The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-10-30
New. Of the Week.

Diphthefia ~ so prevalent Mt Halifax as to |
cause much alarm. Several deaths have oe.
CURED.
William Cawthmw, an old resident Of TO. |
ronto, died in that city Tuesday, leaving
properly estimated at $G,000O00.
ln one German city, Breslau, there are 5000
people who do not receive their correspond
enee until it has been examined by the police
The British bark Temple Bar, from Lon
donderry, Ireland, was quarantiued at Balti-
more, Tuesday, having four cases Of typhns
fever on board.
OF the IA 500, 900 quintals Of grain import.
ed into France during the first eight months
Of the present year, 100000 quintals came
from America.
All the coal oil in Quebec was seized on
Monday for falling short Of the Government
test. The conhscated stock Of one dealer
amounted TO more than four hundred barrels
At San Fernando, CAL, Friday night flast
week while Mr. Bridges and wife were attend.
ing meeting, their house caught FIRE and
their four children, the eldest aged IL, were
burned TO death.
Dispatches Sunday night from various parts
Of Ontario report rough weather, with snow,
Saturday night and Sunday morning, doing
great damage to fruit and other trees. The
snow fall varied from 5 to rs inches.
VIM. p. Preston, for nearly half century
an active practitioner in the courts OF Balti
more, and distinguished as q criminal lawyer
and an orator, died in that city Monday in
The 10th year Of his age.
Earnest Gatler piano factory in New York
was burned Sunday. About 300 pianos nearly
completed and a large quantity Of stock in
| process Of manufacture were destroyed. Loss
/ $50, 900. One hundred and twenty FIVE men
employed ia the establishment lost their work
ing tools.
According to a Telegram from winnepeg
Ocean Man, chief Of ''the tribe recent,
slaughtered byAmericau Indians has aske,
Of Agent Mcdonald, ut Fort Ellis, proteetiol
and food for his band, and stated b" will Wal
this winter for justice but no longer.
The inventor Of new flying machinelaunch
ed it from the top OF the Patent Office build
ing in Washington on Monday afternoon, an
il was dashed To pieces on the pavement be
low. Luckily for the inventor, he had nc
attached himself to the machine.
A trial ofthe Rev. DR.. j. W. Carhart presid
ing elder Of the Northern Wisconsin MethS
dist Conference has resulted in his conviction
Of dishonesty, lying, perjury and general in
mortality. The court was composed Of hiiee
Methodist Episcopal clergymen, and thei
verdict was unanimous.
From Sl,O0O, 600 to $1,000, 600 worth 0
birds nests are yearly imported into Canton
most OF them coming from Java. They ar
very expensive, costing from $50 TO $40 per
pound. The nests are composed Of pure gel
atine, secreted by n species Of swallow AM
deposited against a wall.
A despatch from Morganlowu, West Viz
ginia, states that sou of Judge Pearre, o
Cumberland, Maryland, aged nineteen, VII,
had been attending the university there, IL
company with daughter Of II. s. Hayes,
jeweler Of Morgantown, eloped into the neigh
boring Green county, Pennsylvania, and wer,
married. The happy pair are awaiting il
some anxiety the subsidence OF parental ir,
before returning.
The Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western
Railroad Company, with capital Of five mil
lions, was Incorporated in Wheeling, W. Va.
Tuesday. The road is TO run from Cincin
natl to Irouton, Ohio, and thence acros,
West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland tc
Baltimore, a distance Of GOO miles. The ia.
corpoators are capitalists Of Baltimore and
Cincinnati, and Ex-Governor Young, of Ohio,
will be President.
The net receipts for the forty performances
Of the Oberammergau Passion Play were
$4,000. These performances were attend.
ed by no fewer than La, 900 persons, includ.
ing the King and Queen of Wurtemburg, the
Prince Imperial of Germany, the Grand Duke
Sergius Of Russia, and others Of distinction.
The proceeds have been divided into four
parts, one quarter being put aside for the ex-
penses Of the construction Of the theatre, a
second being allotted to such inhabitants of
the village as are householders, third quarter
to theae,ors, and fourth TO the public schools,
especially the schools Of carving and drawing.
Joseph Mayer, who filed the role Of Christ,
received Sl55, and GOO other persons engaged
in the play shared in the profits.
The cradle Of the infant Princess Of Spain
is Of polished ebony inlaid with silver; its form
is that Of an open shell the curtains are Of
silver gauze enameled with white velvet flow.
ers, the coverlet Of white satin on which are
embroidered in brilliant eolors the arms Of
Spain. Ono lady grandesse Of Spain stands
at the foot Of the cradle during the royal in.
fants slumber 10 watch the precise moment
Of her awakening another 9randesse stands
at the head armed with huge feather fan to
chase away the flies. The royal Spanish
crown, which ia silver gilt hangs in front OF
the cradle, is the work Of Froment, the great
Partisan goldsmith. The cost of tho cradle,
without the hangings Of fine lace and the gar.
niture Of marabout feathers which surround II,
is estimated at 81, 400.