The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-03-05
News of the Week.

neN. MT. heuSS cOngregalCH at Last Gag
nav, Mich, that he scolds too much.
An ordinance against profanity is rigid'y
enforced at Avon, Ill. A simple d-n brings
a fine of So, and stronger swearing costs more.
All the physicians at Hoosck Falls. n. T.,
have agreed to respol to no calls from fam
lilies who have unpaid bills mere than three
months old.
Eleven spans of the bridge across the Ar
kans river at Kingsley, KS, was carried down
the stream Sunday by the high water and
floating ice.
Signs of disunion and weakness in the or
ganization OF the land league in Ireland are
reported by the Dublin correspondent OF the
London Times.
Twenty eight quarts of strawberries the
first shipment of the season from jackson
Vile, Fla, were sold in New York Thursday
of last week at 81. 90 per quart.
The opera festival of the Cincinnati Col
lege of Music closed Saturday night. The
total attendance at the seven ertormances
was SO, 900. The total receipts were 100000.
Two barns of William Ennis, of Pomtret,
Connecticut, were destroyed on Saturday
night by an incendiary fire. Thirty
head OF cattle, hvc hogs aud a horse were
among the losses.
A sleeper, containing visitors bound for the
Mardi Gras, on the Montgomery and Mobile
railroad. was wrecked thirtyfive miles from
Mobile Ala. Monday. Five men we're IN
jured, some seriously.
William Wickham, prominent lawyer Of
Suffolk county, Long Island, fell aad hurt
one of his hands on the 18th nit. List
Thursday week symptoms of lockJaw sci IN
and on Sunday he died.
The two physicians at Westerly. Rhode Is
land having each declared the other 20 be an
ignoramus, have agreed upon public com
petitiVe examination, IN which three other
doctors shall be umpires.
\ girl put on mans clothes, al Richmond,
Nc, and went out for an evening walk, IN the
course Of which she rsdely josted a negro.
who shot her twice. She declares that here
after she will stick to the safety Of skirts
The Catholic Orphanage at Hyde PARK,
scranton, Pa, was destroyed by ire Sunday
night. Fifteen children were taken cat Of
lhe ruins dead. and two others are reported
missing. The ERE was OF ineendIary origin.
While the Shakers Of New Lebanon, New
York, were attending rchgloua services On
Saturday night, burglars entered their bopses
aud secured about $500 in money. Sl5oo ~
Midland Railroad bonds and i've silver
watches.
The pos,.oiIioe al Railway, New Jersey.
vas robbed early Sunday morning Of several
hundred dollars IN money, postage stamps
and valaab.es The safe was blown 90 pieces
bv tho burglars There IS no cluc 10 their
identify.
Al least Juo.U3 cords ct birch beech and
maple timber arr used every year IN the man
uiacjure ~ shoe lasts, and the same q8sn'iy
is used ia making handles for small tools, and
the match hasiurss uses uP 3o".Vsl 'ablc isrt
Of the best pine
During year 1850 there deed IN the city Of
liostou 1876 persons who had attained the aEe
of eighty wears or more Of these decedcals
slI scre females aud rs males, an excess Of
eighty SIX females, or little more than tsen
iy.Srven per cent. 30 males. Two 0piy otthe
$50 hal rassed beyond bundrrd wears u
age.
A Methods, revival ~ i,eic(0rta.nC, uhsa.
- conducted IN a vigorous mauEcr. The min
is,er in one meeting got down Ga al taurs, aud
capered up aud douu the aisle. 10 illustrate a
dog simii5e and on another occaSiou several
OF the SISTERS seized yoang sinner 80 iheir
own sex, aud torcibly earned hes 90 iae chan
eel. She cried isF help, and ~as rcscSei -
her mother.
Sara Bernhard gave performances last
seek a. louisville, Jiue'nuAii, JO4glabus,
DAYTON aud indianapolis, appearing siN tsnes-
and lhe week 5 receipts wsse 81 ,Ut6. Her
uuc handrCdih performance vas nt lut.at.sls'
oils, Saturday, asd the ,russ receipts % tss
one husdrrd performances UrTc $50 .ts35. 81
which her personal share uas Sl@d, @11. h.
sldys having ali her expenses FaHi-
Henry :. Nes. q SOP Of Hoa. I1bn e. Neu.
and one OF the proprlcgors oi she l1dIaaaIosa
Jparual, hussrs nypPvi luAa g. i4auss1a.
correspondent Uf ihv Chicago F'mas. G lhe
corriiar0t the posioii,ce II Indianapolis Aaa-
day The cause ~ the ,ruuSlc aas ap article
publshci ia the Chicago Times oa Saturday
rcA~csIns an ibg raaracter pt VIZ NtN w5ia
and she basuess integrity 80 bls t4saer
Mr.. Armstrong, yuaas and charming
-iioa vlh '0rt4nc oi 4i,UsH. "a. Jtes5reSi
iaso ghc best eog5ety % Columbus, Ohio. She
married uvrnauu Corziliiss. she Treasurer 81
thr r1auiy Twa weeks ailrT tbs sta3gsE
she sas arrested iur lac paricr 81 her arss
husband. boss father bad tor tao wears AePi
detectives a. aufk on the ease. aua had -
la,s disesyercI testimony clearly imPiea1taS
her.
News has been received al - Paul that the
Croa Indians have gonc 20 waF against The
FIagheadszBd PirEsus- I he rrovocsIion sas
the klhug OF tso Csoss by the tiataeaes on
MussrlsheII Run, and the sicAiins Of Cf9s
Crows have asked los troops 60 ssssss them "a
recovering their poaies, bai G~neral DAVID
son has been instructed 70 rsglssIn neairsl SEA
The strife.
A negro who bad bees employed % A'iling
hogs .ur Mr. NubrIt. of Rutherford cuuniY.
y. c.. GA Sunday nigh, s,oir esc ot tbe caE-
casses 90 bis way home he hAd 30 Chamber
over ienec and h. order 20 do SO balanced
she hog ou lh. top raii. Attempting tH
shoaldyr Do. ihy gambrel caught Aim Tuuud
the neck. aud the hog iallns oa The other
side, acted as cxecutonrr iH hanging the
thief. lie WAS found dead ,he nest morning
HEAVY rains followed hy. a freeze, 3 rsyailed
Ia the West Sunday nighs aud Monday usoru-
ing. Ia the NuuhEcst heavy suowsjerms
blocked up the railroads, IA soEe secIdHS
bs:nr the heaviest snow blockade Of the sea-
son. Telegraph communications in the North
west were also considerably interrupted. Ia
some sections OF the pTairie IN Illinois macy
Of the luie tarmhouses are almost halt sub
merged uith wafer. aud mJlss uf railroad
tracks are covered.
Beacon Falls Is O. mill ,owa Boa Connecticut,
The inhabitants are chiefly operatives in the
mills, and own NO property The iaXes,
therefore, tail on o few persons, who manage
10 keep them snail Wv dong without police
ar police courts The two Grand jurors, OF
magistrates, refuse to grant warrants, and the
constable never makes any arrests. Differ.
cuces between individuals are settled on the
monthly nav DAYS. either by arbilralioa or
iisticutis Offenders are whipped by self up.
pointed committees, or driven ont OF the place.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Northern Central Railroad vas held on
the oath Of February Ia Baltimore. The h-
rectors, in their report, show an increase OF
S54g,ll IN the net earnings OF the road for
1880, as compared with 1879, and say the
company is now eaiirely free from floating
debt. After meeting guarantee OF the bonds
OF the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, aad
a diyidened upon the capital stock Of y per
cent, there remained, on December 5lst
last. total net credit OF Sls7, 7OS. The old
officers of the road were reelected.
Notice Of the decree Of the French govern
ment prohibiting the importation Of pork
products has been given. Secretary Evarts
said Tuesday that the decree had not been Off.
cially communicated to this government, but
THAI the nited States minister at Paris had
been instructed to enter firm protest against
the decree. He has succeeded in having the
decree modified so as TO exempt products
shipped before its date, except on proof of
disease. Secretary Eyarls said the United
States government is in the meantime still
endeayoring to have the entire decree re-
voked.
Charles Clarkson, railroad engineer, NV
iug in Chicago, was young, handsome, and
the object of much admiration from the OPP
posite sex. His wife was ugly, and SHE be
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