The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
News of the Week.

Philadelphia is to have Penn bi-centen-
NAL celebration in October, commencing on
the 22nd.
A heavy snow storm ragged all Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning at Leadville,
Colorado.
A new type of fever has appeared among
the operatives of the Little Falls, n. Y, knit
ting mills. Four have died and % are i'll with
the malady.
Judge Richard C. l.. Moncure, president
of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals,
died last week at his home in Suffolk county,
Va, aged II years.
The officers of the several white military
companies of Southern Virginia met at Pc
tersburg on Tuesday, and organized the fourth
regiment Virginia volunteers. IL
The Abingdon Tiryinian, edited by Judge
George w. Ward, and heretofore one of the
strongest Readjuster organs IN Virginia, has
GONE souarely back on the Malone system of
political bossism.
Congressman Robson is just now a very
anxious and unhappy man. He is being an
tagonized for a denomination by State Senator
Nixon. and the primary elections so far held
are very decidedly in favor of the latter,
despite the desperate efforts OF Mr.. Robeson
adherents.
The Northern Pacific Railway authorities
say there remain but 497 miles OF their track
to be laid to form a continuous rail connec-
ton from Lake Superior to Puget Sound:
For more than half this distance the roadbed
is graded, and ties are distributed ready for
track laying.
The officers of the Salvation Army were
tried at Peterson, n. j., for disorderly con-
duct, consisting in singing and shouting in the
Crp1ar A flor several hOurS5 de-
liberation the jury was discharged, having
failed to agree. They stood five to one IN
favor of conviction.
Gloomy reports arrive from the French
fisheries off Newfoundland, which are COM
plete failure The captain of a French YES
sci, while sitting at the splitting table convers-
ing about the voyage, became much agltated,
and exclaiming mo fish, no food, drew a
splitting knife across his throat and fell dead
Pittsburg, Pa, has added to her other
troubles a water famine, which Is not only
closing many of her mills and shops, throw
ing thousands of men out OF work, but Is
| breeding disease through lack of the means of
cleansing public and private houses. Engine
| after engine has broken down at the water
| works.
The town of Glen, Montgomery county, n.
| Y. is greatly stirred by the discovery that
| John Palmer, a school teacher, has been in
| the habit of attempting to assault his female
pupils He is married, and has taught school
| in Glen for twelve years. He always pro-
| fessed to be very religious. Officers are in
pursuit of him.
Licenses for 5000 saloons in the city of
| Chicago have already been taken out for the
current year. There have been 500 or 600
more licenses granted than at this time last
| oil Tho ont iS nc
| timated the number of saloons in the city will
be 1000. The business must be in very -four
ishing condition.
The Chicago picnic to raise funds to build a
monument to John Brown was q failure.
About 800 persons were present, but the ex-
penses consumed the receipts. Letters were
read from Mrs. Garfield, President Arthur,
Wendell Phillips, Senator Conkling, General
Grant, Gen. Mcclellan and other distinguish
ed persons Mrs. Brown was present.
One hundred and eleven Russian refugees
fifteen from Philadelphia and the rest from
New York-were sent back to Liverpool by
the steamer Indiana, which sailed from Phil
adelphia Wednesday morning. They arrived
in this country several months ago, but as
they were unable to earn a livelihood and had
to be supported by the committee, it was deem
ed best to send then back to Russia.
Seventy-two new cases of yellow fever and
two deaths of Mexicans were reported al
Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday. There are
a few cases among troops in Fort Brown, but
they are doing well. There are several cases
at PIT. Isabella. Two Tampico refugees died
recently with the fever while on their way to-
wards Corpus Christi. Seven deaths occurred
on Tuesday in Matamoras and few new cases
were reported.
On Saturday morning the residents O
Cleveland county, N. c., held an indignation
meeting to take steps to compel the emissa
ries of the Mormons, who for several month:
have been endeavoring to make converts il
that section of the country, to quit the county
The actions of the latterday saints having
been the cause of considerable disturbance
among the people, resolutions were adopted
calling on them to depart before the indigna
ton of the people becomes uncomfortable.
About three miles south of Kewanee, III.
Mrs. Maggie Copley was left alone in a house
on Saturday, while her husband and family
went to town to do shopping; some man en-
tered the house, knocked her downs shot hel
twice through the body, and crushed in hel
head with a club. Sylvanus McKisson, {
farm hand, was arrested on suspicion. He
has revolver with two chambers empty.
Money was taken which could only have
been found by one familiar with the premi
ses.
A cattle plague has been epidemic il
Auburn, N. Y, and vicinity for two weeks
past. The disease is pronounced the Texan
fever, and is supposed to have originated with
Texas cattle recently pastured in the same
fields. Twenty-Five domestic cattle have died
and large number are now sick. The
Auburn Board of Health has prohibited the
sale of all meats from towns infected. The
cattle are also covered with Texas ''ticks, y
small bug, which takes strong hold on the
hide.
An Information for libel, has been institu
ted by Mr.. Hiram Young, publisher of the
York (Pa.) Dispatch, against Major II. s.
McNair, publisher of the York Republican.
The controversy which gave rise to this Grim
inal action arose from the publication of &
communication in the Dispatch, in which the
political virtues of Mr.. Young were praised
in what Major McNair considered an eXtrav.
agant manner. Major McNair accused Mr.
Young of being the author of the article
which gave rise to fierce newspaper war,
which has at length resulted in resort tC
law
Sparks from a locomotive set fire to the
Bee Lines oil sheds on the flats at Cleveland,
Ohio, Tuesday. The 800 barrels of refined
petroleum stored there burned furiously and
| flowed all about in blazing streams, consum-
ing saloon and boarding house near by, and
firing a train of fifteen cars loaded with petro-
leum, which were burned, together with ten
empty freight ears. The burning oil ran
down into the river, distance of several
hundred feet, and set fire to the schooner
James Wade, of Sandusky, which was dam
aged to the amount of $500. The total loss
| is approximated at $4,000
|