The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-06
News Of the Week.


make most favorable reports of their patient
condition, and to give assurances that he Is
recovering rapidly.
The Superintendent of the New Orleans
Mint reports that he will, during the move
ment of the cotton and sugar cane crops, put
out from New Orleans 5000, 600 to lO,OOO,OOU
standard dollars.
The Postmaster General has decided to re
duce the allowance for clerk hire in post-Ot-
fees where the present allowance is IN excess
Of the sum allowed by law. About $50 offices
will be affected by this decision.
Ten prisoners escaped from the Murphys-
boro', ILL.,, Jail Saturday, by cutting through
the wall. One remained in the Jail. There
was great excitement. Davis, an accessory
with Burke in a murder, was recaptured.
Andrew White, our Minister at Berlin, has
offered his resignation, to take effect on the
18th of August, when he will start for home.
The Secretary Of Legation viii act as Charge
d 'Affaires until Mr.. Whites successor is Gp.
pointed,
Louise Montague, who has been discharged
from her position as the most beautiful wo-
man in America by Mr.. Forcpaugh proposes
to make him prove she IS not; that Is, she
will sue him for the $4,000 that he promised
her for the season.
George W. Tabb, former citizen Of Jefier.
son county, West Virginia. aud foreman Of the
jury that convicted John Brown. in c0use-
quence Of which his family had been greatly
persecuted during the war, died AZ Harrison
burg, Va, Saturday night.
It Is now proposed that the yorktown eel
ebraiion programme shall iuclade four days,
October 10 TO IS IN Baltimore city. fouT days,
October to l., al the national fair grounds,
Washington city. and four days. October Is
to p inclusive, at yorktown, Va.
2. ". Grove, Of Peoria. no longer denies
that he is the manufacture OF the internal
machines discovered at Liverpool. lie also
states that more Of them are being made m
Peoria. and that the order TO which he be
longs is going 90 keep on having them butt
The work o.. changing the track Of the Port
Jeryis. y. \ d and Monticello Railroad 10 a
narrow gauge VAS comm euced early sunday
morning and yigoroasly pushed all dsy end
late into the night until completed Ca Mon p
day morning The FIRST narrow gauge iraiH pass
30 over the road.
Itis said thai the IRON and steel works nnw
being erected az Goshen RocbhrldEf county,
Va. on the Chesapeake and Ohio Road, wjH
De- the Jareest iu the South The company,
which Is composed altogether 1l EHEHsh cap
,ialists. Is styled the Iron and Steel Works
Association 9i Virginia
The gauge of the Mississippi aui Tennessee
Railroad. running from Memphis, Team, 10
Grenada. Miss. loo miles, vas changed Sat
uriay from . feet 90 : feet - inches The
xoYk Vas Successfully done sa ten hours,
xiihoat interruption 90 south boaua trains sBj
the ,r4eic Of the road.
Serrciary HINT has decided 90 tac appoint.
u,epi sf sab-commissi5ns 10 each oS The aAsy
vnr,ls Throughout the sauntry 20 ascertain the
ar,eant Of Old, xoru out material shsch has
accEmslatcI daring and srce the var, and
"a Of no use 60 the service. Is ls trieai-
81 10 ask Congress 60 Authorize The sale uf
such material.
Charles Granger. a utli- kuoua coloyed
character of York. Pa, died Monday Ac
cari,ar 90 hIs papers Ui mauluilsssna br1sgbt
from. Nir-iuia f1Ftv iarec years ago, be vaF.
m ths time nf his death, los wears oh. HIS
remains were followed 90 the grave hg sever
Al hsudrcd people, among uham e~rs s7mf
Of the best eltirras.
7, Is expected that the uew nl'itary school
a. Fort l.satcuworih wh. De la eperatEJn
bv She lsl I'D pctaber avyt, before ~aita ume
ths huildiags t1r thv parp1sc wlll hr c1mPlei
"a The sane facilities iay Instruction viii
81 Afforded enlisted men iu The cavalry and
artillery regiments as are ynioyci By iAe arill.
Isfy a. Fcrt,cs Aaproe.
The vork Of chauElog 70 ihs s1aadard ihs
gauge ofth~ Chicago, St I.5sis an1 NsH OF
leans Railroad, from New Orleans ia CAIRO,
a dis,aucs af $50 miles, exclusive of siiiuSs,
vas 4oss on Fsdayof last seek. bstsesn fols
o'clock IN the morning and ihrcc 10 the aiteF.
aoon. Over SeD mzn uerc cmTloysi va the
i5b. vhich cost about $4,000
The scvcrest thaaicTstoTa 0ftAe srAsoa a.
Lucau. OrtAFio, visited that pace Sunday
afternoon. Great damage szs doss 90 The
standing crops, and several barns Ia atjaeeag
tounships Were CONSUMED By hghiuiug bar-
ing a severe thunder slorm a. Niagara Fails,
the same day, All SAINTS Ep,scoFai Chareh
was considerably damaged b. lightning.
The Indications are Of another booas ia
iron. checked ip some measure by the rgmass
OF large orders sent 20 Europe for steel rails,
These are now selling for So 10 S82 PEE Iou.
Pis iroa advanced 80 cents last Saturday is
Philadelphia @iih large sales baE sroa,
blooms, muck iron, have OIL advanced, bus
Bsssemer is lover The demand Coz iroa Of
ali sorts Is still in excess Of the supply, orders
come in freely and the market Is baoynas.
Senator r. II. Hil 81 Georgia, who vas
recently operated on IN PhJiadelph,a by Prot.
Gross for cpiihollowA, Or cancer 0f the
mucus membrane on his tongue, Is rapidly
recovering For ies days atie: the opera
ton be used q slate % converse on, but be
now talks easily and siIh0ut a1y unusual ex
ertion. Mr. iiill leit Philadelphia on Tues
DAY 20 join Mrs iii! Al the Rockbridge Alam
Springs, where ,hey Will remain for some
time.
A dispatch on Monday las! says. There Is
a great scarcity Of farm hands ia Mend0la,
H., and vicinity An immense quantity Of
hay IS still standing Oats and other snail
grain are fully ripe and waiting % be cut
Farmers are offering s. 30 aud s. per DAY,
with board. but there are uot near eE0ugh
hands to meet the demand. The harvesting
of the crops will be necessarily late and iu-
jgred somewha thereby
Rev. Stephen Townsend, father of George
Alfred Townsend, widely known as Gath,
died on Friday morning az his residence, on
Vine street, Philadelphia. after serious ill
ness Of about two months. tie sustaiaed 10.
ternal injuries in falling from an Arch street
car in the latter part Of May, last, which
finally terminated fatally. Mr.. Townsend was
born in Maryland in the year 1895, and more
than forty years ago entered the ministry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thieves stole 3, 1000 worth Of goods from
Hendrickson 4 McClures 5 hardware store. al
McKeesport, Pa, on Sunday night. On Tues
day Mcclure traced the goods secured four
officers. aud surrounded the den OF the thieves,
who oseued FIRE on the officers. Mcclure was
riddlcd with three balls and fell dead Instant
ly. One officer was badly wounded aud viii
surely die. Two other officers are seriously
hurt One officer escaped unhuri. Nearly
200 PEOPLE are now on the track Of the thieves
and murderers.
New Haven, Conn, has abandoned FIVE
hundred wells because of their nearness TO
sinks and cess pools There had been no bad
effects traceable to its water, but it was found
to be tainted and the wells were closed UP.
There are many Of the smaller cities that
might follow the example of New Haven
towns and villages where the wells and the
sewers are just as close together, and where
the same danger is to be apprehended from
poisoned water Still, the majority of the
people think the matter unworthy their atten.
tiOn.
A wreck occurred Monday on the Peuusyl-
yania Railroad, about two and a,half miles
west of Lancaster, Pa 4 heavily laden east.
ward bound freight train, colljded with an
other train One engine was completely de-
molshed as were also eight ears and a ca
boose. James Hanckey, engineer, received
dangerous, perhaps fatal, injuries about the
head, and James Cook, fireman, was slightly
hurt. Both tracks were blocked for five or