The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-08-15

Two large electric balls exploded. throwing num-
Der of people to the ground and severely shocking
others.
The extreme drought along the Rio Grande is re-
ported to be causing great suffering among the Mex
lean population. Scarcely any crops have been
raised for the past is months and stock has died by
thousands.
tornado passed over the southeastern portion of
Logan county, illinois, on Monday. and seriously
damaged farm buildings and crops in its path. At
Latham an elevator in course of construction was
demolished.
A storm in the vicinity of Indianapolis Indiana,
on Monday night, did severe damage to property.
church seven miles from the city was split
through the middle as if by knife, and torn from
its foundations.
Toronto, Canada, was visited by a terrific thunder
storm on Sunday night Rain fell in torrents, tele
graph and telephone poles were blown down, build
ngs uuroofed, and over 400 shade and ornamental
trees were destroyed.
Charles vanwike, aged II years, fell over the high
bank of the Niagara river near the mills, on Tues
day, and was dashed to death the rocks $50 feet
below The boy was playing about the bank and
missed his footing.
Forest fires are raging at Cheboygan, Mich. Little
rain has fallen since April and the ground is dry in
places to a depth of four feet, with the result that
crops are an entire failure There was a slight
shower on Saturday.
storm of great violence passed over Eastern
Lancaster county Pa. on Tuesday afternoon, at
tended by hail and heavy rain. At Gap the fast
line on the Pennsylvania Railroad is said to have
gone through two feet of water.
George Jones, who with the late Henry J. Ray
mond founded the New York Times, died at Poland
Springs, Maine, on Wednesday, aged nearly eighty
years 1t is said he was offered 100000 in cash by
the Tweed ring not to expose their rascalIy.
Mrs Charles p wolfnger, of Norristown, Pa. had
a terrible encounter with a man whom she found
in her room under the bed on Monday night. Her
screams brought neighbors to her assistance, but
her assailant jumped from window and escaped
The Windsor Hotel, at Bessemer, Alabama was
burned early Tuesday morning. Incendaries start
ed the fire in the kitchen. The hotel was fun of
guests, who narrowly escaped. The loss on the
building and furniture is S200OO with small insur
ance.
A hurricane demolished a Chippewa Indian viii
lage at Sawyer, Mimi, ON Wednesday. twas ae-
companied by great hail Storm which destroyed
all the gardens and grain fields between Sawyer and
Big Lake. Many Indians were injured, but none
killed.
The trustees of the Baron Maurice de Hirsch
of 5000 acres of land at Woodbne Station, on the
West Jersey Railroad p miles from Cape May, N.
j. II is intended to settle farmers and establish in
dustrics thereon.
On Wednesday Ia woman named Schneider, who
was prisoner in the Vienna Jail awaiting trial with
her husband on a charge of numbering and robbing
servant girls threw herself from the win dow of her
cell which was the third floor of the prison, 10
the ground below and received fatal injuries.
A despatch from Colima Mexico, says that at
o'clock Tuesday morning the volcano of Colima be-
gan to show signs of eruption, and after time the
whole city became covered with ashes. This is the
most extensive eruption ever known in Colima. and
there fears that great many lives will be lost.
4 storm at washbum, Wis, on Saturday after
noon wrecked a circus tent During the panic
which followed two boys were crushed to DEATH
and a number of others were badly hurt. The
postofIce building collapsed and two women
injured. A number of other buildings were dam
aged.
Jennie Anderson, OF Galveston, Texas, early on
Monday morning discovered a negro in her room.
She seized a revolver and. in her excitement shot
herself through the heshy part of her thigh. The
negro then fled, but the woman, in spite of her
wound, followed and killed hin. He proved to be
Il worthless fellow named VIM. Mosely.
Mrs Herman Boelter % years old, was found
burned to death at her home at Griswold, La Moure
county North Dakota on Sunday, and her father
in-law, Wilhelm Boelter, is missing. From the fact
that the house was fired, and that the barn was
burned separately, it is thought the old man muir
dered the woman and took his own life
The coal in the bunkersor the steamer Cachem ire,
which arrived at New York on Friday of last week
from Marseilles, France, took fire when the vessel
was but day out, and for ten days the crew was
engaged in a desperate struggle to save the ship in
which they succeeded. The 100 Storage passengers
did not learn of their peril until they reached port
\ despatch from West Superior. Wis, says that the
Great Northern Railway officers estimate that the
volume of grain to be handled will be in of
20OO0OOO bushels year or a total Of 20
They expect to handle 100000 bushels more than
they got last year. aud the Northern Pacife Com
pany expects to get even larger percentage of
increase.
Mrs. Lizzie F. Dodge, secretary Of the Essex Coun
ty Helping Hand Society. an organization in Lynn,
Mass. to aid fallen women, on Saturday publicly
beat DR.. S. R. Andrews, well known medical prae-
titoner of that city Stories derogatory Mrs Dodge
had been in circulation for some time, and she
traced them to DR.. Andrews. Both are members of
the Baptist Church.
Nine Italian laborers were injured two fatally in
a railway collision on Monday the Shore Line
Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad near Branford, A freight train into
the caboose. in which 80 riding. The
Italians who escaped. together with 800 who gath
cred from the vicinity, attacked the engineer and
fireman, who escaped with difficulty.
A torrid wave prevailed in this country last and
this week. In North Dakota, on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, the mercury ranged from ITO TO 1l5o
in the shade and the spring wheat was scalded and
of August known in twenty years east of the Mssis
sipp the mercury ranging from SO to $50. Corn is
dying for want of rain in parts Of the West.
Two boys. students in a Vienna college. who were
spending their vacation at Isehi, fashionable
watering place in Upper Austria, attempted to make
the ascent of a mountain near that city on Sunday
dense fog set in and the boys los the beaten track
One wandered around until he fell over precipice
and was Instantly killed, The other walked on the
mountain side for two days, when he was found
almost starved to death, by -escuing party.
The magnificent new brick building of Trinity
College. at Durham N. c. which has just about been
completed at cost of nearly 100000 the gin of Mr.
Washington Duke aud Col. Julien S. Carr, OF Dur
ham, has been damaged to the extent of $4,000 by
defects in building. On Saturday night the whole
central tower FELL and carried large portion OF The
roof and massive front Of the building with H. The
college was 70 have been opened in the new build
ing octoberl.
desperate entered the bank in Columbus Grove.
Ohio, on Saturday morning, with a revolver in each
hand. and began shooting. VIM. Vanderark was
shot end killed, and the cashier, T. J. Maple was
shot in the arm and right side, but fatally The
robber then grabbed 81 500 in cash. and "a he es-
capped, shouted, pm second Jesse James, Al
number OF men made Unsuccessful search for
him on Saturday and Saturday night, but despatch
from wapakoneta says he was oyerlaken in the