The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-08-20
News of the Week.


greatly improved.
The assessed valuation of the Territory of
Dakota, not including railroad property, is
$50, 900, 900, an increase of so per cent. in
one year.
The republican state central committee of |
Minnesota met at St. Paul Wednesday and |
called the State convention to meet IN that
city September IS.
During squall on the Delaware river off .
Chester, on Saturday, small yacht, contain.
ing eight men, capsized, and two of the &C. /
cupants, were drowned.
A band of cowboys recently attacked
caravan from Sonora on the way to Arizona, |
killed four of the party and carried off $4,000 .
and the pack animals.
During a bull-fght at Marseilles on Sunday |
several tiers of seats collapsed, and u persons |
were killed and $50 injured.
George Murkey, wellknown farmer, re-
siding near York. Pa, committed suicide on
Tuesday by hanging himself in his barn.
The wheat harvest in England is now in .
progress. Estimates fix the yield nearly ut .
the average. The harley crop IS particularly /
good.
Ferdinand Pitcher, 10 years Of age, hanged 4
himself in Newport, Quebec, on Saturday 1
evening, because his mother asked him to sci I
the table for supper.
dispatch from Paris on August 18th says: 1
The threatened export OF gold TO America /
began today with $50. 600. Other exports are .
expected next week.
4 Maine man of wealth left his estate SO /
conditioned that his heirs will lose their IN
come for six months for every breach of 4
total abstinence pledge.
For the week ending August 18th there |
yzsr, IN NaoFks pbsTa1alF,hin ppn, No red :
with SOS the previous week, and 3S2 for the I
corresponding week of last year.
\ violent rainstorm passed over Philadel. /
phia on Saturday afternoon, which flooded .
The cellars in some sections Of the city. The .
roof 2 Of a number Of unfinished buildings
were torn of aud many trees Frustrated.
Mrs. Elizabeth Worcester, widow OF the /
late Joseph Z. Worcester. Ill. D., author Of 4
Worcester Dictionary. died AZ her home m .
Old Cambridge, Mass, last Friday, st the 4
advanced age o! - years and several months.
The viii OF the late Gen. Robert Patterson,
Of Philadelphia, leaves his entire estate, estl-
mated 20 he worth one million and a-halt dol I
lars. 10 his family There are no public be
quests. I
I. has been decided to cause an examina- 4
ton 10 be made OF ali The banks liable 90 ia 4
lerual revenue tax except national banks
in the principal cities OF the country The .
work has begua in Baltimore.
Sickness continues among ,he canal people (
or the Isthmus Of Panama, due principally Co I
neglect of proper sanitary precautions.
Among the latest deaths IS that OF Robert II. 4
Mansfield. an American, az Gaiua-
Five men, supposed 10 be Mo.iie MagaIrss, 4
have teea arrested al the Dunbar mines, near /
Uuinuiowr. Pa. on saspici1u Of beng con I
CfFncd 30 the assassination 90 Maarfce Aea.ry,
o; the Duabar Furnace Company.
Capt, Heary rs. Hovzs,c, an ex-osieer Of 4
the I u.,cl States sigma, service, VAS arrested .
a. Mount C5emens, Mich. on Tuesday on .
yhe charge %! misappropTiAuuE apvafsAs Of 4
sac, 600 Ral.c . sbgrstng ogleeS ias the sigaal .
corps
presi3cu. Croker, 81 the Souidsra PseiEe 7
Railroad reports that the company IS iaying
a rsiic sf track cserF dsy beyond ~ PaSa. aud .
thas ! - miles OF road bed has hscB graded .
aad 80 ms,cs Of track laid Uest iresE san IA .
tonic
Alphouse Caoase. Formerly Of Qaebse. bet .
jaitcriy residing IN she United States. took a .
train, las, Saturday, . ryinrn 20 Gseaee. 4
His ~ils. Who vas Tcyy SD, died GA the cats, .
and SIX miles farther on bis bille child exFir {
81 IN his a-Eas-
A farmer named y. prae, living IN Wash. .
JG&tNH EaAMAFs hAtaffHasfr Ntsfa4 e+t"krtt ha. .
hssi near TIE door % his hol,c. wAs awakened .
Ca Monday uigbi by The discharge u gao, 4
and IS be rHstcj up in bed 90 ascertain she .
cause, received a charge q sboi IN the bead .
A dispatch s-om Lewiston, iiaho, states .
ihat a valcaatc e-spi5an took place rs tas
faaaulaia south pf she Soalb koFk es she Clear
wa;rr. about 23 ml}ts esss of lt Idaho, on
she gtl ,uss sgadssg tDrth a rclane q! 6rs .
aai smoke several hlaircd feet a heisai-
whHe Generals Graut. Shermar. Shrr.ias .
and Edsrcraus wi,i attend the reaaiaa Of abe 4
Arny IL tho CuuLerland o. Chattanooga HrSt F.
s1sih. abe z1els;F sail also Number amouG .
Jis guests Gspz. JohuSiun. Gnsdpa, hgis5.
Col54its ADD Wade HAmp,oa, cs Conts3ssa'es .
Ii IA ganarcd ia tac Csiic4 States dsstriet .
attorney o.hcc AZ New York thAi s1mhcF
e rational backs vjil be called On 90 r.
f4sd nonsy Co the trcasagy vhich vas paid
By shen on cheeks 3rava on The assistant
treasurer 10 lsss aHH is'is, the Endorsement
on ,hs checks besas isaulalrut
nayiu- ,hr sieraa Of Saturday aiteFnopa, as .
Mr. Isaac FcniEarr. accompanied b. BIS hired
woman, vas &riv5aS ueaf Mauut Holly. NJ
the itshtaing stgack See carriase, SCATTERING
ig and kiiauz the woman. Iar horses ssre
also killed Tboash Mr. Fraimofe ~as pros
;ratci hss iaJsucs wegg got scroas
Rev. pgs Jsweit aad Hatfield, uAo ac7e
appaiatcd a committee % she Rock River.
III NJ 3. Conferences So tarmHiate and pros
eeasc charges 81 heresy sgaips, Rev, H. ".
Thomas, y. b., have pefiOrJact taeir woFk.
Tha charges are brief, and accase the doctor
81 deuying The iogsEIae o. the atonsmsui and I
teaching iha; of probation aiter DEATH. The
Ir7al val be held N Chicago next uanth-
Ias.ta,ioss have been soBi to a., ,hs Ger
man singing socictiSs throughout the United
States asking ,hcm 20 attrnd tho great ssea
eerfsst 70 be sigaa hy ilr Philadelphia soei-
eties 10 the sumner of lSs2. The tssg sill
take place two seeks prior 20 the commence
nleut uf ghn celebration u the two hGudfcith
asniversary Of the founding OF PcaGsy lvauia
b William Pcan.
Col Corbin, master Of ceremonies a. the
yorktown Centennial, has issued a circular
regarding the arrangements for the celebra
toa whieh is % take place October II, ",
- aud 81. Present advIces promise mill
tary Representation from nearly every State
in ibe Union. Above l0,OuJ troops have al
ready signi6ed their intention o, being pres,
eat. aad il is believed the militia Aloue 10
take part ia ihe celebration wlll exceed -,
Co
Thursday Of last seek 80, The hottest day
in fourteen years al Qaiucy, Illinois, The Their
mometer reaching lUea IN the shade. Al
Winnipeg. Manitoba, duriag the two weeks
sadiug August l2Jh, the temperature has
ranged from % 10 9i degrees ia the shade
a fact without parallel, 50 far as known, 20
10 the history Of that region. Temperatures
we're reported on the l2Ih by the Signal OGice
Of los Ia the shade al s.. Louis, los al Fort
Gibson, los at Caro- aud Louisville, lo2 al.
Nashville, luI at Memphis and Little Rock,
and 100 at Indianapolis.
\ yielen; storm in Chambersbarg, Pa, on
Saturday afternoon unrooied and otherwise
badly damaged the St James Methodist Epis-
ropai Church, unruoied u number OF other
buildings, upset one frame house, aad demol-
ished the sheds Of the Fair Company. Dur
ing a severe thunderstorm Ia Petersburg, Va,
the same afternoon, several railroad shops
and { freight warehouse we're unro0ted, aud
the grand stand at the West End Park and
two houses on the Almshouse grounds were
blown down. Several houses were struck by
lightning,
An accident occurred on the Grand Trunk
Railway, near Prescott, n. Y, on Saturday,
which put large company Of excursiosists
from Montreal IN great peril, but only caused
the death of one persoH-the engineer Of the
train. While running at full speed the engine
struck COW aud was thrown from the track,
dragging with it all the cars except a sleeper.
a. ,ho rsar NJ he train The disD[acpd coach 4