The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-02-14
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society.
TNlbors block. in Indiauapolis, was dam.
aged BY FIRE, Tuesday to the extent Of about
$50, 00O. u
John Rice, the last survivor Of the men
who fought with Perry in his victory on Lake
Erie, died in Shelby, Ohio, on Tuesday.
Mrs Fanny Hamilton, a member Of tho
African Methodist Episcopal Church in vii.
minetou, Del, attended services on Sunday,
TO commemorate her centennial birthday.
Two hundred families Of Philadelphia
Quakers will form colony in Minnesota, on
the Northern Pacific Railroad next spring.
The Petersburg and Weldon Railroad
bridge, at Hiekford, Va, 200 feet long, and q
county bridge near By, were destroyed by fire
on Monday night.
The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Com pany
Of New York, with capital OfS2J0, 900, has
applied to the Supreme Court for permission
to wind up is business,
The death is reported, in New York, Of .
young man from the effects of an liberated
tooth, the glands swelling to such an extent
as TO prevent respiration.
Dickinson College will complete its hun
dredth year in 1888 and the AethOdist calls
upon its alumni and friends to increase its
endowment $500, 600 at this time.
The State Normal School at San Jose Cal.
ifornia, was burned Tuesday morning. Loss
about S250,00O. The flames broke out ia
the cupola, and ineendiarsm is suspected.
Great Britain is becoming wealthy through
the interest on her loans to other countries,
the fact that she loses nearly
500, 900, 900 annually on insufficient security.
The Rev. Edward Cowley, on trial 70 T
starving and ill.treating the children under
his charge in New York, in the Shepherd s
Fold, was Tuesday admitted to bail in the
sum Of 81, 500.
At Reno, Pa, locomotive went headlong
down an embankment, and Robert Simpson,
the fireman, was thrown partly into the lire
box, which was opened at the time. lie was
burned to death.
Urban Boyer, bitten by dog at Welfsport,
Pa, last summer, is reported to be suffering
from hydrophobia. Two Of his little daugh'
tiers, bitten at the same time, have shown
symptoms of the disease.
The Lehman Cotton Factory, near Pratts-
vile, Ala, was destroyed by lire with oil It's
machinery, about Eve o'cloek, Tuesday morn
ing. The loss is 100000, and 100 persons
are thrown out Of employment
Frederick Eagle called at police station
in New York Tuesday night, and said he
murdered his mother'in'law in Buffalo six
years ago. de was locked up and the au'
thorities Of Buffalo were advised Of the fact.
Alexander II. smith, President ofthe Mer'
chants Exchange OF st. Louis, on Monday
appointed 100 of its leading members com
miItse to solicit subscriptions to fluid ioT
the purchase of supplies for the poor ia Ire
land.
1t was very cold in New England and por'
ton of New York State Tuesday morning
In Hartford, Conn, the thermometer indl'
Gated 10 degrees below zero, and in Bristol
10 below. In Montgomery, N. T., the tenn
perature was 10 below zero.
The number Of immigrants who arrived al
New York during January was $3.50, against
1871 during the corresponding month OF 1879.
The arrivals OF immigrants during the twelve
months ending January Slst, 1880, numbered
Ia, 45S, against ~, l25 for the preceding
twelve months.
The Clifton Mills, al Philadelphia, Pa.
owned and occupied by Harpst, Montague
a Co., manufacturers OF carpet yarns, were
totally destroyed by fire on Monday evening.
The loss is estimated at Sls7 200, Of which
Sl65,OOO is covered by insurance. The mills
were burned on January 18th, 1878.
The strike OF the spinners and carders in
the Monument Mills, at Housatonic, Mass.
continues, and the mill, which is full OF or
ders for cotton warpS, will probably be com
PEELED, together with the bedspread mill OF
Crane 4 Co., TO stop for few days. The
sPlnners demand an advance Of 10 cents.
IL was rumored IN Albany, Tuesday, thai
insure was discovered "a the root OF the
new Capitol building on Monday, which Goa
tinued to increase to such an extent that sixty
tons oil stones had to be placed on the roofto
prevent further separation. The trouble was
caused by the settling OF the foundations.
John Didion, farmer, after delivering =
load OF hogs at a market in Lancaster, N. L.,
on Saturday, Jumped from his sleigh, and IN
dong so struck his head against an iron rail
ing on which meat u hung, One the hooks
pierced ms eye and penetrated TO the brain,
causing wound which w'il prove fatal.
holy TRINITY r. +. Church, corner OF Fourth
avenue and One hundred and Twenty .htth
street, New ork, was totally destroyed by hire
wednesday. The building cost Sl2o,OOt
and the organ Si0,ooO. In front OF the organ
there was q magnificent piece OF oval stained
glass work which cost $1,000. The property
was insured ior about S6O,OOO.
In fottsSlile, ra., on Sunday, the body Of
newly porn infant was found IN pile oil
snow, that mad evidently been placed there
wnlle awe ana frozen 10 death. II had been
10 n1ur pag, whlsh u haa torn N us dyinG
struggles ana rolled out The authorities are
endeayor'ng TO discover the inhuman mother
VINO perpeua'eu TINS awiai deed.
on sunday iast number OF men we're en-
gagged IN running number OF saw logs down
a AhuIe near hoanng Branch, IN Lyeominl
Il "a,
shute mad frozen smooth aud CLASSY when 4
i3g coming down swiftly jumped out Of th'
snu'e AUG struck DAVID Reed one OF the mer
employed. Inc hying log threw him abou
oo ,ee,, k,i'ing nun instantly.
on rIluay night OF last week three bur
glars eu.e1eu me Dahk ~ hnoxSIue, lsnn.
se'-eo anu pounq ,ne ffes'qeati g " hum
~, I'e' WING neps N eAs building, and demanded
we cohnlna.ion, mere was time lock OF
sne Iale, snu nv eoulu hotgF me computation
~ ue topoers, Mler oeaung MN, ana burn
,hg me sole es o. ms ieet 10 ashockins manner
'e's WIN Sszo whlch nad not oeen locked up
In the Herman Hospital, at Philadelphia
thsrs Is apanentnamed Lawrence Burke, WIZ
.nfee months SINCE mad ms spinal column
broken by "a aceldent, ana now presents ih'
anomaly OF nvlhg snd sensible head ant
uahk auscneu 70 . aeaa ana decomposinl
mass o. nesn and bone. u Is remarkable
case OF Vitality, and the physicians thinks h
may live month yet, but bis recovery is Al
'mpossioil,iy.
lnSan Francisco Monday, alarge number o
unemployed working men assembled upon th'
SAND Lots sad were addressed BY Mayor kal
loch. hegsye them to understand that within
aiew daysohinstown vouldbe legally declares
: na'saacel ana that me work resulting trou