The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-24
News of the Week.


marks have been reeeiyedin Berlin
from the United States for the German flood
sufferers.
Secretary. Chandler has, received official
confirmation of the loss of the United States
steamer Ashuelot on Lamock Island off
China.
A bill has passed both houses of the Ala
bama Legislature, approprlatlng shO,oOO to
the State University, and $50, 900 to the agri-
cultural college.
An inventor of rope fire escape tried his
apparatus at the corner of Halstead and Mad
ison streets. in Chicago, on Saturday, and sus-
tanned fatal injuries.
Oscar Richardson, an insane patient at the
Brattleboro, VT, asylum, turned the hot faucet
in the bath room, and sat in the boiling water
until fatally scalded.
All the temperance and prohibition meas
ures introduced in the New Jersey Legislature
at the present session were killed in quick
succession in the House on Wednesday.
Railroad accidents at Scottsville, New York,
and at Raccoon, Georgia, on Saturday, caused
the deaths of two persons in the former, and
two deaths and several wounded in the latter.
Virgins prediction of terrible storm
from March to II has deferred a number of
Gloucester fishermen from returning to
Georges Bank. The women are urging the
men to stay at home.
Gen. P. T. Moore, of Richmond, Va, died
on Tuesday, aged 81 years. He entered the
Confederate service as colonel of the first
Virginia regiment and was the first field officer
wounded at the battle of Bull Run.
Seventeen school children were killed and
many others injured by panic in the school
house attached to the Roman Catholic Church
of the most Holy Redeemer, New York, on
Tuesday afternoon, caused by a fire.
While political convention was being held
in hall at East Hastings, Ont, on Tuesday
night the floor gave way and hundred peo-
pie fell through No one was killed, but
large number were more or less injured.
Geo B. Amiss, who shot and killed Mr.
Burner, of Woodstock, Va, in Stanton, Va,
about month ago, was tried in Staunton this
week, convicted of voluntary manslaughter
and sentenced to four years in the penitentl-
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Mrs. Cottier, of Buffalo, N. Y, confessed
last Friday night to the superintendent of
police that she had murdered her child, a little
girl of months. She said she chloroiormed
it, and then dropped it overheard from ferry
boat. # '..@
Tuesday so men in the shoe shop at Sing
Sing, n. Y, prison refused to work, and they
have been locked up. The AZ men who were
locked up on Monday.are still in their cells.
By prompt action violence has been prevented
thus far.
Idaho is relatively stronger in MormOnism
than is Utah, there being ten Mormon repre-
sentatives in its Legislature, one of whom is a
Bishop in the Church, and fully one third of
the 65 900 inhabitants are adherents of the
Mormon faith.
Four small children of Michael Mcdonald
living near Bracket, Texas, were burned i'll
their beds on Saturday night from the explo-
sion of lamp left for the return of the daugh-
tiers, who were at ball. The mother escap-
ed with her infant.
1t is believed in Canadian official circles
that the Prince of Wales will reach Montreal
the first week in March and stay in America
until after the Science Associations meeting
in 1884, making journey through the United
States and the far Northwest.
Two Cinnamon fought on Saturday night in
a room on Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, in the
presence of forty spectators who paid 81 each.
The contestants were Loo Hing, washerman
and Hi Sing Foon, an ironer in a laundry.
After desperate but unscientihc battle Of
eleven rounds Loo Hing gave up.
An armed force of several hundred men
landed on December % at Annoy, China,
from two German trigates, and seized from
the Chinese authorities certain wares manu-
featured by German firm in Annoy and con-
fscated by the Chinese, who allege that man.
ufactures are not permitted by the treaty.
An ice-yacht race took place on the Hud
son on Wednesday between eight of the crack
boats of the Poughkeepsie Iceboat Club.
The course was 1G miles long. Aaron Innis' S
race before, won the first heat in 262 minutes,
and the second heat and the race in % min
utes.
In New York Saturday night Patrick Carr
and Edward Looney, of the Brooklyn police
force, attempted to arrest Robert Koran, alias
Montgomery, noted bank robber, when
Koran fired on his pursuers, shooting them
both through the neck, and then made his es
cape Both detectives are dangerously
wounded.
The pigeon shooting match between Capt.
Bogardus and Dr. Carver at Louisville, Oh
Thursday, was won by Carver. Each man
shot at 100 birds. At the close of the contest
Bogardus had killed 80 and Carver SO. The
winners stakes and gate money amounted to
about 81, 500.
A heavy wind prevailed east of the Hoosac
mountain in Massachusetts, on Sunday. The
depot building at Zoar was torn to pieces, and
its foundation was moved four feet. The pas
sengers and employees ran out when the Chin
ney fell and escaped uninjured. A freight
car was blown across the Troy and Greenfield
Railroad track.
Mrs. Mary Herold, and old lady, well known
at the Navy Yard, died of apopexy last Fri
day evening at her home, 901 Tenth street,
near the Eastern Branch bridge, Washington,
D. c. She was 70 years of age, and her later
wears had been much saddened by the fate of
her Youngest son, David Herold, who was
hung with Payne and others for connection
with Booths conspiracy to assassinate Presi-
dent Lincoln. .s. .r . -..
A wrestling match took place at the fair
grounds, in Jacksonville, Fla, on Saturday,
between Duncan c. Ross and Theo. Bauer,
for the Graco- Roman wrestling championship
of the world. Bauer won the first fall i'll y
minutes In the second round the men struck
the railing, Bauers arm was disabled and
Ross put him down. Bauer failed to come to
time for the third round, and Ross was declar-
ed winner. .-l. ..t .... .'-.4r
Eight men were overcome by black damp
on Saturday while descending a coal shaft
near Maccan, Cumberland county, N. S.
One of the number recovered his senses and
gave an alarm, when party of volunteers
went below and found two of the men, named
Patten and Wilson, dead. The others were
rescued alive, but one Of the number, named
Burrows, died subsequently.
An eruption of the small mountain Futago,
on the shore of Lake Hakono, about so miles
from Yokohama, occurred on the night of
January % The villages in the vicinity were
injured by falling rocks and masses of lava.
This particular mountain has not hitherto
been known as a volcano. The last previous
eruption in the locality was that of the ia
nous. Fujiyama, l6S years ago. n+ E.-.
AS the Texas express train on the Iron
Mountain Railroad was turning a sharp curve
into Poplar street, st. Louis, on Monday night,
the engine left the track and dashed into the
stove foundry Of Bridge, Beach 4 Co., break
ing hole fifteen feet square in the building.
VIM. Smith, fireman, had his arm broken,
and Richard Gawey, boy, who had jumped
on one of the cars, was fatally wounded. if
ID A decree was rendered in the circuit court
at Richmond, Va, ON Monday, for the resale
of the Washington and Western Railroad, for
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