The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-06-11
News of the Week.

Henri Vieuxtemps, the celebrated Belgian
violinist, is dead.
1t is estimated that 510O0 people visited
Coney Island on SunGsly and that l., 900 went
to Rockaway Beach.
The international Telegraph Company
with q capital of $40, 000, 900, filed articles of
association at Albany on Saturday.
Ex-Confederates are preparing warm
welcome to the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, which meets at Chattanooga,
next September.
The steamship Chong, manned and officer
ed entirely by Chinese, sailed from Hong
Kong for Victoria, British Columbia, on the
LIST inst, with 500 Cinnamon to work on the
Canada Pacific Railway.
There were severe frosts at Montreal Can.
ada, WATERFOWL, New York, and other places
in the Lake Region and along the St. Law
renee, on Sunday night. Much damage was
done to the growing crops.
A crazy farmer of Salem, CT, was on
trial last week for beating his wife. He tes-
titled in court that he had beaten her by order
of the ABgel Gabriel, whom she had offend
ed. He was sent to an insane asylum.
The Turner's Festival, at St. Louis, opened
on Sunday at the Fair Grounds, with an at
tendance estimated at 10000 people. About
1000 Turner's are present, representing 100
/ Turnvereins in different parts of the country.
\ FIRE at South Lancaster, Vermont, on
Saturday afternoon, destroyed a saw mill, the
Boston, Concord and Montpelier Railroad
depot, ten platform cars, and large tene-
ment house. causing q loss of about $4,000.
A fire in Yicksburg, Mississippi, on Satur-
day evening, destroyed Spengler's steam
/ planning mill. with large amount of lumber
and ornamental wood work and valuable ma
chinery; also several small houses. Loss
/ $50, coo.
The crop reports from all the counties in
Minnesota, aud from portions of Iowa, Wis
cousin and Dakota are generally of a favora.
bic character. "The weather for the past
week has been ideally favorable 10 the growth
of wheat.
After a five moaths' session, the Illinois
Legislature adjourned last week. The cost
of the session was about $3.50, 900, but moth
ing Of importance was accomplished, and an
extra session will have TO be helinext winter
TO pass an apportionment bill.
treat GreatWorks, near Bangor, Maine
on Saturday morping, destroyed W. I. Pear
son Il Cos. saw mill, with a store, blacksmith
shop. 201.OJ1 feet of cedar logs, and 1900
feet Of lumber. Loss $50, 900. 100 men are
thrown out Of employment by this fire.
Nearly Sl00, 900 in bonds were stolen early
last month from the cashiers desk Ia the
Erie County Savings Bank, at Bsifalo, New
York, where they had been placed for keep
ing. lae -nieves have offered, through a
Baltimore iISyer, to restore the bonds for
$4,000.
4 grain elevator Is TO be erected at Allan
ia, ia, the present season. Sixty thousand
dollars has been subscribed, which will erect
an elevator with . capacity of Isl, 900 bushels
of grain. The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road Is about 10 commence the erection Of q
cummodi0Gs gram elevator at Richmond, Va.
Assary Methodist Church, Of New York.
celebrated its i-cen,ensal on Sunday. Il
was at this church IN 1874 that the conference
took mp the slavery question and passed de.
cisjgc vote in favor OF abolition. The action
ct ihe conference vas the starting peJut Of
c0udic; ths. rent the Methodist church ia
twain.
A. Il meeting Of the members Of the produce
Exchange 81 Boston, oH Saturday, resolutions
we're unanimously adopted in favor Of holding
q Worlds FAIR In that ciJy in lSSj, and
promising substantial sid 10 the enterprise.
4 committee of six vas appointed 70 act in
the matter pjlk othez committees appointed
already
The total amoaa, Of specie held by the Ma
fiona, haaks throughout the county on the
CAN Of Mas last was si21. G2S, if3. This Is
Si5. 500 00o more than al the date Of their
Lass previoas statement, March nth, and
$50, 02J.G00 more than on the 2Sd Of A prii
lSSo. The banks also held on May 6ga last
sIo.j5l ,S15 legal tender notes.
The sea hen business has become quite an
industry. They are distributed among soolo-
gieal collections IN all parts Of the world
They are caught rs laSsn whsa sunrinE them
selves on toe rucks Il is risky work The
high pg;ra paid and che TACT tina, few die
wbllc being transmitted to dislan, destinations,
make risk aad srosble worth taking
john Reynolds, a wealthy resiI-us Of Lack
awRna, Pa, added 20 The desersion OF his
wife iha uaeaauuss OF converting all his pro.
psysy iaio cash, and taking it along. Mrs,
Gladstone. the WOMAN Sj,h whom be eloaed.
uas meaacr s,ill, Although her husband was
comparatively poor, she slnle she small
years Of fraga6iy,
Rev. ". z. u. Neuberry vas shot dead by
}. J. Oaks 10 Elk Valley, Tennessee, on
Monday, Oaks Aad ran away with NesbcS
rs daughter and married her The father,
wiih fear others, parsaed the couple, sur
rounded the house where they we're, and ap-
preached ghc dOog wiyh drawn reviewers.
Oaks then, meeting Ne~berry a, the door,
shot bin dead, Oaks IS IN jail.
4 fearful storta Of hail and wiad passed
over peaiEooj. Dakota, Monday afternoon.
Hajlstoaes the size of hens eggs c3atiHued
falling for more than two hosrs, and one
sIoRe was found which measured - inches in
circumference Trees and telegraph poles
we're lsyelird hy the WiaG AID IN Deadwood
Caleb four houses were destroyed, killing one
womaa aad inisying another woman aud
two children.
The Iacy boys, Of Madison, Wis, went
to . menaseyie and became allied with the
idea Of starting beast show OF their own,
using such material as Was within reach. They
painted stripes on white pony for zebra,
SHARED the hiui half OF big Newfoundland
dog for a lion, cut of the fsre legs OF a calf
for kangaroo, and were about % make a
taiiless cat by chopping when their father dis
covered them.
The Cologne Gazette, commenting on the
yearly gathering OF the beet-r0Ot sugar in
dustry. remarks tia, Germany, which last
wear with i03 ,009 tOns ran Austria with It's
Ab0, 600 tons very close, Is likely this year
with $50, 900 tons 70 stand first in beet root
sugar countries. Home consumption. how
ever, IS rather declining than increasing. and
the Cologne Gazette suggests a reduction OF
duiy, as in England and France, to stimulate
the coHsuu p;i0u.
Lee Chin, Chaaman, and Mrs. Eva II.
Lee, white woman, have been indicted at
Cheyenne, Wyoming. for marrying each other,
a statute OF that Territory fnrbiiding such
marriages They went TO Denver to get mar
ried, there being nothing prohibiting it ia the
laws OF Colorado. The Chinese Consul at
Denver by direction Of the Chinese AmbaSSa-
dor at Washington, will contest the indict-
meut Meanwhile, the Chinese Ambassador
is preparing a full statement Of the case to De
presented to the Secretary OF State.
DR.. Charles A. Dorcmus has analysed ele.
phant milk, having obtained some from the
mother Of the baby elephant. He says il is
the richest milk he ever saw, and contains
less water and more butter and sugar than
almost any other kind, aud has besides u de
Iighifal flavor aud odor. Il is about half
cream, and the butter made from it, which is
rather softer than ordinary butter, is very
rich The oil extracted from it is clear, aud
ike olive oil. The writer can youch for the
favor OF the milk, as he drank some himself.
4 singular freak Of lightning and narrow
escape from death are reported from Orwigs-
burg, Schuyikiil county. During a storm on
Tuesday of last week, Wesley Seltzer and
friend we're standing in a small building used
for a tool house, when flash of lightning en-
tered the place, striking both the men. Mr..
Settler was struck on the upper lip, which
was cut through, while his friend was struck
c., tho rtnbt arr, the limb heinz ba1lv I'm rnel