The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-14
News of the Week.

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tie, Del, Saturday, eight for larceny and one
for burglary.
The Legislature of Delaware has decided
to attend the inauguration of President Cleve-
land in a body.
G. A. Thayer, Democrat, was on Tuesday
reelected Mayor OF Binghamton, New York,
| by S94 majority.
William Harrington died at his residence
IN Vermillion parish, La, 4th inst, at the
age of 100 years.
A violent southeast gale ragged on the New
England coast during Monday night. A num-
Der of vessels were damaged.
Diptheria is reported to be fearfully prcva-
| lent in Southampton county, Virginia, carry
ing off many adults as well as children.
Six brothers who reside in Walpalk town
ship, N. j., aggregate thirty-seven feet in
height and thirteen hundred pounds in weight.
Ten children, So grandchildren and 80
great grandchildren were among the mourn
ers at the recent funeral of an octogenarian
in Pittsfield, N. H.
Four men were killed and eight others
dangerously injured on Tuesday morning by
an explosion in the Central Iron and Steel
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A train on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad broke through bridge at
Creston, Iowa, on Sunday, killing seven per-
sons and injuring sixteen others.
Burglars entered the dwelling of George
Livingood, in Berks county, Pa, on Monday
night, chloroformed the inmates and decamp-
ed with $1,000 in cash and notes.
/ Joseph Prick and John Staub addressed
meeting of the International Workingmens
Association at Allegheny City, Pa, on Mon
day night, connseling murder and revolution.
The Chinese government intends making
the expulsion of the Chinese from Eureka,
CAL, on the It'll inst, an international matter,
and will claim indemnity from the United
States
| Bilious remittent fever and other diseases
are so prevalent at Kingston, N. T., that the
rolling skating rink win shortly be closed and
public entertainments have been indefinitely
postponed.
Mail advices received at San Francisco
from China report that on December I'D
the gunpowder works at Fat-Shan, fourteen
miles from Canton, blew up, killing $50 en-
ployes.
Hon. Joseph Grinnell died at New Bedford,
Mass, Saturday, aged 81. He was one of
the most prominent citizens of New Bedford,
and served in the House of Representatives
from 1843 to 1851.
Gen. w. H. +. Lee, son of Gen. r. +. Lee,
is prominently mentioned in connection with
the Democratic nomination for Governor OF
Virginia. He is an able speaker and man
of popular manners.
Several weeks ago it was given out by Mrs
Richard Trump, who resides five miles from
Terra Haute, Ind, that her husband had
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that she had murdered him.
Thomas Morris, colored, % years old,
charged with having criminally assaulted
thirteen year old white girl, was taken from
the Jail at Schulenberg. Texas, on Saturday
morning and lynched by mob.
Miss Mary McCrystal was married to VIM.
Duffy, a merchant of Mnersville, Pa, on
Monday night While the festivities were
in progress the bride was attacked with
paralysis of the heart and died in q few hours
At meeting of the Tammany Hall COM
mittee on organization, in New York Satur-
day night, it was decided to send delegation
of 535 to the inaugural ceremonies at Washing
ton, and 81 800 will be subscribed to defray
expenses
At Shreve, Ohio, on Monday night, Wilbur
Peters, Tilted lover, shot and fatally wound
ed Laura Chester just as she was leaving the
roller skating rink for her home. he then
placed the revolver at his own head and blew
out his brains.
A store in Johnston, South Carolina, was
entered on Monday night by burglars, who
blew open the safe with such force that its
top was embedded in the ceiling. The build
| ing was badly damaged, its front being sprung
six inches out of plumb.
! 1t is reported that some of the Democratic
members of the Illinois Legislature have de-
| cided to present resolutions calling upon the
/ United States House of Representatives to
| impeach Judge Blodgett for his course in re-
gard to the Eighteenth Ward election frauds
| in Chicago.
In Pickens county, South Carolina, a few
DAYS ago. Richard Mulligan, being drunk,
hurled a chair at his wife. The chair missed
her. but struck and killed their little daugh-
ter, who was entering the room. Mulligan,
appalled, by the tragedy, went into another
room and cut his throat.
A house occupied by the family of Hiram
Atkins at Concord, o., was burned Tuesday
and on Wednesday Atkins and two children
were found burned to death. Atkins was an
old and helpless invalid and his young wife
left with man represented as her brother
few hours after the fire.
The suits brought by w. H. Bailey against
Is persons charged with having tarred and
! feathered him in Scott township, Iowa last
year are reported to have been settled by
i the payment Of $500 by each of the accused.
He was tarred and feathered because OF his
action as attorney in liquor case
The distress existing in Manayunk, Phia,
delphia, principally caused by the closing OF
the mills. is unparalleled in the history OF the
s Mace. Fully ten thousand people are out OF
emnloyment. There is hardly block in the
place that has not dozens Of people in It sui
fering for food and fuel, and many are threat.
ened with election for non payment OF rent
State Veterinarian Paaren, of Illinois, has
ordered the slaughter of three glandeFed
horses near Freeport,in that State. The Doc
tor saws many horses in Illinois are suffering
from the CHAMBERS; and he has reported to
| the Board of Health q man in Boone county,
! another in Peoria county, and woman in
Kane equity, who are suffering from the hor-
rible disease.
Richard Wall, of Haverstraw, New York,
vowed twenty four years ago that when the
next Democratic President was elected he
would walk all the way from Haverstraw to
Washington to see the Inauguration. In ac-
cordance with that VOW he started IRON Hav-
erstraw early on Saturday afternoon on his
tramp to Washington, which he expects to
reach on March Sd.
A telegram from the City of Mexico reports
that a secret agent of the revenue stamp de-
partment attempting to act as spyat JalIsco,
bought package of cigarettes without stamp
from a poor tradesman. Upon attempting to
confscate the mans goods, the agent was
seized by the citizens, doused at the public
fountain, afterwards tarred and feathered and
paraded through the streets accompanied by
a brass band.
At Fall River, Massachusetts, on Sunday
afternoon. an attack was made by party OF
roughs on the Salvation Army, while it was
parading. The women and girls, as well as
the men. who formed the procession, made
a hasty retreat. They were followed by the
mob, who kept up heavy shower of stones
MANY of the women were seriously injured
1t is supposed that the injuries sustained by
one woman will result fatally, as she has
been unconscious since the occurrence.
At Philippi, w. Va, on Friday night the
Jail was discovered to be on fire. In the
building chained to the WALL was lunatic.
He had managed to get the straw from his
bed and set it on fire. When discovered he
was dancing with wild glee, although the
flames were dangerously near him. Major
Brown and Charles Horater, after desper-
ate struggle managed to free the lunatie. As
soon AS he was outside the building he seized
his chain and struck Brown on the head,
fracturing his skull He then started on a