The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-09
News of the Week.
TANPAYET;

Barry sullivan. lne CtItDTdtSu 'laSeuieLi
died in London, England, on May ,.
Ashevlle, N c., on Monday voted 1928, 900
for improvements and public schools. There
were l ,222 for and 4l2 against,
Alois Schaufer, former proprietor of
Sehauher's hotel and gardens and wealthy
property owner in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
died on Monday.
About Al 900 more immigrants have arriv-
ed at the port of New York so far this year
than had arrived there during the correspond p
ing period of 1890.
p. S. Bowman, prominent and we'll known
citizen Of Hanover, Pa, has left for parts
unknown. 1t is said that Mrs. George Ware
helm accompanied him.
The grippe epidemic in Norwalk, Connec-
ticut, has been succeeded by one OF measles.
1t is estimated that there are now one thous-
and cases in the town. No deaths from the
disease are reported.
A tornado struck the town Of Paducah,
Kentucky, on Saturday evening, and e1tfer
DESTROYED or badly damaged about one hum
dred buildings. Several persons were hurt,
but no one was killed.
b. W. Cowan and C. 7. Mcl.ane, prominent
farmers of Blandvile, W. Va, got into fight
while returning from church on Sunday.
McLane, getting the worst of it, seized fence
rail and fractured Cowan's skull so badly that
he is not expected to recover.
John Seachrist, of near Big Mount, York
county, Pa, on Thursday of last week was
thrown from a mule, his legs caught in the
traces and the mules ran off. Mr.. Seachrlst' 5
neck was broken and his body terribly bruised
and mangled.
Aaron Zeiger's barn, near Goldsboro,
York county, Pa, was burned Sunday night.
A sheep and goat, besides wagons, nipple
ments, grain, harness, etc., were destroyed.
Mr.. Zeigler and some young men were scorch'
ed in saving the horses and cattle. / he loss
is about 81 500
While Sheriff McClusky, of Hill county.
Texas was taking c. c. Lewis, horse thief,
to Hiilsboro', on horseback, last week, the
latter struck the sheriff in the face with his
| fist knocking him of his horse He then
severely beat the officer and handcutied MIN
to fence, and, mounting his horse, rode
away.
| Dispatches from many Northern Minnesota
points say that heavy frost prevailed Satur-
day and Sunday night in eight or ten conu;
ties. In kittson county ice was formed, and
| in Polk, Hubbard and Marshall young wheat
and oats were cut down. At Park River
| strawberries and other small fruits were so
/ lar huNducGu III llI uhh tlidt AHIg aiN
| Young leaves on the trees we're so badly
| frozen that they turned black. The fruit
crop in Iowa was damaged by frost.
Charles Pratt, vice president of the Stand
| ard Oil Company, died suddenly in his office,
New York, Monday night. Mr. Pratt's last
business act was to sign check for $4,000
for the Broadway Bureau Of charities. Mr.;
Pratt has given large sums for educational
purposes, including 800, 900 to Pratt's lnsh-
tute: 100000 to an Annex to Ade!phia
Academy, in Brooklyn; S150,000 to En-
manuel Baptist Church. His wealth is esti
mated at more than Sl5,000,000.
DIR. Edward Maynard, dental surgeon and
inventor, died in Washington, d. c., Monday
evening. His inventions in instruments and
modes OF using them in his profession have
been numerous, and many of them have be-
come well known and generally adopted,
He was at one time employed in the imperial
family at St. Petersburg, as Court Dentist.
| DR.. Maynard patented the breech- loading
| Maynard rifle, and also a method of convert
| ing muzale-loadiug arms into breech- loaders.
At railroad camp on the Chattanooga
Southern Road, 20 miles below Chattanooga,
| Tennessee, four negro laborers we're burned
| to death on Sunday night They had been
| drinking and gambling IN box car until
The negroes were asleep in drunken stupor
and the car was completely destroyed before
the camp realized the disaster. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but charges are made
that the car was fired by companions of the
burned men for the purpose OF robbery, as
! one of the occupants had been winning in a
big game Of crap.
| After two weeks Of unparalleled suffering,
Rev. DR.. George W. Boutwell,, OF the Con
gregational Church of the Covenant, on
Classon avenue, Brooklyn, died at the Brook
Ign Hospital on Sunday night. The accident
which caused his death was the inhaling of a
cork into bronchial tube. Several surgical
operations failed to relieve the sufferer. On
Saturday, April is, DR.. Boutwell, was ad-
ministering medicine to one of his children.
He had removed the cork from bottle and
was holding it in his teeth, when another
child playing about the floor made the father
laugh. In laughing he drew the cork down
into his throat, and it got into his lungs.
Gideon W. Marsh, late president, aud Chas
Lawrence, ex- cashier of the suspended Key.
stone National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa, were
arrested on Monday and held in $4,000 each
for further hearing. Bank Examiner Drew,
at whose instance the arrests were made,
charges that Marsh made false reports of the
condition of the bank to the Comptroller of
the Currency with intent to deceive, and con
spired with Lawrence to make false entriesi in,
the bank books. Lawrence is charged with
making false entries in the books and con-
spring with Marsh to make the same and
deceive the deponent as to the banks condi-
ton. In his testimony the bank examiner
said the estate of John C. Lucas, deceased,
the former president of the bank, was credited
with an Indebtedness of $3.50, 900, winch was
not the full Indebtedness, the entire sum being
about $a00,GO0, Of which about S7oO,O0 has
been returned.