The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-30
News of the Week.

Fifly-seven Sioux Indians sailed last week for
London. from New York, to join Buffalo Bills show.
chicken ranch in Bellingham Bay, Puget Sound,
has 10000 fowls II is said to be the largest in the
world.
An incendary fire at Gainesville Texas, on satur-
day, destroyed a row of buildings and caused loss
amounting to 100000.
By the burning of two large barns in San Francisco
on Saturday, John Hand, teamster persisted in
the flames, together with 16 horses.
William Aston of New York city, died in Paris on
| Tuesday. He of the late John Jacob
Astor, and leaves estate of about $50 100000.
The steamer Darmstead arrived at New York cn
Monday from Bremen. with 20l9 steerage passen-
gers the largest number ever brought by vessel
| to New York.
| 1t is said that the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
will this year spend a million dollars at Newpor.
News A pier to cost over 100000 is now in course
| of construction there.
The loss by the fire at the Edward S. wills's stock
| farm buildings near Pennington, New jersey on
Sunday night is estimated at S1250O0 number of
valuable horses were burned to DEATH
The Norfolk and Western Railroad will build
| eighty miles of road this summer. This will be
branch lines to coal and iron districts. and will
be built from the Elkhorn extension in West Vir-
ginia.
The Spratt Bros sapphire ground. embracing
5000 acres both sides of the Missouri river,
Helena, Montana, has been sold to thesapphire and
Ruby Company of Montana ian English concern)
for 81 900 600.
panic occurred in st. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church. Fort Wayne, Indiana on Sunday, caused
by the burning of the altar decorations, and num-
Der of persons were trampled under foot and Sc
riously injured.
An association of the paper box manufacturers of
New England has been formed at Boston to fight the
American Straw Board Company, and committee
appointed to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of establish
| ing straw board plant.
Altoona, Pa. is flooded with large amounts of
counterfeit money of all denominations, both paper
and silver. Many merchants and several banks
were caught. Most of the notes were limitations of
the IS United States legal tender.
The police of Paris and various other places in
France continue raid the houses of anarchists in
that country. and over 200 arrests have been made
1t is supposed such action will decrease the proba-
bities of disturbances on May Day.
bursting cnder case set fire to the oil house of
| the Allentown Rolling Mills, in Allentown, Pa
Monday night. Workmen in their efforts TO extin-
| guish the flames upset can of dynamite, which
exploded, destroying the building and killing three
men.
| Maria Mahon on Sunday night attempted to set
| fire to a Presbyterian Church in Plainfield, New
Jersey, while it was crowded with worshppers.
She poured oil over the steps leading to the gallery
and set fire to it. The flames extinguished and
| the woman arrested.
| young woman in Blaine, Me-, whose father died
| in Andersonvile prison, draws a Government pen
sion that account and she needs it. She is only
81 inches and she weighs AIS pounds She is unable
| to stand longer than minute or two.
| very virulent epidemic of cholera is raging in
Benares, India. The morality is very great Con-
siderable anxiety has been occasioned in Paris,
France by the discovery the hospital at Puteaux,
village seven miles west of Paris of four of
cholera, all men. One of the victims died.
Colonel Bachelor is at Gettysburg preparing for
the dedication July 81, of the monument on
Cemetery Ridge erected by II States, to mark the
spot where their troops repulsed Longstreet's as
sault upon the afternoon of the third day Anotabe
gathering is expected. President Harrison and his
Cabinet having promised to be present
| The four large stables of the Cheshire Improve
ment Company's dairy farm, at Parkville Long
Island. were burned Monday morning, together
with "a cattle and Is horses The loss is estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000. St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church in New Castle, Pa. was destroyed
by fire the same day. The loss is placed at $4,000
Mayor Grant, of New York city in carrying out the
provisions of a bill passed by the Legislature ap
propriating $4,000 toward defraying the expenses
the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the dis
covery of America, which takes place on October
u, has appointed committee of one hundred, to
which the arrangements of the day will be en-
trusted
David Hall died in APPOINTMENTS Hundred,
New Castle county, DEL in 1898, and the courts of
that state have just been asked to partition the
widows dover in a farm left by him. There are
forty heirs for half of the farm. The land, ftyone
in area had to be divided into 14112 shares in
order to determine the fractional part for each heir
Some of the heirs will receive only 81 each.
A gang of inmates of the State Reformalory, at
Huntingdon, Pa, led by Thomas Shirley and John
Winsow, of Philadelphia, made deadly assault on
a monitor named stillholm, Monday morning. As
the gates were opened, Harry Angel, of Philadel-
phia and Ed. Williams Of Washington, Pa, blinded
guard Hertzeer by throwing sand into his eyes and
escaped through the outer gate. They were re
captured after hot chase.
1t is said that within the last six months coo bales
of Sumatra tobacco valued at over a quarter of
million dollars, and dutable at 50 per pound, have
been entered at the port of San Francisco by the
payment of but 50 cents per pound duty. This
enormous quantity of tobacco was distributed TO
various cities of the country, and the Government
is Just beginning TO find it, Sixteen bales were
found in Philadelphia and seized.
A Seattle. Washington, despatch says that 1000
Cinnamon are distributed along the Washington,
Idaho and Montana line awaiting the expiration
of the Exclusion law, on May 9Th, in order to
gross into the United States from British Column
ba, and that eminent counsel have been re-
tanned by the companies which bring the Coolies
over under contract to defend any of the Chinese
who may be arrested after crossing the border on
Mayo.
Mrs. Joseph Elliott, wife ola prominent resident
of Shire Oaks near McKeesport, Pa died in great
agony Friday of last week from the effects of dose
of caFboliq acid administered by her physician, pr.
Frank McGrew, in mistake for ergot. The phys=
clan discovered his error almost Immediately but
it too late to the ladys life. and she died
in few hours. Dr.. McGrew is thirty years of age
and graduate of Baltimore medical college. He
is almost heartbroken over the result OF his mistake
]. Madison Walker, a notorious horse thief who
since the has been sent to the Western peniten
tiary eight times for horse stealing and for whose
arrest large rewards offered in many counties in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia,
captured early Saturday morning at mis- mothers
residence in Miller township. Huntington, Pa, by
two farmers boys Walker has been at liberty only
year. but in that time he has stolen eight horses
He was surrendered 10 the authorities of Coatsvile
Pennsylvania.
Visitors to the Bethlehem. Pa, Iron Works. which
were always strictly guarded will now be more
rigidly excluded than ever Three weeks ago
Superintendent Fritz advised that foreign spies
were their way to Bethlehem to obtain some
saGredly guarded secrets relative to the composition
of steel and its manufacture into gun forgngs and
arnor plates The force of watchmen was inereas-
ed and Governor Pattison was pettioned to grant
detectives commissions to ten men designated by
the company which he has done.
Samuel Foltz, whose horribly mutilated body was
found on the Pennsylvania Railroad near conewa-
go, Pa, on Monday, who, it thought had been
killed by the cars, was, it is discovered. muir
dered and his body placed the tracks hide the
crime. gang of Italians were engaged in