The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-04
News of the Week.

er at Lancaster, Ohio, Tuesday.
Frost was reported on the morning of July
LIST in Wythe county, Va, and ice formed at
Crockett's depot, in the same county.
During the fiscal year which ended June 80
LAG national banks were organized and the
charters OF 731 were extended for twenty
years.
The steamer Wisconsin, which arrived at
New York on Wednesday from Liverpool
brought ego Mormons, in charge of Elder
Hansen.
The wife of DR.. Fraleigh, a prominent ply
stefan, threw herself and her infant in the
river at Gananoque, Ontario, on Saturday,
and both were drowned.
There are six cases of small pox at Fort
Davis, Texas but the Marine Hospital Bu
reau is informed that the disease is pot likely
to become epidemic there.
1t is reported that snow fell on Monday
night at Durham, in Greene county, New
York. Fires were built on Tuesday in all
the mountain houses in the Catskills
A discovery of silver quartz, assaying $3.50
of silver to the ton, is reported at Marion
Junction, eight miles west of Pittsburg. The
quartz found is among the surface groupings
The police of Chicago on Monday raided
two gambling houses running in defiance of
the Mayors order of two weeks ago. and ar
rested 81 persons, besides capturing appara-
/ tus.
The San Francisco Call publishes a rumor
| from Nogales Arizona, that the Zaqui Indi-
ans have defeated the Mexicans, killing 400,
including General Garcia, and wounding Gen
eral Loaiza.
The 109th anniversary of the battle of Fort
Moultrie was celebrated on Sunday in Charles
ton, South Carolina, the Palmetto Guard at
tending service in church. There was mill
tary parade on Monday.
The State census of Iowa, now nearly com.
pleted, is expected to show population of
about 100000. The population of Des
Moines is estimated at $4,000, and that of the
adjacent suburbs at 1000.
Mrs. Dudley, who shot and wounded
| O'Donovan Rosa, the dynamiter, in New
York, some months ago, was tried and ac-
quilted this week, on the plea of insanity.
1t is pity her aim was not better.
It is now two weeks since any new cases
of fever or fever deaths have been reported
in Plymouth, Penna. There are % patients
in the hospital, but all are recovering. 122
destitute families are receiving relief
The house of a man named Hadley, at
Redfeld, Dakota, was blown down in storm
| on Saturday Mrs. Hadley was killed, her
son was fatally injured and his wife and his
TWO small children suffered severe injuries.
Brigham Young, Jr., and Bishop Snow
have passed through Ell Paso, Texas, on the
way to the City of Mexico. They will nego-
tate for the purchase of large tracts of land in
Mexico, to be settled by Mormon colonists.
Texans propose to break up horse stealing,
and for several weeks have been hunting an
organized band of thieves. There is not
much ceremony observed when the thieves
are captured, and fifteen have been lynched.
James D. Fish, ex-President of the Marine
Bank of New York, convicted of misapply-
ing the banks funds and making false entries
inits books, was sentenced by Judge Benedict,
on Saturday, to ten years Imprisonment in
the Auburn Penitentiary.
The Chicago City Directory for 1856, just
out, indicates population of nearly 900.
The preface says that more than 1000 new
buildings were erected during 1884, covering
more than twenty miles of street frontage,
and costing nearly $40, 100000.
On last Saturday the three men, Restley
and the Freeman brothers, charged with hav-
ing murdered John Hollinger, near Waynes-
boro, short time ago, were released from
custody at Chambersburg, Pa, because of
the insufficiency of the evidence.
Near Bedford, Pa, on Sunday evening,
Grant Miller and Josiah Woford were having
a friendly tussle, when Wolford accidentally
fell upon an open pocket knife held in Mil
ler's hand, and was stabbed through the
heart He died almost instantly.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, on Saturday morning,
Judge Rice overruled ,5e demurrer in the
case of James Roberts, the emhezzling pay
master of Charles Parrish, adiudged Roberts
guilty, and sentenced him to pay fine of
500 and Imprisonment at hard labor in the
county prison for twenty months.
A great storm of wind and rain ragged for
twelve hours on Saturday in Indiana and Hi
nois Great damage was done to property in
different places, and the crops also suffered.
A house near 0rcana, Illinois, was wrecked
by lightning. At Martinsville, Ind, Henry
Gebbart was killed by lightning while stand
| ing in Il doorway.
About noon on Tuesday, as drover was
driving some Texas cattle through the streets
! of Columbus, Ohio, one became unmanagea-
bic, and running madly through the streets
upset an unoceupied buggy and knocked a
man down, injuring him slightly. The mad
animal jumped high picket fence into the
State House yard and chased Philip Vogel-
helm around tree again and again. Vogel
helm finally fell and the steer tried to gore
him, but its long horns striking the ground
ON either side of him prevented just as the
drover came up the steer caught Yogelheim
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! The steer was soon afterwards shot.
! An Associated Press despatch from Free
port, Illinois, tells remarkable story of
/ young woman four times married before her
| twentieth year. Mrs. Nellie Daure Yourex
Baker Phillips was married Tuesday evening
to Charles Yourex, from whom she had been
/ divorced She first married him in June,
1882, and had only lived with him one day,
when she was taken away from him by her
parents. Yourex left this section, and not
hearing from him she married John c. Baker
| in February, 1883, who left her after short
time. he having another wife elsewhere. La
ter Nellie married Harry L. Phillips, rail
road brakeman. They quarreled, parted, and
Phillips got a divorce, but before the decree
was finally made he married again, for which
! Nellie brought suit against him for bigamy
and had him bound over to Court. The de-
cree was granted in the meantime, and You
rex having come back, the marriage of Tues
day night followed. The bride is now only
nineteen years of age, and has now been mar
ried four times, and all of her husbands are
/ still living
| A riot occurred on Sunday night in the
| Polish Catholic parish at Toledo, Ohio. The
! Pastor, Rev. Vincent Sewandoski, has for the
last three years made himself obnoxious to
portion of his flock, because, as he alleges,
! The aClS OI Tie NlClUuS dIlu ClCulGub
have been severely denounced by him. He
! had refused to resign, saying that the Bishop
would not fill his place should he leave. On
Sunday, however, he gave notice from the
pulpit of his intention to leave the parish.
/ This angered his friends, and soon after the
! close of the service crowd collected and
/ went to the saloon of Peter Szelaszkiewicz,
who was strongly suspected of being mpli-
/ Gated in an attempt to blow up the priests
! house week ago, where fight was soon
started Szelaszkiewicz was driven from the
| house and several shots fired at him, but he
escaped with a wound in the hand. The
mob then attacked the house of Albert DIAL
kowski, close by, and entering the house
| dragged him and his wife out and shot him
several times, and beat him terribly over the
head with clubs, killing him. His wife was
also badly dubbed and is likely to die. The
mob completely demolished the house. Dur
ing the riot many shots were fred, one strik
ing a bystander named Martin Dabroczki and
instantly killing him. Several persons en-
gagged in the fight were more or less injured.
| About 100 men, women and children were
engaged in the riot. Up to noon on Monday,
two men and five women had been arrested
for completely in the riot, and some of them
are believed to be directly implicated in the
murders. Other arrests are to be made.