The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-01-05
News of the Week.


The Brooklyn, N Y, Aldermen, who went
into Office last Tuesday, will serve for nothing,
the city thus saving $25, 900 annually.
The total offerings of grain for 1883, on the
grain and cotton exchange of Richmond, Va,
were 342, 900 bushels more than in any pre-
yious year.
The Schenectady, n. Y. Times states that
the Rev. DR.. Backus, of Union College, has
had his sight restored after ten years blind
ness by cataract.
There was considerable snowstorm in the
West on Tuesday, in Missouri and Kansas 1t
being quite heavy. The storm extended from
the Rocky Mountains to Illinois.
The London Times say that China desires
peace, and that if France will return to her
former policy in Tonguin and refrain from
further hostility, peace is almost certain.
A stage coach was stopped by highwaymen
near San Angela, Texas, on Saturday night,
and nine passengers, all members of variety
troupe, were robbed of $500. The mails were
not touched.
While gang of Italians were engaged in
digging tunnel at North Sangus, Mass, on
Monday, the earth caved in, burying nine of
them. Five of them were badly injured, the
foreman, named Larry, fatally.
Adam Forepaugh, has instructed his agent
III hlSlcTo W pay pcOjVOO dShtu lOE Il
white elephant. P. 7. Barnum has a white
elephant also, but each have probably put out
exaggerated figures as the prices paid.
Accounts have been received in San Fran
| cisco of the volcanic disturbances in Mount
Augustin, Alaska, in October. A tidal wave
| accompanied the eruption, the mountain was
split in two and the northern slope fell to the
level of the surrounding cliffs.
The borough of Coalmont, Huntingdon CO.
Pa, has been scourged with diphtheria in a
very violent form for more than q month past
Every family in the place has been afflicted,
and large number of children have died.
The public schools were closed for four weeks
on account of the disease.
| At dance at Bringler's tavern, twenty
| four miles from Catawissa, Pa, Friday night,
free fight occurred, during which Ellwood
Strausser was fatally stabbed by Matt Cope.
| Henry Snyder was also fatally stabbed, and
Benson Irwin and Mary Amman were shot.
Cope and four others were arrested.
The most brutal prize fight yet reported,
was that at Bridgeport, Connecticut, last Fri
day, between Grant Jim and Chubby Joe
The men fought with iron knuckles, and so
sickening and brutal was the performance the
the crowd stopped the fight after the second
round.
There were two dog fights ''at we'll known
resorts near Coney Island,'' New York, on
Sunday morning, one of which was attended
by 1.-TWO hundred and fifty sporting men,"
and the other by about fifty similar charac-
tiers. At the aforementioned fight "a Will
liamsburg official acted as referee"
| The new house of Charles E. Styles, agent
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in Atchison,
Kansas, was burned on Saturday night, and
his wife and child persisted in the flames. Mr.
Styles was himself severely burned. The fire
| is supposed to have been caused by the ex-
plosion of gasoline machine in the cellar.
A musical festival on an extensive scale is
projected for Richmond, Va, to take place
the first week in May. 1t is proposed to have
number of great singers, Theodore Thomas
orchestra and a local chorus of 800. If the
| festival takes place, share of the proceeds
will be given to the Lee Monument Assoeia-
! ton.
| While Sheriff Thompson and Tailor Will
| liams were visiting the cells in the jail al
Walla Walla, Washington Territory, on last
Friday night, they were attacked by Eifus and
Owen, condemned murderers, and knocked
senseless with bricks which the convicts had
secreted. The jailer showing signs of recov-
cry, the murderers hacked him to pieces with
knife, and then escaped.
Sergeant Mason, who attempted to shoot
Guiteau, entered upon his engagement as a
star at the Dime Museum, Philadelphia, Mon.
day. The place was crowded throughout the
day and evening, Mason proving drawing
| card. Mason claims that himself and family
are engaged for a short season at 81, 900 a
week, and that he intends to use the money
| ne makes in stocking his little farm, when he
| will settle down to agricultural pursuits.