The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-27
News of the Week.


Jersey CITY has debt of over S18, 000,O00
and there is nearly S7,OOO,O00 in taxes I'M
paid.
One hundred and one thousand oranges
were borne this year by trees on an acre of
land in Plant City, Florida.
James Nelson, murderer, was taken from
the sheriff of Frontier county, Nebraska, on
Thursday night of last week, and lynched by
a mob.
Pratt & Co.'s Astral Oil Works in Brook
Ign, New York, were burned on Sunday, $780,
600 barrels of oil being destroyed. Two men
were burned to death.
"Granny'' began, aged about 90 years,
persisted by the burning of a small shanty, at
Port Jervis, on Saturday morning. She was
the sole occupant.
ST. Johns Home, or Male Catholic Or
phan Asylum, Brooklyn, New York, was
burned on Thursday night of last week. Some
twenty persons were burned.
Policeman Mackowski shot himself dead in
Chicago, on Sunday afternoon, on being told
that his wife, who was SICK could not recover.
The wife died few minutes later.
The Florida orange crop this season is re-
ported to be so much larger than the packing
box manufacturers anticipated that the ship
pers now find it difficult to buy boxes for
their fruit.
The new crop of seed leaf Connecticut Val
| ley tobacco now proves, it is said, to be the
best one for many years. Its quality and
| fineness are phenomenal. Many growers
claim it to be the best crop since '64.
The Mansion House, at Long Branch, New
Jersey, was destroyed by fire soon after one
O'Clock on Saturday morning. The loss is
estimated at S60,000 The main building was
| ris &c SnSnaoted
Vermont, which had almost 100, 900 chill
dren in her common schools in 1910, has now
less than 1000 children in them, though the
number of those of the population under 20
years of age is only per cent. less now than,
| in 1910. Z
Diphtheria is very prevalent in Pittsburg,
according to the mortality list for last month
which shows marked increase in the num-
Der of deaths as compared with the same
period of 1888, due chiefly to the ravages of
this disease.
William P. Kellogg has served on E. j.
Gay notice contesting the latter's election
to Congress in the Third District of Louis
lana. Kellogg charges bribery, corruption,
violence, intimidation and Justification of cleo
ton returns.
Mail advices received in San Francisco re-
port collision between the Spanish steamer
lila, on November 9Th. The Maria sank in a
few minutes, and it is believed that 81 lives
were lost.
While Henry Hoskins was carrying the
mail from train to the postofiice in Brink
ley, Arkansas, last Friday night, an unknown
ruffian struck him several blows on the head,
inficting mortal injuries, and fled to the woods
with the mail bag.
The Lapeer County (Michigan) Poor House
was burned on Thursday night of last week.
Thirty seven inmates were turned out in
their night clothes, with the temperature be-
low zero. One insane woman rushed back
into the burning building and persisted.
The iron framework of large hotel in
course of erection near the Exposition Build
ing at New Orleans tumbled down on Sunday
morning, killing one man and dangerously
injuring two others. Forty men were at work
on the structure, which was 500 feet long by
100 wide.
Dunk Groves, prosperous farmer of Fall
mouth, Rush county, Indiana, committed su
ieide by hanging himselfin his barn on Thurs:
day night ever since the Presidential
election Groves has imagined that the coun-
try would go to ruin and that he would lose
all his property"
1t is estimated that about 10000 persons
are supported in New York city by the indus
tries connected with the saughtering of ami
mails The annual value of the products of
those industries is about $50, 900, 900, which is
more than the value of the annual yield of the
gold and silver mines in the United States.
On last Saturday night William Sumrall,
living near Gailman, Mississippi, was called
to his door by three negroes, who asked him
to read letter for them. He began to read,
/ when all three drew revolvers and shot him
dead. The murderers then robbed the house
of $500 and escaped
The Santa Rosa Democrat, says n Justice
! of the Peace in that town had two lawyers ar
guing case before him. To get out of the
| dilemma, he determined to put the lawyers
under oath as to the correctness of their inter-
probation of the law. One took the oath
readily, but the other demurred and lost his
case.
On Sunday morning, January 4, the cere-
monies incident to comforting the pallium
upon the Most Rev. DR.. Ryan, Archbishop of
| Philadelphia, will take place in the Cathedral
of SITS. Peter and Paul. Invitations have
been sent to all the members of the American
hierarchy to be present, and large repre-
sentation of the bishops is expected.
When a passenger train from the East ar
rived at Lockport, New York, on Saturday
night, the body of a man was found on the
cow catcher of the engine. The head had
been cut off, The remains were identified as
those of Lyman S. Gum, well-known musi c
dealer of Medina, n. Y, who slipped and
fell on the track in front of the train.
/ Through an anonymous letter, the police of
New York last Friday discovered small
graveyard in the loft of a house on West
| Third street. The loft contained heaps of
Wondering human skulls and bones which
had been there for years, and no one knew
ANYTHING about them. The police are trying
to clear the mystery Of the CHASTITY collection.
An informal meeting of Democratic Con-
gressmen from Indiana and citizens OF that
State residing in Washington, was held on
Saturday night, at which the opinion was
expressed that, should Indiana be represented
in the new Cabinet, ex-senator Mcdonald
was the man for the place. Senator Voor-
hees was present, and concurred IN the
opinion.
A range in the house of Mr.. Martin, at
Olneyville, Rhode Island, exploded on Satur-
day morning, from frozen pipes in the water
back. Martin was dangerously cut and the
kitchen was wrecked. The water back of
range in the house of p o. Wright, in Oswego,
New York, exploded the same morning.
The range was destroyed and the rear of the
house much damaged, but no person was in
jured.
The Cape Ann Advertiser record of disas-
tiers to the Gloucester fishing feet during the
last year shows that l6 vessels, with an aggre-
gate tonnage of 1104, and valued at 1000,
have been lost. The insurance on these YES
sells amounted to S63, 100. One hundred and
thirty one fishermen lost their lives, leaving
fifty widows and sixty-six children. The
above list includes five vessels lost in Decem.
Der of last year, but too late to be included
in previous reports.
The statue of the late Rear-Admiral Due
Pont, in Washington, was unveiled on Sat;
urday afternoon, in presence of distinguishes
ed assembl, including the President of the
United States, Cabinet members, and officers
of the navy and army. After music by the
Marine Band, Secretary Chandler made some
remarks, Rev. W. A. Leonard offered prayer
the statue was unveiled, and Senator Bayard,
of Delaware, delivered an Grafton, The Ger.
emonies were concluded with salute of
thirteen guns. --
The extreme cold of Saturday morning
throughout New York, New England and
Canada abated during the day. The temper
AZURE in the morning reached from ten to