The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16
News of the Week.


eating the attempted assassination of Presi'
dent Garfield.
The Japanese Mikado is to have a new pal
ace at Yeddo, which to be built entirely Of
wood and will cost nearly S5,600'00O.
The mountaineers of the Boccaco di Cattaro
have revolted against Austrian consumption
raised their own flag and established provi
sional government.
Revolution is feared in Bulgaria, and the
roads converging on Sistova, where the new
Parliament is about to meet, are guarded by
batteries of artillery.
One hundred and fifty masons at New
Brunswick, New Jersey, struck Monday for
$3.50 per day. An hour afterwards the con
tractors yielded to their demand.
The Russian minister of war proposes to
discontinue the construction of Notifications
on the German and Austrian frontiers, there
by saving 1,0OO,O 900 roubles, in the budget
Griscom, the Chicago faster, completed his
forty five days on Tuesday, and ended his
fast. He seems to have stood it better than
DR.. Tanner, who tasted forty days, and was
quite exhausted at the close.
A violent hurricane from the East swept
along the newfoundland coast on the lst inst,
destroying nearly all the small craft IN many
of the harborS. At Isle A'Bois schooner
and two brgantines were totally wrecked.
There are favorable crop reports from
Texas. A full average of cotton is expected,
and three -fourths of a corn crop, which, with
the old crop held over, will give surplus for
home consumption. TIE oat and hay crops
are the largest ever known IN the State.
A dispatch to the Galveston Ne'cs from
Longview, Texas, says that two convlcts on
Saturday boarded the engine of a work train,
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guards who fired on them and escaped. One
Of them was wounded and was afterwards
captured by dogs near Elgin.
The Richmond and Danvile Railroad has
leased the Richmond, York river and Chesa-
peake Railroad property, including the Balti-
more line of steamers. This practically gives
the Richmond and Danville Road ownership
and control of the line between Richmond and
Baltimore, via Westpont.
MONTPELIER, the home of President Madl-
son, is to be sold at auction on the 18th inst.
! The estate is situated in Orange county, Va,
on the line of the Virginia Midland railroad,
a few hours ride from Washington, and con-
ssts of over 1000 acres of well-watered and
timbered land, and the property Is partially
improved.
The great landSlip near SigrisWell, Switzer-
| land in the canton of Bern, which was report
ed on the both ult., is steadily moving toward
Lake Thun, at the rate of three metres day.
1t is three miles long, one mile broad, and OF
unknown depth. The houses in its path have
been deserted. Sigriswell and the neighbor-
ing villages are fortunately out of danger.
Four young ruffians broke into the house of
Johanna Sullivan, middle aged woman, at
Sandsfeld, Massachusetts, last Saturday
night, and taking her from her bed into the
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saut is believed to have been provoked by the
woman's habit Of annoying her neighbors with
petty law suits Two Of her assalants have
been arrested.
Luther A. Gotwald, Jr., aged Is years, son
of Rev DIR. L. A. Gotwald, pastor Of St.
PauFs Lutheran Church Of York, Pa, died
on Monday evening under distressing circum-
stances of tetanus or lockjaw July while
at play he accidentally tramped Oh the teeth
of rake, receiving seemingly slight wound
Last Saturday lockjaw set in an alarming
symptoms developed rapidly.
1t is estimated at the Treasury Department
that there are outstanding about thirty millions
of registered Five Per Cent bonds, which
cease to bear interest on October 1st. They
are redeemable at once with interest to the
date of presentation. Upwards Of twelve
millions Of coupon Five Per Gents are out
standing, which cease to bear interest on the
18th of August, and are redeemable after that
date.
The Interior Department, Washington, has
decided that q delegation Of Missouri River
Indians, including Spotted Tail, Red Cloud,
! Standing Bear and others, should be invited
to Washington early in September to discuss
various vexed questions with the authorities.
| The Northern Cheyennes are very much dis
| satisfied with their presentlocatI in the In
dian country, and want to go North to the
Missouri river country.
Gertrude Roberts was killed by Della Power
in the Lougue Point Asylum, near Montreal,
early on Monday morning. Both were pa
! tients and occupied the same room. During
the night, Power, a religious mono maniac,
fancied she saw 'frightful dragon and to
save herself and other inmates killed it, as she
thought, by pounding it on the head with a
piece of board. The supposed dragon was
her companion, Gertrude Roberts.
Gov Foster, of Ohio, has sent telegram
to Gov Plaisted, of Maine, proposing, in the
event of the recovery of President Garfield,
that the Governors of all the States issue
procamations setting a day for thanksgiving
and praise to Almighty God The Governors
of Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky and
Maryland are named as a committee to fix the
day. A dispatch to the same purport has
been addressed to the Governors of all the
States and Territories.
Considerable excitement was created at
Montpelier, Baekford county, Ind, Monday
night, on account of the discovery Of bloody
clothing secreted in a haystack, which gave
rise to suspicion that David Paxton wife S
death fortnight since was from stranguation
at his hands. Paxton was at first suspected
of using poison and fled, but returned when
Of
threw that theory. He again took flight upon
the discovery of the blood stained clothing.
Among the arrivals on the steamship Wyo-
ming, which arrived at New York on Friday
of last week, were 1855 Mormon converts, from
England, Scotland and Wales. They were
accompanied by nineteen Mormon missona-
ries, who have been about two years abroad
in search of proselytes. The converts are
mostly in families, of all ages, the men gener-
ally being mechanics and farmers They went
to Salt Lake City, and will be distributed
throughout the Territory, many Of them hay
ing friends already there.
Details of the catastrophe at San Mateo,
Mexico, by which fifty persons were killed by
the falling of church roof, have been recev-
ed in the City of Mexico. 1t appears that
the church was being rebuilt, at the time that
people were worshipp'ng in it. A workman
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get off at the same instant, causing the roof
to fall in Twenty of the workmen were kill.
ed and several fatally injured, while thirty of
those in the church below were killed, the
latter being mostly women.
The number of vessels plying between the
United States and Europe is 5,21O, of which
1855 are sailing vessels and a55 steamships.
The sailing vessels are distributed among the
various nations as follows; 1926 are British,
l,O25 Norwegian and Swedish, S84 American,
598 Italian, 395 German, 165 Austrian, IS
Spanish, 81 Russian, 81 French 40 Dutch, 90
Danish, 26 Portuguese and Belgian. Ofthe
steamers All are British, 35 German, 81 Span
ish, IA American, Is Belgian, 8 French, 6 |
Dutch Italian and Danish.
The bank of Davis & Sexton, at Riverton, |
Iowa, was robbed of $4,000 on Monday after.
noon, about o'clock. Two men rode into
the town, htched their horses behind the
bank building and asked change for bill.
While Mr.. Sexton was getting the change |
from the safe the robbers leaped over the |
counter. placed reyolYers at his head took |