The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-13
News of the Week.

News of the Week.
Postmaster General wanamaker has 81 ,OOO,00O in
surance on his life.
The possessions of Trinity Church, in New York,
foot up to sl4oOOlOOO.
Or. Joseph Prigg aged 81 died in Washington d.
c, on Monday. He was a native OF Baltimore Nd.
From January l to July 6, inclusive, 636ll,JO7
gallons of petroleum were slipped from Philadel-
phia Pa.
The smelling works of the Eureka Consolidated
Mining Company. of Eureka, Navada, were burned
on sunday. Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
It is said that the grape crop at Nauyoo Illinois.
usually very large will probably be total failure
this year on account of the black which has JUST
I set in.
1 The three year old daughter OF samuel Bower. OF
/ Lycomiug county. Pa, instantly killed ON
( Tuesday by Il little brother who was swinging a
moving scythe which struck the girl in the neck.
nearly >cyering her head.
! Kronsburg little village OF my people. two
miles east OF WATERFOWL. south Dakota. visited
by wind storm on sunday, aud every house was
mosc or less damaged. There Is an unconfrmcd
report that two children were Killed
At Johustown, Pa. the coroner's jury have found
the Of the dam responsible for the loss of life
and property resulting from the breaking Of that
structure. Criminal proceedings viii be instituted
aud long and tedious trial will follow.
ON the ith Of July. while Thos- D. Davis, young
man y searS fage. vas engaged in thrcshiug wheat
on his farm in PasquotAuk county y e, his right
leg got caush, in the machinery Aad was torn from
his body, causing death tn about an hour
M. Mailer. cashier Of the Malta National Bank
-
ool. aud probably sOe0 Ills bondsmen. +. N.
s,AnI,erry aud John Muller. his father have paid
ss1oo the amour, Of hrs bond. and the hank will
lose the balance
" Mcsiesficks stable. a portion OF the Com
mcrcial Hotel aud Anderson.s photograph gallery,
Redwood Pals Minnesota were burned on sunday.
Loss, Szfua The parsonage Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church pulled down 10 prevent the
fire from spreading
4 drc fn Bakersfield California on sunday after
no.aa destroyed thirteen h'oess af bnidngs uclud
5ur the whole business section % thc town, and
about forty ducIHEs Tbs loss IS estimated st over
s,pu}ot The Insurance sgs9oala. Bakersfield has
aP5palh;ioa o., nearly $500,
Arise shirley q shirley uhso. sgcl "a years, com.
gaIise,i suscsae ia Washington. y G. Monday morn
ing By throwing himself under a freight train. )
sjrl - whom he engaged 10 b. married a'ca
E4AAeNaN 4aaHat a fats-tl ~4AltF mu4NA kaAAN
shirley las hccn dssEondcut
\ Ere a. ". I. carter 4 cos 10. sloFs A. cole
ralne. near IIAslsloa Pa on Saturday incoming
caused loSs estimated At sronoo Two engine
houses boiler hssssc. larry raund hous. and
trtssle 1 feet long Wcrv destroyed AMI three
Il1gzfy engines ucvs rained
a cro~t % ncxsaos were piayiaz eari. near Cate
Cigy Alabama oa sunday when Henry Nichols
shas aad severely sounded Johus1a Whsse sni thea
Sol lee wss purzgea AMI whca nc BIS 81
Ioucts De oFScc4 Erc and Allied jaes Saunders amt
Robert D.sk@la. lie vas ghsu riidloi sish hlllets
Tle aoa sasrcs esaggoyss 10 paluih Nina who
slrack fru dag azo becAme rssgoas os saturday
Anernaua and attacked the p1llce with sialss and
clubs TAs psIiccuea sced kHiInx tro % the soterz
and dznssrusisiy wouaaiur seseFa, oshe~. The
mEisla wsFs gecu called 90, aud ihc aeh dissVrsssi
WAilc Ch.riss " CafrAsA e ,iraxsi.;. % Nkl.iea
Massachusetts,. and r. 9llier Frulaincai broker.
70 hs,an Wesu shos5siug Huar Nal3ea river. Mao.
T4cssssy aecrJonss bsI3 frusn CaFrzths Fae eater
sa MGlcss seek killing hla Instantly Aiihaash
Shc ttsoaE ifisnds and lived ia The sane
hsase. thrso y ,hozxht T. b. Eaysiery ab1Hs the
'hsaaing. AMI De police aFa .avsstixasiag H.
A taiess4aa hls tssa reserved ia Noasfual ssaslas
tGst large uaubeE % cAslis have died board
shr Allan line steamer Cssiha<rassn. which sAiisvi
fsu@ ihss0 s5F Liverpool ou Tuesday u lass wrrk
The steamer bad ca beard ~ head q eAgtic and -
shssF Reports fsuua Father Peias pgaoo The uunher
q deaths Occurring before that place was FyaehsA
a. oyes IN. TIE toss Is aAsoai 80 lss heai.
All uexasailasss bss,ssea ne Ca, ralasss aad op.
rr4lars aud shrr Esbia4tian fsse@1s - hrhzl indi
asa arr nos considered OF TAe opersioFs IN ihe
ip4Snsa, y The stats Hezfi II Charitlss oisF the
h.zAess pricr gaat can D. yzsl bot The mlaers g-s
cAlHcs - oaly alternative, Tbs cost q aiming
D tlss psucs-s VIII be q CENTS ton, where they
oser - rrnu aud > cen5s fos ptek miuing
Foilouins incCndlAFy lrss ia paubury, Conncct
cut oa saturday shiCh destroyed sia1le woysh o.
property the barns % Caaf.cs Chichester. rh9snas
RsgAn Aad Eo5ess AIica, aud one Rras renn6cids
safeEonsS. ucrr aEci % Saaday morning. between
I and 3 O'Clock There Is xseat excitement ia Dan
buy aud eiu1ezs' comH iliee oesr reward q
g. Gao S inlartnagsou th4i Will lcad TIE oouNse
tign ~ ,hc incsnaisrsss
The bone representing the reasAias q shat. Is s
supposed WsFr "a or Is persons who psr,hed Ia the
wrcek on The Soffoik and WOstern Railroad. near
ThAztans sg-,ioa la Virginia lasI Sesk, have BEEN
busted IN tpa coins Va the risy cemetery at RoAa
oee The ts5,ilus q & " Slced Of Cleveland, Ten.
pe.sec and ilgs!c Paste Carragfon, Of Richmond.
Virginia ucre idenuacd and seat - their friends
ior .aisEHcnL Nj. sssois body was ihe only one
not mutlAgr4 % harmed
one o. The express sates that uas In The Naff0lk
aud Wcssnrn Wrcck near Th4xgon. virginia. last
week, Was received A. The Treasury Department GA
saturday and t. colteiiis examined Ihe sxpFssS
company made application ~ Dc reimburs-i for the
hank and treasury uuteS contained in the saie.
amounting 20 several thousand dollars. bat the con-
isats almost asolateiy destroyed. there being
nothing len bute few eharred bits OF paper There
also some jewclry aud watches ir she safe aud
they were ruined
The services al the New YORK Avenue Presbyterian
Church 80 Washington. on sunday morning, were
hfoaghy 10 = CLOSE b. the sudden ssuoniug Of Rev,
iif Hueh smllh Carpenter Of brooklyn. who occu-
Iiei the pupi, ia the absence Of Rev Dr Bartlett
the pastor. The attack came without Fremont
tlon fcw minutes after the preacher had begun his
sermon Physicians who were present said the syn
cope was superinduccd by the hot weather The
congregation was dismissed. although the Doctor
strongly insisted upon resumins his discourse.
Mr.. catharine Iscntch died at shrpheEdstown, ".
Va on July , in her cath year She came OF a fam
y remarkable for It's longevity Her father lived to
b. o. years Of age and Of six brothers and sisters
only one died under = year. several Of them reach
Ing the nIneties. Ms Reulch, whose maiden name
was Shafer was a native Of Washington county, Mi.
but she had been a resident OF shepherdstown for
3 a
formed Church for ~ years. Mrs A. Z Stonebraker.
Of Baltimore was daughter OF the deceased lady.
Michael Gordon, supposed 10 have been only
slightly injured In tenement house fight In
Chicago on sunday was obliged 10 have one Of his
eyes removed by physician Tuesday. and IL was
discovered AFTER the operation that his internal in
juries would probably prove fatal. During the row
Mrs RossAek wife OF his assailant received slight
cut from a knife welded by her husband, and she
died Tuesday of lockjaw. Her husband, who re
ceived news OF her death in Jail, through visit
from their six little children, is likely to become
/ insane.
/ On Saturday night r. D. johnson. well-to-do
respectable citizen about 50 years of age living near
/ Palouse City Washington Territory killed his wife
and SON about Il years old, and fatally shot his
/ year old daughter. Johnson then committed sui
eide. He left a stating that he did not want TO
live in this sinful world, and could not leave it
without his family, so he thought he would kill
them too and said all of his family were going to
heaven He added that he first gave them stryeh-
nine but could not bear the sight of their agones
so he killed them with revolver. The bodies were
not discovered until Tuesday morning. The terri
BILE crime is supposed to be due to temporary in
sanity over religion.
On Sunday afternoon soaked letter with an IL
| ,.a-;tla a5j .vas found on shora Of Third