The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-11-14

1t is said that Stuart Conner, who killed
MonteEuma Brown, in Staunton, Va. few
weeks ago, has become maniac. He is in
Jail at Richmond.
The steamer Algoma, of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railroad Company, was wrecked on Lake
Superior, off Port Arthur, on Monday morn
ing, and 101 lives were lost.
Our Consul at Palermo, Italy, reports that
up to October 18th there had been 1887 cases
of cholera and 2093 deaths from the disease
in that city, and that over 10000 of its inhab-
itants had fled.
The Grant Monument Fund. in New York
ON Saturday reached total of $96.ST2. This
is a long way off from the million dollars that
is wanted, and the subscription was started
three months ago.
Nearly 150 man resumed work at the Nor
gan Iron Works of John Roach, at New York,
Monday morning, and it is said that 100 more
will be taken on during the week. All the
departments except the foundry were started
on Monday.
A shower of snaiIs fell in Hartford, Conn,
one night last week, appearing after heavy
showers The snails, the COurdnt says, were
neither of an unknown nor rare variety and
were similar to fall observed in Hartford
about a year ago.
A Justice in Georgia recently undertook to
marry two couples at once and married both
women to one of the men before he was
aware of the fact. He afterward got the mat
ter Strengthened out to the satisfaction of the
contracting parties.
A New Yorker who some time ago drew
SIS, 900 in lottery was on Monday committed
to an asylum for inebriates. His good fortune
as it at first seemed to be, was great curse,
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the happiness of his family.
A municipal census of Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, just completed, shows the city's popu-
lation, exclusive of the suburbs, to be 1885,
042 This indicates gain of about so per
cent since 1880. The proportion between
the sexes is $4,000 males to $4,000 females.
The public debt statement for October
shows reduction of $l3, 276,774 The reduc-
ton for the first four months of the present
fiscal year, has been S37, 576, 581, or nearly
S., 0O0, 900 greater than the reduction for
the corresponding period of the last fiscal
year.
Diphtheria prevails in Greenville, Penna.,
and number of deaths from the disease have
occurred within q week. On Saturday two
children were lying dead in one family, and
the mother and three other children were in a
critical condition. Another child was buried
last week.
Samuel Dream, of Bigerville, Pa, reports
1925 bushels of apples from his orchard on
the Koser farm, and has made from portion
of them 1902 gallons of cider; 1,545 bushels
of York Imperials were picked from 50 trees.
Two years ago A. j. Koser took from the
same trees about l 100 bushels.
At Metz, a fortnight ago, German inf an
try lieutenant in plain clothes persisted in
walking on the glacis of the fortfcation at
point whence the public is excluded. He was
warned by the sentry to retire, but he refused
to heed the summons, and the soldier, after
three cautions, shot him dead.
A telegram from New York says that John
l. Harker, of Pearsals, Texas, last week
sold mustangs and ponies in Philadelphia for
$4,000, sent $4,000 home and came to New
York with $4,000 on his person. Last Satur-
day night, in Blocker street, he was robbed
of diamond pin and S1369 in money, and
on Monday told his story in Court.
A telegram from Columbus says that out
of force of about 5000 miners in the Hook
ing Valley and the Ohio Central regions less
than two hundred were engaged on Monday
All the furnaces but two are closed. The
operators claim that the only thing for them
to do is to stop. The Columbus, Hooking
Valley and Toledo Railroad has discharged
trainmen and shop hands. The strikers have
made two or three attempts to destroy mine
property.
Among the persons indicted by the U. S.
Grand Jury at Vancouver, Washington Ter
ritory, for the anti Chinese outrages, are the
Mayor of Tacoma, the Probate Judge of
Pearce county, the President of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Tacoma, the
editor and proprietor of the Tacoma News
and several saloon keepers. The anti Chi
nese agitation on the Northwestern Pacific
coast is believed to be at an end, now that the
leaders in the agitation have realized that they
have committed crime against the laws of
the United States for which they will be held
responsible.
An anti Chinese meeting was held in San
Francisco on Saturday night at which four
thousand persons were present. 1t was called
by the Knights of Labor, and was the result
Of the strike by the Chinese cigarmakers on
the 23d of last month, when the latter inform
ed their employers they would refuse to work
unless the white men employed were dis
charged The speakers declared that the
time had arrived when united stand and
action would have to be taken against further
Chinese dictation, which, if not resented,
would result in serious detriment to the white
laboring class