The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-10-23
News Of ths Week.


The epizoosy Is very prevalent among the I
States,
Wright Smith, manufacturer Of silk goods |
~ NJ ralerson N. j., has failed for about $3.50,
An old man named shafEer was fatally rored
51y bull At High Knob, Pike county, Pa, on
Thursday last.
Bellada Conkling, a young woman, was
eleked 70 death by an infuriated horse on her
,slher iArmi IN Sussex county, N. j., last
The forest 6res near South Amboy and
Madison, N. j., have been extineuisbed bT
showers Of rain. The loss on timber i esd.
mated at $4,000.
The Legislature Of Oregon has passed
woman suffrage amendment TO its State Cop.
stitution. The vote ia the Senate was II 10
" and in the House 80 10 81.
Malarial fever is reported TO be epidemic
10 the neighborhood of Franklin, N. ]. Whole
families at Greenyille and Cedar swamp are
sick with IL. The fever Is abating at Franklin
Furnace and WORK has been resumed at the
mills.
This year is a noteworthy one as regards
Immigration. Since January as many as
ziVfSSo immigrants have arrived at Castle
ohrden, and these OF class above the aver
I
IN former years.
The official portion ofths sesqui centennial
celebration in Baltimore ended on Saturday
WIN grand procession aud review Of tug
Doats and steamers in the harbor. II is esti-
mated that ssl 600 people visited Baltimore
during last week TO attend the celebration.
In the case Of Mrs Sara Howe, manager OF
the Ladies' Deposit in Boston, bail has
been liked at $4,000 The amountrequired
Tor Julia Gould is $4,000. Both are 10 Jail.
mrs. Howe asserts that she was "wholly IN.
noeent OF any wrong doing, that she was ',iu
the employ Of number Of wealthy men,
and that the whole truth will soon come
out. The liabilities Of the concern are esti.
mated at sooO,OOO, the loss falling upon 1
number OF poor women.
The National Association Of Local Preach
ers OF the Methodist Episcopal Church me
IN the Lafayette Street NJ. Il. Church, Balti
more, on Saturday, 10 celebrate its twenty
hlth anniversary. Rev. DR.. ID. II. Wheeler
OF the New York East Conference, editor O
the Methodist, presided, and delivered th
annual address. Mr.. G. c. Leigh, Of Brook
lyn, spoke on the advantage Of havinl
the pulpils filled by ministers who have re
eelyed collegiate and theological education
-Four feet of snow fell ia Ontario, Monday
! In Des Mones, Ia, the ground is frozen sey
eral inches deep. On the line Of the North
ern Pacific railroad, in Minnesota, the sno'
z is deeper than il was all last winter. TIL
storm IN Northern Iowa fell during Frida
night, and Monday the roads we're froze
solid. Several trains we're blockaded on III
u Maple Valley branch Of the Chicago an
: Northwestern railroad, in some places Ii
snow being from Ave to seven feet deep. A
Sioux City, Ia, the ice was four inches thicl
No Western passengers passed Poughkeepst
n. T., Monday, owing TO the reports Of sno
blockade west Of Rochester, n. Y.
violent storm, the wind almost reachin
= q hurricane, prevailed in the Northwest al
"a the Lake region Saturday and Sunday aud co
'e tiaued Sunday night. The wind attained
!, velocity Of between 60 and 70 miles per no
u at Milwaukee. Telegraph lines were level
y in all directions, and snow drifts ten 10 twel
n feet deep are reported along the Southe
Minnesota Railway. The snow was pack
al hard 10 the deep cuts along the railway, Al
" a train which left Fulday, On Friday nigl
=. had not been heard of Sunday. Reports ha
i. been received in Milwaukee, Of horses a
OF cattle perishing, but no human lives are kno,
~ TO be lost The storm, which is said to
or the worst ever known in Southern Minneso
and Eastern Dakota, was still raging Sund
10 night. A number Of marine disasters hl
Ia occurred on the lakes. At present only /
IN lives are known to be lost, but there are fe
TO- that the captain and seven seamen Of
81, schooner b. W. Wells, which foundered
'ut North Chicago, in Lake Michigan, have
er. persisted. A violentgale from the west RAJ
cal all day Sunday at Chicago, blowing down Sc
"a folds and frames Of houses, and doing OF
mt damage. On the south side the stack no
on Of a rolling mill, 800 feet long, 81 wide
OF % high, was partly demolished, and FOUR
zA' sons were injured, one fatally, by the fai
in Of the roof.