The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-05-12
Adams County, Pa, Items.

From the CompHcr and St0r aad Se"ii"cI
we take the following:
The trial of John Coyle. .Ir., for the muir
der of Emily Myers in York county, (the case
removed to Adams on application for change
of venue came to a close on Saturday eve
ming with a verdict of guilty OF murder OF
the first degree
The carriage factory of Haines B. Dicks,
near Round Hill, in Reading township, was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday about 10 a.
M, and with it were consumed three I'm
ished buggies, lot of unfinished work,
goods. tools, &C., on the second floor;
nearly everything on the lower floor was saved.
Mr. Dicks estimates the loss at $1,000, on
which he has an insurance of 81 800 in the
ROYAL of Liverpool. The origin of the fire is
supposed to have been Of an accidental char
acter.
On NJ onday the following gentlemen were
elected officers of the Littlestown Railroad
Company President, Hon. VIM. McSherry;
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. Stonesiter;
Directors, Joseph l.. Shorb, George Stonesi-
fer. W. Latimer Small, Geo. d. klinetelter,
John S. Young.
David Weaver has purchased from his faith
err, Josiah G. Weaver, the Fisher farm near
Arcndtsvlle at 5000.
A canning factory is to be established in
Littiestown.
Jas. II. LeFevre sold to John Yount, Of
MountvilIe, Lancaster county, Is steers, aver
aging 40 lbs, at 500 per hundred. One
of the largest was weighed separately and
marked 1920 lbs.
John Grouse, of LittIestown, lost daugh-
ter from diphtheria on Saturday, aged about
Ii years. This is the third daughter he has
buried.
The dwelling house on the farm of Jesse
oaca D1roO.l tOwnchin occuDicu Inv MIR
Heikes was struck by lightning on Friday
night. The chimney was injured, part OF the
roof torn off, and the plastering damaged.
The inmates were not injured. The same
night the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Myers,
in York Springs, was struck by lightning,
which passed down the chimney, then along
the stove-pipe into the lower room, and thence
to the cellar. damaging the carpet and floor
somewhat. The storm was very severe IN the
neighborhood, a number of trees having been
struck by lightning.
The annual election of Directors of the
Littlestown Savings lnsti tuition occurred last
Tuesday, resulting in the e-election of the
former directors Jos. Shorb Esq, Prest.:
George Stonesifer, Secretary; Eph Myers,
George ID. Basehoar, Harry Gait, Samuel
Schwartz and William Rider.
The coronation of the Gar, Alexander II g,
will, it is thought, be the grandest and most
magnificent ceremony of this kind of the pres
ent century. Besides the festivities in the
Kremlin, the great fetes for the people will
be one of the most interesting parts of the
coronation programme. The enormous Ch0-
dynski plains are now the scene of the most
busy preparations. Booths, tents, barracks,
and all other components at q great RUSSIAN
fair are being erected, with stands tor the
SPECTATORS and an imperial pavilion opposite
to the Petroffsky Palace, from which the
| Car and the court can survey the entire field
and the populace at their amusements. At
least 400, 900 persons will be present. Drink
and food for the people will be distributed
from 12O decorated railway baggage cars,
transformed into temporary bars and drawn
up in one long row. Every guest will receive
an earthenware jug, stamped with the imperial
eagle and the date of the coronation, with
which he can call for his beer and mead. The
Masslennikotf factory at Moscow has furnished
400, 900 of these jugs in different sizes and
colors. Furthermore, every person will re-
ceive two meat pies, candies; dried fruits and
cakes.
A storm struck Paterson, n. j., Tuesday,
which demolished the unfinished spire of St.
Johns Catholic Church, unroOfed a number
of houses, lifting lumber piles into the canal
:
severe hail.storm at Denver, Col. is supposed
to have completely ruined the fruit crop i'll
that neighborhood. The hal-stOnes, some
of them an inch in diameter, lay six inches
! deep in the street.
In 1916 man was committed by the Lord
Mayor of London for having left his employ
ment in consequence of dispute as to wages,
but not having received any personal chastise-
ment, conformably to the then statute, he
subsequently brought an action against the
Lord Mayor for not complying with the statute
One farthing damages was given.
During a terrific wind and rain storm at
Trenton, n. j., Tuesday, the main tent at
Rorepqagh's circus was blown over, the can
vas was torn in shreds, the seats thrown over,
! and all the aerial apparatus destroyed. The
last of the afternoon audience had just left
the tent. One of the circus employees was in
jured by falling pole.
A violent thunderstorm passed over the
section around Williamsport, Pa, Tuesday
afternoon. doing considerable damage. A
number of houses were struck by lightning,
and trees and fences were blown down. The
wooden mill of Standon & Co. had the roof
blown off, and stock damaged to the extent of
81 900.
The total acreage of Scotland is 18, $40, G94,
One nobleman owns 1926, 900 acres, and his
wife 1889. Another has 43l 900 acres, a
third 424, 900, fourth $4,000 Twelve pro-
prietors own one-quarter of the whole acreage
of the country, seventy own one-half. Nine
tenths of Scotland belong to ], 100 persons.