The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-10-13
News of the Week.

Seven incendary fires have taken place in
and near Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa,
recently.
James 7. Clark & Co., carriage manufac.
turers in Racine, Wisconsin, have failed,
with liabilities of about S200,0
Snow fell at Montreal and Quebec, Canada,
and at Mortified and st. Johnsbury, Vt, on
Tuesday to the depth of six inches.
After hurricane last month coral reef
so feet long, 80 feet wide and five feet high
appeared in the harbor of Vera Cruz.
Americans have been awarded Is diplo-
mas, &c gold, six silver and three bronze
medals at the Internal Exposition at Brussels.
The National Grand Lodge of Colored
Masons has appropriated 100000 for the
erection Of temple at Kansas City, Missouri
Daniel NJ. Green, one of the pioneers of
Northern Illinois, died near Napierville, on
Monday, aged 81 years. He had held vari-
Gus public offices.
DIR. W. E. Boggs, of Memphis, a prom
inent Presbyterian minister, was on Saturday
elected Chancellor of the State University of
Georgia, to succeed P. Il. Nell, deceased.
Mrs. J. B. Childs, wife of the United States
Minister to Siam, died October 4th, on board
the Inman steamer City of Chicago. The
body was landed at New York on Saturday.
Hutchinson realized over So, 900, 900 by his
squeeze of the Chicago wheat market last
week. Several failures and three suicides
have taken place IN consequence of the
squeeze.
Chief Justice Fuller took the oath of Office
on Monday and assumed the active duties of
his position. The oath was administered by
the senior member of the Court, Associate
Justice Miller.
Mrs. Chloe Langford, mother.in- law of ex-
Governor Marshall, of Minnesota, died in
st. Paul on Sunday night, aged 95 years.
She well remembered when the nation was in
mourning for General Washington.
While ]. W. Pike, contractor, and his
son, Edward Pike, were standing on bridge
abutment near Boston, on Monday, the foot
of the boom shot out from its socket and
struck them, severely injuring the father and
killing the son.
Samuel C. Pratt was found lying upon the
bank of the springs in Hot Springs, Nevada,
last week, literally parboiled, and he died in
q short time. 1t is thought that he went to
take bath and jumped into the spring, not
knowing the temperature Of the water.
f. W. Fieldkamp was fatally burned near
New Rockford, Dakota, October 8, while
trying to save his property from prairie fire.
Another farmer lost 100 acres of wheat in
stack and 100 tons of hay. Further west
several houses and outbuildings, with the en-
tire crops, were burned.
At Lynchburg, Virginia, on Saturday night,
James Scott, a colored rough and ex-convict,
shot and probably fatally wounded three
young men, named Spencer, Burns and
Floyd, who were on their way home to Mad
ison village, opposite Lynchburg. The shoot
ing is alleged to have been unprovoked.
Alexander Johns, a young negro, eloped |
from Lansing, Michigan, with Ida Lybolt the |
13-year.old daughter of white citizen.
They were arrested in Chicago. The girl was
anxious to return home, and gladly accompa- |
MED her father. Johns was placed in Jail /
and will be tried under the age of consent |
law.
The United States cruiser Baltimore was
successfully launched on Saturday afternoon, |
at Cramps ship yard, Philadelphia, Pa, in
the presence Of the Secretary of the Navy |
and distinguished party from Washington |
The cruiser was christened by Mrs. Theodore
D. Wilson, wife of the Chief Naval Construc-
tor,
There was heavy fall of rain in the vicin.
ity of Calais, Maine, during Sunday and Mon.
day. The lumber mills are greatly obstruct-
cd DJ lue DdchWdteE. NutueTOuS WaSnOutS |
and landslides have occurred on railroads.
The potato and grain crops are greatly dam
aged. There has been very little hay harvest
ed, and it will probably be a total failure.
Three hundred more employees of Haywood
Brothers & Co. Is rattan works, at Gardner,
struck on Tuesday against the |
20 per cent reduction in wages.
This makes 500 on strike, including all the /
female operatives and the Swedes. The firm
has brought in a lot of Firms and Russians to
take the places of the strikers.
The entire population of Ramsey county.
Dakota, is on the brink of starvation. Mayor
Smith, of st. Paul, Minnesota, has received |
an appeal signed by county officials and |
prominent citizens, urging that steps be taken |
to alleviate the distress. 1t is stated that |
recent frosts destroyed thousands of bushels |
Of wheat and left destitute the residents of all |
but one Of the townships in the county.
On Monday afternoon an attempt was made
to assassinate w. FL. Edmonds, editor of the |
Hotbldst, in Admission, Alabama, in his Office, |
by j. S. Lawrence, Justice of the Peace, |
and William Lacey. Mr.. Edmonds was shot |
in the arm, and then escaped, when Lacey
maliciously fired upon John Chapel and A. |
Tripney, who were in the office-the former |
was wounded in the neck and the latter in
the head. The trouble grew out Of enmity
aroused among the lawless class in conse-
quence Of the war waged by the Hotblast in
favor Of rigid enforcement of The prohibi-
ton laws. Lawrence and Lacey we're arrest.
ed, and taken to Jacksonville for safety.