The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-04-18
News of the Week.


Petersburg, in Virginia. At Petersburg the
snow was preceded by rain.
Bud Farris and Ere eman Ward, alleged
thieves, were lynched by a mob at Union
City, Tennessee, early Tuesday morning.
After three months idleness the furnace of
Price, Kelly & Co., at Sharpsville, Pa, was
started last week, giving employment to 100
men.
A colored tramp, who had feloniously as
saulted white woman, was taken from the
Jail at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, on Sunday
evening, and lynched by a mob.
The entire business portion of Lees Sum
init, small town on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, rs miles east of Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, was burned Sunday afternoon.
Henry and Benjamin Fuller, brothers, the
former a freight conductor, the latter freight
brakeman, were killed by an accident on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at Indian Creek,
last week. Their train broke through a
bridge.
John f. Huner's piano factory in West
Forty second street, New York, was damaged
by fire on Tuesday morning to the extent of
$25, 900. Nine firemen were injured, two or
three severely, by the falling of the second
story floor.
A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y, says that
Lieut. Julius H. Pardee, United States army,
who has been stationed at Fort Porter for the
past year, has disappeared. 1t is charged
that he duplicated his pay accounts, and has
fed to Canada.
A farmers convention, embracing many OF
the leading farmers Of Virginia. met in Rich
mond Wednesday evening. Hon. Absalom
Koiner, of Augusta county, was chosen presl-
dent of the convention, and Gov. Cameron
made brief address.
The trial of James D. Fish, Ex-President
of the Marine Bank of New York, on charges
of misapplying its funds and making false
entries on It's books, with intent to defraud
the bank and deceive the Bank Examiner,
resulted on Saturday night in verdict of
guilty.
About twenty-five school children gathered
on the platform of new roller coaster in
Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday, the cars of which
were being tried for the first time. The floor
gave way and the children fell 20 feet. Three
boys were seriously injured, one fatally; or
8 others were more or less hurt.
Three masked robbers entered the house of
John R. Roger, toll gate keeper near Ephra-
ia, Penna., on Monday morning, and, holding
pistols at his head, demanded the money IL
the house. They secured forty dollars and
escaped Roger tried to tear off one of the
masks, and was badly beaten.
The States Attorney in Chicago on Tues.
day morning entered nolle prosequi in the
County Criminal Court in the case of Hans
brugh and Shields, two of the judges in the
Eighteenth Ward, where the election frauds
were committed last fall, declaring thathe had
no evidence upon which to convict.
Monday night VIM. Clark, married man,
L. LaI l,of,avaI do,1ohfar Of xui1O
Hardin, who lived about Is miles from St.
Joseph, Mo-, visited the house, and in quar-
rel shot and killed the widow, wounded the
daughter MORALLY and her young brother
badly. He went home and killed himself
William J. O'Brien, charged with compile
ity in the robbery of the ballot box from one
of the wards in Chicago, and arrested on Mon
day on warrant sworn out by DIR. Simon
Quinlan, Republican judge of elections,
has brought suit against the latter for $780,,
O0O charging him with malicious prosecution.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left
Cork for Queenstown on Wednesday. While
the procession in which they were riding was
passing through the streets of Cork there was
much disorder. In the evening there were
riotous demonstrations between the loyalists
and nationalists. The police charged on the
mob with pistols and fixed bayonets. Many
persons were injured before the riot was
quelled.
A despatch from Yicksburg, Mississippi,
says w. l.. Long and boy named Frank
Clements went fishing on Monday The boat
upset and the boy was drowned. Long was
rescued in an exhausted condition and taken
to Mrs Clements house. During the night
the house was burned. Long escaped to an
clubhouse, where he was found dead on Tues
day morning.
The Philadelphia Bridge Works, at Potts
town, Penna., have received a contract in
volving the construction of 700 900 pounds of
manufactured iron for the new steel works
at Pottstown, which are to be the largest of
the kind in the Schuylkiil Valley. With the
starting up in the new nail works of Ellis,
Lessig & Co., Pottstown will experience a
revival that it has not felt for eighteen months.
j. Henry Shaw, a member of the Illinois
House of Representatives from Cross county,
was found dead in bed in hotel in Springfield,
Illinois, Sunday afternoon. He had been
ailing during the whole session, and his death
is the third during the present session. He
was straight out Democrat His death will
probably prevent any action upon the U. S.
Senatorship question for twenty more days at
least, and it makes the House a tie upon any
question which may be construed into party
issue.
In the U. S. District Court at Chattanooga
on Saturday colored man who had been
elected from q first class car on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad by two passengers, he
having ignored the request of the conductor
to 60 into another car, recovered Judgment
against the road for $2l7 The judge, in his
charge, said the road was compelled to fur
nish as good cars for colored people as for
other first class passengers, and that special
car for negroes would be as exclusive as that
for first class white passengers.
Eight fve-story tenement houses on West
street, between Tenth and
Eleventh avenues, New York, which had re-
Gently been put under roof, tumDled down
Monday afternoon while efforts were being
made to brace them up so that the yielding
might be secured. A number of
were engaged on the building at the
time. Seventeen were injured, two danger
Ously The buildings were erected during
the winter, and had been reported to the
Building Department as unsafe, the mortar
used in their construction being imperfect.
At Danube, in Herkimer county, New York, |
on Monday night, a German named Humpf
cut his wife throat while she with her four
days old baby was in bed. He then saturat-
ed the bed with kerosene and set it on fire.
NeighDors saw the flames and extinguished |
hem, rescuing the wife in critical condition.
Humpf was found in the garnet with his throat
cut, but alive. He attacked the party savage
y with an axe, but before he could iniure any
Of them he fell dead Humpf was insane, and |
was to have been sent to lunatic asylum on
Tuesday.
A special despatch from Springfield, Mis-
souri,, says that last month in the vicinity of
Forsyth, an unknown person exploded stick
Of giant powder on the roof of the cabin of
nan named Payten. Several inmates were |
seriously hurt Bud Matthews, neigh |
Dor, was suspected, and on Tuesday he started
n wagon to remove from the county. While !
passing thcket the party were fired upon.
Matthews was mortaly wounded and little
child was instantly killed. Two sons of
Payten have been arrested on suspicion of
having committed the murder.
On Thursday night of last week two ne
,roes called at the farmhouse of VIM. A. Pal,
ner, on the Rappahannock river, in Middle
lex county, Virginia, and told him that his
lunt living five miles distant, was ill and de-
tired to see him. Mr.. Palmer started toward
he stable to get his horse when the negroes
knocked him senseless with club, After
aking $l65 from his pocket they carried him
nto the house and set fire to the building.
younger brother, who was sleening up
tairs was awakened by smoke and ran down