The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
News of the Week.

and Missouri.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has his life in
sured for 81, $4,000.
At sanlander, Spain. on Tuesday, fire destroyed p
houses and hospital.
St. Louis Missouri, had a fire alarm for each hour
the day on Sunday last.
There was heavy snow storm at Deadwood,
South Dakota. on saturday night.
Typhoid fever and diphtheria prevail in many
places in New York and Pennsylvania
A tenement house burned in New York on Mon
day and three persons were burned to death.
John 3. IL. Rhine died in Rockingham county,
Va last week aged 9s years, II months and % days
Douglas, Moultrie, Coles and Edgar counties H.,
raised 1900 tons OF broom this year and it sold
for 81 100000.
six year old son of Robert Kirk, of Vincennes
Indiana was almost devoured by hogs on Monday
and died ofhis injuries.
Sanford Dowd, an old soldier of Iowa, died at
Eldon on sunday aged 81 years. He was married
three times and had 81 children.
The Roanoke (va) machine shops have resumed
| work on full time and large number of additional
hands were put to work this week.
A cigar trust is to be formed in New York. twill
directly control 10000 workmen and the output of
between 4,OOOOOOOOO and 5,OOOOOOOoO cigars in this
country.
At Red Lodge Montana, snow began falling on
| the night of September SO and continued for IS
hours. 1t was three feet deep on the level and
drifted very much.
| Mrs Frank Leslie was married in New York city,
on Sunday TO William C. Kingsbury Wilde, OF
London eldest son of the late Sir William Wilde NJ.
| D., of Dublin, Ireland.
Daniel Chilcoat, aged II years, of orbisona, Pa.
fell from a tree while nutting Tuesday, and was
instantly killed. on hearing of the accident, the
| lads mother became raving maniac.
Charles Stewart Parnell died suddenly at his home
at Brighton, England. Tuesday night, and Sir
| John Pope IIennessy, member of Parliament for
North Kilkenny, died on Wednesday at Queenstown
Early Sunday morning the postofice at Berkeley
Va was robbed of everything of value that it con-
tanned Eight hundred dollars in stamps and
change was secured, besides number of registered
letters.
An iron last made by firm in Martins Ferry, o.,
for colored preacher at Charlotte. n. G., is 2O4
inches long and ~ inches wide. The owner of this
monstrous foot is G feet 10 inches high and weighs
| 40 pounds.
During cutting aifray at NApau, Indiana, sun
day. between william Heckleman and Joseph
Seutup the former was killed, being stabbed q
| times. 1t is thought that Heckeman will be lynch
| ed If he is captured.
| The works of the Van Camp Packing Company in
indianapolis were burned Sunday morning. Loss,
| $4,000; insurance, $4,000. Four fremen were
hurt by falling wall and one, Martin Haley, was
overcome by the heat.
Terrible forest and prairie fires prevailed i'll the
west during the last week. Stretches of forest 40
square miles in length have been burned over. The
prairie fires were started by bone pickers and burned
district 800 by 400 miles.
Rev. Philip II. Garrett well known United
Brethren minister, was convicted at Reading, Pa,
\ on the charge of fraudulcntly obtaining $3.50 ON
life insurance policy and sentenced to years
imprisonment lie wept as he was led to jail
During thunder storm at Elizabeth. Arkansas
OH September 80 a terrible roaring was heard, ac-
companied by heavy peals OF thunder, and in an
instant the whole face of the earth covered to
depth of several inches by water, causing heavy
! damage.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland became the mother of
strong healthy girl baby shortly after midnight
Saturday morning Mother and child are doing
well. Congntulatory kilograms and letters were
sent the exPrcsident and wife from all parts of the
| country.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were celebrated
| throughout the United states German Day
| concentrating the landing of the first German i'm
migrants on American soil, from the sailing vessel
Concord at Philadelphia from Amsterdam, on oeto-
Der 6. 1855
The Upper Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, at Davenport, Iowa, has dropped the Rev.
W. F. Bacon of Sabula, from the Conference at his
request he preierrng to retire rather than re-
linquish his present profitable occupation of train
ing speed horses.
Mrs. Sarah A. Johnson colored, died in New York
City on September o. aged lO3 years, months and
10 days. She retained all her faculties up to the
time of her death Mrs. Margaret Armstead, of
Lafayette Indiana, died ON Monday, aged 1O2 She
leaves 10 children.
bell from the ancient church at Ia Vega, san
Domingo which is believed to have been brought
over by Columbus, and to have first done duty at
the little church at Isabella, has been loaned to the
Government for exhibition at the Worlds Fair. 1t
is now in Washington.
Forest fires are burning in the timber land in
northern Somerset county, Maine Quite extensive
fires are also prevailing at ATTAIN Falls, Horeb
Mountains at the mouth of Parlin stream, and to
the east of Parlin pond Much damage will result
ifrain does not fall soon.
Heavy rains in Western Kansas have caused all of
the rivers in Oklahoma to rise suddenly and much
damage has resulted. Many of the boomers camped
along streams have lost their horses wagons and
cattle over a mile of the Santa Fe Railroad track
is washed out near Wayne.
The Ulster County Savings Institution, in Kings
ton New York, closed its doors on Saturday, and
was placed in charge of Bank Superintendent
Preston. Experts have found that 100000 has been
stolen by Treasurer Ostrander and Assistant Treas
urer Matthew T. Trumbhour,
w IL.
on October 5, in his G9th year. He assembled the
throne on June % 1861 after the death of his father
He was great friend of America William II,
nephew of the dead King has been declared King,
and has entered upon the discharge of his duties,
Hon. Harvey watterson, the venerable father of
Mr.. Henry Waterson editor of the Courier-Journal,
died on October l, in Louisville, Ky. He was the
sole survivor of the Twenty Congress- and
during the years of his active life distinguish
ed figure in national politics. General jackson was
his godfather.
The judge who has been inquiring into the cause
of the recent Burgos Railroad collision in Spain has
issued an order compelling the Northern Railroad
Company to deposit the of 100000 as security
for damage claimed by those who suffered injury
and by the relatives Of those who lost their lives
through that accident
A despatch from Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday
night, says that eighteen steamboats, loaded with
freight and carrying passengers are aground be-
tween that city aud Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
and that crossing the Ohio river at dozens
ofpoints. AT Point Pleasant there is but one foot
and eight inches Of water,
Isaac Brandenstcn died in New York City, on
Wednesday Of last week. Mr.. Brandenstein came
to this country from HesSe Casse Germany GO years
ago, and accumulated fortune in the dry goods
business. It is said that he never used a cafe or
required any assistance going up down stairs, and
that until striker with sickness two weeks ago, he
was hale aud hearty despite his years.
MIS-. Mary J. Prentss, widow of the great Mssis.
Sippi orator aud statesman Sarseant s. Prentiss,
died in New Orleans october lst aged g. years. Mrs
Prentiss was born near Natchez, Miss, in 1921 and
was educated in Philadelphia. She was the
daughter OF James Cadwallader. Mr.. Prentiss died
on July /, 1850, at Longwood, Natehez. Mrs.
Prentiss leaves son, s. S. Prentiss, attorney at
New Orleans and two unmarried daughters.