The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-03-13
Now. Of the Week.

The Dacy block OF stores, in Woodstock,
ILL.,, was burned on Saturday morning Loss
S50,000
By decision of the superior court Of New
York, bank is made liable for the payment
Of forged checks.
Tennessee has twenty-five tobacco manutae'
tories, one snuff factory, twenty eight cigar
factories, and 100 leaf tobacco dealers.
The Grand Central Hotel and Webster
House and some smaller buildings, in Oak
land, CAL, were harmed Tuesday. Loss
$40. 600.
The insane asylum ut 0ssawatomie, Kan
sas, containing some two hundred inmates,
burned Monday. Loss $4,000. The in
mates we're rescued
A genuine fur seal, weighing about eighty
pounds, was caught in York river, near Glou-
cester Point, Va, few days ago. Such a
capture was never before known there
William Barkman, employed TO carry mails
from the depot TO the post Office, in Port der
Wis, N. Y, was caught robbing the post office
Tuesday morning, The amount Of his thetls
is not yet known.
The steamers tina. left New York on Satur.
day last for Europe carried an immense guam
ty of meat aud live stock, viz ;--l22l cattle,
$50 sheep, 800 pigs, 10 horses, $50 carcasses
Of sheep, ass tons and 240s quarters Of fresh
beef
Isaac W. Hayne, who was Attorney Gene-
raj Of South Carolina for twenty years proceed
ing the reconstruction Of that State, died ON
Monday age 10 years. He was grandson Of
Isaac Hayne, hanged by the British during
their occupation OF Charleston.
An explosion in the artillery barracks at
Santiago, Chill, on the 9th Of January, killed
"A men, 1t is supposed the catastrophe was
caused by the careless handling Of loaded
shell in part Of the building used as man.
uiactory for munitions Of war.
Grassinan and Carson, the DelphOs Ohio
robbers who attempted to murder Plckens
and who tortured his wife, were sentenced on
Saturday to twelve years Imprisonment each
in the penitentary at hard labor, and to be
locked in a dungeon every night for six years.
| A bill to promote the efficiency Of the life
saving service, introduced in the House by
4 Mr.. Cox, Of New York, provides for the es.
Enlistment ola number oil Traditional stations,
including one at Lewes, Del, aud five on the
coast between Cape Heulopen and Cape
Charles.
Francis Still, convicted of attempting TO
murder George Hoffman, near Stroudsburg,
Pa, was sentenced on Saturday 70 pay 500
fine and be imprisoned IN the penileniiary for
three years The sentence was made light,
owing to the fact that Still was 70 years of
age.
Hon. Henry +. Scharrett, planter Of Pass
Christian, Miss, says that, in view Of negro
exodus and the disturbed condition of things
in California, the planters in his section think
Of obtaining Chinese laborers Correspond.
ence has already been had, aud some Cinnamon
| will be set 10 work in Southern Mississippi in
| a few weeks.
The one huadrcdlh birthday of Mr.. Samuel
! Philbrick Bailey, of Washington, New Hamp-
shire, was celebrated by him and his towns.
men on Friday of last week. The Freema.
sons paraded, there was u public dinner, an
Grafton was pronounced and poem read, and
a centennial ode was sung. Besides all this
various presents were given Mr.. Bailey and
several speeches we're made.
Mr. Edward Atkinson's gift of samples Of
American cotton manufactures to India has
been requiied by present Of nearly 200 stat
nettes representing the different castles aud
classes OF people in that region, The figures
are of clay, dressed in actual stuiIs made up
in the exact fashion Of East Indian costumes
| The donors OF this valuable collection are a
| firm of Bombay Hindoo merchants.
The machine shop Of the Danforth Loco.
motive Works, at Patterson, N. j., was de-
stroyed by fire, soon after FIVE o'clock on Sa.
tnrday morning, with FIVE locomotives ia
course OF erection, and lot Of valuable ma.
chinery. lncendiarism is suspected, n fire
alarm box having been tempered with. Tho
loss is estimated al 100000. About 400 of
the 800 employees Of the works will be tenn.
porarily thrown out Of employment.
The sanitary inspection of the United States
steamer Plymouth, which has been quaran.
tined at Portsmouth, n. II. since autumn, has
revealed disgraceiul state of affairs on the
ship. There was found between decks deem
accumulation of beans and other stutls, which,
becoming dscayed, sent forth most offensive
doors when disturbed. Il appears also that
The wood Of the vessel itself il so decayed
from dry rot, that wonder is expressed that
she has held together so long and so well.
Rev. Robert l.. Dashiell, Secretary OF The
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society, died
Monday at Newark, N. j. His disease was
internal cancer. The deceased was a native
OF Maryland, having been born at Salisbury in
1896. AT the age OF nineteen he graduated
FROM Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn. lie
Immediately began preparing for the minis
try, and after going over the required course
Of study, be was admitted 10 the Baltimore
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1913.
The riot bill bribery cases came up for trial
at Harrisburg, Pa, Monday Pleas of guilty
were entered by Charles u. Salter, Jesse n.
Crawford, William +. Rumberger aud William
H. kembls. The latier's plea included cor.
rupt solicitation only, aud did not admit the
corrupt offering OF any money or thing of val.
ae. IL is said that Saller, Crawford and
Rumberger entered the plea of guilty, 10 snye
themselves from the publicity Of unenyiablo
notoriely, which would have resulted from
the publication Of the mass OF evidence in
their cases. kemble, by his plea, avoids a
trial for perjury.
very dangerous counterfeit one hundred
dollar note on the Piusburg National Bank of
Commerce, OF Pittsburg, Pa, was recently de.
tecicd at the National Bank Reclamation
Agency. II purports TO be of the series Of
1917 having the sealioped seal instead Of the
old seal with points, and bearing the words
"series Of 1876, across the face in red ink
IL IS printed on an imitation Of the fibre. M.
per, and is the first counterfeit which has an.
peared on this series OF national bank notes.
II bears the signatures Of John Allison, Reg.
lister oil the Treasury, and John c. New, Treas
urer Of the United States
In the U. y. Circuit Court at Baltimore on
FRIDAY OF last week Judge Bond rendered A
decision IN the case OF Daniel X. Stewart vs.
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
The answer Of defendant to the bill Of nlantifT
was dismissed the Court declaring that neither
the State Of Maryland nor W. M. Coreoran
was an indispensable party to the suit. Mr..
Corcoran IS mere trustee, having no title.
and the State waived its liens on the tolls and |
revenues OF the canal by the act OF 1874 A
bill was also filed by Stewart on Friday 10 re- |
strain the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com. |
pany from contracting with any railroad 10 |
carry coal from the West Virginia mines al a |
rebate on the tolls.
pnblic meeting in favor Of opening the |
Indian Territory TO settlement, was held % |
the board OF trade rooms in Kansas CITY. No. |
on Thursday night of last week. Colonel |
Bondinot, u. +. franklin aud other promi. |
nent citizens delivered addresses, ADVOCATING /
peaceable settlement, rather than forcible in.
vasiOn, and long memorial to Congress was /
adopted IN favor Of opening the Territory 10 /
the whites. u, s. Marshal Allen, who had
been instructed by Attorney General Deyens
70 appear at the meeting aud read the Pre.i. /
dents proclamation against the invasion Of |
lhe Territory, was present, in accordance with |
hls instructions, and was requested at tLe \
commencement Of the meeting 10 stand up and
execute the order.
There we're terrific storms Of wind, rain.
thunder and lightning, AZ various points h
The West on Thursday night and Friday az |
last week. Ia Toledo, Ohio, the wind reach. |
ed velocity OF seveniy.two miles an hour.
and great damage was done to property,
John hassell and NJ. +, Doyle, policemen,