The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-29

S. T. Bickford, postmaster at Milan, N. H,
has been arrested, charged with robbiug the
mails
about % 900 people; that Of trance By about
100000.
Pennsylvania is the banner Jurisdiction Of
Odd Fellowship, having 905 lodges and 3d.
600 members.
Smallpox has broken out in the Iowa peni
Tertiary, causing panic and q general aban-
donment of work
Mrs. George Myer, who resides in Juniata
county, Pa, is 81 years old. She has nine
sons, all of whom are ministers.
1t is reported that Mt. Baker, in British
Columbia, is in a state of active eruption and
is throwing out clouds of smoke and ashes.
Although the weather in Vera Cruz has
twelve cases Of yellow fever are reported there
daily.
The Roman Catholic priest at Lewistown,
ILL.,, went on hilarious spree with party of
young fellows, and has been deposed by his
Bishop.
By the discovery of portfolio mislaid
among the census returns, the population OF
Atlanta, Georgia, is increased from 34,398 to
1921.
Justus G. Ramsey, brother of the Secretary
of War, was found dead in his bed in st.
Paul, Mimi, Tuesday, having shot himself
with a pistol.
During the absence of Mrs. Bascomb from
home in Altoona, n. Y, Tuesday evening, the
house caught fire and four young children
were burned to death.
Smallpox prevails to an alarming extent
at Bersimis, on the north shore of the ST.
Lawrence river, and request has been sent
to Quebec for medical attendance.
Mrs. Wellington Barnes, residing in Lon
don Canada, died on Sunday from the effects
of swallowing two artificial teeth, which
loosened while she was brushing them.
Two powerful tugs on Saturday cut a chan
mel through the ice off Sandy Hook, n. j.,
to the railroad pier, bat cold wave came
along Monday and froze it up again.
4 party of boys, while coasting at Potts
team, and Frank Desmond had his skull
crushed by kick from one of the mules.
Little hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
Oscar Rice, who was internal revenue col
lector in Louisiana several years ago, was
arrested in Boston, on Monday evening, on
the charge OF having embezz!ed $4,000 from
the Government.
Two thousand tons ofcoal fell in the Empire
mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Wednesday, bury
ing two miners, Morris Evans and his son
Thomas Hundreds Of men began at once
digging for the bodies.
Wesley C. HeadIey, aged s. ears, commit
ted suicide at EarlviIle, ILL.,, on Sunday night
He went to his barn, lay down in haymow,
covered himself with a lap-robe, and severed
thearterics otthe left arm: justabove the elbow.
Fifteen persons were killed and wounded
by y band Of Apache Indians near San Maria,
New Mexico, on Saturday and Sunday last.
Nine men are missing, and believed TO be
killed.
4 collision of aleds at the bottom OF a steep
hill at Bayside, n. j., Wednesday, caused
fatal injuries to little daughter of Aaron Pc
ters broken arm and a cut eye for a little
boy, while another boy was seriously injured
in the side.
The steamer Widdington, from New Or
leans for Hamburg, put in at Halifax on Sun
day, and was going to sea on Monday morn
ing, when she was run into by the steamer
Gamma Just going in: and was driven into the
gas wharf and sunk.
The total population of Missouri is >, 1885,,
S04, with an excess of males over females OF
81, Oh. The foreign born number 211 ,240,
and the coIored 145, 23G. The total popula-
ton of Tennessee is ,542, 463, Of whom 49,
089 are females, 403, 70 coored, and 1882
foreign bor,
Caroline Primrose, who died suddenly at
Camden, n. j., was born in Centreville,
Queen Anne's county, Md, III, and was
more than 104 years old at time other death.
She was over 20 years old when she was made
free, and had been the mother Of twenty-five
children born in slavery
George W. Hallock, who has a farm of
forty FIVE acres at Orient, Long Island, raised
last year $4,000 quarts of strawberries, y, 900
heads Of cauihower, 1900 bushels of onions,
5000 bushels of potatoes, 113 bushels of
wheat, 100 bushels of corn, So, 900 cucumbers,
$500 bushels Of Brussels sprouts, $500 bush
els Of turnlps, 1000 bushels of carrots and
100000 cabbages.
Professor Low, OF Cornell University, has
arrived in Washington to appear before the
Senate Committee on Prevention of Cattle
Diseases. He said ten head of cattle on the
steamer France, from London, were found
to be suffering from the foot and mouth dis.
cases. also that the lung plague is almost as
widespread in the State of New York as be-
fore any agitation led to State interference.
Frank Osborn, IA sinner Of Orange, Ind,
not only held out obdurately during the Rev.
Mr.. Pottss revival meetings, but disturbed
the services by his bad conduct. The minis
ter preached at him night after night, but it
did no good. At length he walked down the
aisle to Osborn with club, and pounded his
head until he became insensble. Potts was
fined by a Justice, and the revival ended alb
ruptly