The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-06-06
News of the Week.

Christian, of that city.
Two women--Amelia Denny, aged IL years,
and Mrs Martin Prettyman--were burned
to death in Wheeling, w. Va, last Friday
evening by attempting to light fires with coal
oil.
Senator Edmunds sailed from New York
on Saturday for England. He is to testify
before committee of the House of Lords IN
a suit affecting one of the oldest peerages IN
England.
The waters of the Brazos river at Hearne,
Texas. on Saturday reached the highest mark
ever known. On Saturday night the flood
began to snbside. Many plantations were
submerged, and the loss in crops is heavy.
In the Criminal Court at Pottsyille, Pa, on
Monday, John Hanney, ex-school director of
Norwegian township, who was convicted of
bribery and corruption in office. was sentenced
to nine months imprisonment and payment
of 500 fine and costs.
At Deposit, New York, on Saturday after
noon, George Axtell, a young man.. being
drunk, fred off revolver in d crowded sa-
loon, killing two men and wounding three
others, one MORALLY. He was arrested after a
desperate struggle.
The barn of c. r. Davis, near his residence,
in Denver, Colorado, was blown up early
Tuesday morning. The outrage is attributed
to former employees in Davis flour mill who
struck few months ago, and threatened ven
geance when new Inen were employed.
John Motter, wealthy farmer of Hancock
county, Ohio, killed his 12-year-old son one
day last week, in barn. The boy was sent
twice to find bolt, and saying he could not
see il the father, in fit of passion, struck
him in such manner as to break his neck.
A strike among the iron-workers at Pitts
burg and throughout the West was inaugurated
this week, and about 100000 men are out.
Strikes are prevailing in various sections and
men are out in various industries. A demand
for higher wages is the cause of the strikes.
Mrs. James W. VIM, widow, with three
of her children, and Mrs. Tony Stefano, wife
of musician, were drowned off Ierke' $
Island, twenty-five miles below Wilmington,
North Carolina, on Monday morning. The
children waded into the water beyond their
depth and the women persisted in trying to
save them.
The Commissioner of the Land Office has
investigated the Gervacio- Nolan grant in New
Mexico, and has reported that, in his judg-
ment, all of the lands claimed (about 575, 900
acres) should be restored to the public do
main. with the exception of eleven square
leagues, for which patent has been issued.
A fight took place between a squad of State
Rangers, under Lieutenant Sicker, and a gang
of Mexican horse thieves, on the Rio Grande,
thirty-five miles below Eagle Pass, Texas, on
Sunday afternoon. Sicker was killed and a
Ranger named Riley MORALLY wounded. The
Mexicans escaped with few of their number
slightly wounded.
A violent storm of wind, hail and thunder
PASSED over the northern section of Lancas-
ter county, Penna., Sunday afternoon. The
wind tore strong trees up by the roots and
threw them across the roadways, and in sew
eral instances tobacco barns were picked up
bodily and demolished. The hail stones,
which were very large, fell to an unusual
depth.
Richard Hands, night clerk in Henry v.
Crawford drug store, at 10 Hudson street,
New York, was found murdered on Sunday
morning, in a little room in the rear OF the
store, where he was accustomed to sleep.
His body was sitting in chair, with the skull
crushed in and the throat cut. Money
which had been taken in the store on Satur
day was gone.
1t has been ascertained that N. Hibbs,
Postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho, recently is
sued money orders to the amount of $l5, 700
or $40. 900 payable to himself, ordered banks
in different cities to collect them and forward
the money to him, and then absconded. He
was last heard from at Victoria, British Co
lumbia The amount of his stealing is un-
known at present.
A terrible storm of rain, hail and wind
passed over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tues
day. The hailstones were as large as hens
eggs and did great damage to plants. A 100
foot span of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern Railway bridge over Cedar river was
blown down. Several cars were blown from
the track and thousands of window panes in
the houses were broken.
The Brazos river at Waco, Texas, was sub
siding on Sunday. About $50 dwellings and
stores were submerged and the estimated
damage in the city, not including railroad
property, is $1,000 Seventeen bridges in
Mcclellan county were washed away. At
Martin the river at last accounts was higher
than it had been for forty years. Great
damage had been done to the crops, and much
live stock had persisted.
The body of Charles H. Swink was found in
a reservoir near the Union Depot in Fort
Worth, Texas, on Saturday. Swink was doz-
ing in seat in the Union Depot few nights
previous, when some confidence men at
tempted to rob him. The sleeping man awoke
and began firing at every one in the roomi
wounding fatally two innocent men, named
Hagood and Terboe. Swink then ran from
the room, and nothing further was heard
from him until his body was found.
The Executive Relief Committee at Ply
mouth, Pa, on Monday received reports from
the ward committees, showing total of 1872
persons sick, an increase of 2 over last week.
Of these All are reported as seriously ill.
There were II deaths last week and 81 new
cases. There are 293 destitute families now
receiving aid. The number of patients now
in the hospital is "a, One death occurred on
Monday The Borough Council has decided
to take immediate steps to improve the con-
dition of the town.
At an early hour Monday morning a young
man named John Hulinger and his father,
living near Waynesboro', Pa, were aroused
by noise in the barn, and upon going there
to ascertain the cause were fired upon by
some unknown party or parties Two shots
took effect in the body of young Hulinger,
killing him instantly. The shots are supposed
to have been fred by chicken thieves. Much
excitement existed at Waynesboro' and vicin-
ity over the affair. Young Hullenger was
held in general esteem,
Robert NJ. Reynolds, late First Auditor of
the United States Treasury, killed himself on
Tuesday morning in the Southern Hotel, in
81. LOUIS. he OF Ieit ITOh IHc Tdlt-
ing of the air shaft over the rotunda, and was
picked up lifeless from the marble floor, three
stories below The room he had occupied
was found full of gas. and the theory is that,
after failing to suffocate himself, he took the
dive through the air shaft. Reynolds was
about go years of age. He quilted Office
about two weeks ago, and at the time of his
death was ON his way to Kansas to buy land.
A heavy thunder storm passed over Chicago
on Tuesday afternoon, which did great dam
age in the outskirts of the city. Several
buildings were demolished, and three hundred
feet of the brick wall of the new base ball
grounds were levelled by stroke of lightning.
John McMontague, Waterman at the Meteor
mick Works, was shocked while standing
near fire alarm box, and died soon after.
In the town of Lake a shanty was wrecked by
lightning and a man and a child were badly
injured. A number of other persons in the
neighborhood were temporarily Frustrated by
the shock. Shortly before eleven o clock last
night another storm set in, with binding
lightning and torrents of rain.
A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va, says:
''The reward of 81 900 offered by the State
for the discovery of the lynchers of Hairstan
Terry, who was hanged by mob in Liberty,
Bedford county, on May Is, has stimulated a
number of detectives to attempt to ferret them
out All persons who were not known in the
neighborhood were notified that detectives
would not be tolerated, and one detective
who refused to take the hint was tied up and
severely whipped. Notwithstanding the pre-
cautions to guard against discovery, a detec-