The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-12-06


Todd's household.
Prof r. A. Volerath, \ musician, of
Independence, Mo-, was horeewhipped
on the streets by Mrs. Marry WATSON,
TIE wife of an optician, whom he is
alleged to have slandered.
The Rev. George ]. Brensinger,
Secretary of the Unique Building and
Loan Association of Philadelphia, has
been committed to jail in default Of
$4,000 bail, on the charge Of embez-
ling $1,000 of the Association funds.
Physicians and nurses at the Mary
land General Hospital, Baltimore, are
kept buster than they have been for a
long time giving attention 10 the sick
immigrants from the steamship Wei
mar. Ninety in all were taken to the
hospital. or these about forty have
the measles--all children.
Early Tuesday morning the stiff
and drenched remains of young
woman were found on the terrace
leading from the Hotel Coronado to
Ocean Beach, in San Diego, Cal. A
pistol was lying near, and her life
blood was pooled in the sands beneath
All that is known of the stranger is
that she arrived with no luggage but
hand satchel, on the Oath, and gave
her name as Mrs. L. Anderson Ber-
nard, of Detroit. She seemed to be
ailing and respondent. Shortly after
the body was found telegram was
received from an Eastern bank, in
answer to one she had sent, to draw
for all the money she needed.
Marie Douglass, daughter of
Junius Brutus Booth, and niece of
Edwin booth, will shortly make her
appearance in the divorce Courts in
the role of defendant in an action
brought by her husband, Byron e.
Douglass, the actor, for a separation,
on the grounds of cruelty. Mr.. Doug
lass has, until recently, been playing
in the "White Squadron" and is now
engaged to accompany Mrs. Blanc as
leading man in her starring tour. Mr..
Douglass claims, the fair Marie used
her fists in true pugilistic style, when
she desired to enforce family disci-
pline, often to the discoloring of his
eyes and the disfguring of his face.
Tuesday mornings train from
Houston, Tex, TO Galveston, Tex,
brought Wells-Fargo & Co.'S Express
Messenger Harris, who had in charge
a package addressed to the Island
City Savings Bank, Galveston. This
package had been received from the
Wells-Fargo Express messenger on
tAe New Orleans-Houston run, and
had been shipped out by Kountz Bros.,
New York City. The valuable par
Gel was taken TO the consignees and
signed for by the banks teller, John
7. Mccarthy. When Mr.. Mccarthy
opened the bundle il was found to
contain nothing but brown papert cut
in slips about the size of bank-note.
The latest advices from Samoa are
to the effect that everything is quiet,
the uprising having subsidized.
The Russian Government has de-
cided to increase the taxes upon spirits
and naptha in order 70 meet the deficit
in the revenue.
London Truth says: at is generally
understood that the betrothal of
Prince George Of Wales to Princess
May OF Teck will be officially announ-
ced after the anniversary of the death
of the Duke of Clarence"
The London Chronicle announces
that the Rev. Mr.. Stevenson, the En-
glish Wesleyan minister who recently
received call to the pastorate of the
Metropolitan Methodist church of
Washington, ID. c., has declined the
proffered pastorate.
A sensational incident occurred in
the Austrian Reichsrath yesterday.
One OF the members in his speech
spoke of France as a Republic of
thieves and swindlers. The remark
caused an uproar, and the speaker
was at once called to order by the
President of the House. 1t Is expect
ed that the French Government will
call the Austrian Government to ac-
count for the insult.
DIR. John w. Scott, the aged farther
In lau of proaidanf ua,r;so,, Ala -.