The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30
News of the Week.

DIX 10CQeS Ol SHOW leH ut OiIiohei A'SpAoShoi
on Monday.
At Winchester, Mass, Tuesday, Annie
Sullivan, aged 102 years. was run over by the
cars and had one arm and leg cut of, causing
her death.
The bark Goodell, which arrived at New
York on Saturday from Liverpool, lost three
men during the passage, who were washed
overheard.
Senior Zaldua, President of the United
States of Colombia, died at Baga on the 22nd
instant. The Vice President has assumed the
presidency
The Boston Trareller says that the oldest
inhabitant of Massachusetts, has never known
so complete failure of the corn crop as the
present year.
A young woman teaching in a public school
in Bloomington, ILL.,, is in trouble because she
stripped off boy shirt and whipped his bare
back with rawhide.
The number of deaths from diptheria in
Philadelphia reported for the week ended
Saturday was thirty, decrease OF hVe as COM
pared with the previous week.
A tall chimney fell upon building full OF
operatives at Bradford, Eng, on Thursday,
doing $500, 900 damage, killing SO persons,
and throwing 5000 out of employment
Hon. James Garland retired from the bench
of the Lynchburg, Va. corporation court ON
Friday of last week. Judge Garland is ninety
one wears of age, and is entitled to now take
rest.
voung man named Eversole living few
miles from Annville, Pa, on visiting the house
of friend late at night few nights ago, was
taken for an intruder and fired at, the charge
penetrating his lungs.
In the United States Circuit Court at New
York, Tuesday, Selah c. CARL, convicted OF
uttering and passing counterfeit United States
bonds to the amount of SAT 900, was sentenced
to Is years Imprisonment.
Nearly 5000 houses, at a cost of Sl1,5O0,-
600. have been built in Chicago this year
Chicago is now the fourth city of the Union In
point of population, being exceeded only by
New York, Philadelphia and Brooklyn.
There is much restitution among the labor
ing people in Camden, n. D., owing to the sus-
nension of work by the manufacturing estab-
| fshments. The city council has made spe-
cial appropriation of 81 600 for their relief.
Canada is to have double postal card, so
| arranged as to afford the sender the means OF
ACCOMMODATING his communication with blank
reply card, stamped, and only to be detached
to be ready for use. They will cost two cents.
A traveller of pugilistic aspect was mistaken
| for Tug Wilson at Paducah, Ky, and he allow
ed himself to be dined, wined, and lionized;
| Int when a bruiser was brought forward to
| fobt with him he confessed that he was
| fraud
In consequence of the high price of oats
three oat mills at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, CHI
caqo and Oregon, His, using the aggregate OF
10000 bushels of oats per day, will be shut
down until the market assumes more favor
able aspect.
Edward Fathers, young man of IL, was
drowned on Christmas Day at Bridgeport,
| Conn. His little brother had broken through
the ice while skating, and Edward, going to
his aid, was drowned. The younger brother
was rescued.
Shaw & Esreys large wooden mills, Robert
! Wetherill & Co.'S extensive machine ana Doll
err works, and other important industrial es,
adjustments in Chester, Pa, have closed
onerations on account Of the depression in
trade. A large number of people are thrown
out of employment.
No less than All unhappy husbands and
wivaS have annealed to the judicial tribunals
of Philadelphia for severance OF the marital
bonds within the year just closing. The IN
iured wives exceed the number OF complain
inc husbands. there being 295 of the former
and 1872 of the latter.
The little village of Empire, on the Panama
Railroad. has been almost totally destroyed by
fire. The houses were bamboo and weather
hoard structures, with matched roots. A
hundred and fifty of these huts were destroy
ed. and the loss will amount to $lOO,oo
The Chinese merchants are the chief sufferers.
A Polish Catholic priest at Bay City,
MICHIGAN. was convicted of libel on Saturday,
and $3.50 damages were awarded the COM
nlainant. The libel consisted in his deRounc-
inc one of the members of his church from
the pulpit as not being good Cathohc, ana
warning the flock not to do business with INN.
SIS. Lewellyn, mate of the packet Fulton,
was shot and MORALLY wounded on Saturday,
about thirty miles above Memphis, by a col
ored rouster named Oscar Martin. AIter tne
shooting. Martin, in trying to get into the hold
of the steamer. knocked overheard negro
named VIM. Underwood, who was drowned
Frauds have been discovered in the ap-
praiser's Office in the New York custom house
by which the government has lost consldera-
bic sum of money. 1t is charged that rebates
have been allowed on goods in perfect condi-
tion. and excessive rebates have been allowed
on damaged goods. One person has been ar
rested.
dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla, says the
dredee of the Okeechobse Drainage Company,
working up the Caloosahatchle river, entered
Lake Okeechobee on the Doth. This opens a
navigable channel from the heart of the Ever
glades to the Gulf of Mexico, and is an i'm,
portant event in the history of Florida, as 1t
opens up extremely rich sugar lands.
A notorious character, named Patsey Don
nelly. on Sunday entered saloon IN Peru,
Illinois, drew a revolver and fired three times
into a crowd of men about the bar Michael
McDermott was killed Donnelly stepped out
. PotrIoE SpOtt
, at whom he fired. Scott thereupon sent q
bullet into Donnelly's brain, and he fell dead
The State treasurer of Delaware has just
issued his annual report which makes graf
living showing The total State debt on Jan.
|. 1883. will be 1864, 750-S715, 900 of which is
in per cent. bonds. The total State invest
ments foot 81 1913, 799, showing large surplus
of assets over liabilities The receipts OF the
State for the past year have been S141, 238. 10,
and the disbursements S94, 250.24.
Lucius W. Pond, of Worcester, Mass, who
was sent to Concord State prison in March
1875, for twelve years for forgery and embez
element, was pardoned on Monday. With the
usual reduction of time for good behavior he
would have had about four years more to serve
: He was met at the prison by friends and taker
to Worcester. He was at the time OF his ar
rest a State Senator, and one OF the mos
prominent men in Worcester.
Alta meeting of the Philadelphia gas trus
last week, VIM. H. Smith, one of the trustees
+ offered resolution directing an investigation
:. into the receipts of the trust for six years
' prior to 1882, Mr.. Smith said that an or
, ganized system of enlightenment had prevailed
for some years; and mentioned as an example
. the case of one clerk who had stolen 81, SO0ir
! four months. The resolution was referred t.
p the finance committee.
0 Capt. A C. Mutt, cashier of the Pennsylva
MIA state treasury, was shot and killed by n
t L. Dukes, prominent lawyer and membe1
f of the legislature, at Uniontown, Pa, OIL
e Sunday morning. Capt. Mutt had just re
y turned to Uniontown from Harrisburg t.
spend the holidays with his family. Th'
shooting took place in Dukes room at no
tel, and there were no witnesses. 1t was con
cerning Dukes treatment of Nuts daughter
The accidental killing of Miss Imogen'
Lewis, at Canasteota, N. Y, Tuesday morn
: ing, was of peculiarly shocking character