The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-12
N,vs Of the Week.

News Of the Week
nr;g.aisr General Wilmer died IN NeN
YORK. Monday night .,,. and
Iahn Bronchan, the veteran actor hN'
,,lsvr,ish,, died Monday ia New TOTS.
Tnrlington Hall, IN Chicago, eecnpl'I NA a
,,,a,, markei. was burned on Sunday Loss I
Thai IN tappery OF Emil panizinger q Co, ~
rb;cago. was burned out Sunday al''fnooH'
''' mi. catholic Church al Chambly BASIN,
Canada. Guc edihcc, was burned "n fHuS
nish,. Loss, SloO,0l1. .n,....rg
M Kpickerboeker ice house at hn'neell'
n T., containing 5000 tons Of 'ee' was
bnrned on Saturday loss, So Wv.
A member Of the Philadelphia common mon
Council has made pablo 40 ohct OF F'i''s
for ms vote on a rapid transit measure; IA.
Inc Eagle Pottery Works, al Aoftls'lue,
Pa, suspended operations on SATURDAY """
discharged their hands, % ~ number
Prince Leopold and the Princes, l'pulse
have returned 10 Chicago from Mh"h9ees'
They will remain in Chicago tor several uAys'
A church near Mt Carey IN hanSooA eoan'
ty, Ohio, was blown down sunday Iu,hs ~
wee. Twenty persons we're injured '"'e' 10
tally. ~ H.,
Inc Continental Guard, Captain ". Pierce
will leave New Orleans to-day LOT boston, "
take part in the celebration OF the anniversary
Of the battle Of Bunker H'll. A..
A censns euumerator got terrible whip
MIN, In Pittsburgh because be pressed stall
waft Irish woman for an answer 10 inc lu'''
ton. Are you white or black
The round house of the CooperstoNn, and
Su,1uebanna Valley Raiiroad, NJ Coopers
town, n. y, was burned Sunday morning
with two engines aud baggage ear. Loss
$4,000.
A fire in Nevada City, Cal, GA Saturday
night, destroyed about fifty buildings IN the
Chinese quarter, aud number OF stores and
other buildings ia the adjoining business see
ton. Loss about $4,000.
Lieutenant ". +. Lcihs Of the L. $, Ma
rine Corps, was killed by being thrown from
his horse near Norfolk, Va, On FRIDAY night
Of last week He was the son ofGeu. Leiln,
Of Washington, and young mnn OF much
promise.
Governor Simpson, OF South Carolina, Wis
tied Beaufort ON Saturday, and, on accepting
an invitation from Commodore Patterson to
20 on board the Tag ship New Hampshire,
vas received with the usual naval hou0rs, IA
GLIDING salute OF nine gems.
Agee Takato, Secretary Of the japanese
Legation 10 Washington committed suicide by
shooting Sunday morning. lie leh letter
written ia Japanese. stating that he had been
concerned ia the instruction oil 1871 10 Japan,
aud bad forfeited his honor
The centennial anniversary OF the battle Of
Elzabelht0wn, y. j., was appropriately cele.
bratcd Tuesday by parade OF military. fife.
men and citizens from all parts OF the state.
The military fought sham battle. II is est.
mated that $1,000 people Witnessed the les.
tiylliCs.
-Four harus a, Hart's Falls, y. y, belong.
ing 10 Ephraim COugdoH, Charles Perry,
Charles Nilber and David Geddcs., were
burned hy iuceniiancs Monday night One
OF the barus contained $4,000 worth uf lutte
belonging to the Gable Flax Company Total
loss Si3, 900. Insured for 5000.
A little girl, the daughter Of Archibald
Thompson. IN Braudywiue village, near vii.
miugton, Delaware, while playing Wiih match.
IS on Saturday. set her clothing On hre. She
ran into another room, and the flames commu.
nicated 10 the clothing Of baby The older
child died the same day, and the arm Of the
infant was 30 badly burned that ampulaiion
will be necessary TO save It's life.
Two Brush electric lights 10 the Continental
Hotel dining room at Philadelphia have dis.
placed lii gas lights. The power IS furnish.
ed by the engine that runs the elevator Eluc
tric lights also illuminate the main ball office
and bar roOul, at an expense Of one cent per
hour Tor the CARTONS used. This will ca1se a
great reduction IN the ho,cl's gas bil, usually
amounting to SCI 900 per aunnm.
Df Wilson j. II. Bruen, who died IN Phil.
( lipsburg, y. j., recently, provided IN bis will
Tor the erection Of a granite monument over
1 his grave, not 20 cost less then $4,000. lie
also set aside $4,000 for the maintenance Of
7 a brass band, the sole duty Of which shall be
F TO perform funeral marches and other appto-
F pirate mnsic al his grave on anniversaries Of
F his death and on legal holidays.
Francis Pennington, nineteen years old son
( OF !, 7. Pennington, residing q, Newark, ~
I j., died late Monday evening from malaria
I contracted in Princeton College He is the
I fourth student who has died from the effects
OF the fever contracted ia that institution.
/ lwo other s;uieHa resident ia Newark are
! also very sick. Charles Parker, son Of llou
Courilhndt Parker, being one Of them.
The Madison Square Garden property, for.
/ mcry called tiilmorc's Garden, New York
/ has been disposed Of 70 $500, 900 To Barnum' :
Museum Company Corporation, just organiz,
{ ''' "'t.l NaPtN=l OF ~",NN,VNui Tor lhc pur-
| pose OF erecting the largest exhibition build.
ing IN the world, including under one roof a
museum, opera house, coliseum, theatre, hin.
podrome, topical garden, &C., To be flushed
aud opened early mex, year.
In Philadelphia, Pa, on Saturday last, the
/ grand jury recommended the establishing Of
the whipping pos. aud stocks, for the punish
I ment OF certain class Of criminals, similar
to those used in delaware. They say IN their
report that they are convinced, that iucarccr.
anon TO a sensitive nature is painfai aud hu.
initiating enough, but is not so to the habitual
thiei' the welldressed piek.pocke,, the Edroit
swGidier aud the eonhdancc man. as proved
by the ois'repealed commitment OF the same
criminal,