The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-02-09
News of the Week.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
Millersburg, Ohio, Saturday morning.
A strike at Fall River, Massachusetts, began
on Monday. Cotton mills are closed up and
nearly 5000 employees are out of employment.
The wife and little daughter of Morgan
Martin, farmer, were burned to death in
their dwelling near Gallipolis, Ohio. on Sat
urday.
BY the burning of barn in Bloomington,
Nebraska, last Friday morning, Henry b.
Holmes persisted and thirty-six head of cattle
were destroyed.
The General Land Commissioner last week
cancelled As fraudulent land entries in Colo
RADIO, Al in Dakota, in New Mexico, 2 in
Michigan and l in Minnesota.
Judge Henry Cooper, formerly U. S. Sena-
tor from Tennessee, was killed by robbers
near Culiacan, Mexico, on Monday. He was
manager ofthe Polk silver mine.
Adamson Elevator, in Toronto, was burned
on Thursday night of last week, with $50, 900
bushels of grain; Chapmans elevator was
also destroyed. The total loss is over $780,
| 600
Mrs. Mucklewecd Of Page county. Va,
died last week, aged, it is believed. al least
40 years Her oldest child now living is SO
years old, and there were two other children
still older.
The Indian population at 0mitlan, Mexico,
has risen against the whites. Seven of the
principal merchants have been killed, and
their bodies kicked about the Streets Many
buildings have been burned.
Henry Umbrell, well-known citizen of
Franklin county, Pa, was attacked by three
men on the highway, near Chambersburg,
Tuesday evening, dragged from his horse,
badly beaten and robbed of $500.
The dwelling of VIM. Morrison, in Poca-
hontas county, West Va, was burned Monday
night. Morrison and his wife escaped, with
four of their children, but two girls aged
and II years, were burned to death.
Jefferson Rogers, colored, charged with
having outrageously assaulted and stshbAf
a white woman, III isas-Ghambers- county, Ala
bama, was taken from the Jail at Lafayette
on Saturday night and lynched by a mob.
Near Howard Furnace, Ohio, Wednesday,
gallon of powder ignited in the lap of Mrs.
William Woolom, and an explosion resulted.
The woman and child were killed and two
other children injured. The house was blown
| down.
George Little, alias Rotten Wilson, was
convicted at New Castle, Del, on Wednesday,
of completely in several burglaries, and SEN
fenced to stand in the pillory one hour to-day
! Saturday, receive twenty lashes, pay the
costs of prosecution, and be imprisoned five
| years.
1t is admitted by the authorities that Chas.
Rugg, the negro who is under arrest for the
Sprague assault on Long Island has made a
confession admitting his participation in both
the Maybee murder and the Towsend as
sault. His confession is said to implicate sew
eral others.
| Foy, who shot Postmaster Shuler, of Union
CITY, Mich, on Monday night subsequently
went to COUGHS farm house and shot him
self dead. His object in shooting Shuler is
believed to have been to remove him because
he knew something connecting Foy with the
| Crouch murder.
In the Supreme Court at Auburn, New
York, on Saturday, a boy was awarded S1O,-
| 500 damages against the New York Central
| Railroad for the loss of foot at the depot in
that city. He had stepped from an arriving
train in front of departing engine on the
next track.
Gilbert Thomas, eight years of age, was
killed by his mother, in Chattanooga, last
Friday. She had mercilessly beaten the boy
for months, and on the day of his death struck
him on the head with poker, crushing in his
skull. Her husband has been arrested as an
accomplice.
Three burglars attempted Tuesday night to
break into the cigar store of Tobias Stauffer,
at Salunga, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr.. Stauf-
fer armed himself with a gun, and when he
opened the door one of the burglars seized
the gun and the weapon was discharged, kill
ing the burglar.
The stage from Abilene, Texas, was robbed
| by hiphwaymen near Concho, Tuesday. The
stage bound to Abilene was fired upon by the
same robbers Their fire was returned, and
! one of the highwaymen wounded. Sheriff
| Gerald who was one of the passengers, re-
ceived two wounds.
The Jury in the case of Mrs. Barrows, at
Bddeford, Maine, charged jointly with Oscar
| Baney with the murder of Thomas, the hus-
band of Mrs. Barrows, have rendered a YER
dict of murder in the first degree. Blaney
retracted his plea of not guilty and con-
fhssed the crime. He was also convicted OF
murder.
A terrible gasoline explosion occurred last
| Friday in F. NJ. Orr's stove and tinware store
| in Alliance, Ohio. The building was demol.
ished, and number of persons were buried
/ in the ruins. Several persons were In the
store at the time, and two families lived in
the upper part of the bnilding. At last &C
counts eight persons had been extricated rom
( the ruins,
John Smith, eolored ~ years old assaulted
Miss Wilhelmina Hornbeok an one OF the
principal streets of Port .ervis, New York,
on Monday night. Drawing a revolver he
( seized hsr by the thrpat, and then snatohed
her caba, containing money and iewlery
amounting in value To $3.50. Smith was GF
rested and confessed his guilt
"Kidr Wade, the leader of the Niohrara
outlaws and horse thieves, has been hanged
by vigilants, The vigIlants have their head
quarters at place called the ''Pen, and have
arrested a large number of men, in various
parts of Northern Nebraska, and have taken
Them to the ''Pen'' where they have been
tried and disposed of 1t is positively known
that they have lynched eleven men.
A telegram from st. Paul says the Marquis
Demores, who in July last shipped 1900
sheep from Wisconsin and Iowa to ranges in
Montana, reports that 80 per cent have died.
The animals swell up and bleed at the nose
before death: 4 post moltem, examination
disclosed an extraSaeaiipn Of hlooa IN the
intestines The disease has been heretofore
unknown, and is considered incurable.
Baker Pasha was defeated by the Arabs
near Tokar, Egypt, on Manday- end his army
troops, badly armed and equipped, and was
!
attacked and defeated, tossing 1000 men, four
cannon, and al bis camels and haggage: Tie
Europeans of his army fought wen, but the
Egyptians fed and ran at the first attack:
Roanoke, va, is to have its already varied
industries supplemented by cotton factory
WHICH will give employment to at least B3C
hands. Philadelphia capitalists have sub
serihed 5000, 600 OF the sab0,000 required to
put the factory in operation, and tho enter-
prsing citizens of Roanoke are rapidly sub
scribing the remaining 100000. The popu'
lation of Roanoke, which was 3,500iu March,
1883, is now nearly 5000.
Richard Merritt, a carpenter, was arrested
on Wednesday at Brookevile, Campbell coup,
ty, Va, charged with attempted Outrage on
the persGp of little girl named Turner, 9
years old. Merritt was frustrated in his pqr-
pose by a woman Of the neighborhood, who
belabored him soundly with u stick and then
sued out warrant for his arrest. Merritt
$780,, go. 30 ;o;I fnr ;pd;ot,nant hv tho o,ro nd