The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-27
News of the Week.

T. Jefferson Myers, clerk of the county
commissioners of Adams county, Pa, is dead.
Over two inches of snow fell on Wednesday
at Bellows Falls, Vt. 1t showed steadily all
day at Hanover, n. H.
The Potomac Synod, in session at Newton.
/ n c., on Monday chose Hanover, York coun-
| ty, Pa, as the place for the next meeting, in
October, 1884.
The depot of the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road at Rippon, Jefferson county. W. Va,
was burned Sunday night, together with a
carload Of wheat.
The registration at Boston closed Tuesday
night As nearly as can be learned, the total
foot up GA, 700, the largest registration ever
known there.
Gen. Grant is quoted as saying that unless
the Democrats commit some very grave error
in the House this winter nothing can prevent
their election of President in 1884.
A majority of the members of the Iowa
Senate holding over are opposed to prohibi-
ton, and the st. Paul Pioneer Press thinks
that enough license Senators have been elect
ed to defeat prohibitory enactment.
The assessment rolls of one hundred and
fifty-five counties of Texas show an increase
in taxable values of over ninety-five million
collars ABOUT IdSI year. Will HILeen counties
to hear from, which will doubtless make
total increase of one hundred million dollars.
In the bicycle race at Chicago, of twelve
hours day for twelve days, the score at the
end of the first day Monday stood Prince,
172 miles; Higham, 172; Morgan, 1863; Wood.
side, 100; Dowse, 139; Shock, 147, and
Clark, IA.
Two strangers called at the farmhouse of
n - L.
Tuesday night, and asked for supper, and
Mrs Crawford senseless with clubs and stole
SIS. The aged couple are not expected to
recover.
The orange crop of Florida this year, it is
estimated, will amount to 10000, 900 oranges,
or 6O0, 900 boxes, against $50, 900 boxes last
year. 1t will require "a 900 cars to transport
this crop, and as the yield promises to double
every year, these figures will attain enormous
proportions by the end of the present decade.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, which
arrived at San Francisco on the 18th instant
from Hong Kong, brought II Cinnamon,
each holding a traders certificate, which I'M
der the treaty entitled them to land in the
United States. The steamer City of Toxic,
which arrived Tuesday, brought Ill more
Cinnamon, all holding similar certificates 1t
is claimed this is device to evade the pro-
hibition against Chinese immigration.
The people of Kingston, Pa, were startled
Tuesday afternoon by loud explosion. 1t
was soon discovered that the Excelsior Squib
Factory had been torn to pieces and that
eight children employed there had been blown
out with the flying timbers in every direction.
The victims are between II and Is years old.
Matte James, whose body is a complete crisp
o,1 Cd M; III ,1owdar dvinn Morv Quinn
was burned to a crisp, and will die. Hattie
Moss had her feet burned and was blown into
a creek She will recover. John Evans was
so badly burned that he has since died.
James Steele will die from his terrible burns.
Lizzie Edward was seriously burned, but may
live Mamie Norris is a mass of scarifed
flesh and is dying. Johnny James was terribly
burned, but may recover. 1t is thought four
more of the injured will die.
A dispatch to the Boston Journal from
Jamaica, Vt, says that the arrest and contes-
sion of two young men for counterfeiting has
brought out unique story of organized crime.
Acting upon information obtained from Mer-
ton G. Clark, now in Jail, United States Off
GERS found wild gulch in the mountains, a
few miles from the village, the headquarters
of criminal gang which has been coming
spurious dollars. Complete counterfeiting
0uthtS were SelZeu. ne gang is secret So
cety numbering twenty three members. 1t
was organized, according to its records, on
June II. Its members are young men, Is to
q years old, living in South Londonderry,
Jamaica, West Townsend and Wardsboro' !,
Vt, and Ashuelot and Winchester, n. H.
The band was governed by captain, first
and second officers, secretary, judge OF fire
arms, and board of directors. They styled
themselves the United Birds and Brothers.
The gang also stole horses.
Six huge ostriches were shipped from New
York Saturday, bound for Orange county,
Florida, where they are expected to increase
and multiply The ostriches we're imported
from Nubia by Charles Reiche & Brother, of
New York, dealers in elephants, parrots,
monkeys, &C., for Charlton Jones, who has a
large plantation in Florida, and is going to
practice ostrich farming as an experiment.
The climate of Orange county is almost ex-
actly like that of the part of Nubia from which
the experimental birds came. They are the
largest of their kind, and are expected to go
through the journey and the change of abode
without serious deteriment to their health
The ostriches will be turned loose when they
reach the plantation, but will have their legs
shackled so that they may not stray too far
They will be fed once a day at house built
for the purpose. When their feathers are of
sufficient length the birds will be caught and
plucked. 0striches are plucked twice year
when they are five years old, and once year
when they are three years old and under five.
An average ostrich yields feathers worth
about $50 every time he is plucked.