The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-03-23
News of the Week.


There were three ineendiary fires in Winchester,
Va. on Saturday. Three store houses, che dwelling
| and two stables were destroyed.
Admiral Porter has written letter in sympathy
with the project for the establishment OF conicd-
crate soldiers Home i'll AUSTIN Texas
The farm house of George a. Wells near Exeter,
Rhode Island was burned on Sunday. and the own
er persisted in the flames. Foul play is suspected.
John A. Roche was renominated for Mayor of
Chicago by the Republican Convention held on
saturday The Democratic Convention nominated
| Dewitt C. CregieT.
Ex-President Cleveland and ex-Secrctar.es Bay
ard, Fairchild and Villas left Washington Monday
afternoon in a special Pullman car for St. Angus
tine Florida, route to Cuba.
About twelve buildings IA the business portion of
Orange Court House, Virginia, were burned on
Saturday morning. Loss, $4,000 mostly covered by
insurance. Incendiarism is suspected
Governor wilson, of West Virginia, has decided TO
call an extraordinary session of the Legislature
about June LIST next to settle the Gubernatorial
middle and to act certain other legislation.
The II eollieries operated by the Lehigh and
wilkesbarre Coal company IN the Luzerne district,
which have been idle since February 18th. resumed
on Monday, giving work TO 600 men and boys
Peter Nearshalsky. the miner who was imprisoned
/ for 81 hours at Black Diamond Colliery, at Mount
Carmel. IA. and who was liberated on Saturday.
died Tuesday from nervous exhaustion and inter
nal injuries.
The W F. simmons three-story brick block in
Brandon, Vermont the finest building in the town,
containing four stores, offices. lodge rooms and
Masonic Hall, burned on Monday, causing
loss Of over S75,OOo.
4 despatch from Harrisburg, Pa. says that nearly
so eIqpoyes Ofthe defunct firm ofCooper, Reynolds
& Co. to whom pay for three days work is stili due,
will get about l. cents on the dollar from the pro-
ceeis Of the sheriff 5 sale.
The south birmingham Coal and Coke Company
has been organized in salem, Virginia, with CAPT
tai Of sl00o 500 The company owns 500 acres Of
coal land Is miles south OF Birmingham and will
erect 100 coke ovens and furnace afonec.
The Norwich National Bank of Norwich. Con-
uecicu, closed its doors to depositors the 18th
instant under the United states banking laws, aud
after the expiration Of the - days notice will make
final settlement with the Treasury Department
The hank IS e years old
The body % a young man about I'VE feet six
inches in height aud well dressed. Saturday
found hanging TO a tree in Rich Hill township
Green county. Pa The face and skull had been
crushed out Of human sembiance as though beaten
with a heavy hammer There no clue to identi-
acation.
Ex.Msyors Hewitt and Cooper. Of New York, are
visiting Chattanooga to ascertain the expedieAey Of
removing ,hithcr their works in Jersey city. ON
saturday Ar Hewitt made an address before the
Chamber Of Commerce, in which be predicted that
ChafianousA would have more than gatlliOn and
half Of population before another century shall
Isss
The Lehiga and Eastern Railroad. and It's rolling
stnCk was sod a. wHksharre. Ia, saturday 70
siias ". Sewbeuser. OF New York The amouutpaid
vas sf9opo Il is understood thar the road was
purchased for syndicate, and that the road VIII be
improved at an early date. when completed, It Is
said. ,his route viii shorten the distance between
New York AMI PiltsbuFs by 80 miles
George $ Ress. forcmAR Of the squib factory Ia
Plymouth Pa where TIE explosion occurred kill
tnr 10 girls made confession before dying that il
was he and not Kstc I0nes who caused the explo-
sion lie was smoking pipe IN the basement when
a spags Sew Ia a powder kcs. The eoroners jury
hat returned a verdict that Katie toaes Causc, the
accident BY throwing ssuib in the stove,
The Mount TORY Mining Company has been
,,rzauiasa in wifchcstsr Virginia with capital Of
sla,Sn Il " Richards. u Baltimore, was cicctes
President. The object Of the company is to mine
thc Manganese ami isoa orrs oG the Mount Torr5
furnace proper;y which lies betweea Eucna Vista
aad he Cgimosa Mines in augusta county. The
c,upany proposes b. begin operations Al once.
I
that uauheg 81 PhgiaaeiPhia capitalists pros-
Isetlug throasa that district with the yics Of buy
ing large ara u coal lansis and engaging in the
manufacture o. coke. Il l. Thought the company
vii hay iaa0 arrrx Of lard in The vicinity " Lows
vie aud Wiu ia ghs5 egens. cscet hsidsc aeryss
the Nssaoassheia tar me s'oaveaenesef shipping.
Eiwkfa swan u Iypn, Massachusetts paying
bailer ~ zoe National Cigy R&uk. Was before Cen
missioner Hslistl In Boston, on saturday. on The
charge OF t-elus tcfsaiisr The amoaaI OF So
aes lie russarsI sack yalsrl 81 S1Asa swan :
g. Year, old he hss wtse and tao children. and
has urs,i lsypnd rs iucoHs in the cndeayuF 70
SUPPORT ihens "a style, Iie spculasrA Ia -tackt Tie
"a rlacsd nndcr sstgo bail.
AesoTilux - g despatch fruEs East saginaw
NFchisaa tbs 5Snsaiios u salt uess nog ssems %
- assslrei The hisa j. 10 shut ioaR all WORKS
WHERE faeg c,rsts - much mat sheFc sonly narrow
sasris Of PssiI and the product % each district IS
10 D. regulated 10 ths ara e control this being
regulated b grighl rates. The entire salt prdne
ga torr.asy Of tbs Oaaatry Will BE- ne!uded Ia the
trust y h!sh i satd 70 have capital Of sS'aoes0
ID. Gsosss ". BrIckiey died In YORK Pa on san.
day. tn his eighty fourth year. ife WAS born in
Unioa county IN lSes tie began the study Of old
school medicine In Isss bot son abandoned II for
Homeopathy Tie the pioneer ln this practice
"a Yofk oJeasng an oise there la isi5. During this
ysilci from door door, giving AID and rendering
assistance. Two generations q descendants foiioW
Ia his footsteps in the medical profession
A serious savein % the surface ground has orcur-
Cd az scranton IA. Eight ehsmhers IN the ltioot
vein ana those directly above in the rock vein Of
The Central Collisry Company have Cayed in
These ehamtcrs arr aalasi directly aer thc eeaire
IL The Hyde PARK sCct.1a. The north wall OF the
washSarn street Presbyterian ChaSea aS!ldiEg Is
tarch oct u plRmb Thp residence pi Rev, D. J.
stsarus tha Pastor Of the church. aud that Of Nine
superintendent hughes arr thrown out Of shape BY
he crush also the dwellings Of Helen fnlyer
aud wssley LRnaing.
In spocch before the PoWhRlan Democratic
Cinb ia Richmond. Virginia on tse l5,h instant
IIrnry w. Fiousnoy. secretary Of the Common
wealth said respecting the negro problem, that he
believed that the solution Of this great question
would he the GEal acknowledgements Of the col
asad man. THIS he believed, would b brought
abou, by Northern men settling in the south. aud
realzing the true condition Of affairs and CREATING
a sentiment In It's favor al the North. Touching
the issue In the coming campaigu in Virginia the
speaker declared the race question should over
shadow every other
The general iron aud Steel industries, according
20 manufacturers Ia Ptssburg Pa, in very IN
set gi aud unsatisfactory condition but il il NOS
likely thai AMI Of .he works will close before The
regular summer shutdown. over plOuuctioh =
given as the cause There great deal OF trouble
about wages. some manufacturers are operating
their mills under the Amglgamaie scale and others
under the scale adopted by National Trades Assem-
bly, al7. Knights OF Labor There is no uniformity
in the price paid puddiers. The annual scale Of
the Amaigamated Association will be drawn up IN
few weeks No reduction VIII be made,
W II. MarFel. OF New York, arrived at Lansing,
Michigan on Tuesday. 20 eudeayor to induce the
Legislature u grant charter fur proposed ship
canal across the Upper Peninsula connecting Lakes
Michigan aud superior, The route selected Is Sd
railes long aud begins al hay au Train about u
miles east Of Marqu tie It's southern terminus VIII
he Little Bay de Noe, near Gladstone. Two locks
will be necessary. 1t win save 70 ship commerce
a distance Of q; mies between Chicago and
Duluth Mr. MorTell says that he has an abundance
of New York and Chicago capital interested, and
that the company viii be organized within CD days
AFTER d charter Is granted
In the Criminal Court in New Orleans on the 10Th
instant the fact was brought to light that the jury
in the case of George Dunn. who tried for kill
ing James Weir when locked up fpr the night after
the case had been given Into laeir hands. played
poker inr four hours. In deciding an application
for new trial Judge Baker said Twelve men
,,,,,iad with mart bottle of whisky. deck of