The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-10-09
News of the Week.

made nearly 100000 by it.
Sunday was the Seth anniver sary Of the
birthday of George Bancroft, the historian.
He received many letters Of congra tulation.
There was a severe frost in Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky on Octo-
Der I'd, doing considerable damage to tobacco
and other crops.
u. S. Treasurer Jordan has succeeded in
putting into circulation 60, 1875, 1852 of the stan
dard dollars. These figures, the highest in
the circulation of silver coin, were reached on
Tuesday.
Otto Bauman, receiving teller of the Dime
Savings Bank in New York city, went on his
vacation on September 4th. He has not been
heard of since, but it is ascertained that the
bank has lost about SIS, 600.
John Schmidt, indicted for the murder oil
his wife, was found dead in his cell at the jail
at Newark, New Jersey, Wednesday morning.
A post-mortem examination showed that he
had swallowed an irritant poison.
It is rumored in Brooklyn that Colonel De
Bevoise, lately Chief Clerk in the stamp de
partment of the Brooklyn Postolfice, who
died few days ago, was u defaulter for 9
large amount. His death is now attributed
to suicide.
Archdeacon Kavanagh, parish priest Of
Kildare, county Kildare, ireland, and former
" president of St. Patrick's College, at Car.
low, was instantly killed Sunday morning while
celebrating mass at his own altar by portions
of it falling in.
Ithas been charged that Rabbi Hill Kowitz
presiding over Polish congregation in Gin
cinnati, has been granting divorces on his
own authority to members of his flock for the
sum of $25. The charges will be investigated
by the local authorities. n
The steamer Alameda arrived at San Fran
cisco on Saturday from Sydney, via Auckland
and Honolulu, having made the trip from
Sydney to San Francisco in % days, 6 hours
and 80 minutes This beats the best previous
record by six hours.
rrAaB bf a0nRg al sht6 G sef M Tine
ering the ground. 1t soon Disappeared. A
telegram from Wingham, Ontario, reports 8
heavy snow storm in that section the same
morning, lasting several hours.
The public debt statement for September
issued on the LIST instant, shows reduction
of S1O.627, 0l3. Total cash in the Treasury,
$465, 713. The total coinage at the Mint:
of the United States during September
amounted in value to $5,070,055, including
2,S10, 100 standard dollars.
At Chimapla, in the State of Mexico,
about week ago, tremendous subterranean
reports were heard. The alarmed inhabitants
made an examination of the surrounding
country and it was discovered that high hill
in the vicinity had been completely divided
into two parts by some powerful force.
Pleuro-pneumonia is reported to be raging
with unprecedented violence among cattle in
Limerick township, Montgomery county,
Pennsylvania. Eighteen cases are reported
in Limerick, and there are several in its
neighborhood. Pleuro- pneumonia has ap-
peared in a heard of cattle twenty-five miles
car load of cattle arrived there from Chicago
week ago..
By an explosion of powder in store at
Bringhurst, Indiana, Friday, the front of
the building was blown out and one man was
killed, three others being injured, one fatally.
The keeper of the store was pouring out pow
der from large can into the scales while he
held cigar in his mouth, and, in setting down
the can, the cigar was accidentally knocked
into the powder.
1t is announced that the packing houses in
Chicago will close this month and remain
closed until the question of eight hours or ten
hours is settled. The Chicago Packing and
Provision Company has already shut down
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tH nu me 81 t. a. oii Twan,v tbonsand naonie
w;II he danr;red of emn1ovmert bv the p IocL
out.
Mail advices from Yokohama, received in
San Francisco, says the cholera is still raging
throughout Japan The proportion of deaths
to cases is very heavy Between August 2Sth
and September 9th inclusive, nine e, days, lS,-
94o ne" cases were lepof.eu , nnS Iea aza
Uis 20 VIC sa 49, ..anI'oJ ia A.
over % per eent; Vi ln1se a'1acheu uleu. an
examination Oh ehe weils ~ iohio was maui,
ana I9e wafer o. az s OUT III: were condemned
as unht 10 oe useu ior urlhhihg purposes.
The Commissioner OF Agriculture has drawn
up and sent to the Governors OF all the States
and Territories series OF rules Tor co opera
ton between the United States Department
OF Agriculture ana the antaorities OF the sew
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The Agricultural department is ADVISED
that hog cholera preValis generally IN INDIANA
and liiinols. In iliinois neavy losses are re-
ported IN several counties. IN ONO. ana
Michigan the conditlon OF the animals is iair
In some parts OF Wisconsin farmers are afraid
to keep hogs on account OF cholera, and re-
sou,e cases Cbolera n;nk-eya and measles
are renorted from Missouri. and in Nebraska
the condition is considerably below an aver
600 Konsas and Kentncty bogS orc oener.
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any IN soou oonu''
on SUNDAY nlgnt seeIlon OF lne oafVa ~
a army leo 3y captain John xv AIkihs, OF De"
ork' parauea tne streets Oh "likesDarre' a. a.
win drums, Iass anu tanpourines, IN uen'
ance OF an order from the Mayor to dlscontin-
ne their Sunday demonstrations. Two OF the
leaders were arrested, and when taken before
the Mayor they dropped upon their knees
orderly conduct, and, in default of S. fine
each, were committed to prison.
lanes Arbuckle. freight agent of the Read
inc Railroad at AIlenwood. Pa. was assault
ed and robbed of 5000 and a silver watch and
than Iaft for deo6 bv an mil nown rnff;an in
W;ll;amsnort about one q clock Sunday morn.
inc The rohher boarded a train from Million
with ArbucLla having invited his victim 10
snand ,ha n;abt NTH L;r, Af,ar ha;nor beat.
81, =; $500, ronnan 70 no.
cd some distance and b;dden il n nile Of
IindI;ng wood He recoyered consciousness
iatar IN tha Unorn;no, and +hara = son,a hone
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