The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-17
News of tho Week.

Some of the largest and best hotels of Prov
idence, Rhode Island, have closed up, on ac-
count of prohibition.
On Thursday night of last week the post
office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, was robbed
of about 900 in money and stamps.
A colored camp meeting at Hook Town,
Kentucky, broke up on Sunday in a general
row, in which one man was killed and three
others were MORALLY wounded.
In Chicago, last Friday, Mary Maloney had
her hair caught in a revolving shaft and her
scalp was torn off before she was rescued.
She became insane from the shock.
Intense heat prevailed from Thursday of
last week until Tuesday of this in the North
west At Huron, Dakota, on Monday after
noon, a temperature in the shade of l02 was
reached.
Until Friday of last week no rain had fallen
in many parts of Wisconsin since the 18th of
May, period of two months. Not only were
the crops injured, but disastrous forest fires
prevailed.
At Morgan, Texas, on Saturday evening,
Sidney Davis, colored, charged with having
assaulted woman, was taken from
a police court by mob and lynched. He
had confessed his guilt.
Mrs. Caroline Benedict, aged 60 years, died
at Mottville, near Syracuse, New York, last
week after a fast of So days. Nearly every
day of her fast she took part of cup Of
weak tea and few teaspoonfuls of whisky.
About so convicts working in brickyard
near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, made break for
liberty on Saturday and were fired on by the
guard. Three of the ringeaders were killed
and fourth MORALLY wounded. None es-
capped.
A destructive thunder storm passed over
Dixon, Illinois, on Sunday night. Great
damage was done to crops of all kinds, fruit
being entirely ruined. Telephone and tele-
graph wires ere levelled and buildings blown
down throughout the county. -
The American schooners City Point, c. B.
Harrington and George w. Cushing, seized
at Shelbourne, Nova Scotia, last week, for
violation of the Canadian custom laws, have
been released on payment of the fines impos-
ed, and have sailed for the Banks.
Dominick McCafrey, in answer to the
challenge to fight Jack Dempsey, says he will
spar Dempsey eight rounds the man having the
best of it at that time to take all the receipts.
If he fails to stop Dempsey before the end of
the eighth round, then he will fight Dempsey
to finish for any amount
An explosion occurred in the Johnson
Brothers & Patterson mine, near Buchtel,
Ohio, on Sunday evening, resulting in the
killing of Thomas Williams and the fatally in
juring of Charles II. johnson and John Hal
lam. Lewis White was dangerously injured.
The disaster was caused by the negligence OF
the men.
Near New London, Missouri, one evening
last week, A. w. Farmer and his son William
engaged in a drunken row with pistols and
fired about twenty shots at each other. The
father was shot six times, the son three times,
and the latter is believed to be MORALLY
wounded. The fathers wounds are dan
gerous.
The storm of last Friday night near kanka-
kee, Illinois, did great damage over path
several miles in width. The chief agent OF
destruction was hail, which cut off corn. oats
and timothy close to the ground. Hundreds
of windows were smashed, houses were un.
rooted and stock killed. A man was killed
by lightning and a woman seriously injured.
Three persons were hanged last Friday:
Miguel Chacon, Cuban Negro, convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Maria Williams, in New
York City, John Lambert at Charleston, North
Carolina, in presence of several thousand peo-
pie, for the murder of Richard Wilson, nearly
two years ago; Samuel Archer, convicted OF
completely in the murder of Samuel A. Bunch,
in July, 1882, at Shoals, Indiana.
The exports of cotton from the United
States during the ten months which ended
June Both last were valued at Sl97, 1854, l67,
against S191, 1897, 1872 during the corresponding
period of 1885, The total value of the ex-
ports of domestic breadstuffs from the United
States during the twelve months which ended
on June 3Oth last was 1922, 800, 3T9, against
Sl56, 451 1881 for the preceding twelve months.
In Chicago last week, Mrs. ''Nellie,' E.
Davis dressed herself in white, lay down
upon her bed, and shot herself through the
head with a revolver" She had a husband
living in Boston, but had engaged herself to
marry young man of Chicago, without the
previous formality of divorce. tits suppos-
ed that reflection upon the possible conse;
auences of bigamous marriage caused her
to commit suicide.
A storm having almost the violence of a
tornado visited Bloomington, Illinois, last
Friday evening. 1t lasted half an hour, dur
ing which nearly one inch of rain fell and
there was an appalling electrical display.
The wind blew from the north. Trees were
uprooted In all directions. A storm at Gin
ton, Iowa, the same night, damaged the Ma
tional Bank block and many other buildings,
and did great damage to the crops.
The Grand Jury for the June term of the
Criminal Court of Buchanan county, Missouri,
at St. Joseph, has returned 104 indictments,
most of them against saloon keepers, who are
charged with selling liquors without licenses
and with violating the Sunday law. About
wear ago all the saloon men in St Joseph
were arrested on the same charge, and the
Court let them off with fine of 81 under the
promise that they would observe the law in
future.
Miss Fanny Wheel, of Sacramento, asked
Jacob Kline, cornet player in the first ar
tillerv band, to marry her. Although he
ought to have done so, he refused, brutally,
and laughed when in despair she threatened
him. She went home, put on an old dress
and hat, exchanged new nickel-plated re-
volver for one that would not glitter SO
much and thus attract attention, went to the
plaza where the band was giving an evening
waited until Kline had finished, and
then, stepping up behind him, sent bullet
into the back of his head, killing him instantly.
A telegram from st. John, New Brunswick,
says that "unless legal entanglements pre-
vent" the most remarkable raft of logs ever
put together will leave there for New York
in few days. 1t is a cigar shaped cylinder
400 feet long, with beam and draught OF
sea. going vessel, and contains 100000 feet
Of logs. Its value in St. John is $4,000. 1t
will be hauled by regular ocean steamer,
which will follow the coast pretty closely.
The success of the enterprise will depend on
The weather. The object is to save $4,000
duty, sawed timber being taxed, while logs
enter free.
As result of the recent Irish Encamp-
nent in Newark. New Jersey, the ''Irish-
American Military Union ofthe United States"
has been formed for the purpose of organ
zing Irish American military companies in
III the States. The following officers of
he union were elected: President, Captain
W. H. Murphy, of Washington; Vice Presi-
lent, Captain Fahey, of st. Paul; Secretary,
Captain J. Francis Baker, of New Haven;
Treasurer, Captain M. J. Saterly, of Albany.
A uniform similar to that worn by the United
States troops was adopted. The next encamp-
nent will be held in Washington in May 1887.
F. NJ. Marshall has been made the victim
If barbarous hazing at the Mount Vernon
College, in Alliance, Ohio. He wished to be
Initiated into one of the various secret socie-
les, and paid fee of ST to be taken into the
Delta Gamma Fraternity, For his initiation
lie was blindfolded and ushered into the pres
ence of from twenty to thirty students.
Bound hand and foot, he was rolled over a
,arrel Next his clothing was removed and
he was placed upon cake of ice for con
iderable length of time. He was then tossed