The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-02
News of the Week.

capital OF $1,000
The National Publishing Company Of Philadel-
phla Pa, was burned out on Saturday. Loss S2DO.-
90
The compress and 40 bales of cotton at Honey
Grove. Texas were destroyed by fire Monday even
ing. Loss $4,000; covered by insurance
The real estate sales in Roanoke last week aggre-
gated over 10000. The sales included 80 lots
seren houses and lots, one square and three acres
Rev T. Dewitt Talmage's new Tabernacle. in
Brooklyn, New York, was dedicated on sunday. It
will seat go persons The total cost Of the church
will be $4,000.
The Chinese Government has notified the Govern
rnent Of the United states through the Department
ofSta'e Of it. unwiIlingness TO receive Hon Henry
" Blair minister to China.
Moccasin snakes are said to be 50 numerous at
nights in the streets Of Columbus Ga. that there is
little for the police since thieves and royserers
are afraid to venture abroad AFTER dark.
Baron Hirsch, of London. England, has headed
list with sI50O0J for the relief Of the Jews driven
from Russia and Poland. An effort is to be made to
colombo them in Brazil or Australia.
Il Is said that the accounts Of Marshall c. Perci-
val. ex-cashier Of the shoe and Leather National
Bank Of Auburn, Maine. who ATTEMPTED suicide
over week ago, arc thousands Of dollars short.
some unknown person broke into the stable of
Jacob Ke1nerer near MurraysyiIle. Pa, sunday
night aud poisoned four imported stations, valued
at $1,000 and then cut up his carriage and harness
New Jersey had the largest forest fire that ever oc-
Cured in that state. The fire was started by
sparks from a railroad engine on Tuesday, near
Melville, and spread over six miles square Of
forest timber.
\ teacher in a public school in ChiIlieothe, IL
liuOis, on Tuesday. tied the hands Of two small
children a stoveppe and then lighted lot of
paper in the stove. The chiIdren's hands were
badly burned.
Al Burlington, y. e., sunday morning. while Rev.
K. \. Kicks minister Of the Christian Church, was
preaching a sermon to his congregation at that
place. he suddenly fell dead in his pulpit with a
stroke ofapoplexy.
Elias :. Terry, formerly we'll known i'll the West
as lawyer, public speaker and politician, died at
his residence, in Washington on Saturday, aged 81
years At the time of bis death he was an employe
Of the War Department.
George +. Sherwood died in York, Pa. On Tuesday
aged Is years lie a native of Virginia. but had
resided in York since 1855. For number of years
he was editor OF the York Gazette and filed num-
Der Of offices. He leaves wife and three children.
Disastrous ram storms and foods occurred in Peru
from March 10 to the I'D. Villages and farms were
inundated churches and other buildings Frustrated.
railroad tracks washed away and a cemetery ruined
and the bodies Hoated of. The loss is Is tmateI at
s2G0o0o
The Farmers' Mutual Benefit Associations of IL
lnois have passed a resolution declaring: That we
combine and demand no less than si.2j bushel for
our wheat crop OF 1891. They are also calling on
associations throughout the country to pass similar
resolutions.
President Hill, of the Ninth National Bank Of
New York city, who died short time ago, was
defaulter to the amount Of 5000 The bank it is
unders TODD win not be embarrassed by the defalca
ton. The loss was not discovered until Tuesday
| afternoon last
In December last, Charles :. Holmes OF the firm of
Larabee Il Co., tea dealers, in New York, died on
Wednesday it discovered that he was de
iaulter Tor s2I6,01l. In 1879 Holmes was employed
by the firm at S per week, and in 1850 was taken
| into the firm as partner.
+. B. soper, a butcher, of Archie, No.. on satur
day. killed his wife and two children with an axe
and len the town. lie left letter saying it best
for me thus to act rather than desert them. have
slain them. What could they have done for liv-
| ing They would have lived miserably.
Charles W. Hardy, two children and aunt were
taken violently i'll at the breakfast table their
home, in Winchester, Virginia. on Saturday. 1t is
supposed there was arsenic in ground coffee. The
| can containing the coffee had not been used for
| some time 1t is thought they will recover.
The sudden death of two boys at Prairie du Chem.
Wisconsin, occurring simultaneously after excessive
smoking led to post mortem examination. The
| result indicated death by phosphoric comb ned
with nicotine, and the arscnical solution used in
preparing paper wrappers for the ordinary cigarette
| At Lgonier, Indiana, on Friday evening Of last
week, Rev. James Atchison, aged 70 years. was mar
ricd 10 Mrs. Mary Ann White, aged IL Thirty
seven years ago Mr.. Atchison baptized Mrs White
and some years later her husband. He also oficia-
ted at their wedding and Mr.. Whites funeral few
years ago.
| The Benevolent Endowment Association and the
| Beneficial Order of Earnest Workers in Philadel-
| phin, Pa, made assignments on Saturday for the
benefit of creditors. The former is announced to
have $4,000 in the treasury and the latter about
$4,000, both having less than enough to meet cert-
ficates due or soon becoming due.
Mrs. Bette Eaton, sister of President Harrison
was dangerously if not fatally injured, by being
thrown from carriage in which she and her niece,
Miss Moore, were returning from church Sunday
evening, at Cleves, Ohio. Both women were
thrown from the carriage, and Mrs. Eaton struck
| headforemoSt on the ground. She will recover.
Daniel Beckley died in sunbury Pa, on Tues
day morning, aged ninety years. lie was appointed
postmaster at Williamsburg. Pa. by President Jack
son in 1929, where he served twenty-five years. He
| was prothonotary northumberland county from
1897 to 1863 and sheriff from 1866 to 1863 In 1872 he
was appointed court crer and held that position
when he died. He was a Democrat and held off ce
for fifty years.
John Abbott, colored, was taken from jail by one
hundred citizens at Haughvle a suburb of Indian
| apolis, Indiana, on Monday night a rope was
placed around his neck, but it decided to lash
him instead of hanging him. After % lashes had
been laid he confessed that his brother Isaac had
planned the robbery of John Devine, old colored
man, who had been robbed and beaten. The broth
crs had been arrested for the crime.
David Wise, while out driving with a young lady,
near Buena Vista, Virginia, Sunday, drew Il
pistol and began firing at some trees. After ex-
hausting all but cartridge he playfully turned
and pointed the pistol at the young ladys head.
She protested when, in a spirit of bravado he
turned it on himself and exclaimed, What would
people say should it go OFF, Hardly had he
| finished the sentence when the pistol exploded.
The ball pierced his brain and death was instanta-
neous.
Last year fire insurance companies paid 100000
900 for losses in the United States the majority of
the fires being caused by carelessness. This is a
pretty big bill to pay annually for eag-lessnes and
it is paid not by the underwriters or insurance
companies but by their clients or property owners.
The conspicuous causes of fires that may be ascrbed
in part to carelessness arise from the of petrole-
UNI and candles. from defective fues, from matches
and gas jets from stoves and heaters from rubbish
| from hot ashes and from smoking.
John H. Reagan has sent to the Governor of Texas
his resignation Of the U. s. senatorship from that
State, to take effect on the 10th of June, next He
has also notified the President of the Senate of the
fact. Governor Hogg on receiving the Senator's
resignation announced that he would appoint him
| Chairman of the State Railway Commission. The
| Governor also announced that he would appoint
Horace C. Chiffon, of Tyler. Senator to succeed Rea-
gan. MIR. Chiffon is a lawyer only 81 years of age,
and regarded as the most eloquent orator in the
State.
| The magazine of the Italian army at Pozzo Pam
taleo, three miles from Rome containing 80 tons
OF powder exploded on Thursday morning of last
] week A number of Dersous were Killed and ovar