The Democratic advocate., 1883-09-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Georgas manufactured product win aggregate
almost S40O,O0O,O00 this year.
Solomon Powers a leading citizen of Gettysburg
Pa. died Saturday, aged 50 years.
Peach shipments over the Delaware Railroad up
TO NJ onday aggregated 2,273 carloads
1t is reported that 7,3lS deaths have thus far oc
Cured i'll Egypt from the cholera.
The bark G. J. Jones, from Charleston for Fail
mouth, England, has been wrecked, with loss OF
eleven lives,
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal directors met on
Thursday. The reports showed an increase of bu-
sness on the canal, the receipts for August being
$4,000.
Hon. Madison E. Curtis, Republican Representa-
tive i'll Congress from the sixth district of Iowa,
died Saturday.
Nearly forty persons were killed or wounded by
being run over by an excursion train at StegliZ,
Germany, on Sunday.
Railroad competition has cut the passenger fare
from Cincinnati TO ST. Louis, distance of about $50
miles, TO fifty cents.
The annual statements of the commercial year,
ended August 81, for New Orleans show an increase
of 81 O45 O32 in the exports of that city of which
ll.474,742 was i'll cotton alone
At Swanton, VT, Saturday, p Italian railroad la
borers struck for higher wages. Capt. Hawley, the
contractor ordered them off the railroad property,
and on their refusal to go threw dozen of them
out OF doors The rest were terror stricken and re-
Sumed work,
While playing with matches on Saturday Rfchar d
and Cyrus Richards aged six aud four years set fire
TO their fathers barn and wagon house at Coventry
vile, Pa. Both buildings We're destroyed and little
AT the town of Lagos Mexico, few days ago
while services were being held i'll the principal
church, the building struck by lightning kill
ing the priest four women and Il little girl.
John Teahl, of Reading, patent-right man. COM
mitted suicide at KohIer's Hotel. York Pa Satur-
day evening, by shooting himself through the head
with pistol.
man boarded train at Ogden Utah. Sunday
night and covering eight passengers and two train
men with his revolver, robbed them of their watches
and money and made his escape.
tha horc ari51 he,
son. is tendery cared for at the Virginia Militia ry
Institute at Lexington. He is handsome sorrel of
old
Reports from Santa Barbara Wilmington and Los
Angeles, California, announce that sharp shocks
of earthquake were felt there at 4,30 Wednesday
morning The vibrations were from northeast to
southwest
Mrs. Gen. Robert Toombs died on Tuesday at
Gainesville, Ga. She had been prominent in soci-
ETY. in Washington and Richmond, Va, while her
husband was United States Senator and while he
was in the Confederate cabinet.
disease known as the splenic fever has attacked
the cattle in Lancaster county, Pa, and is raging
with great violence. A large number of cases have
already proved fatal and the disease is apparently
on the increase, occasioning great alarm among
stock owners,
1t is reported that troops from China have crossed
the line into Tonquin territory, and the London
Standard says that II this news is confirmed it means
that war is inevitable between France and China
The French cabinet has decided to send large rein
forcements to Tonquln.
In the excitement of the sham battle at the G. A.
r. encampment at Princeton Junction, n. j., on
Wednesday, the veterans became reckless. and used
their weapons ehectually that large number re-
ceiyed slight wounds. Thirteen had to apply the
surgeon, and three four confined 10 the nos
pital.
The drought of the past two months has done and
is still doing great damage u the crops throughout
the south side of Virginia. UnesS there is early
fall of rain the loss will be ncalculable In some
sections not more than half crop of corn can be
made, and the same may be said of cotton and to-
bacco In some counties rain has fallen since
June.
At Edwards, Miss, on Tuesday, James King and
George Gaddis colored were arrested ch arged with
having robbed the grave of Mrs. Hattie Howell
of one arm, which they used in carrying ON their
profession as conjurors Gaddis attempted to es-
cape, but was riddled with bullets by mob of
lynchers, which then hung the other prisoner
special from Springfield, Illinois, says; While
Company A, ninth regiment of infantry, state mi
second brigade they met with a dreadful accident
on the St. Louis and Evansville Railrosd, between
Carm and GRANVILLE. The train, in passing through
a small herd of cattle ran over some of them, and
the car which the members of the company occu-
pied was overturned, killing nine and wounding
fifteen persons. HgEn wnF -tne -cf4FEf
party of ladies and gentlemen while returning
from Nantasket Beach on Tuesday night in a stage
were beset by band of ruffials. Two of them
seized the horses, and the Others surrounding the
stage, compelled the passengers to surrender their
valuables. Nearly all of the gentlemen were bru-
tally beaten, ana being unarmed were unable TO
defend themselves. The ladies also roughly
handled At opportune moment the driver
whipped up his horses and succeeded in getting
away from the robbers Many OF the ladies were
seriously prostrated by their fright The outrage
occurred near the town of bingham, Mass.