The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-28
News of the Week.


Rev DR.. George C. Baldwin, of Troy y. y mas
married nearly $500 couples.
Medical authorities say that there are 5000 cases
of grippe in Pittsburg and Allegheny CITY,
Over 1000 mill hands at Lowell, Mass, are ont of
work owing to the unprecedented flood in the Mer-
rimae river.
The gambling dens in Omaha, Nebraska, were
raided by the police OIL Sunday and 800 persons
were arrested.
At ninety.six years of age Mrs. Matilda sewel, of
Augusta, Me- yet takes rank among the best piano
players other city.
Hugh St. Clair died in Griffith, Jackson county,
West Va, on Sunday. aged 10 years. He was
native of Scotland.
AT Milford, Del, on Monday the Farmers Insti-
tute passed resolution asking that all bonds and
mortgages be taxed
Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, died on Friday
night of last week at the Windsor Hotel, New York,
of heart failure. He was S. years of age.
There was hail storm at Orlando, Florida, on
saturday. number of window lights were broken,
and the vegetable crop was badly damaged
Ex-Goy. Lucius Robinson died at Elmra, N. Y,
on Monday, in his slst year. He was Democrat in
politics and had filed numerous places of trust
The Governor of Delaware respited jeremiah Har-
rgan murderer of Dennis Shields for59 years, until
1850 It is the fourth respite for Harrgan, and Will
suffice for the rest OF his days.
The value of the exports of beef, hog and dairy
products from the United States during February
was sll IO5 an increase of s2O945 over the cor
responding month OF last year
The grippe is spreading rapidly in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and many of the police and fremen are
laid up with it. There is also an epidemic OF grippe
and pneumonia in Fond du Lac.
samuel Allen, who for many years was teacher of
the old Corporation School, and was well known
member of the Society of Friends, in Philadelphia
Pa died on Sunday in his 18th year.
Great distress is reported among the miners in the
Connelsville region. They are living chiefly on the
charity of farmers and it is believed they will haze
to resume work OH their employers terms
The Kansas Railroad Commissioners have made
tour of examination in ten counties, and estimate
that 20 600 bushels of spring wheat will supply seed
to those who stand in the most urgent need.
Chauncey Marble, a wealthy farmer and mill
owner of Warren county Penna. was arraigned on
Saturday on the charge Of making and passing
counterfeit coin. He gave bail for hearing.
In Philadelphia, Pa. on Monday, during quar-
rel, Jane Coulson, aged eighty years, was thrown
down stairs by her niece, Hannah CouSon Mrs
Coulson sustained injuries from which she will die
| Hannah Dennis shot and killed her brother-in
law, Manuel Dennis, at Suspension, Alabama, Oh
Saturday while he trying TO force his way into
her house in disguise for the purpose of frightening
| her.
Robert wilIink was knocked down on Friday
night of last week. in Savannah, Georgia, by Byrnie
Murphy. in an amateur prize fight He died on
| anupuSsipu Of the brain. He Is
years ofage.
| Seaborn Smith, prominent white citizen ana
road commissioner. was convicted at Covington,
Georgia, on Saturday, of having criminally assault
ed a young eolored girl. He was sentenced, under
the law, to be hanged.
soap manufacturing concern has been organic
ed in Houston, Texas. The corporation will have a
capital of sl5,OOOOO0 and proposes to establish
plants to cost from $4,000 to S2OOOOO in Houston,
New Orleans and other Southern cities in the cotton
| belt.
There is unusual activity at the Canadian Govern
ment cartridge factory in Quebec. The factory is
| running full time and orders have been received
| from Ottawa for an immediate establishment of q
factory to manufacture large Martini-Henry ammu-
milton.
Judge Barker of the Superior Court in Boston,
has entered an order disbarring from practice John
E. Hebron, lawyer, who has been well known
practitioner in the criminal courts for years. Gross
misconduct in dealings with clients is the
signed
disastrous prairie fire has occurred twenty miles
east of Arkansaw City, Kansas. large number of
farms were swept clean of fences houses and barns,
| and large numbers of cattle and horses persisted.
1t is feared that lives lost, strong wind was
blowing.
Some fiend saturated the landing and walls on the
second floor of the four story tenement house. East
18th street. New York, with kerosene OIL Sunday
| night and set them on fire. The families in the
house were awakened at the time, and the fire was
put out before it gained any Roadway.
sydney Dillon, President of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and the directors have placed mortgage
for $3.50 100000, the railroad. II is the largest
ever recorded, and will provide for taking up the
underlying liens as they move, and also for an i'm
i mediate issue to pay off the floating debt,
The war upon Self-binders continues in Davies
county, Ind. and the vandals, in trying to wipe out
these labor saving machines, have burned twenty
| three barns within the past eighteen months and
| eighty-seven horses have been cremated besides
other live stock. Property valued in excess of $780,
600 has been destroyed.
| DR. E. W. Matthews, a member of the State Board
of Health, who has been investigating the sanitary
condition of Coalport, Clearfied county, Pa, re-
ports so cases of typhoid fever there, and says 10
persons have died there in the past 10 days. The
cause was found TO be impure water, well water
being almost wholly used.
Revenue officers have captured moonshine
distilery near Port Jennings Putnam county, Ohio.
A large quantity of liquor was seized. Anton Rol-
linger who was running the distlery was arrested,
| hat no bo1 boa
five years. Several prominent people are said to be
| implicated in the affair.
Harriet butcher died in Argyle, y. Y, on Monday,
| aged Il6 years. She was admitted to the county
house on April r. 1884 being the first person regist
cred. and had been there continuously for fifty
seven years The county house records authenticate
her great age. She was quite active until short
| time previous to her death
| The keystone National Bank of Philadelphia,
Pa, closed on Friday of last week. The bank had
been suffering from the effects of the run on it last
December, the officers state, and repayment to the
Clearing House of a very large amount of the loan
certificates had kept the legal reserve Of cash below
the aver age required by law since that time.
Grippe, pneumonia and the vernal equinox
jointly did deadly work in Chicago last week, The
ootings show that SOL persons died during the week.
the major portion of them of lung diseases. Pneu-
monia claimed 40, grippe 49, bronchitis 81, diph-
iberia 23 scarlet fever I5 typhoid fever IS consump
ton 46. Acute lung diseases carried off 2SS. The
rate per thousand was S4Si, almost unprecedented
in the history of the city.
Mrs. Quigley, sister of Anthony Day, who was
hanged at welland, Canada, in December, 1890, for
wife murder, died on Thursday in Rochester, New
York On her death bed she confessed that she had
melted Day to the murder, and helped him when
he pushed his wife over the precipice. near the
whirlpool of Niagara. She held Mrs Days dress
skirts over her face and pushed on one shoulder
while Day pushed on the other.
Mrs Mary Brayton Young died in Fall River