The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-11-13
News of the Week.

use in the palace of the King of Holland.
At Burksville, Kentucky, on Saturday. night
during an election jubilation, an anvil burst,
killing one man and dangerously inJuring
four others.
Ice a quarter of an inch thick formed at
L, nchburg, Virginia, on Sunday night The
snow was three inches deep in the neighbor-
ing mountains.
The Roanoke Zinc and Silver Mining Com
pany's mines, near Roanoke, Virginia, were
sold ON Monday to J. H. Bartlett, of London,
England, for 100000 in cash.
At Hamilton, Loudoun county, Va, last
week, Mr.. Jas. NJ Wallace was married to
Mrs. Mary Ann White. The happy groom is
n years Of age, and the bride is IA.
A farmer of Dry Point township, near
Shadvyille, Illinois, hast Just lost seven tne
cattle from "black leg The disease was
prevalent in that section last winter.
Oliver Beirne recently shipped from Mum
roe county, w. Va, one hundred and fifty
head of fat cattle, which averaged sixteen
hundred and foity-6ve pounds in weight,
William Coffman, prominent merchant of
Knoxville, Tennessee, committed suicide on
Monday by cutting his throat He was in
sane from paralytic stroke, and had twice
before attempted suicide.
In Pittsburg; Pa, on Monday, Samuel X.
Cav. the defauting chief pension clerk, who
pleaded guilty to twelve indictments for en-
bezzlement and forgery, was sentenced to i've
years imprisonment.
Harvard College on Sunday and Monday
celebrated its 250th anniversary. President
Cleveland made an address on Monday.
Mrs Cleveland and several members OF the
Cabinet were also present
A fire in Pittsburg Sunday evening destroy
ed Emil Winters grease rendering establish
ment, McConway 4 Torley's foundry and the
Westinghouse Machine Company's foundry.
The total loss, $4,000. All the buildings
were fully insured.
Mrs. Nellie Jones, of Smyrna, DEL, died
Sunday, aged 81 years. Mrs. Jones had been
an active member of the NJ. E. Church for
many years, and was believed to have been
the oldest member of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
A fatal political row occurred at Xenia,
Ind, on Tuesday between John Shaw and
Jas. Fennell, prominent politicians. Shaw is
a Republican and Fennell Democrat. The
trouble grew out of alleged election frauds.
Fennel Knocked Shaw down and stamped on
his face, infcting fatal injuries.
Snow fell Sunday in Western Pennsylvania,
Northern New York, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine. The depth ranged from
one inch at Pittsburg to FIVE at Whitehall,
New York, and six at Middlebury, Vermont.
The heaviest thunder storm known there for
years passed over Bangor, Maine, on Satur.
day night. Rain fell in torrents, the wind
blew gale and heavy thunder and vivid
lightning continued almost uninterruptedly
from 10 o'clock on Saturday might to O. clock
Sunday morning.
On Saturday and Sunday forty carloads of
live cattle were received at West Albany,
New York, from Chicago, billed to Albany,
Troy and points in New England. Agents
of the dressed beef firms instituted a search,
and after some trouble found that only one
butcher would kill stock for them. 1t is
thought that if the strike in Chicago, which
has caused the forwarding of cattle on the
hoof by these firms, continues, they will have
difficulty in finding accommodations in theEast
for the killing of their stock.
The fire in the Standard coal mines at
Mount Pleasant, Penna., is still burning, and
all efforts to extinguish the flames have thus
far been fruitless. Acres of coal are now
on fire, and the flames are making their way
toward abandoned cells, in which the coal
has been exhausted. These cells are filled
with fire damp, and, as the fire is slowly but
surely working that way, terrible gas explo-
sion, that may destroy an immense amount of
property, is feared. The stoppage of the
mines throws 800 men, who earn SAC, 600 per
month, out of employment. The daily output
of the shaft is 1900 tons of coal, and the loss
of revenue to the company $240o day.
Another weather prophet has arisen in the
shape of professor Foster, the meteorolo-
gist," who publishes in the Burlington
Ha,ckeye prediction of great storm period
extending from December to II, during
which will occur some of the most destruc-
tive winter storms of recent years. These
storms, he says, will be much of the same
nature as the great blizzards of last January.
Heavy storms and high winds will greatly
impede railroad travel, and he advises the
railways to prepare for blockades that will
occur in the Western States about December
5, and reach the Eastern States December 9.
| There will also be energetic electrical distur-
Dances that will affect telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
A strike of the beef packers in Chicago
took place on Saturday afternoon, all the men
in the houses of Fowler Brothers and John
Cudihy, and nearly all those in. Armour s
quitting work by the order of the Executive
Board. The demand made on behalf of the
men, was that eight hours should constitute a
days work, the men agreeing to accept ten
| per C6uI ItuuCllOu III buCll ptCoChb HdSCS=
| Fourteen thousand men stopped work in re-
Spouse to the order, but it is estimated that
the order indirectly affects six to eight thou
sand more. The great strike at packing
town." Chicago, became general or Monday
morning, nearly 1900 men being out. The
men who reported for work were almost
without exception those imported to take the
places of the 5000 beefkillers who struck last
week. Early in the morning 500 new men
arrived from Boston, and were put to work at
| Swift & Co.'s house. Many of the men going
to work were attacked by the strikers and one
or two of them were nearly killed. Several
of the assailants were arrested, and, suisse
quently, taken before justice, who fined
them $50 to 500. The militia, about 700 in
number, arrived at the stock yards during the
morning, and no disturbance was reported
afterward. A meeting of the packers was
| held in the afternoon, at which it was resolv-
ed not to employ any man belonging to a
labor organization. The Sheriff issued a no.
tice that the entrance to Packingtown would
be open to those desiring work or having busr
| mess at the yards, and none others, and that
ample protection would be given to those de-
string work.
| More shocks of earthquake were felt No
vember 5, in Georgia, the Carolinas and
| Virginia and the District of Columbia. The
SlOek az OnarlSSlOu; eAperleuceu at HdiI past
twelve o'clock P, NJ. vas slight though
marked. Reports from Walterboro, Green
wood, Chesterfield, Laurens, Abbeville and
other points in South Carolina, indicate that
the shock at those places was more severe
than in Charleston. At WATERFORD it was so
severe as to make people rush into the streets
and to cause the Circuit Court to adjourn
without ceremony. At Columbia the shock
was felt at 1928. twas accompanied by the
usual loud detonatons., The vibrations con-
tinued forty seconds. Buildings were violent
ly shaken and people rushed out into the
streets. The shock was probably severer
than any experienced since August S1st. At
Sumter and GreeHvood the shocks were
very severe. All the schools we're in session
at the time of the shock. One pupil in a
colored school was crushed in the panic of
the pupils, and several pupils in the Shaw
school loolored) were slightly injured by fall
ing pastering. At Savannah o sharp shock
ives felt just as the clocks were striking IL,
Tybee Island reports it the heaviest felt there
since August 81, and preceded by loud rum
bling. 1t lasted thirty seconds, and people
all rushed into the streets. No damage was
done beyond the cracking of glass. At Au-
gusta the shock was felt at 1925 P. NJ. 1t
lasted 20 seconds and eapsea people to rush
into the streets. At Macon and Columbus
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