The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-11
News of the Week.

1872, divorced in 1877, remarked IN 1879, ana
now sue to be divorced.
Three burglars were killed while trying to
break into the saloon of Thos. Clark, at Tun-
Melton, Ind, ON Sunday night.
BY an explosion in the Midlothian coal
mines, III Chesterfield county, Va, last week,
thirty two miners, all colored, persisted.
Ten barrels of apples were handed out in
the streets of Cleveland the other day. On
each apple was stenciled the advertisement of
a show.
John Walsh, a saloon-keeper, kicked his
wife to death in the presence of their four
children. in Little Falls, New York, on Sun
day afternoon.
Twenty-eight cadets at West Point have
been dismissed for failure in examinations.
The majority of them are from the northern
and western states.
The story telegraphed over the country to
the effect that destitution prevails in Southern
Illinois ON account to the failure of last year
crops is authortatively eontradicted.
A report has reached Chicago that the Pope
has decided to appoint Papal Delegate to
/ America, and that the office will probably be
conferred ON Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little
Rock.
/ A brigantine. supposed to be the Lizette,
4 from New York, was lost at Petty Harbor,
/ Newfoundland. on Monday, and only four of
/ her crew were saved. 1t is believed FIVE have
( persisted.
The canal and water-power ut Weldon, y.
I C.. has been sold to Robert PEBBLES, of North
ampton county. Va, for Sl7, 800. 4 cotton
factory to cost $4,000 is to be erected for
7 the new purchaser.
! Miss Ella Wallace drowned herself in fit
of INSANITY, near New Concord, Ohio, and her
body was found in creek last Friday. Since
7 then her father mother and two sisters have
Z become maniaes.
/ Mr. Barnum has just had his new baby ele-
plant insured for one year for $500, 900, paying
premium Of 81 600 week for the insurance.
Should IL live. the baby viii be put ON exhibit
ton in New York early in March.
The Crosse Shaft Of the Midlothian Mine,
near CoaIfeld. Va, the scene of the recent
disaster was discovered on Tuesday TO be on
FIRE. ard all efforts for the recovery of the -
bodies remaining in the pit were suspended.
Rev. f. c. Milne. pastor Of Trinity Church
formerly Rev Robert Collyer's - in Chicago.
created sensation by announcing in his ser
NOR. Sunday morning. that he had abandon
ed his belief in personal Deity and IN the
immortality Of man.
Chinese newspapers last received in San
Francisco report destructive earthquake in
the district Of ianchow. last July, by which
large number of the inhabitants were killed.
The earthquake was followed by o heavy rain,
which flooded part at the country and drowned
several persons.
Hon. Charles ". Bond, Of Hartford. Conn,
has sold his trotfiag horse Eiingstone TO VIM.
L. Gordon. of Cleveland. o. The price Is
said 10 be S90.0n Clingstone Is a hay geld.
ing, years old. oat If Gretchen. BY Rys1ick.
aud has record Of ~, made at Fleetwood
Park last summer.
Al Bismarck. Dakota, on the 2nd inst, the
Temperature was as high as II degrees in the
shade. The season has been the mildest ever
known IN the Missouri Valley. Only one inch
Of snow has fallen this winter, and there have
been but few days Of cold weather. Some of
the farmers have begun pleaghing.
When Rev Mr., Yancey. pastor ofthe Camp.
bell Street Christian Church, at Louisville.
ny. ga Sunday nigh; invited sinners to come
up 10 the alter aRd seek salvation, "Ahe''
Bafor,l. the noted sporting man, was the first
10 step forward and be baptized. lie announced
his intention to retire from she turf.
uue hundred Italians have arrived al Mon
sse. La and gone 10 work oa the Iicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad They seem
tn I've very industrious, and express themselves
much pleased n the idea Of making perma.
nens homes in the South. They are To be- fol-
lowed a, IA easly slas By another party Of nine
hundred.
Sixty. 6ve ministers of other denominations
have during the past two years. been ordained
deaeons or adssDced 10 The priesthood ia The
Protestant Episcopal Church, OF these II
we're GoagrezaiiaRaiists, II Pre&hyterians,
iathersa. 2Second AdyenGisfS. Il Methoiists,
Is haIsists, tnivcFsalists, ! Unitarian,
= Reformed EpsscopaliaR, l 5 Moraviau, and
Hebrew Rabbi.
I.snchiug ! mol 80 popular ia Ottawa coun-
~, Mich, A. IN many parts OF the West.
Scvea msa led 4 nab into the Jail. last sum.
lner. for the purpose Of hanging q murderer.
The sheriff wigs locked them IN, thus frus-
tFasinz their designs and nos they hsva been
fined sl0o each, on pleading guilty to charges
81 assault. us.a sas . village physician. and
al wpge men Of good standing,
The I,rizs fight for =, 600 a side, between
John +. Sullivan, Of Boston, and Patrick
Ryan. Of Troy. y. T.. came of a Mississippi
CIV. Miss, on Tuesday. IN the presence Of
several thousand people, and Vas won by Sal.
liSaa in nine roands, lasting - minutes. In
the last round, Ryan, whe Was badly punished,
Vas knocked seaSeless aud was unable 10 come
% time. The authorities made no attempt TO
Interfere.
AAtN ~ tt4t HtAttttf ttAtA Ntrtttr*tARtF NRattn
Of GAINESVILLE. o.. ast0aiShed large company
81 keao eamblers by walking coolly into the
room where they were II play, accompanied
hy = policeman. She was IN quest oi yoauE
brother who had become possessed 81 az nn.
eonfr0slahle mania for gamhliasl aud she not
5aaly took him away, bat .ecarpd enough esi.
deuce h. tsanyipi the proprietor % the place,
~hieh was eloSsd.
Iahn Gyunabcr, who got grea, deal of
space in the newspapers last year, by his long
sleep at l.ehigh, Pa, Is now well and az work
10 an iron tall. Iii. tr-, remarkable sleep
was seventy days 10 uahroken duration. Then
he awoke. leaped from window, and feil
asseep again for four weeks. After this his
sleeps grew gradually shorter. His memory
is Ieft ii,tle defective, bat in other respects
be has recovered from his ailmeni, whatever
il vas
The sqnssiniendent Of the insurance for
New fosE reports that the capital Of the La.
mar Insurance Company OF that State has been
impaired. aud is risks have been reinsured.
He recommends that the Columbia Fire lasar-
anee Co. Of New York be Dissolved ON the
sroHad shaI il assets are 1ai sufficient 10 JUS
Iify eoBtinuagee in business. The authority
Of the United Firemens Insurance company
Of Philadelphia 10 transact business in New
York has been revoked.
While stage carving nine passengers was
crossing Mavo's bridge. at Richmond, Nir-
gir,ia. on Saturday, - foot span of the bridge
fell distance of 80 feet, carving the stage
with il. The falling span did not tilt and the
stage remained upright until the span reached
the water, when the vehicle capsized. The
n.a.le passengers then got out OF the broken
side Of the stage and drew cut she females,
and remained upon the half submerged wreck
until rescued BY boat. All were injured,
some severely, but none fatally.
The case of the State of Pennsylvania
against the Standard Oil Company, an action
to recover -. 900. 900 tax ON capital stock as
sessed BY accounting officers for the State,
comes nip for trial at Harrisburg, February 20.
The ground on which the action is taken is
that any foreign corporation doing business in
PENNSYLVANIA Is bound TO pay a tax upon all
dividends earned in the State and out Of the
State The Standard Oil Company announces
that it does not do business IN Pennsylvania
aud consequently is not liable TO a tax.
Oscar Wild's Lecture at Hartford, Conn,
was almost a dead failure The audience did
not exceed four hundred, aud of these at least
fifty came on free passes. The Trinity Col
lege students, who had been expected in force
to initiate the pranks Of the Yale and Harvard
men, did not give the lecturer even the poor
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