The Democratic advocate., 1891-07-18
News of the Week.


On July and s there was frost in Wisconsin and
vegetation was damaged
Mrs Jefferson Davis has decided to give to Rich
mond Virginia. the care of her husbands mortal
body.
James P. Abbott who died at Bradford, Pa, on
Sunday had had hslegs broken no less than twenty
seven times.
Samuel Shelley, aged 81 years, of York Springs,
Pa. committed suicide by hanging himself in his
orchard, on Saturday.
Mrs. sisly OF Lancaster Pa, on Sunday, confessed
on her deathbed that nine years ago she murdered
her sons wife during quarrel. The son was ar
rested for the crime but the ease was never brought
to trial.
A tremendous down-pour of rain at Sioux City
Iowa, on Friday of last week, lasting three hours
caused a loss estimated at S1OOOO). The damage to
pavemens alone is estimated at $4,000. Several
houses were undermined.
James Goodrich prominent farmer near Fort
Wayne, Indiana, died ofhydrophoba on Friday of
last week. He was bitten by a pet dog six weeks
ago. This is the second death from hydrophobia
near Fort Wayne within week.
Harry Curtiss IS years of age was found dead in
bed. in Findlay, Ohio, on Saturday. An autopsy
showed the heart to be paralyzed, caused by the
excessive use of cigarettes, he having been in the
habit of smoking three or four boxes daily.
collision occurred on the Midland Road at
Aspen junction, Colorado on Saturday night. An
excursion train run into by locomotive. of
p persons in the rear car only three escaped unin
jured. At last accounts seven deaths had occurred
A man in Ancoria, Texas Saturday, at
tempted to criminally assault respectable women
during her husbands absence. The man was pur-
saed and caught. He was stripped and given 100
with En XVb He will die
| the whipping.
Near Kilkenny, Minnesota, OH Monday, during
funeral procession, team drawing wagon con-
tanning six persons ran away smashing the vehicle.
Daniel McCauley, aged 20 years, and Mrs. Young
DAILY aged Co. were fatally injured. The others
were badly bruised --s-= -
While the funeral sermon over his wife was being
preached in the Methodist Church at Tower Hill,
near Shelbyville Illinois, on Sundy, Rev. w. B. f.
Corley suddenly fell from his seat and died The
services were suspended and the couple have since
| been buried together
Hailstones 10 inches in circumference were driven
| through boards and cut the hides of cows, near
Aberdeen 5. D., on Tuesday. AT Columbia, in that
state the bridge over the James river dashed to
| pieces and large trees uprooted. The houses and
barns of a number of farmers were destroyed.
The steamer Schiedam, from Rotterdam, arrived
| at New York Monday night, with her crank shalt
badly disabled. The break occurred in mid'ocean,
but repairs were made sufficient to enable the vessel
to reach New York at half speed. The accident is
nearly similar to that which befell the Servia.
An important invention in astronomy has been
made at the Georgetown College Observatory, near
Washington D. c. By an instrument called the
Photochronograph star is caused to record with
absolute accuracy the time of its transit accoSs
the meridian, thus eliminating all personal errors.
John Peterbaugh his wife and four children
were found shot dead in their house near Sill"
Nebraska, on Saturday afternoon. The children
included a two year old infant, ten year old boy
and two girls aged respectively IL and Is years. 1t
is supposed Peterbaugh killed his family and then
committed suicide.
Within the past few weeks 4 dozen buildings,
including dwellings barns mills etc, have been
destroyed by fire i'll Hereford township BerkS
| county, Pa within a radius of shree miles, entail
ing an aggregate loss of over S5OOO0. The people
are alarmed and officers have been employed 10 run
down the fire bugs.
Samuel Gillespie, colored, was arrested at Love,
| Mississippi, on Monday, for rescuing a negro
| charged with theft from policeman Instead of
taking Gillespie to the county Jail at Hornando the
Deputy Sheriff kept him in a room at Love About
| midnight masked mob took Gillespie short dis
tance ana SnOt MIN DEAD IL Is sldlS liit Hllie>pIc
was regarded as a bad negro.
Wm Brennan and his wife, Lizzie, were shot md
killed. in Jersey City, Tuesday, by policeman John
| v Ryerson. Ryerson was attempting to arresta boy
| named Coyne during disturbance, when Brennan
and his wife interfered The policeman was roughly
handled and used his pistol. Brennan was killed
outright and his wife shot through the stomach
and died in the afternoon.
| Ti,n l,oo,., aud iroaceapt roius which have
prevailing at Melbourne, Australia, for some time
| past caused Il serious overflow of the Yarra farra
| River The streets have been inundated by the
overflow, which has not been equaled since 1868
| All the railroads are blocked and many of the
! streets on the suburbs entirely submerged
Thousands of people are homeless, and the misers
resulting from the inundation is already widespread
During Forepaughs Circus performance in Lyons
Iowa. Monday afternoon, William Hanlon. one OF
| the famous Hanlon brothers, was, by the breaking
of trapeze bar, thrown 80 feet to the ground and
instantly killed. His neck was broken Hanon
was 81 years old, English, and leaves wife sick in
| Now York. HanIon once before fell GO feet in the
Academy of Music, New York, but escaped DEATH
He had performed in oil the principal cities of
| Europe.
p w. Barney, Superintendent of the Lake Cham
plain Transportation Company, lost his life near
Fourteen Mile Island, in Lake George, on Sunday
His little son fell into the lake and he plunged in to
| rescue the boy Both were drawn ashore, when 1t
was found that Mr.. Barneys forehead had been
crushed in by a projecting rock, which he must
have struck under the water, and he died shortly
afterwards. The boy uninjured. Mr.. Barney
was about 45 years of age.
The Agricultural Department will soon send
specialist West to investigate the graSshopper
| pleague. Grasshoppers are swGrming in innumer-
able numbers over a section of the eastern part OF
Colorado, and are destroying every green thing
above ground. They cover an area of about 46O
square miles with Bivina as its centre. The grass
hoppers are of the small, wingless kind. Next year
they will have developed into the winged variety,
and there will be a return of the plague Of 1874 and
1875.
| John Reynolds was arrested in a hotel in Chicago
Saturday night, while in the act of receiving
chest from the Union Depot, containing go pounds
of opium valued at $50 a pound. Reynolds claimed
| to be a carpenter. and the chest containing the
drug appeared to be chest of carpenter tools. In
the top of the chest few tools, but the release
of the false bottom disclosed the opium. The
prisoner about 30 years old, and says he has leen
in the city but two days The officers think, in as
much as the chest came from the West, that he is
acting in conjunction with regularly organized
gang on the Pacific slope
At Wnona, Minnesota, nearly two years ago, Lena
Weinberg for thirty years housekeeper of the old
| Huff House. committed suicide. After her death
about Sl2 600 in gold coin was found concealed by
false bottoms in her trunks, and the money paid
over to her heirs in Sweden. Last Saturday even
ing her executor had his attention drawn to an old
piano stool that had been used by Lena, and on
taking it TO pieces there found further sum of
So 900 in money which she had evidently slowed
away. 1t is now believed that she stole the money,
and that it belonged to Col. Cockrell, former pro-
prietor of the Huff House. law suit is expected.
An extraordinary scene occurred at the Christian
Alliance meeting at Round Lake, n. Y, July IA.
Miss F. Louise Sheppard, of No $50 West Forty
fourth street. New York, wealthy young lady, who
joined the Alliance six months ago, spoke from the
platform and announced that she had given all her
jewels to the Lord aud now proposed to give $50 to
pay the expenses of missionary to the heatbens