The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-08-11
News of the Week.
One hundred and ten British soldiers have
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out, making $50 for the year.
Mayor Vroom on Monday issued an order
forbidding the salvation army from paradlng
in Trenton, N. j., hereafter with any kind of
music.
Mr. Merrck says that in pressing the KEEL
logg star-route case to an early trial he is act
ing entirely under the directions of the Attor-
neyGeneral
Riots, a few days ago, at Ekaterinoslav,
Russia, caused by luminosity against the Jews,
resulted in the killing and wounding of one
hundred persons.
John Treat Democrat. was reelected
mayor of Portsmouth, n. H., on Tuesday, by
200 majority. The Republicans secured "a
majority of the aldermen and councilmen.
Policeman John C.. Wall shot a rough in
self defense in Chicago on Friday night. The
shooting seemed to weigh upon his mind and
he committed suicide on Saturday afternoon.
Emanuel Fox was shot dead by Deputy
Sheriff Mannix, in Fort Wayne, Ind, on Sat
urday afternoon. because on being captured
after escaping from jail he tried to escape
again.
John McAbee, engineer, Charles Rosenber-
ger, fireman, William Cotton, brakeman were
killed on the Valley Branch of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, near Ednburg, Va, last
Friday.
A dispatch from York Pa, says Charles
Davis and Edward Wilson, notorious burglars,
who were awaiting trial on Il number of
charges, escaped from the York Jail Tuesday
morning.
The barn of Luther Walters, near Waynes-
boro,' Pa, was destroyed by fire Saturday
night, together with 1000 bushels of wheat, a
large quantity of hay and some farming i'm
plements.
The Texas fever has broken out among
native cattle at Dodge City, Kansas, and they
are dying off in great numbers. One man
has been arrested for drivingin cattle affected
with the fever.
There has been shipped from American
ports during the past week, nearly eleven
thousand head of beef cattle and thirteen
thousand sheep. This is but one week s
business, it must be remembered
Another earthquake was felt at the towns
of Forio and Ischia, on the Island of Ischia,
last Saturday afternoon. Several houses at
Forio collapsed. Three persons who were
buried in the ruins were extricated alive.
The wind and rainsto at Midlothian,
Texas, last Friday evening demolished a livery
stable and a hotel, and scattered the contents
of lumber yard in every direction. Several
persons were buried in the ruins of the hotel
and badly injured.
The election in Utah Territory on Monday
passed off quietly, but little interest being
taken in it. The Mormon ticket was elected
in each district throughout the Territory,
with the exception of Summit county, which
is in doubt. The majority of the Gentiles
RETAINED from voting.
Two colored girls, u and years old re-
spectively, were left alone by their mother on
Saturday in cabin on Mr.. James Bean $
farm, near Lexington, Ky. When the mother
returned she found her cabin in ashes and the
remains of the youngest child i'll them. The
elder girl cannot be found.
A party of roughs near Mount Clare, ILL.,,
on Sunday entered the grounds of Mr.. Lorette,
an old and respected resident, and proceeded
to despoil his fruit trees. He warned them to
with missiles, one of which struck him at the
base of the brain, instantly killing him.
Sixty nine persons were poisoned by eat
ing ice cream at a church festival in Camden,
S. c.. last Friday night, and one of them, a
girl, died on Sunday evening. At last ac-
counts twelve others were not expected to
recover The symptoms of the patients re-
semble those following arsenical poisoning.
At Easton, Pa, on Monday Sabato Alex
andes, the Italian murderer, was sentenced
to be hanged. While on the way to prison
with the sheriff the murderer attempted to
commit suicide by cutting his throat with a
piece of chisel which he had concealed in his
pocket. The wound Is not considered dam
gerous.
Dr. Fox, DR.. Williams, DR.. Pardee and
several other physicians connected with New
i Il
ing the leprosy cases in the Tracadie Laza-
retto, n. b., have returned to New York
They will make an elaborate report on the
subject to the New York Chronological As
ISOLATION.
Richard Lindsay, his son Thomas, Ellis
Rhodes, Mace Jones and William Webb,
members of gang of railroad thieves, were
arrested Sunday morning in Brooklyn, Ill.
They are all colored. Nine others of the
gang had been captured before, and it is ex-
pected the rest, seven in number, will be ar
rested in a few days.
VIM. Sedge, the colored man who muir
dered colored man named Scott at a ball in
Bedford county. Va, last December was
captured at Lynchburg, Va, on Saturday.
Sledge cut Scott throat from ear to ear
while confederate named Barksdale held
him. Barksdale committed suicide the next
day by blowing his brains out.
About two thirds of block of buildings on
Post street. San Francisco, including the old
Winter Garden Theatre, Druids' Hall and the
Pacific College, were destroyed by fire soon
after l o clock on Saturday morning The
loss is estimated at 5000, 900. Harvey Morgan,
an actor, was burned to death and several
persons were injured by jumping from WIN
dowS.
The London Times, reviewing the harvest
prospects in England estimates that wheat
and barley will be below the average crop.
Mr.. II. F. Moore reports that the yield Of
wheat will be 81 per cent. below the standard
average per acre, and that of barley 6 per
cent. below the average. The yield of oats,
he says, will be & per cent above the average
and that of potatoes 20 per cent. above.
At Erie. Pa. last week, whilst ohm Bowden
was at work on the tower of a cathedral,
Daniel Conroy, who became insane about two
years ago over the fifteen puzzle, appeared on
the scaf1olding, which was 135 feet from the
ground, and threatened to throw him off. He
not only threatened it, but proceeded to do so,
and Bowden had a considerable struggle to
save himself before assistance could be given
him by other workmen.
At Sisterville, Taylor county, w. Va, on
the Ohio River Railroad, some colored men
and Italians were working together blasting.
The colored men put in blast and notified
the others of the danger and ran to safe dis
lance. The Italians ran only a short distance
and two of them were killed. The Italians
pursued the negroes with revovers, pickaXes
and dirks, and the negroes drew razors.
Further trouble is feared.
A distressing accident occurred at Lynch
burg, Va, last Friday. A child named Alonzo
Winterfeld, aged four years, got hold of
loaded pistol while servant girl was arrang
ing some bureau drawers, and in some way
discharged the weapon, the ball passing
through the child's body causing death in
few moments, and also woundiug little
brother in the ankle. The father is freight
conductor on the Midland Railroad.
Herbert F. Sade, the Maori giant, brought
from Australia and trained by Jem Mace, the
ex-champion of England, to defeat John
Sullivan, the champion slugger of America,
had contest with Sullivan in New York on
Monday night, and was knocked out in three
rounds. Slade weighed 22O and Sullivan POI,
and they fought with soft gloves. More than
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