The Democratic advocate., 1888-01-14
News Of the Week.

At Castle Garden. New York. during 1887.
3fi .6l9 stesraee passengers landed
Dnr;no the month of December 10000 hogs
died in iIc MarseiIles district, France, from
an unknown disease.
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A oeigraue' Mon.'ins; q, Jn Y@' ,,are
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MT; lamar on SATURDAY sen. 10 tne rreslI
uen' nus .orlnal 5es,sna1lon as oeSre.ary VI
tIe T inee5'or' a''u f" was Aeeepseu ny nj
SieVeiane.
james Noble, one OF the pioneers In deyel-
oping the iron interests OF Georgia and Ala,
6ama, died at Rome, Ga., on January D, aged
% years he was netiVe OF ocouahd.
The store of Eli Mcdonnell, of Shrewsbury,
Pa, was robbed on Saturday morning last.
The safe was blown open and $50 and some
valuable papers were taken.
Martin Kissinger, 20 years of age, while
delirious from tyPhod fever, cut his throat
ana then drowned himseif 10 the Conocochea-
que creek, near ChambersDurg, fenna., on
SUNDAY night
A solid vein of black lead ore more than
200 feet wide has been discovered near Gain
esviile, georgia: It Is saae to be the largest
1sposit Oh tne kino tound east Oh the ROCKY
mountains.
The tributaries of the Susquehanna river
above Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, were
swollen by heavy rams on Friday night OF
last week, and mIiiions OF ieet OF timber and
iogS were swept uo"n os ehe n0oo.
A coastlng accident occurred at North Mon
mouth, Maine, on Sunday night, whereby
seven persons were thrown from a large sled
by COLLISION with a wood pile. All were IN
Jured, ueorge simpson dangerously.
H. Brown, OF Phlladeiphia, student OF
Gornell GhiVers,'y, WINE coasting az Itnaea,
HeS | I9rA, on oa'ulJsy "aS tnio"" tfon, nj
sleu euu ngai"s. = seleslaPn poie' nus sAu.i
was w ir"c'ure"' anu MS recoSery Is "o' eNpec'
eu'
At Onancock, Virginia, on Thursday OF
last week, william Z: Duer, while out riding
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w woman lnioa., Anii'.s nel aa'i.oss iIssey s
ne hau 9eeu a INSANE led tor sone '''"e' "u' was
suPposeu " nA.e ie0o'ei'u :.
apartments IN the BERKSHIRE Hotel, IN San
Francisco, on Monday. de was born IN looz;
At the time OF his death ne was the secon9
Oldest General on the Tetlred iist. ne served
forty SIX years ana elgnS montns IN tne army.
Eunice Cottrell, known as "Annt Eunice,
died in the Pequot Indian reservation, near
Lantern bill, Connecticut, on January at
the age, as alleged. OF 10 years. She was
great graneehpd OF hlng rninp' Mrs. Oott.
rell was quite ae'Fe up u ene ''"ie u her
death.
While yonng men were coastipg With Q bob
sled in Dalton, Penna., on Monday night, il
struck young son of Squire Montgomery,
breaking one of his legs and an arm. The
sled was overturned, and warren lerwliiiger,
who was steering, had ms upper Jaw Done
broken.
An epidemic has broken out among the
Indians at Poplar River, Montana, The
doctors pronounce it erysipelas, and conta.
gious. About twenty have died at Wolf
Point, and many are sick at Poplar River.
The cause is close confinement and bad
ventilation.
Owing to heavy rains there was a rise on
Monday in the Susquehanna river at Will
Transport Pa, the water having risen II feet.
The ice is all going out. Above Lock Haven
above Williamsport are expected to pass out
with the ice.
A sharp shock of earthquake, lasting be-
tween five and ten seconds, was felt in Otta-
wa, Ontario, and the surrounding section
before 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. The
vibrations seemed to be travelling from the
west. Crockerv was broken in MANY places,
hut no other damage was reported.
Tb.. ,bsrmomstar rao;sterad 90 daorees
heIow zero NJ M;nneanolis "Wednesday morn
ino AT Hallock. on Tuesday. a spirit ther.
mometer registered "a degrees below zero,
the bottom of the regulator being reached.
Other Northwestern towns reported tempera.
tnras from d tn 40 degrees below.
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ine oavanuan, oeo.si VII TsIi;. q
co,oreu Woman, shs wl.s ., milns i,,rs, h,'s %
Tbey are said to have weighed the euormods
amount of thirty.sey pounds, one turning
tho scales Mt twenty mounds. the other at
seventeen. the heaviest babes ever known.
Motber and children are doino well.
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M ne ItIspeig o.ee' oast','s oonpaly on
Heuhesuay a61ernooh cast WI S'1T. suI
O. 70 ,'i1 H,st 90 ~, i SOD 70 he tho Grst
osa'es uo' ~ ':.n in'u' - 90 80 90. Tha
su: y, &c &c ~ : tobo Ei tone Ienoth 100
vo weighI ol 'ne -. is ~ &c o2 .ons S1oa CO.
90 ihches 'eI1ciy " p.'JeeSn1, ~ - ies 1s
per seconu' anu pressure on e""""ei' ~
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An express tram, which leit boston loI
Portland Tuesday afternoon, was wrecked
while crossing the bridge across the Merri-
mac, at Bradford, by the breaking OF
truck. The smoker and two coaches were
thrown from the track and smashed against
the side OF car-house. Nine persons were
killed and twenty-five injured.
The latest advices from DIR. Mattoc, who was
to make reports on the cholera
epidemic in Chill, are to the effect that, on
the whole, the cholera there is slightly de-
Ginning. In valparaiso ioO cases OF cholera
are reported daily, and the returns from that