The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-05-14
News of the Week.

South Carolina is the only State in the
Union in which no official record of mar
riages is kept.
Patsy Sears, OF Howard county, Indiana,
aged los years, has been church member
a hundred years.
Owing to disagreement between employers
and quarryman $4,000 granite workers in the
New England States are out of work.
Burglars broke into the bank at Toccoa,
Georgia, on Monday night, and killed the
Waterman. They failed to rob the bank.
While attempting to rescue colt from
her fathers burning barn at bennington,
New Jersey, Tuesday, Augusta Vanderbord
lost her life.
John Bruno, the French Canadian, who is
serving 30years sentence in the New Hamp
shire State Prison for murder, is endeavoring
to starye himself to death.
Joseph Reyes, who five years ago murdered
his wife, near Chambersburg, Penna., was
captured by Shippensburg officers near the
scene of his crime on Sunday.
Eighty families were rendered homeless by
fire in St. Johns, New Brunswick, on Sun
day, which destroyed property worth $1,000
including the Methodist Church.
Deputy Postmaster Wood, of La Porte, In
diana, was arrested on Thursday, on a charge
ofembezzling $4,000 ofpos:- office money. He
was to have been married on Thursday.
| In New York City on Tuesday livery stable
was burned. Fifteen horses were rescued,
but the others were burned to a crisp. The
screams of the burning horses were terrible.
! The agricultural works of Chisholm & Far
rell, the town electrical works and several
other properties, at Hayward, California,
were damaged by fire on Monday to the ex.
| tent of 100000.
| A black bear descended upon the home of
Mrs. Mary Carter, at Mountain Home Arkan-
sas on Tuesday, and killed two children
| playing before the cabin. One of them was
| devoured before its mothers eyes.
| Henry Daughterty, horse dealer, of York,
| Pa, was stabbed twice Tuesday in Washing
ton, d. c., by Thomas Christmas, a colored
man, whom he accused of stealing a gold
toothpick. The wounds may prove fatal.
By an explosion of gas in a coal mine of the
| Northern Pacific Railroad, at Rosylin, Wash
ington, Tuesday, many miners were killed.
| The number is variously stated at from 10 to
60. Fire subsequently broke ont in the mine.
The Troy Steam Laundry, at Carlisle, Pa,
was burned Tuesday night, with the household
effects of VIM. Monyfer, the manager, who
occupied the second story. The loss is 81 900;
covered by insurance The fire started in the
engineroom.
A Helena Montana, jury has given John
T. Reese, travelling man, a verdict of
$25, 900 damages against the Union Pacific
Railway for injuries sustained while boarding
a train, the injuries resulting in the amputa-
ton of one arm.
John Poe, who was pardoned by the Gov
ernor of Tennessee on April -th from life
sentence for murder, has been arrested in
Dennison, Texas, charged with numbering a
man in bed. The crime was committed with
in two weeks of his release from prison.
A rustIing sound like an earthquake was
heard Monday night at the old Foekler Brew
cry in West Dubuque, Iowa. On Tuesday
morning it was discovered that nearly an acre
of ground had dropped into srbterranean
lake, which covers a vast body of mineral.
Mrs. b. X. PETER, sister in-law of Senator
w. A. PETER. of Kansas, died at the old PEI.
fer homestead, seven miles south of Carlisle,
Pa, Sunday, aged "A years. The whole of
her married life was spent upon the farm,
which was the birthplace of Senator PETER.
William g. Hitebeitel. farmer, aged fifty
years, living near Colegeville, Pa, called his
wife into a room where he was seated in
chair Sunday night, and then in her presence
drew butcher knife across his throat. He
died soon alterward. The man was Temporal
rily insane.
Rudolph Jaeger, the defaulting chief cashier
of the Messrs Roshschild, the great banking
house at Frankfort on-the- Main, Germany,
whose fight was made public on April 20, was
arrested on Tuesday in hotel at Ramleh,
Egypt. His defalcation is estimated at / ,700,-
600 German marks.
Abel Smith, colored farm laborer, %
years of age, murdered his wife, Miranda at
their home in Canarsie, Long Island, Sunday
night and then committed suicide by throwing
himself in front of train. The couple did
not live happily together on account of the
young womans dissipated habits.
Hon. A. r. Boteler died at his home at
Sheppardstown, West Virginia, Monday, aged
II years. lie was member of the Thirty
sixth Congress, member of the Tariff Com
mission appointed by President Arthur, and
Pardon Clerk of the Department of Justice
under Attorney General Brewster.
The American Federation of Labor have
issued circular warning workmen to remain
away from Chicago, as there are now 30, 600
men walking the streets Of that city. Since
the Worlds Fair buildings were started work
men from all parts Of the country have aocked
to Chicago, and the result is that an army of
men are idle.
Driven to desperation by being Tilted few
days before her expected marriage to Jose Pc.
dro, Of Los Oios, New Mexico, Isabella Ma
riano entered the bedroom in which Pedro
and his newly made wife were sleeping on
Sunday night and cut their tongues out. The
City Marshal was severely injured while at
pmnfin0 10 arrest the woman