The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-08-10
SOUTH AND VEST.

SEVERAL deaths from yellow fever having oc-
CURED at Brownsville and at Matamoras, both
Texas towns, quarantine against them was
established by surrounding points.
wATERsPoUr in the vicinity Of Millers-
burg, Ohio, swept away number Of bridges
and houses and drowned live stock.
ADAM A. HARMLESS, a colored man, alleged
to be 12O years old, died the other day in Nc
Kinney, Texas.
NEARLY every State was represented by e1-
hibits at the opening of the National Mining
exhibition in Denver, Col. The opening ad-
dress was made by Hon. William D. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania. The object of the exhibition is
to show the extent and richness of the mining
resources of the West.
SIXTY freight cars were wrecked by q colli-
zion and then burned near South Bend, Ind
Several tramps are supposed to have perished,
and tho pecuniary loss is estimated at $50, 900
AT the South Carolina Democratic State con-
vention held in Columbia Colonel Hugh s.
Thompson, State superintendent Of education,
was nominated for governor and John c. Shep-
pard, speaker Of the house, for lieutenant
governor.
SUDDEN rise in the Licking river Ky.)
which flows into the Ohio river, opposite Gin
cinnah, caused considerable destruction OF
property at the latter city and elsewhere. The
aggregate damage done exceeds $50, 900.
THE Iowa Republican State convention a,
Des Moines nominated full ticket, headed b,
]. A. T. Hall, the present incumbent, for secre.
tary of state.
THE Indiana Democrats in State con vention
at Indianapolis nominated full ticket headeo
by ". r. Myers for secretary of state.
THE Republicans of the eighth Ohio congress
sional district have renominated Speaker
Keifer.
The Ohio prohibitionists have put full
ticket in the field.
DURING heavy storm in Milwaukee twelve
houses were struck by lightning one man was
killed and damage was done to property to the
extent of 100000.
THE Georgia Republicans split into two fac
tions at their State convention in Atlanta. The
regular convention recommended General L.
]. Gartrell for governor and nominated a full
ticket In the "syndicate convention" Ga,-
trell was indorsed for governor, but the re-
mainder of the ticket was different from that
Of the regulars.
WALTER HAMILTON YEATS was hanged at
Chatham, Va, for the murder of Presley E.
Atkinson, a young merchant. The day before
the murder Yeats was married to q young
woman, and Anderson had expressed regrets to
her because she was going to marry dishon-
est man. which statement was caused by the
fact that Yeats had passed on Adkerson a
bogus check. Armand Coleman (colored) was
hanged at West Point, Miss, for the murder of
Georgia Bright at Jackson, Fla. Harrison
Garter (colored) was launched into eternity for
killing Lewis Adams (also colored), and at
Fernandina, Fla, Merrick Jackson suffered a
similar fate for the murder OF colored boy.
All three hangings took place on the same day
DURING picnic of working people at Chicago
small boat upset and four persons-an old
lady and three married men-were drowned.
An unprecedented rainfall produced such a
sudden and mighty food in the narrow valley
between Rendville and Corning, Ohio, that the
water literally swept everything before it, the
railroad track, cars, houses. barns, fences and
live stock being borne along together. The loss
is variously estimated at from s1OO, 900 to
100000. In Michigan floods have carried
away many bridges and done much damage to
property.
NEAR Brownsville, Nebraska, one day re-
Gently, child was born having four arms and
four legs. At last accounts it wag alive and
we'll.
MANY parties in the South are now expert
menting in the manufacture OF sugar from
watermelons. A bright, clear syrup is made
in the proportion Of one gallon to eleven gallons
ofjuice.
DAMAGE amounting to s5O0,OO0 was caused
along the Ohio Central railroad by the recent
wateIspout and food.
CHARLES A. VodELER, junior member of the
firm OF A. Vogeler & Co., proprietors of "St.
Jacobs Oil" died the other day at Baltimore,
aged thirty one years. Mr.. Vogeler conducted
business that amounted to $1,000, 900 a year
and gave employment to 300 persons.