The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-21

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Mrs. Moore, of Greenville Ohio, the largest wo-
man in the country was buried last week. Her eof-
fin measured feet Il inches in length and feet in
width.
A. Minor GrswoId. widely known as The Fat
Contributor" editor of Texas Siltings died suddenly
ofapoplexy at sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, on Sat
urday.
James II. Bonhart, wife and two children, living
in Chicago. are dangerously i'll from poisoning. The
doctors are unable to determine what caused the
poisoning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawlon a. Sherman, aged % and 81,
celebrated the 10Th anniversary of their marriage at
Providence, II. l., on Tuesday. They have daught-
er aged a.
Representative Springer Of Illinois, is seriously Ill
at his residence in Washington. He is suffering |
from attack ornervous prustration, supplemented
by a severe case ofthe grippe.
John W. Young son of Brigham Young, has made |
a contract for building 1900 miles of railroad in |
Mexico taking in payment 2,5OOo 900 acres ofland on
which he will locate Mormon colony
p T. Barnum closed a contract with architects at
Bridgeport Conn., on Saturday, for the erection of
building to cost sl25,O0O Us gift from him 10 the
Historical and Scientific Societies of that city.
While Policeman James Z. Penn attempting |
to arrest two negroes in Houston, Texas, on Mon
day, he was shot and killed. Frank Mchaels. by
stander was fatally wounded. The negroes es-
capped.
Camelee Lupze has been convicted OF murder in
the second degree in Wichita, Kansas. He killed
colored man named Dobbs. 1t is said that the YER
dict is generally condemned, it was cold blood
ed murder
A ereyasse occurred early Monday morning in The
Bayou La Fourche levee in Louisiana. The break,
which is on Senator Whites plantation, is sixty feet
wide and three deep. Rainy weather continues in
the Gulf States.
Elias Young was committed to prison in wilkes
| barre, Pa, OH Tuesday, to answer the charge of
having been implicated in the murder of Lieut.. j.
Stewart Robinson, who was shot by party of de-
serters in August, 1864.
mob went to the house of Mrs. Wiggnton, in
Sterling, Kentucky, on Monday night, and hanged
her. Her husband and sons charged with pois-
oning Mr.. Ferguson and Mr.. Watts. Her husband
| fed. Two ofthe boys are in jail.
Cclestine Katenbach, the oldest postmaster in the
United States died Wednesday morning at Dubuque,
Iowa, aged seventy-eight years. He was appointed
postmaster in 1885 by President Franklin Pierce and
has held the Office continuously
William H. Henderson, Abraham Liucolns law
partner and author of Life of Lincoln" died at
his residence near Springfield, H.. on Wednesdays
six hours before from the same disease.
On Sunday Right Rev. Henry c. Potter, Bishop of
New York, confirmed four classes, containing the
almost unprecedented number of 305. For the first
time since DIR. Potter became the Bishop he visited
in one day four churches in his official capacity
Pleuro pneumonia has appeared among the cattle
of David Herr near Mountville. Lancaster county,
Pa. The herd Of p have been quarantined by
United States authorities. Some animals from the
herd were sold in Lancaster and Philadelphia
markets.
Lulu and Leila Copperage aged 10 aud II years
| respectively, were struck and killed by train near
Coyners Springs Virginia, Monday morning
The girls were walking on the track. Their parents
were walking along road near the track and wit.
messed the accident.
1t is announced that the famous Maxwell, Color
ado land grant, containing 100000 acres of lands
has been sold. The price is not mentioned. 1t is
the largest deal ever recorded i'll the West Some
idea of the deal may be gained when it is stated that
the company is stocked for slO,OOOOO9.
A blast was fired on the side of Lookout Mountain,
Tenn, on Wednesday, which dislodged 10000 tons
of rock One hundred kegs of powder was the
charge, and a ledge of rock was broken up and
thousands of tons rolled down the mountain side.
! The railroad track was destroyed for 200 yards.
Dennis Burns and wife left their home in Wise,
Michigan, on Sunday, leaving their three children
in bed. During their absence a man entered, as
sauled the eldest girl and set fire 10 the house to
hide the crime. The house was destroyed and the
girl was badly burned that she died in an hour
after telling her story.
While James Pollock and son were riding in
carriage from Dallas, Pa, on Tuesday, they
overtaken by whirlwind, and the men and carri-
age were lifted bodily and carried some distance
and thrown against the trees. Each of them weigh
cd above 200 pounds. They were badly injured.
The whirlwind was confined to narrow compass,
and did no other damage
A telegram from Buda Pesth. March IA, says there
has been double overflow of the Danube. The
town of Duna-Foldvar is inundated, together with
the neighboring country. Over 500 houses are SUBJ
merged. Numbers of people have been drowned,
and large quantity of cattle have persisted Pro-
visions and troops to assist in the work of rescue
have been the aid of the distressed people of
Duna-Foldvar.
Lillian Stewart, the head cook at the Windermere
House, Atlantic City, N. j.. was burned to death on
Wednesday morning by her clothes catching fire
from the range. The woman alarmed the guests of
the hotel by running through the house the flames
enveloping her body. On reaching the porch she
fell unconscious. and before the terrified guests
could do anything for her relief she was so badly
burned that she died in a short time.
1t is reported from Gainesville Texas that many
of the negroes who emigrated from that state and
Arkansas to Oklahoma are returning home in large
numbers They are very indignant at the manner
in which they have been imposed upon by the
agents of the emigration company which prevailed
upon them 10 go to Oklahoma. Those who returned
report that the negroes who unable to leave the
territory will call upon the company for assistance
and, if refused aid, mob violence is feared.
despatch from Ottawa. Ontario says that the
Customs Department has been notified that the |
manufacturers of Paris green in the United States
quoting the price Of the article for shipment to
Canada at IL cents per pound, but they decline to
quote the prices for home trade until after April ls
1t is evident that a combine exists in the United
States amongst manufacturers Of Paris green. and |
collectors have been notified 10 apprase shipments
on arriving in Canada in current market. rates - I
Fifteen Scandinavians are under arrest in Sioux 4
City. Iowa, for attempt to lynch Lars Christian
son, who was suspected of criminal intimacy with I
the wife of Peter Larenson. The mob went to the I
residence of l. o. Smith, where Christensen was /
lodging. While Christensen escaped to the police
station the mob attacked Smith, who holding
them at bay, and beat him savagely. Larenson and
the ringeaders are under arrest, and he is sat
isied that his suspicious of his wife un found
An iron pipe in the levee on the right bank of the
river three miles above New Orleans broke late on
hOuuhy nGnts CduSlnB u cTeNdsSe luz lGNtS at
that point is Il feet high The break at last reports
was 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The Texas and
Pacific Railroad tracks under the water, and
the water is up to the cross ties of the Southern Pa
cifc Road, The break is constantly widening and
getting deeper The Southern Pacific Company
have floating pile driver at work and large force
of men, and every effort will be made to close it.
The Tower of Liberty, at Newburg, New York,
erected with funds provided by the Government of
the United States and the State Of New York, has
been completed and thrown open to the public. No
formal ceremony took place at the unwilling of the
statue of Washington and the opening of the struc
ture. The cost in all was about $4,000. most of
which was supplied by the National Government
The undertaking grew out of the celebration, in
1883, of the centennial the dsbandment of Wash
ingtons Army and the declaration of peace with
England, after the Revolutionary WaE
George Maish one of the oldest. best known and