The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-04

California.
The public debt statement issued on We'd
nesday shows reduction of So, 978, S36 dur
ing January.
The loss to England by the last three years.
bad harvests is estimated at from hundred to
a hundred and fifty million dollars a year.
The oldest member of the British House of
/ Commons, W. B. Hughes, is eighty-f four; the
youngest, James Dickson, is twenty-threc.
A Chicago Grand Jury wishes the Mayor
and Chief of Police to explain why thirty
{ gambling houses are open in the business part
of the city.
/ An agitation is growing in WISCONSIN in
I favor of the restoration of capital punishment,
which was abolished i'll that state more than
quarter of a century ago.
The new city loan of Wilmington. Del. for
I 10000, bearing 4! per cent. interest, has been
4 placed, mostly with Philadelphia parties. at
/ rates ranging from par to 1917.
! Snow to the depth of six inches fell along
/ the line of the Norfolk, Va, and Western
/ Railroad Monday night. There was also
heavy fall of snow at Petersburg, Va.
Some fresh discoveries have been made in
the accounts of Palmer, the defaulting auditor
/ of Newark, n. j., and his dcfalcations now
+ foot up the respectable sum of S229. 900.
! About 100 puddlers employed by the Pho-
nix Iron Company, at Phenixville, Pa, have
/ struck against an order requiring them to make
/ six heats per day, instead of FIVE as heretofore.
A freight train and construction train on the
/ Seioto Valley Railroad collided near Hanging
Rock, Ohio. Tuesday, killing two workmen
/ and severely injuring five Others 1t is said
/ the conductor of the train was going without
( orders.
Snow fell in New England and New York
/ state on Tuesday night to a depth of IA to n
inches ON level. At Boston the depth was
/ nearly Is inches, at Poughkeepsie Is inches,
at Port Jervis II inches, and at Narrowshurg,
( thirty miles west of Port Jarvis. - inches.
/ The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue re-
/ ports that there were in the distillery ware
( houses on January LIST. 73,SO6,9l4 taxable
4 gallons of spirits which is about 80, 600. 600
( gallons in excess of the quantity on January
/ I, 1881.
i Twelve thousand dollars worth Of silks
+ stolen from the store ofCamp. Morrill, & Camp,
/ at jackson, Michigan, on Wednesday night Of
+ last week. have been found in the office Of q
I lawyer named J. N. Welsh. adjoining the
/ store. Welsh Is in jail.
+ Probably the largest check ever issued in
/ Pennsylvania was drawn on Wednesday in
! Philadelphia by DreNel 4 Co. and sent to the
: FNsats GNA0Aif ~ fsAh tNt hthNN itNNAttt -'tN
I for hy that finn. The amount ct the check
was 81. s67, 7G6. -.
j. Lawrence. alias John c. White. aged -
wears. has been arrested in 81. John. New
I Brunswick Tor bieamy. Il Is alleged that he
I has wife and seven Children at Fox Greek.
/ New Brunswick, and wife aud three children
at Salmon River, Nova SCOTS. and that he
deserted the FIRST wife seven ycars aga.
/ Immigration Is still On the increase. The
arrivals at New York for the mouth Of Ianaa.
T ~ werc II .2f2 against S.pS2 for the CORES
ponding month last year. an incnrasc Of 5, loo.
+ This Is she slack season. bat the increase IN.
dictates that the arrival 1T immigrants during
year uill bc in excess Of all previous years.
There has heen very great damage done by
the foods IN The Warrior, Bigt.ce aud rombig.
( bee rivers in Central Alabama. -Four or i've
Ctsloresl people werr drowned and large
amour, &c live stock lost Several parties
have lost from 100 30 ii0 head IT sheep. A
large number Of iiuc Cashmere goats wcre
ioss by one farmer, and several lost a number
~ horses aud mules.
A telegram from Panama SAYS that the
French Government. upon learning that the
Saprcmc Coaft uf Guatemala had acquitted
the soldiers charged with sssagl,ing the Sec
rsiaFy Of the French Legation ua November
5th, refused a. receive the GuafeIaaian envoy
Fraace has ordered a frigute "a Guatemala 10
demand satisfaction. and au indemnity IT To-
oto francs aad tbs imprisonment 81 the a.
sailants-
4 party d Philadelphia capitalists eoutcm.
plate engaging in sheep raising on an eNten.
ave scale ia Dakota. A tract II land. .ss0
acrss. near Bismarck. has bcen scared. a
fs,Ttson laid cat IN town lots, houses erected
and station formed, The capital which will
b. embarked in the enterprise Is ZOO. and
from this fund baildinxs Sill be ERECTED and
Pgoper shelter provided fos the animals during
tbs severe winters IL the Northwest,
Az Albagarrqae. New Mexico, has, Thars.
day. q Neill. salopn keeper shot NAN
namsd White thruaxh the heart. while n,sbcdy
vas present. HE ssnod the corpse IN the cor.
ucr sua whsn customers expressed asaonish-
ment Al Bis gaietmess. told them that the man
had h-.eu shot rs q quarrel short time before
hv a man Wha had skipped ont. They ae-
ceFse,i the STORY. and wheH the train reached
Allsqaesquc % Neill skiPPed out also, and
tbs oIhcrr. arr nos in parssit of him
The famous Gold II Ophir rose trcc 90 tbs
Maddox farm. IN Eidoraao county, Cal. was
rvcssusiy Destroyed hy q viulcut ~iud. It.
stem sas fwcnty-six inches "a cfrcUmter.
enur. and the shrub iis.sif had grown aroand
and over sa oak hiiy tcci high, stopping in
IFS HtiuafH ftTtssrres tfitN NfE4A-c UNIV VS.
nothsrz aroa which Co eiiinb higher. When
ia taii bioesn 3 splendid mas. 81 ruldeB foW-
css concealed the s.ik entirely From vicw With
blaze ~ glory. which many persons have
Travelled iaE to see,
Morris SIMON. Jr.. u member Of The firm of
Neudcl Simou 4 Son. Of Chicago, Vas COW.
hidel l,y Miss Celia BsilH.an GA Tuesday. Il
i alleged that Mr. simon caused a story to be
circulated whieh, II true, would east q serious
u,Hceii0a apon the Young lady. Miss Biel.
man, accompanied hy numhcr Of friends,
mef Mr.. Simon GA South Franklin street and
gave him seNers castigation. The affair was
witnessed ly a large crowd II people. Mr..
Siasau. besides being severely cut over the face
aud bead. will b. sued Cor $40 go damages hy
Miss hickman.
Peter Ray. hulat.o, aud one Of the super.
iu,cndenis ia l.orillards tobacco factory, in
jersey City, ~ j., died Monday, aged, il Is
claimed. To- years. He was first employed in
l5s9 by the grandfather Of the present senior
member Of the firm. He Wa able To attend
10 his business almost 20 the end Of bis life.
7 His property. real and personal. Is estimated
al from so, coo to Siu0.Oo0. II Was claimed
for him, that he Nas the best judge 81 cut to-
baeeo living, and that he e0gld tell ia mo.
ipens the particular disiriot HAT had grown any
sample shpWn to hsm.
The old World building, IN New ork
City, covering about half The block between
Park Row. Nassau and Beekman streets, was
entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
II WAS occupied by the New York Betting aud
Packing Co, Willy Wallack, Sta,i0neF; the
New York Oi,ssYeer. the TAR. ffcld and
Farm. Scottish 4RisricaH, NatiuEGl Bd4lk
Not Reporter and other journals, and by &C.
verll law and business firms, and the loss i
estimated 1t about $3.50, 600 The flames
spread 50 rapidly that there was scarcely time
for those in the building 60 escape. and sever
Al Of them persisted The number Of lives
lost Is estimated at from four to six,
In Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday evening,
the easometer OF the Citizens Gas Comany
/ exploded. leaving the northern portion Of the
city in darkness. The iron cylinder covering
F the gasomeier became tilted by the weight of
snow upon il aud by the force of the wind.
until the chains holding il in place broke.
The top Of the gasometer then struck against
the brick sides OF the tank producing a spark,
which caused the explosion. A sheet of
fame leaped two hundred feet into the air,
suddenly lighting up the whole city the next
instant the whole northern section was in
darkness. The gasometer contained l00. coo
feet 1T ga.. The llss il estimated nj $50, coo.
No person WIS injured
IL has been discovered that man and wom-
mn nnmed Seymonr living in thu. VILLAGE of