The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-08-05
News of the Week.

4 have been reported to the coroner of Phlladel-
/ phia since June Il.
There were 100 cases of yellow fever at La
! redo. Texas. Tuesday night. Six deaths were
reported on Tuesday.
/ The Rev. Frederick Stovener accuses the
Rev. James Beard of stealing sermons from
old books. Both are indianapolis pastors.
| The London Times, in a forecast of the
! English harvest. saws: 'sWheat will not near
I " amount to a fair average crop; that IS, 1t
will be no better than for the last five years
The steamer Job T. Wilson caught, last
week. outside of Cape Charles, AZ tons of
grumblers, or no. 200 fish in all, for use in the
manufacture of oil at Cockerill's creek, Va,
New cotton, grown en- the premises, was
picked, ginned and spun into yarn on Monday
morning at.Saluda factory, Lexington county,
| S. c.. and forthwith dispatched to Philadel-
phia.
\ freshet in the Licking river, emptying
( into the Ohio opposite Cincinnati, on Tuesday
swept away boats, house, lumber, and dam
aged wharf property, the total loss being esti-
mated at $50, 900.
The Iowa prohibition law viii compel some
property owners to begin paying taxes. The
licenses of the ten saloons at What Cheer
have heretofore yielded enough money to pay
the tax of the town.
Hon John s. Treat democrat was on Tues
day elected mayor Of Portsmouth, \. H., ever
Hon. James w. Emory, republican. a ma
iority of aldermen and eoRncilmen were elect
ed by the republicans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herrick were separated by
divorce, ct Corinth, N. y, is years ago.
Beth married again and lived long distance
apart until last week, when they met and I'M
mediately eloped together.
\ dispatch on July =, says a series Of thun-
der-storms occurred that day along the Hud-
son river. being she first rain since JHly ..
For several DAYS the mercury at Poughkeepsie.
n Y. stood al from % to % degrees.
Bob Ford. who killed Jesse James, and his
brother Charles Ford are in Chicago enjoying
life and spending the $4,000 which they re-
ceiyed for the job. They say they viii stay
about week aud then 60 to Cincinnati.
Il has been discovered thar many court re
cords. valuable historical nclics and some
books worth almost their weight IN gold. have
been stolen from basement room of the cap
itol AT Nashville, Tenn. aud sold Is waste
paper.
The British Consul at Mogadore calls az
tention TO the cruelty Of shipping live tor
toises IN barrels. and sending them ieodless
on i threesweelzst vay&ge. on which many die.
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i50 years.
A hail-storm visited Chesterfield eoaniy.
VA. on Sunday. damaging corn, cats aud
vegetation along the line II the Petersburg and
Weldon Railroad as far south as NeidoH. \.
c. Il Is feared the crops have been badly
washed out
Early SATURDAY. morning sixty men rode into
Chatham. piffsylvania cunniy, Va. g. lynch
0eatfe, whe was % have hetn hang Friday,
bat Ras rssgstsd for pzs.k. Setets repugtssd
that The jsii vas hEhfed sna well guarded aud
the lynehers Fetrtated.
Tie number Of deaths Ia Nee York last
week vas 2I7, the largest weekly aggregate
for tea vears. oae-shsrtl of the number vefc
infants carried 81 hy ehelern infiEainm. due 10
the beat Ikcrc ssrc ~ easrs of sunstscse,
Of which ie proved fatal
4 yoaihfal bride and groom arrived At Ss~
Albany Ind. Two Easeals got into che
couples rceta, introduced sheHselygs as
police oaiecrs, and pretended 10 arrest tie
hasbaad for marrying Elri under N. He
gave them $40 Hssd they departed
The feilouine Is from oao q Eyangei,s;
Barues sermons a. Dayton. Ohm Right
straight from the sWincs trou.h 10 the best
rssl,e saiss The lord bcsi. iieas ard 81, stencil
ana al. rags ssld all, poverty and all, and
The collision a 500 lake Shose Read
freight trains Eoss Of Soath Bshd. Ind. gea.
dsy Bixhs. wrucked Sxss ears, which ipok iiFe
and bsrned uy. A party 81 tr&mps were on
the train, ard tkosa Nha ESCAPED sAy seyea ~
f1cir aumher Wurr 10 the biazsaz EEock.
A malignant tips - yclisw tsvsF u pruysil
ing n MasamaES5, Mexico. and u r1gidiy
spreading Hrewnsxdse, Texas. aad Aasa-
nssgas have been qaErsnsiaej against ~ al
the loser sso Gsansia s0RnN ifse beaith an
shog5ies 4 ARst;n say tkss VII picket the rive
18th rsaTegs Il Necessary.
when Philsdeiphia post II fhe Grand
Array ~ she Rerabiic pTrpaTsa - bold tAifs
aad seine body osEefssi tsa for The refrvssnseui
privilege, Mr. Grsn SAID Be wpald sake charge
offha, sicrarssaeat prouassa4 chat there siienld
L. iaFge pgpft. A. The ciese b repeFscd
ihzi be pas oaly S. ahesd, aad, aishssgh b. =
"a Alderman sas post has asviesVd al invests
CATION.
James Generals. Que q the oldest coloFea
uaea IN WflkesharFw, Pa, was tuund dead q q
livery Stable on Monday En0FaSns. He reeral-
Is received = sssere iiiow apsa the bead tf an
anknown man, ard that, toscihcg uith sxees-
siye Asinksng. caesssi his de4th- lie bad Near
" S2un, coo 5nsurznee ua his l8le, held By fasi
oas peTsQas il the dcsth-ralsis Insurance or
CARNATIONS, tui be oaiiived AL the eornpssss.s
Detective Yea aeriehsen arrived a. Nsv
Yogk from Lcnioa 90 Sunday wlsh ,so prs.
pnsFs, hrsakhi ever aE ,FssiulSlficss ~ k'Fea-
dent Arthur. uaa Was Jacob Weils, a hook-
keaper. Who forged the uaase 81 his ralpleycfs,
Wisrth Bros. 4 Usen, 70 & cheek 10y - ,tssa. :.
40 The oehsr WIS william Watts. a master
mariner, whe Is wanted a. san Francisco en a
charge u Assault With intent % snaF4cr on shs
high seas.
/ IL Is rppo:tcd that yellos feves has broker
(. out 81 Austin. Texas. and tha; Dr. Swearing
ef. state health ofsiccr. has gone there % IN
vessizate the progress II the disease. The
deaih rate 81 Mafam0ras i gresier sssa as
Havana. Tweatg-tuo casez were reported On
( "Wednesday. and seven deaths. one ease oc.
eaFrod ia New 0ricsns On Tuesday ttie
( health hoard l. taking sesive measures 20 pre-
vent the spread al The disease-
In franklin eoanty, Pa. neW cattle disease
has made its appearance, whieh i causing
some alarm among stock Falscrs- be disease
Effects the animals in the bind paris. oi which
+ they loose control, ahd When down are unable
10 rise. They have to he Tel in this position,
eating heartily, bat becoming very much
emaciased, 4 great many cattle are down,
and some have dse4 IN franklin and adioin-
ing counties.
William II. Armstrong. the new Uaiiei
States Railroad Inspector, began his duties a
few DAYS ago hg a trip 0ser the Union Pacific
and It's branches. The South Park road, IN
T Colorado, has very steep grade. The loeo-
motive Of the traia became unmanagcAhle. the
{ brakes would not work, aud there was no way
to check the frightful and increasing speed
The Inspector did not stay aboard to make
official observation. but dropped from the
rear platform and broke leg.
Uruguay has Just had two weeks revoln.
ton, headed BY Maxine Perez, who crossed
the Argentine boundary with two hundred men.
The Government became alarmed at his dem
onstratinns, and directed three columns against
him. Had Perez been a Napoleon, he per
haps might have undertaken To beat his oppon.
ents in detail; as i was. be escaped a tut
speed, and is believed to have taken refuge ~
brazil The affair was probably the most
bloodles revolution ever undertaken IN the
little republic.
At Stenbenville, Ohio, on Saturday, John
Harter, of the St Charles Hotel, attncked DR..
Johnson a boarder. Harter father interier'
ed, whereupoE young Harter drew a revolver
on his father. A younger brother, named I'd.
rushed between them and received the bHllei
in the left breast, killing him instantly. A
bystander named Josiah Salmon tried TO take
the pistol from John and was shot in the LEFT
hand. John was finally arrested The mau
killed was under indictment for killing Georgt
Aidridee a few months ago.