The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-22

man Of the general committee of Tammany
Hall.
Three more of Sitting Bulls chiefs with
fifty lodges are on their way to Fort Buford,
D. T., to surrender.
One of the latest novelties is bonnet
made of leopard skin and trimmed only with
a leopard's claw handsomely mounted.
Saturdays foreign exports from Savannah
Ca, included IL ,504 bales of cotton, valued
at about 100000 and several large cargoes
of lumber.
At the time of the confederation Canada
had debt of 500, O4G, 051; in July last it had
reached $199, 125, 1923. By this time it is, no
doubt, $200,G00,000.
At Carlisle, Ky, body of masked men
called on Noah Anderson to punish him for
beating his wife. Anderson fred at them
and they returned the fire, killing him.
A bill is to be introduced in the Nevada
Legislature exempting from taxation, for ten
years at least, all persons coming into the
State with the intention OF colonlzing.
There is exceptional bitterness against Ger
many in Russia just now. A series of articles
has lately appeared advocating "a social and
political crusade of contempt" against Ger.
many.
Mr.. d Ouville, Superintendent of French
line of steamers, has been on a visit to Vir-
GINA, with the object, it is said, ofinspecting
the land in the interest of would be French
immigrants.
James Hogg shot his daughter at Carthage,
Mo-, and committed suicide. The girl re-
covered, but afterward concluded that, as her
father had desired it, she ought to die. She
drowned herself in well.
The Langley Cotton Manufacturing Com
| ,o,, e 20 bac daolora6 divi-
dend of five per cent. for the past six months,
making a dividend of eleven per cent. for the
year 1880, after putting machinery in thorough
repair and passing a good sum to the reserve
fund
Mr.. Henry Berg is after the wife-beaters,
not with sharp stick, but with whip or a
lash He is trying to get the Legislature of
New York to provide for Furnishing men who
beat Or bruise women by twenty-five lashes,
''well and truly laid on the bare back of the
offender
The town Of Wilton, n. H, was visited by
fire at $50 O clock Thursday morning, and
the entire business portion Of the town was
destroyed. Thirteen business blocks, the
bank, Masonic hall, the telegraph office and
several dwellings were laid in ashes. Loss,
SS5, 900. This is the third time the town has
suffered from like devastation within few
years.
The London correspondent of the Leeds
Nertury is informed that Lord Beaconsfeld
has been at work on another political novel,
which may shortly be expected to see the
| light. 1t is said that it will deal with that
period of English history with which Mr.. Dis
raeli himself was so closely bound up, and
which witnessed his denunciation of Sir Rob
ert Peel and his lively warfare with Daniel
| O'Connell.
At meeting Of the directors of the Union
| Pacific Railroad Company in New York Wed
nesday, it was decided to increase the capital
| stock by SO, 100000, TO be offered to the
| stockh0ders at par, in the proportion Of one
! share of new to five of old. This action was
! taken with view Of providing funds for ex
| tending the branches of the road and lncreas-
ing its facilities for transacting the growing
business OF the road.
/ Gustave Heinrich, IL music teacher who
ran away from Forked River, n. j., with
Anna Webcrt, one of his pupils, aged Il, has
been captured in San Francisco, where the
girl was also found. She tells a terrible tale
of abuse received from her betrayer, and she
is glad to return home They were started
east in the custody OF the Jersey sheriff.
! Heinrch's deserted wife and three children
are at Forked River, supported by charity.
| 1t has just been discovered that one Of the
many subterranean passages with which Rome
! is borrowed, leading from, lonely spot be-
yond the Porta Angelica, and passing beneath
the walls, has for some time been utilized by
smugglers as a route for introducing into an
old stable in the Borgo, bales of sugar and va
rious comestibles. From the quantity of
wares found stored there it is evident that
flourishing contraband trade has been driven
with impnnIty for some time.
There have been great floods III Oregon
and Washington Territories. Warm rain fell
in torrents for over thirty hours, melting
large quantities of snow, which had fallen
early in the winter, and swelling the rivers to
on unusual height. In places. the lowlands
are under water for miles. The damage to
property in Portland is very great, the lower
stories of dwellings and several large docks
are flooded, covering a large quantity of grain
which could not be removed in time. The
loss will probably reach a half million dol
| lars.
The Yorktown centennial celebration bill,
which passed the Senate Monday, creates the
members of the joint committee appointed
last year CONSISTING of one senator aud one
representative from each of the original thir
teen StatesJ a commission with power to sit
during the recess and make arrangements for
the celebration. The commission is consti-
ted as follows Senators Johnston, Rollins,
Dawes, Anthony, Eaton, Wallace, Herman,
Randolph, Bayard, White; Ransom, Butler
and Hill Representatives Gcode, Hall, Lor
ing, Aldrch, Hawley, Dick, Brigham Null
len, Martin, Talbot, Richardson and Par
sons.
a Turin paper announces the discovery,
through the arrest of some forgers at Milan,
of an extensive international forging associa-
ton, composed Of Frenchmen, Englishmen,
al tnlI yhn
have been carried on on an enormous scale.
Their efforts are principally devoted to the
manufacture of spurious Government bends,
which they offer for sale in foreign countries,
and to the placing of stolen scrip. 1t is sup
posed that property distracted in some of the
large robberies in England has been disposed
of through this association, whose agents are
said to be located in all the principal towns
Of Europe.
Miss KettreIl clerk in the Nevada Legis-
lature, had to undergo a remarkable ordeal
for woman in being qualified for her posi-
ton. She is described as pale, petite per-
son, with very serious, seli-possesscd man
ner. Judge Hawley adjured Miss Kettrell to
support the Constitution and the laws, not
to bear arms against her country, and to pay
no attention to the laws of the Legislatures
Of other States when they happened to con-
fict with those of the battle born State. He
assured her, from the tome in his hand, that
she was not eligible as q servant of the States
if she had. since the adoption of the Consti
tuition of Nevada, fought duel, acted as
second at Il duel or carried challenge to
fight duel. The young woman was able to
set Judge Hawleys mind at rest on these
points, for he seemed to take her little nod at
the end Of his paralyzing sentences as entirely
satisfactory.