The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-06-02
Nnua of the week.

In one district OF Algeria ov.ON0 5"t',
grasshoppers' eggs have been collected ana
burned in one year.
A buffalo cow dropped a calf on Saturday
at the New York Central Park Menagerie.
1t is a great curiosity.
Henry Black, of Franklin county, Pa, son
of the late Judge Jeremiah S. Black, died
Sunday, aged 45 years.
Three of the six nominees on the Alabama |
republican State ticket have refused to accept
the nominations rendered.
Diphtheria caused sc deaths in New ork |
last week-more than scarlet fever, measles,
smallpox and typhoid fever combined.
The Methodist General Conference has
finally nassed the resolution lengthening the
term of itinerancy from three to live years.
Erastns Snow. one of the twelve apostles
of the Mormon Church, died in Salt Lake
City, Utah, on Monday night, aged 10 years
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott on Sunday an
uounced his acceptance of the Passionate of
Plymouth Church, 10 succeed Henry Ward
Beecher.
A firm Of Philadelphia, Pa, soap manu-
facturers have kettle that holds All 900
pounds of liquids and six kettles that hold
10000 pounds each.
The body of Willie Gerlich, aged 10 years,
was found floating in Flushing Creek, at Flush
ing, New York, Sunday. His mother whip
ped him on Saturday, after which he disap-
peared.
DR.. T. P. Evans, the millionaire American
dentist in Paris, is said to contemplate the
establishment of great industrial school for
boys somewhere in the United States. DIR.
Evans is without an heir.
A block of buildings in Tyrone, Penna.,
extending from the river to Juniata street,
was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morn
ing, only the Boyer House being left standing
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Trains on the Northern Pacific Railroad
began running through the Cascade Tunnel,
in Washington Territory, on Sunday. The
switchback over the mountains is abandoned,
except for tourists who desire to go over It,
DR.. R. G. Calling, the inventor of the ma
chine gun, has fallen victim to burglar.
His residence at Hartford was entered, and
all the gold and bronze medals presented to
him during the last twenty years were carried
off.
DIR. William G. Goddard, who died Sun
day in Boston, was the Oldest living graduate
of Harvard College, the only survivor of his
class, and the Oldest graduate of the medical
mouth, n. H., on April 2G, 1876.
A new gasometer at Hocheloga Gas Works,
ut Montreal blew up on Saturday morning,
caused by filter incautously approaching
leak with lighted lamp. Four men were
killed and six men were injured, three OF
them MORALLY. The damage to property is
estimated at Sl50,00O.
Mrs Dennis Mullins, living in Pittsburg,
was murdered on Tuesday morning in the
| presence of her little children by q next door
neighbor, German named Scholer. The
murder was the result of family quarrel,
| which lad been carried to court, and which
was to have been heard Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Mullins was the principal witness against
Seholer.
L. B. Rock, well-known railroad man,
who hau Just retired from the superiEtendency
of the Northern Division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad, fell down
a flight of stairs at his home in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin on Monday and was killed. 1t is
thought he was stricken with paralysis. He
was about 63 years old.
Lewis Kaufman well-known young man
| of Waynesboro, Pa, aged twenty eight years,
| died suddenly while singing in that place on
Monday night. Kaufman was sitting in front
of his clearinghouse with some young friends
| talking and singing. just in the middle of Il
song he fell backwards, and was picked up
dead. Heart disease was the cause of his
| death.
| The great Perry stove works in South Pitts
| burg, Tenn, were burned Saturday night, in
volving loss of 5000, 900, of which one fourth
was in patterns. -Four acres of buildings
we're swept away. A business block went
| with them, and the little city had narrow
escape. The fire is believed to have been Of
incendiary origin. The company moved from
| Albany, N. Y.
| A suit in New York, to restrain the con-
trolling stockholders in a baking powder
company from being too magnanimous with
! themselpes in the matter of salaries-the
1 President gets $4,000 year and the Vice
| President $50, 000-develops the fact that bah
ing powder makes the profits rise. The divi-
dends of this company have regularly increas-
ed from 70 per cent. at first to 4 ratio of $50
/ per cent for this year.
| The officers of the st. Croix and Lacrosse
/ district land officer in Wisconsin, while look
ing over the old records aud filings in the
office at st. Croix, discovered about 1000 old
land patents which have been missing for
over thirty years. In addition to many sec
tons of farm land these patents cover much
of the area of the city of Eau Claire. Their
discovery relieves a great many property hold
ers Of the fear of possible litigation.
| Mrs. Julia E. Dewey, widow, living with
her two young children in small farm house
in Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson county, New
York, was murderously assaulted by some
persons unknown during Saturday night.
Five large gashes were made in her head and
face with an axe, and she was reported dying
Sunday. She was conscious, but did not
mention the name of her assailant or wheth-
er she was able to recognize him.
| The General Land Commissioner has re-
commended suit against the Southern Pacific
! on
600 acres of land in Southern California. sit
uated in the primary limits of the grant to
said company dated March Sd, 1871, and
also in the indemnity and granted limits of
the forfeited grant to the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company. He has also recommen-
ded the revocation of the reservation of all
unpatented land in said limits
Citizens of Chicago held a large mass
meeting on Sunday afternoon to protest
against the refusal of the City Council TO
prohibit saloons within 200 feet of churches
and school houses. In view of the contemp-
tuous reception accorded by the Aldermen
and saloon keepers to the previous request,
it was decided to enlarge the issue and de-
mand the closing of saloons on Sunday as
well as their removal from the neighborhood
of churches and schools
A citizen of Chicago has carefully studied
the reports of the many missionary societies,
and from them computed what it costs in dol
lars and cents to convert individuals to Chris.
tianity. According to his figures it sometimes
costs as much as 1894 % to rescue an Illinois
sinner. To make Methodist of him costs
$25, Baptist $50, Congregationalist S45
Presbyterian $50, while it costs as high as
$500 to get him into the Episcopal Church,
and $500 into the Catholic Church. In Africa
it costs $14 to convert, in Italy $40. in Spain
s55, in the East Indies $50 A Japanese
costs $50, a chinese 500, and every Chris
tanned jew costs $500.
Rev. Dr. Samuel Ii. Giesy, Rector of the
Protestant Episcopal Church ofthe Epiphany,
in Washington, died on Sunday, aged 81
years. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio,
graduated from franklin and Marshall College
at Mercersburg, Penna., became minister
of the German Reformed Church, and con.
tinued in that ministry until 1872, when he
was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. His first charge was as assistant to
DIR. Leeds, in Grace Church, Baltimore. In
1874 he took charge of Christ Church, in
Norwich, Connecticut. He remained there
until 1885, when he was made Rector of the
Church of the Epiphany, in Washington.
A dispatch from st. Paul, Mimi, says
al 81,