The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-14
News of the Week.

Intelligence has reached Columbus, Ga, of
a contemplated uprising of the negroes in Lee
county, Alabama.
The York, Pa, fair last week was a grand
success, the attendance being 10000 persons
during the four days.
Frank James, one of the famous gang of
James brothers, has surrendered himself to
Gov. Crittenden of Missouri.
Riaz Pasha declares that the public securi-
ty is assured throughout Egypt. The Khedive
is receiving congratulations from all parts of
Egypt. a ~.
late war and of the war with Mexico, died
suddenly in Pottsville, Pa, September 20, of
apoplexy, aged Is years.
Charles Furber, agent for an English syn
dictate, is in Chicago negotiating for the pur..
chase of ], 300, 600 acres of land in Mississippi
and 4, 200, 600 acres in Texas.
Robert Lowry, a Philadelphia letter carrier,
was arrested on Tuesday and six decoy letters
were found in his pockets. He was one of
the Oldest carriers in the service. r
A man named Ruckshot fred into crowd
of boys who had been annoying him at Shen-
andoah, Pa, Saturday, and dangerously
wounded one and slightly injured another.
The vote in the September election in Ar
kansas on the liquor question is as follows
For license, 1889; against license, 45, O4l.
Only II out of IA counties voted against IL
cense. . -..-- ., g..-.... ... la ~,
Theodore Haske and VIM. Husky stopped
at the Annex Hotel, Fulton street,. BROOKLYN,
on Sunday night, and blew out the gas when
retiring. In the morning both men were
found dead. 81. 1-!-hssi se
The contemplated reunion of veterans of the
Union and Confederate armies engaged at
Culps and Cemetery Hills, Gettysburg, called
poned until next year.
The earthquakes in Central America have
been followed by a series of terrific thunder
storms 1t is also reported that the President
of the State of Cundinamarca and his secreta-
ry have been assassinated. ..I.t ~
1t is reported that the earthquakes in Pana-
ma on September were followed by tidal
wave which overaowed five or six little vii.
lagos on the Atlantic coast, and drowned
about seventy persons,
Through the negligence of an inspector,
who failedto vaccinate persons IN the vicinity
of house in Chicago where sporadic case
of smallpox recently appeared, the disease
has broken out in seven adjacent houses.
H. C. Mead, banker at Waupaca, Wis,
was murdered and his safe robbed on Sunday
night. He was sitting in a room in the rear
of the bank writing and was shot by the burg
lars from outside the window. ir "a
1t has been raining twelve days in the vicin-
ity of Castleton, Dakota, and no thrashing
has been done during that time. One quarter
of the wheat and three-quarters OF the oat
crop are in stack or shock yet. The wheat in
shock is badly grown, and will hardly pay for.
thrashing.
IT a Il 4
North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, was ar
acy with Ellis P. Phipps, ex- superintendent
of the almshouse, and James F.. Brown, ex-
storekeeper of that institution, to cheat and
defraud the city. He was held in $4,000 bail
for a hearing. leHu .g1 Us 41q
A Tucson dispatch says that Chas. Hussier,
the interpreter of the San Carlos Agency for
several years, reported that the dissatisfaction,
among the Indians was caused by the conduct
of Agent Tiffany, who instead of giving rations
to the Indians sold them to traders last season.
He says also that these Indians have been en-
gagged largely in stealing stock for two years
in Southern Arizona and Sonora.
Thirty persons have been made sick at Lon
don, Ontario, with symptoms of having been
poisoned by eating head cheese manufactured
by local butchers. Physicians attribute the
trouble to bristles which have been chopped
up with the skin of the pork, causing irrita-
ton of the stomach's inner coating and pro-
ducing spasms and vomiting. Some Of the
sufferers are very low, but it is thought that
all will recover. 5siu asi 5ssi f0'A-Itt 81
One hundred mounted men rode up to the
Posey county lind. Jail on Wednesday morn
ing, oyerpowered the sheriff, and seizing
Redman, Imprisoned there for wife-murder.
As they rode away with Redman shots were
fred at them by the police, and David Muir
ply, Redman' brether-in-law, was killed. A
fire engine overturned the buggy in which
Redman was driven of, and the officers over
took the mob. A pitched battle was fought
between the mob and the police, and Redman
was killed with sledge hammer and his body
was filed with bullets by his captors. There
were no arrests, a.,eh r.ds iii tsei