The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-05

Mayer L Baehman's brewe' at: &ttou,
Staten Island, was destroyed MonG-4 horn
ing by FIRE. The loss is estimated at nearly
| $500, 200. Several hundred men are thrown
cut Of employment.
Col. C. P. Ramsdell, L. S Marshal, was
severely injured by being gored by bull on
his farm in Chesterfield county, Virginia On
Monday. His daughter saved his life By
driving the animal away
DR.. Sparks, eolored, of Lnmpkin, Ca, who
chloriioFmed an old woman named Pope, and
outrageoHsly assaulted her daughter, was
! found guilty on Wednesday aud sentenced &c
/ be hanged on the 18th Of November.
The Warren Memorial Tabernacle Presby-
terrain Church. in Louisville, the finest church
edi6ce in that city, ras destroyed By IRE on
I FRIDAY night of last week. Il cost aboul
I $3.50. 900. IneendiaFism IS suspected.
is estimated that the recent overflow 81
! the n is sisSippi has caused damages between
I Keok ak, Iowa, aud Louisiana, No, amount
I ing 20 s., ESQ, eco. Il wall take several days
[ before business in the river Towns vail be sally
resumed.
The dwelling Of Henry Cannon, eolored
I in Cross ceaaty, Arkansas, was visited on
/ Saturday nieht by = number Of armed eoIored
men who shot Cannon dead aud mogtslly
( wounded his wife. No cause for the ontrase
Is snown.
More ascent Of Moa, Blanc have been
I made during the past season than IN any pre-
Z vious year. Between July and 0ciohers SIX
( ty-four ,Gzrists, Of whom nineteen wert
/ Preach. seventeen English, and six Amer
{ cans, gained the summit.
Ex Senator Plat, IS Is eeHeraily belieyed
/ will succeed Ja5ee Robertson as collector o.
I the port Of New York. Il i said NJ. Rob
estson himself IS incliacd 10 this yie~, bas Be
I does nos think the change viii Be accomplish
I ed f0T months 10 cone.
1 Nehemiah Perry, formerly msmber q Con
I rreaa iron Newark, ". j., and his safe bolh
+ died Tuesday from pneamonla- AF. Perry
I has beea mayor 81 NewArk and prominent
manager Ia 6naacial Institutions. lie vas
/ about o years q age,
/ Two thirds of the village q Ease6eid
Snaih Carolina. vas destroyed b. Ire Ga
/ Saturday aigs,- 0aly three stores fe'.iAin g
Z tbs business section. The loss "a estimated
a. $4,000. TIE ars started IN stable, asd
{ Is attributed 70 inceadiaFism.
A large inportatioa oi Iriah potatoes has
arrived Ia Mes York, indjcaElag large erpE
( Ia he oald country. They can Dc soid
:, = profit &c from 50 10 $3.50 per barrel
Z and compete Sish American potatoes tht
/ prices Of whieh hare bsen ap 10 81 per barrel
A snscsal dispatch from Ahbevilie. $ e,
+ on Monday, says 'sJeH DAVIS, caiaFe5, con
I sieted Of tie murder OF George Franklin and
his sister, has iast been acquitted On nes
III Il. The day fof hls exscati2u wks axes
E nine times and be vas zine slases svsplicd
,wics % the seAsfsld wigh lhe rope aFoaRa "a
neck.
The Mechanics Natloaal Baak, 81 Newark
N. T.. has failed, With liabilities Supposed Il
e1caaa s., 900 0a0 Tke funds Ell shs haas
were invested and lost by The cashier withoa
the knauledge 81 she president AID directors
Up 10 he time The fatiaFe was Announced :
I uss Supposed 20 be Gus 81 The soHHdsss banki
is New Jersey.
An escaped lunatic from PeuaViFAaia eP
i. peared Al he White House on Monday, de
ieruined .te invessisats the Press5eas's &C
consss Afler hard tsssle Nish the doer
keeper and policeman be was owerpewsfeS
and relieved IL loaded revolver shiea b
had ia bis poeket. lie was sehito The insan'
asylum to await advises from bis breads.
While the Treasurer Of Beaver eoansy, Pa,
was opening bis safe, 10 the lreasarrr's OF
tee, Friday morning Of last week be va.
knocked scRsslsss by two robbers, ~ho has
concealed themselves IA the Ioari hoas'
dariug the night Wkea he recovered a.
foand thar the robbers had escaped vita SIS,
GOO Of the eoaasy faads, leaving 20 Glaze q
their ideatiiy.
Graveyard insurance ia Pennsylvania Ia
excited suspicion Of another murder
worthless character N EaphraiA tosnaliP
4 lancaster County. feli frumR hayioft and aie'
from the effects Of the fall. A boy who at
messed the fall says that two men took hiu
10 the haylofl and liked q trap for him % TAI
through. These parties hold policy 10
81 600 on the maa life. The matter is nos
beias investigated.
A north. bound freight train on the Colum
bia aud PORT DEPOSIT railroad, was wrecked
near Safe HarboF, Monday night, by lau'
slide, The locomotive and SIX cafs weF
thrown into the Sasqaehanaa river, anu tn'
remainder eleven cars, were eompietel.
wrecked. The body OF Ellis Anls, the engl
peer, has nol YET been found, and II IS belley
ed to be under the engine ia the river IN
fireman was seriously injured.
The Mississippi river continued 10 RS
Sunday az Quincy, Illinois, aud was ~ fee
above low water mark at night. The Hoo
il he heaviest ever known at this season Q
the year, and has only been exceeded BY th
great spring freshet of 1851. All railroa'
travel sonth and west from Quincy remain
z sMSNEUuEA. except tU kAG AA@ftANAfNA 49,
Joseph read, all the levees in the neighbor
, hood being broken and the lOw lands con
pletely flooded. All the inhabitants OF to
Sny Valley have moved to the high ground
or taken refuge in Quincy.
The steamer Gilchrist, which left Davea
mort. Iowa. on Thursday night Of last week
for trip up the Mississippi, with a vaiua5l
cargo and fifteen passengers and crew
thirteen, came disabled by the breaking Of ne
cam rods, soon after leaving The wharf, an
was dashed against the Government brldg
: connecting Davenport and Rock Island. In
boat. on striking the bridge, careened, 10
weights felloff the safety-Talves, and the steal
from the boiler rushed into the saloon, scale
ing many Of the passengers. The boat arm
ed with the swift current down the stream an
sank. OF the 70 persons on board, Al AT
known 70 be lost. 1t is stated that the boa
was not fit for passenger service, and that ne
crew, at the time Of the disaster, we're drums
The Governor of Illinois ON Tuesday issue
, nrerlamation declaring that he has reaso
! to believe that o-phneumonia eAis'
among cattle, and has become epidemic l
certain localities in Connecticut, New orr
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware an
{ MARYLAND. He therefore prohibits the I'm
{ nortation Of any domestic animals oil the DO
vine species from such localities into lllinoh
t after the 10th inst, unless accompanied by
certificate of health properly signed by
duly authorized veterinary inspector. an
cornoration or individual transporting or r.
5 ceiyine such prohibited stock shall be llaol
to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more ina
$40. 600 for each offense, and shall be ha6i
for any and all damage or loss that may
: sustained by any party or parties by reason
: the importation or transportation OF sue
? nrohibited stock. Among the infected loea
, tiles named in the proclamation are u
: counties Of Lehigh, Bucks, Berks, Montgon
e ery, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Lai
e caster, York, Adams and Cumberland !
: Pennsylvania; the counties of Bergen, Hu'
e son. Morris, Essex, Union, Somerset, hun
E ingdon, Middesex, Mercer, Monmouth
Z Ocean, Burlington, Gloucester and Atlant
e in New Jersey the county of New Castle
e Delaware, and the counties of Cecil and Ha
! ford, in Maryland. The proclamation, II
Y stated, is issued by advice of the Unite
| cyt.4o-' 1a-aasnr1r cattle Commission.