The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-08-04
News of the Week.

ostriches sell for $1,000 per pair in California.
There are nearly 10000 Cinnamon in the United
States
During July the Treasury department paid out
over Sl4l000,U00 for pensions.
Cyrus W. Field got his first start as clerk in n com
mission house at 81 a week.
j. A. LeFever. of Littlestown. Pa, from IS acres
threshed l 900 bushels of wheat
On Sunday $1,000 persons were carried to Roches-
ter by railroad to witness game of base ball.
A farmer near Hanover, Pa, realized 1857 from
of an acre of strawberr this
Miss Maggie Gordon, of Montgomery. Ala, became
friends in Lynchburg.
Edwin Barbour, on trial at Cnlpepper Va. for the
murder of Ellis h. Williams, in March last was
acquitted on Saturday.
During a thunder storm at Browns Valley Min
nesota. on Saturday. Mrs Estell wife OF farmer,
was killed by lightning.
Frank zupPel. Of Laurel Run. pcnna; swallowed
Monday, and died in two hours.
John F. Bartel, a we'll known German residing in
Gettysburg, Pa, committed suicide on July q, by
shooting himself with a revolver.
The thermometers in Nebraska City Nebraska on
Monday registered from 100 to los degrees. Two
sunstrokes. one fatal, were reported.
Three large barns belonging to s. B. Hoyt. nursery
man, at New Caanan, n. Y, were burned on Sun
day, with l50 tons of hay. Loss, $4,000
Charles H. Hackley, who recently gave Muskegon.
Michigan, 10000 for a public library, has given
$4,000 additional for the purchase of books.
Rudolph seyic, the gunsmith charged with com;
pcity in the dynamite plot ut Chicago was released
Tuesday evening on bail aggregating $4,000.
Waterman accidentally upset lantern in the
stable of an ice company, in New York, Tuesday
morning and 80 horses were burned to death.
Mrs Susan Wagner died in Philadelphia, Pa. on
Saturday last aged 96 years. and Mrs.. CathRrinc
Kane IN the same city, on Sunday, aged % years,
Fire destroyed over one hundred houses in suf-
folk Va, on Wednesday, sweeping nearly the whole
town out of existence and causing loss of $4,000
"A. Stout. convicted in Pittshurg of murder in
the second degree for shooting his son, Adolphus,
sentenced OH Monday to the penitentiary for II
years.
Edward Wiley. colored. in a fit of jealousy, Sun.
day cut the Threats of his wife and little boy at
Washington d, c.. and then attempted suicide. The
boy is not expected to recover.
Masked robbers entered the farm house of Conrad
Doup in Knox county, Ohio, on Sunday night. beat
the old man with club, bound him and robbed
him of $500, which he kept in trunk
While defending prisoner in the Police Court at
Toledo, Ohio, on Monday, Attorney II. T. Mcknight
was arrested on charge of forging promissory
note and mortgage for $50. He was committed in
default OF bail.
Three colored section hands on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad were buried by the caying in OF
Frederick Yates was killed and the others were
severely injured.
San Francisco despatch says a fleet of slave
ships are bringing hordes of Chinese 10 convenient
Canadian points, where they are met by contract
ors divided into gangs and struggled by guides
into the United states.
Fifty female employees of the shoe factory in Car
Isle Pa who have been on a strike for two weeks
on account of an obnoxious foreman, Ahram Reiter,
of Philadelphia, returned to work on Monday.
Keiter Yves discharged
reading Thackeray and Dickens and other light
literature, and takes champagne regularly at II
o'clock. So say those who have visited him at his
home in Lancaster county,
despatch from Nogales Arizona. on Tuesday,
saws there Is almost total abandonment of trains in
the local divisions of the Southern Pacific and So
nora Railroads. because of washouts caused by
heavy rains. There is much loss.
Sidney Dolby and George Armstrong. both colored
walters being drunk, Quarrelled in Saratoga, N l.,
on Monday night, Armstrong threw pelhE doEa-
posad Iis NECK was hEoken by the fall
The Rock NitFo-glyeerine Companys factory. near
Lima, Ohio, was tiFed on sunday and soon after
and as piece of flesh was found after the explo-
sion, 1t Is supposed one of them was killed
Reports from Western Kansas on Wednesday
state that during the last few days hot wind has
badly burned the corn crop. This is the situation
west of Ellsworth, Great Bend, Lyons and Chase.
The crop, it is feared will not meet expectation.
west bound freight train backing from siding
IN the main track at Galitzin on The Pennsylvania
Railroad on Monday collided with shifung engine
Thirty cars of merchandise were destroyed causing
a loss of about slOoOOO Tracks were lleekeq FWo
houFs:
In street row between Peter j. Mclean and John
f Evans sporting men, in Norfolk, Virginia, on
Saturday morning Mclean receiveG p11
eide rendered by Coroners jury against
Evans
Col. sydney Maxwell, superintendent of the Gin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce. says that los acres Of
ground have been secured on the OHIO river, adJa-
cent TO Cincinnati for the erection OF the largest
and most complete plant in the world for casting
iron pipe.
The first bale of new cotton from Florida was ye-
ceiyed at Mobile on Monday, was 'olaased as strict
adRs a1d s seG az W a. MoSp Since the
The first bale OF Florida cotton last year was received
on August l4th.
While a number of boys were playing Indian
fighters" at ThOmpsonville. Kentucky, on Saturday
evening Virgie Hamilton, II years got his tather
gun and, not knowing that II was loaded hred'
Killing Willie Haines and MORALLY wounding VIII
lies brother, Lee.
Nancy KEYS aged 50 years. a native of Copowini
go. Nd died on Tuesday in Columbia; Pa, from in.
sn saS al Ser q b Many k s
Friday Seventeen grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren survive her,
Dr. Winslow s. Pierce. who died IN hFooklyn' , on
late Vice President Hendricks, cousin OF PRESIDENT
Pierce and life long friend of Stephen A. Douglass,
Samuel ], Tildep aud other prominent Democrats.
he resided al different times in California, Indiana
aud New YORK CITY
Frank Chleboun, whose testimony was mainly the
cause Of securing the indictment Of his comrades IN
the Anarchist revenge" cases OF Chicago was re-
leased on Monday OH bail. Though indicted win
the Others, the charges against him will not ba
pressed in consideration of his turning saes EVIL
dence.
F. r.. Fddy's luIaheF mill. al hirohton, Ontario
Canada, was burned on Wednesday, together with
The entire seasons out, valued at SizOoo huH9 me-,
az Workmenis houses and the oilhouse. Inc total
loss will amount to $4,000. VIM. Hobbs is years
old. a Slab cutter, persisted in the flames, and VIM
Stuart, boy, is supposed 10 De fatally ourheu.
At Scandinavian gathering at Lake Vadnais
Mimi, on Sunday Ole Oleson was struck on the
back of the neck with club by enc 81 sang o.
fnkirs and killed Another e ne gang dls sem
and Stabbed Ii Is thought tally, two other Seand
nayiaus jim Donovan, q desperate character has
been arrested and deputy sherits are searching TOR
{he other murderers,
Maria and Viretta Reeves, maiden sisters, living
near ParkeTshugg. West Virginia, on Monday night
killed one burglar and mortally wounded ahotheI
0na Of the women seeing man in her ROOM selzeu
revolver and sent bullet through his brain. The
other sister. being awakened sprang upon tne otneI
burglar and shot him through the groin as ne was
about TO jump from a window.
Rauereisen. Godding and Koegel, charged with
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy conspiracy.
had another hearing at Aurora. Ill, tuesday, And
were held in bail. Bowles testiied thAt Banereisen
bought some ammonia and blue tilTiol and gave Il
10 MIN with Instructions TO go TO MENDOZA ana put
in locomotive tanks Bo w 70 tbs
he had no opportunity TO use the stun.
Near Neigh, Nebraska. young man named
Schmidt his sister and two brothers named VAN
derschuck were returning on Monday VIII sgX Ss
quarrel, which ended n lree, fight, schmidt was
fatally cut ecrss te abdomen his sister was wound.
IL,
shonlder broken and was twice stabbed in the back
while The other brother was slightly cut with a
knife and seriously cut on the head with CLUB.
Two singular accidents one narrowly missing be-
ing fatal occurred in Chicago on Monday. John
Burgess while on his way to work. was passing
along Clark street. when stone weighing % HoApqs
fell from the fffh story of building, grazed his
forehead and mashed his foot Later 10 the day q
Stone weighing 1000 pounds fll rom me third SOY
N The court house in the north end OF The rotbnda
Where ss i repairs YsSe feis ad No one was hurt
IN Faulkner county, Arkansas, ON Sunday, two
deputy sheriffs, named Witt and lloyd, attempted
10 arrest Frederick Conway, farmer. While VIII
was reading the warrant to Conway the latter drew
knife and stabbed the deputy In the len side.
Conway's wife and two sons then attacked Witt who
drew pistol and fired at Conway. The ball, how.
ever struck Deputy Sheriff Lloyd. inficting fatal
wound Witt Is also believed 10 be fatally wound
ed. The sheriff has sent whole posse to capture
Conway.
A professional typewriting match los purse OF
s50O between Frank E. McluTffh, Of Salt Lake City,
and Louis Tragh. OF Cincinnati was won in the lat
Ter city BY te first named contestant. The eondi-
atol, n