The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

News of the Week.

some sum [Ou, 100.
One hundred and ffty-eight failures of bu
siness firms were reported last week from va
rious parts of the country.
A severe shock of earthquake occurred at
San Jose, Cal, on. Tuesday. The shock
caused considerable excitement but no dam
age.
! Its reported that additional embezzlements,
involving $4,000. have been discovered in
the case Of Captain Howgate, late of the Sig
nal Corps.
All the cars of the Citizens Street Rail
way, in Pittsburg, were withdrawn on Sun
day, the horses being disabled by the pink
eye.
The four-year- old son of John Fox, farm
err. living near Wilmington, Delaware, was
killed on Saturday by bull dog, which seized
him by the throat.
William Robinson and two others were
/ poisoned at Ripley, Maine, ON Friday of last
week. by drinking rum in which aconite had
been put for horse medicine. Robinson is
dead
There has been another severe storm at
/ Mazatlan. Mexico. Seven yesseS were driven
out to sea, two schooners were beached, and
/ two petroleum RATS destroyed. No lives were
I lost.
A violent snow storm. the first of the season.
prevailed at Lincoln. Nebraska, on Thursday
/ of last week. Snow fell the next day at
Omaha and Cheyenne, and rain AT II. Louis
and Chicago.
Mormon missionaries passed through Nash
Vile last week. with 100 proselytes gathered
/ in Tennessee and Georgia. At TullahOma a
woman and her three daughters joined the
party, bidding farewell to the weeping hus-
band and father.
A \ 4
being heavily cut by all trunk lines, 'and large
shippers are allowed Ia fix about their own
rates II is rumored that grain is being taken
as low as fifteen cents per hundred.
The Portland. Ne. fishermen were unusu-
ally successful during the season nov dmWing
to close. About 100000 barrels Of mack
erel have been packed there this wear, an in
erase Of 10000 over last year.
BILLY Lynch and Joe o. Neil INDUCED
in a prise-6ght near East 81. Louis on Friday
of last week. which resulted in both hrutc>
being so badly Injured thar they had "a De car
RED off the field in Wagons
Moody and Sankey, the eyangelists. have
been engaged IN the neighhorhood Of New
Castle, England. for some weeks past. Mr..
Moody Will preach in SpurgeanS chapel.
I.ondon. to morrow. the 2Oth INST
Peter Tnax. Of Kent e0uuty, Delaware,
cue night recently found thief in his corn
field The thief nan, leaving a horse aud
wagon behind. which Peter holds until the
owner calls for Il.
The house and farm buildings Of Matthew
Ash. near Madison Station. Mississippi. Wtrs.
demolished by tornado, on Friday afternoon,
the 18th. Mrs. Ash, two OF her children, and
four other persons werr severely injured.
The greater portion Of the town Of Wood
stock New Brunswick. was reduced ta ashes.
on FRIDAY Of last week Forty dwellings and
stores. thrce churches and humber OF other
buildings verr destroyed. THIS j. the third
time iha, this town has been swept ty tre.
The Virginia EstfeTpriss tells OF large
sight Of quails which extended over thre gssar-
sers of mile. They v~re laqge moantaiEi
birds. perfect beauties supposed 90 h. migra,-
ing soa,h, They wvre spparrn'ly fatigued
frum long fight, sremed bcwildcTrsi. and many
were caught alite.
The idea that Americas <F~Frs arr urssliis-
bic fsr the manufacture II FAsiHs Esusi n
considerably staggered hy the announcement
in FAs Rirsgsiis Press. uf san RernartliHp
esumsv. Cal, that the rsisin csup uf that stale
7 TIN. YEAR will aggregate more than ial.@s'
hoN.s>
A skia f.rrsispas containing nineteen per
f a,as vas swnanped hy the s~eil from ,hree
+ prugellegs, while crossing the Hudsoa river
E from Truy - Port Schuyler, an Saturday
evening Seven men arr known 50 b.
drOwusd and anSsher j. missing.
The President having acccpsed th- rvsiEna-
tiAa ri Atiurnsy General Mark eaEh. 9hs latter
aa Manaay taak formal leave 81 The Depart.
mrnt 0f Justice and tarnsd it over 20 the
ehArxe % Solicitor General Phillips, vho vili
at ~ Attorney General until tbs apI,oinimeni
Of sacerSsor tu SacNragh.
Daring the thirsy six hours ending Saturday
= hnarE snow storm prevailed IN Western
kaRaas, Colorado and Nra Mexico, Ihs
depth AZ the sauw ranrcd from six IA twelve
iRehrs. and Il vas drifted hadiy in the railroad
euts. insrrrupting travel Heavy sfsoS fell on
Saturday in ths Ottawa district Of Ontario.
The Illinois State Board of Health has al.
trrSssd communication % the saperinteu-
dents af the railroads throughout the State,
ealing attention 10 the alarming pTvvalencc %
small gax, and reqssstiag them 10 take ever
tain precautions rrgnsr,iiug their train hands,
aud particularly those officiating ga emiErans
trans
Ouing 10 the small amount ct Eve cent
nickel pseers in the Treasury, The Secretary
has instructed the niTectoy VI the Mint to
cause siT SO ~ ODD copper cents aud Slo4,
Ois in copper nieklc cents nos In the Pkila-
d~inhf mint "a be rss,e;nea into sv~ cent
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