIII Immediately take measures M ,
clear the Territory OF all unlawful intruders
The agricultural product Of Illinois will be-
larger tins year than ever before. The to,al I
acreage OF wheat Is twenty per cent, greater
nan last year, and the condition of The cror
n July, with the exception Of few Counties I
: equal to that Of last year The amount M
'orn produced will be about eoual m Ia,
rear crop. Oats have increased iilteen ner
'ent., and hay has nearly doubled h. n
Irish potato crop is immense, and the swee,
potato yield is larger than ever before All
rnits are in fine condition.
Frederick Thompson, n wealthy uillov o.
Wakefield, England, who came 10 this conn. !
~ in May last to attend the millers' exnos;. =
ION in Cincinnati, met his death al Fox laks
Wisconsin on Friday OF last week. he and
rend named Louis Feischer, of Liyernooi
England, took small boat 10 20 Ont az III ;,
a. AXE hshing; They had not gone far when i
Thompson dropped the oars aud fell over ihs 4
ide OF the boat Thompson's body was re (
covered. At the inquest the iu-y found ID, l.
he died OF heart disease OF ap0plexy. 1
A despatch from Fox lake. Wisaoosi.. r
ays "A personal examination and.renor,5 !,
rom all sources prove beyond doubt ma IL (
he vicinity spring wheat il SO badly ininraJ
" rust that under the most favorable circ,,,a i
tances Il will not yield more than half \ crnn
win prospects OF an entire failure Ma, !.
armers are Offering the entire eron for nv
mount speat 10 sowing il, with M ,aLa-' /.
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