The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-08
News of the Week.

The public debt statement for July shows Il
reduction of S8,662, 100.
The cholera has made its appearance in
France, at Paris and Marseilles.
A large and apparently inexhaustible bed
of bituminous coal Of fine quality has been
discovered within three miles of Lampasas,
Texas.
A grand procession in honor of the memory
of General Grant will take place in st. Louis
to day. 1t is expected that 10000 men will
be in line.
Stanley Huntley, the newspaper writer and
author of the ''Spoopendyke Papers" died In
New York city Thursday night of last week,
aged about forty years
Monday was the hottest day ever expert
enced in the San Joaquin Valley, California,
the thermometer at MERGED registering ia
degrees in the shade.
The French Canadians in Ottawa are active
in obtaining signatures to petitions to the
Governor General, asking for Communication
of the sentence of Rlel.
The British bark John Gibson, from Glen
fuegos, arrived at the Delaware Breakwater
on Monday night, with yellow fever on board.
Her captain died at sea and one man was sick.
At Raymond, Mississippi, on Monday, w.
r. Farr, white, convicted of marrying Sarah
Williams, colored, was senteneed to the pen
itentiary for nine years. The woman was
also convicted and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for three years.
A heavy storm prevailed on Saturday after
noon in the northern part of Lancaster county,
Pa The tobacco was greatly damaged by
hail. many of the stones being as large rs
hickory nuts. The barn of Jonathan s.
Stou,ort ot TandiSvilln was DESTROYED nv
lightning.
An agricultural station has been establish.
ed at Aurora, Illinois, in connection with the
CHRONOLOGICAL Division of the Department Of
Agriculture. It has been placed in charge Of
Nelson W. McLane, who has been specially
instructed to pay attention to bees, and honey
producing plants.
Charles Melville, notorious convict, died
in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, or
Sunday. He was under sentence of sever
years for bigamy. His father was an English
man, his mother Russian countess, and he
claimed to be a Russian count. 1t is said that
he had married fifteen women.
While artillery from Fort Warren were
firing minute guns at Mt. McQregor on Tues
day morning, Private Timothy Oldham ram
ming charge, was thrown violently to the
ground by premature explosion. The lief,
side of his face was torn open and the righ
eye destroyed. He has since died.
1t was arranged at Tuesday s Cabinet meet
ing that the President and all the Cabine
| officers should leave Washington on Friday
afternoon for New York to attend the funeral
of General Grant Immediately after the
funeral the President will go to Albany, anc
on Monday next, accompanied by Colone
Lamont, he will start for the the Aairondacks
At Georgetown, Colorado, last Friday, vii
liam Neff, employed at the Telephone mine
complained of being ill. He went to his
cabin, laid down on the floor, placed a sticl
of giant powder, with cap and fuse attached
under bis head, and while in this position
lighted the fuse. His head was blown entire
| ly from his body.
! The Indian tribes on the Clearwater siyer
in Idaho, are quarrelling over some property
claimed by each tribe. The hostiles sem
north FROM the Indian Territory killed nine
Indians last Friday, and the relatives of the
murdered men are seeking to avenge theil
death. There is much uneasiness among the
| whites.
The caterpillar has appeared in the cottor
fields of Sumpter, Qraqgeburg, Berkeley and
Richland counties, South Carolina. The Dol
worm has appeared in Anderson county
| RRnOrtS from all S6CblOuS vi Tue Obdlei uHS
! ever. indicate the largest yield of all the
| erops for years, and unless cotton shall bt
badly damaged by worms, that crop also vii
be large.
At Cheltenham Beach, near Chicago, on
Saturday night, w. L. Smith and A. l.. Tai
hot assembled in two balloons for race in
mid air. When at height of about 1900 fee
the balloons collapsed Talbot went dowr
with his wreck comparatively uniniured, but
Smith fell the whole distance, striking some
telegraph wires before reaching earth. he
was fatally injured.
An incoming passenger train at Leadville,
Colorado, last Friday evening, exploded q
dynamite cartridge when about two miles
from the city. The engine and tender were
badly wrecked and one length Of track was
torn up. but none of the passengers were In
iured. The explosion was distinctly heard d
distance of ten miles. 1t is believed that the
outrage was the work of strikers.
During violent storm at Fargo, Dakota,
on Thursday of last week an electric tower,
100 feet high. all iron, was blown down and
twisted out of shape. Many tin roofs and
trees in the city were carried away, and great
damage was done in the country east near
Glvndon. A barn at Carlinville was de-
gtroyed with six cows, and several thousand
acres of wheat were damaged 20 to 40 per
cent.
A masked burglar went to the house of w.
r. Merriam. in ST. Paul, On Monday morn
ing, seized Merriam's mother-in- law violently
by the wrist, fred pistol to intimidate her,
met Merriam in the hall and cornered him
with pistol and then made him point out
yaIuables. The thief took diamond studs,
shirt buttons and gold watch, all valued at
5000. and then coolly walked out of the front
doog,