The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-03-25
News of the Week.

MIS-. NIHlTOO DONtH. ME- A'OiAAAf anu -
number of Indians variously estimated at from
ito 10, were killed.
John Cunningham was accidentally shot
and MORALLY wounded by Mary MeDevitt,
while the latter was handling rifle in New
York on Saturday evening.
At general meeting of carpenters held on
7 Sunday in Chicago, IL was decided TO demand
an advance of - cents per day after April LIST.
This, if granted, will make the wages IS per
day.
/ Parents at Fall River have been detected
in issuing forged school cards misrepresenting
the ages of their young children, so as to
keep the little ones at work full time in the
mills.
Frederick A. Palmer, ex-City Auditor of
Newark, New Jersey, convicted of embez
cling about 500, 900, was sentenced, ON Sat
urclay, to twenty years imprisonment in the
( Penitentiary.
The Norwegian bark Sidon, which arrived
at New York, on Monday, reports that on the
/ 18th inst, in latitude 40, longitude IL, she
sailed through large quantities of dead cod
! fish. extending about fifty miles.
Governor Plaisted, of Maine, has appointed
April 18th as a day of fasting and prayer in
that state. The Governor of Connecticut has
( appointed Friday, April 9TH Good Friday,
day of public fasting and prayer.
/ II is believed that q million bushels of corn
/ in two elevators at Chicago have been dam
aged by the weevil or corn worm. -Four car
I loads of corn from these elevators have been
\ refused certificates because of their being
I worm-eaten.
William Thompson, of Glen Cove, New
( York. has been fined S25 for attempting to
/ kiss Mrs. Susie A. Morefoot. She slapped
I his face in addition, and a ring on her finger
( cut him under the eve, the scar from which
will be lasting.
The deep snow drifts in Illinois and Iowa
last week seriously impeded railroad travel,
and some trains had as many as eight snow
plows. Trains that had been stuck IN the
snow for three and four days only got out on
7 Saturday and Sunday.
I Fred. Newburgh, late clerk to the Ohio
state board Of public works, who forged checks
10 the amount Of So. 1900, was convicted on
Monday at Columbus on one of the hity-two
indictments found against him, and sentenced
70 three years IN the peuitentiary.
( dispatch from Wilmington. n G., states
that Young woman named Oracle Mills liv-
ing near the South Carolina line. on Sunday
night attacked and Killed q girl named Jane
Jackson, who had accepted the addresses Of
( a young farmer who had been rejected by Miss
Mills.
The lighthouse keeper at Atlantic City was
not aware Of the wreck on the Jersey coast
near his elevated post ON Thursday night last
until he rvad about il in the papers the next
morning. He then turned his glass in the
proper direction and faund the wreck plainly
visible.
Hon. Thaddeas stevens. Of Pennsylvania.
willed his estate to his favoFite nephew, Thad-
deus Stevens. IT.. upon the condition that be
would become a sober man within fifteen
years lie failed TO do il, and the property,
valued at about SO, eco, will nov 20 To other
persons.
The Warden Of the nlinois TseniienfiaFy SAYS
that James Burke died in that prison Of grief
aad remorSe. He slew his brother. aud
court ard jury viewed the crime 50 lenieH;iy
that be- was sentenced TO oaly ave wears i'm
prisonmeni. But has estimate af his
Eaiit was mach higher.
Whole communities in che West are sigu-
ing F-etitions Tor The pardon of Mason. the as
sasssn of Guiseau. Because the Rev. :. :.
McMakos, Of Rising san. Ind, was the only
man in the place ~ho RECESSED 10 slgB, the
sentiment against han Is 80 ssrepg that be NAV
hsve To give ap his ehaFoh'
The pirAiieAl oyster tlredgeFs, GA trial in Mat
thews cOanty Va, sere convicted 90 Satar-
day, and ssutseced each 10 onc years i'm
prisonmrnt and forfeiture Of their boats.
Judsr aud Jurors signed pstsiios asking the
Governor 10 par3oa shr convicted. because os
alternating circumstances,
Al the sale Of the Montgomery Va, White
Salphnr springs property ga Monday the
koscI poFph feb, killing one man aad serious
Is iniarinx tNeive others baTvcli Robinson,
81 Montgomery ccaaty, was injured. aad died
IN short time. Two others arc seriossly,
perhaps fatally, issiarvd. The rest aFs slighi'
y hart.
Al the negotiations f0r the resumption Of
work at the Pacific Costoa Mills, I&wrrnCe,
Mass., on Tuesday, eAsne 70 haaght- and AZ 8
r. V. shs gates Of the mills SER closed BY
the strike and lcckout there are stopped lSS,-
n6sl cotton sysndlez. Is, 800 worxsr1 spindles,
I. zoo looms aad ether machinery, throwing
fally 5, so employees ous q soFk.
In the First Presbyterian CAarch, IN Hobo.
kru. y. j.. Sunday morning the pastor, the
Rev Addison X. Stronr, became VERY feFvid
IN the eoarss Of bis Sermon Snddealy, =,
the closc d a srrtcaee, he raised his right
hand 10 his forehead, and exclaimiag in a
. tone Of anguish, NY Godi'' fcll PROSTATE TO
The floor. stricken with aPoplsxy.
Henry g. Rodgers, Who sas United States
minister 10 the Kingdom Of SaryiiniA under
the administration Of President Van Buren,,
and one Of the three surviving Hlembers ol
the Pennsylvania constitutional convention VI
1887, died on Sunday night in the eounfF
aimshoasc al Lancaster, Pa, 81 which insti
fssion be had bern IN inmate for several weeks
past He vas nearly ~ years old
Thisty-tso deaths from small pox were re
ported IN Cincinnati iAss week IL deaths IN
New York. and IS eases and four deaths In
81 Loais. FIltcen eascs Of small pax and
nine deaths we're rvPaFied 10 Sc, tsoais.
Fear aeu eases Ut the disease have beea re-
Il u.
dny. Thus far there have been l52 cases aud
20 deaths from the smallpox in that place
{. ID. Owens, a yo0ax man who bad stab
hed yoang nearly "a death. was
taken from the jail at Tampa, Florida, on
Saturday, and lyuehcd by = mob. he Was
hanged from a tree IN the yard Of the court
house, where the [ nited States COuFt was in
session At the time. Lieut. Danes, Of the
Third t. :. ARTILLERY, ordered out the garri-
son tse;prutect Owens, but they turned out too
late
Al Dallas, Oregon. ON Aonday, Tuseon
IandoR and a man in his employ named Har
Tis0a wore arrested al IAngaon's residence
oh the charge Of killing \. II. Crooks and )
J. JOry, by a posse ot citizens, and were
turned over 10 y deputy sheriff. After reach /
ing the hotel party Of masked men over
powered the guard and shot l.aRgdon dead.
Harrison was hanged 10 the tresiie work OF
the bridge.
The troable between the New Jersey Ma-
tnal and Western Union Telegraph Compa-
mics in regard to the erection of poles near
Trenton, reached such climax on Monday
that the Sheriff ordered out his constables to
prevent rot. Two parties Of telegraph men
had gathered about a mile from the city, one
party TO put up poles, the other to tear them
down Four men were arrested, but after
wards discharged.
The passenger rates from points in Missouri /
were demoralized Monday, tickets 10 New
York selling from SIC to $ls--a direct cut of
$40 TO $l2 The fare to Chicago went as low
as 81, and s. was the general rate, except at
the Chicago and Alton office, which, under
orders, maintained the rate at 81, The exist
ence Of 300 of the old Wabash cheap fare I'M
limited tickets in the hands of scalpers was /
the cause of the difficulty.
The Sheriff of Dallas county, Iowa, wears I
shabby clothes, and is Insignificant in appear
ance. He had occasion To take portly, .
well -dressed prisoner to the peIiitentiary.
The convict. when they came into the Ward I
es; S Office, eoolly remarked, Here's a man 4
for you," and handed over the Sheriff to be I
locked up. The trick was not successful yet +
the Sheriff had to submit to detehtion until