The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-12-05
News of the Week.


The first English Lutheran Church in New
England was organized in Boston last week.
There we're two ties in York county, Neb.,
as the result of the late election, and lots
were drawn to decide the result.
A trip up Pixies Peak by the new railway
is said to be too much for one out Of every
200 people, on account of the rarehed arr
Josiah Carpenter, who died in Preston
county, West Virginia, on Sunday, claimed
to be l49 years old. He left a daughter who
is over 90 years old.
Fire at the works of the Keystone Farm
Machine Company, York, Pa, Friday night
Of last week caused loss of $1,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Mrs. Mary Crittenden died at her home at
Pen Yam, n. Y, last week at the age of lO2
years. Her grandmother, n Massachusetts
woman, lived to be los years old.
Aunt Phila Weston, the last survivor OF
the negroes who were born slaves in Washing
ton county, N. Y, died in the almshouse of
that county few days ago, at the age OF lo2
years.
The celebration of the golden jubilee of
Peter Richard Kenrick, Bishop of the Arch
diocese of St. Louis, Mo-, for the past fifty
years, was begun at st. Louis Sunday with
Thanksgiving services in all the Catholic
Churches.
Fortune Stoe, Richmond, Va dray driver,
has lust retired from the active pursuit OF his
vocation, at the remarkable age OF l 10. he
went to Richmond about 80 years ago, when
he was a youth Of 20.
Two children named Monk, aged four and
three years respectively, of Metamora,
| Illinois, were left alone in the house by their
parents on Saturday. They played with fire,
| ignited their clothes and they were burned to
death.
A special train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road on Saturday covered the distance be-
tween New York aud Washington, 22S miles,
in hours and II minutes. This is said
| to be the fastest time ever made between the
two cities.
AT special meeting of the City Council OF
| Omaha, on Saturday night, three OF t he mem
bers got into quarrel and pounded each
other until the spectators had TO separate
them. Blood was drawn from two OF the
combaiants.
Rev. L. Herbert, who died recently, has
been preacher of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Ohio for 60 years During that
period he kept, it is said, a correct list o
those who were converted by his ministratlons
and the number, it is related, exceeds 5000.
When stage was held up recently by rob
bers in California, among others, the driver
was relieved of his money, which amounted
to $3.50. On the driver explaining, how
ever that the amount was every cent he had
the robbers generously returned him dollar
A large hawk, a few days ago, in Creagers
town, Va, flew through large window witt
a chicken in its talons, breaking a heav.
pane of glass in its passage, and fell on thu
floor of a room, where it was captured ate
a severe struggle. The chicken was scarcely
injured.
A wholesale delivery from the Pittsburg
pa Penitentiary was foiled on Saturday
night by the discovery of tunnel that TIL
convcts had dug from the interior, leading
to the sidewalk outside. The work was com
pleted, only stone i'll the sidewalk remain
ing in its place.
Eighty thousand bushels of wheat are stor
ed in the elevators and vacant buildings a
GAYLORD, kas. 1t has been impossible Il
secure cars to haul it away, and buyers hav
been compelled to refuse grain because the
had no room to store it. The same condition
of affairs exists in several other Wester
Kansas towns.
Owing to ''squeeze" corn sold in NeN
York on Monday from so cents to Sl.lO pc
bushel. If reports from Germany and Rus
| Sll De TRUE corn Will SGll Hitilil bHt ht'N
three months at from so to % cents per bush
ell. 1t is said that Germany will requir
40, 900, 900 bushels extra owing to the tailnr
of the flax seed crop.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, ha
announced that the convicts shall be returne
to the mines if it takes every able bodice
man in the State to do it. 1t is understoOt
that the quarters at Briceville, Coal Cree
and Oliver Springs will be ready in abou
two weeks. About 800 out of 452 release
convicts have been recaptured.
Some men stopped train near st. LOU
on Monday night, entered the express ca
and blew open the safe with dynamite. Tn
safe contained SIS, 900 which the robber
took Not more than twenty minutes wa
consumed in the robbery and the thieves ha
departed before the train men or passenger
realized what mad taken place.
The total failure of the corn and bean Gro
in Durango, Mexico, owing to the drought
is causing intense suffering among the poor
The price of corn has risen to an enormOu
figure. Whole families, covered with few
rags and half dead with hunger, are draggin
themselves into the mountains to feed on tn
tunis, the fruit of the cactus. The rich ar
apparently quite Indifferent to the fate of tn
starving people.
AS IIeN. III. JOUn lllils IdSbOT vi liit Ellll
Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York
was passing from the church to the parsonage
adjoining at the close of the morning servic
Sunday, John G. Rath, German, steppe
from behind wagon on the opposite side O
the avenue and fired three shots at him i
quick succession, none of which, however
struck DIR. Hall. Rath, who was at once ar
rested, was found to be of unsound mind.
A man in Vienna, seventy years old afilict
ed with religious mania and believing him
self called upon to make n sacrifice, procure,
seven nails, each three inches long and ham
mered them into his skull. When taken t,
a hospital blood was pouring from his head
While the doctors do not entertain any hope
of his recovery, they are deeply interested i
the case us showing how the brain may b
terribly injured and yet not cause suddeI
death.
Snow fell at Norfolk, Va, on Sunday t
the depth of eight inches, also at Stauntoi
and Harrisonburg, in the same state, and tn
cold was intense. From five to seven inche
of snow fell at Rocky Mount, Battleboro an
Weldon, in North Carolina Four inches {
snow fell at Marshalltown, Iowa, and til
temperature there fell to II degrees belo'
zero on Saturday morning, the lowest know
at this season for many years. About 81
inches of snow fell on Friday night an
Saturday morning at Rochester, Lockpor
and other points in New York.