The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-02
News of the Week.

Decatur, Illinois, is infected by pest OF
"seventeen-yearn locusts.
Kansas dispatches state that the wheat has
been greatly damaged by the recent rains and
frosts.
Thirty-four houses were burned in Hagen,
Germany, Monday, and $50 persons were left
homeless.
Since the LIST of January 100000 persons
have been vaccinated in Brooklyn and over
100000 in New York.
William Dunlop, young man not % years
old, who died few days ago at Tippecanoe,
Ohio, weighed over 500 pounds.
Among a lot of onions dug from farm in
Homosarra, Fla, a few days ago, was one
which weighed over six pounds
A company proposes to build hotel on
iron piers in the Atlantic ocean about ten
miles from the Long Island shore.
Snow fell nearly all day Sunday in Northern
Michigan and the Lake Superior region, and
the temperature was below the freezing point.
Emanuel Beltz and wife, an aged couple,
near Newark, Delaware, were sufocated by
gas from coal stove on Saturday night last.
Killing frost prevailed on Monday night
in New York and Pennsylvania. while in
California the orange crop was lowered fully
% per cent.
The city council of Ell Paso, Texas, has
passed an ordinance forbidding women to
wear on the streets of the city what is known
as the divided skirt.
Horses are bringing good prices in New
York. Last Saturday 10 were sold at from
$3.50 each to 5000 per pair; common stock
from S. to $50 each.
Henry Fairfax, of Loudoun county, Vir,
ginia, sold FIVE of his hackney horses, crossed
on trotting stock, at the sale of horses IN New
York last week, for an average OF $3.50 each.
Two young women of Reading, Pa, had a
difficulty on Saturday and they adjourned to
a stable to settle it, which they did In regular
prize ring style in the presence OF about %
people.
fatal epidemic has attacked the children
ofthe Brandy Station neighborhood, Virginia.
Within seven days there have been seven
deaths of little ones in that place and neigh
borhood.
Details of the suffering from the recent
earthquakes in Venezuela are gwen III recent
dispatches. 1t was the worst since holy
Thursday, 1872, at which time over 4O,OOO
people persisted.
Tbree.fourths of the owners of the stock of
the Elgin National Watch Company have
agreed to accept an offer of S7,OOO,OOO from
an English syndicate for the companys plant
at Elgin, Illinois.
A dam formed by landslip in the river at
Charkkupri, Kun, India, burst recently and
flooded the villages in the valley for a dis
lance of twenty miles. More than 200 per-
sons were drowned.
Secretary Carlisle on Saturday refused to
revoke the order of Secretary Foster suspend
-af,Ddc Tho amOuDt
involved in these cases aggregates, 1t Is estl-
mated, $55, 100000.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, IN
session at Saratoga, New York, on Saturday,
confirmed the Judgment OF the CINCINNATI
Presbytery, finding Professor Henry Preserved
Smith guilty of heresy.
In the states of Oregon and Washington
the warm weather last week caused the great
drifts of snow to melt rapidly, resulting in
great loss of crops and timber, ana damage
! to villages, towns and cities.
David Emmitt, a wealthy and well-known
citizen of York, Pa, died on Wednesday.
The deceased was the Oldest Odd Fellow in
York. He was IS years of age, and had re-
tired from business for some time.
According to advices from China received
in San Francisco Saturday, about 800 junks
were wrecked by the flood in Han river en-
taiIing great loss of life. Over 600bodies had
been recovered at the latest accounts.
Theodore s. Schulz, Newark, N. j., drug
| clerk. had desperate fight with a burglar
who got into his store early Sunday. Schulz
sustained a severe scalp wound and when
found some hours later was nearly dead.
On Sunday the Eastern part of Pennsylva-
MIA was visited by terrific storm. Cloud
bursts caused streams to overflow and dams
to break, while lightning, rain and hail car.
ried devastation in their path. Barns and
residences we're burned or blown down, per
sons, cattle and horses drowned or killed,
railroads wrecked, and mills almost ruined
by the sediment deposited.
On Saturday night last duel with swords
was fought between John Crowley, lawyer,
and Delos E. Gold, newspaper man, neal
| Boston, Mass The fight was severe and the
LAWYER was severely wounded and gave up the
contest. Both men are superior swordsmen
and had frequently met in friendly contest.
! Crowley, in the trial Of q case insulted a lady
friend Of Gold and refused to apologize.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com:
many has decided to parallel the Norfolk and
! Western through Southern West Virginia and
tap the finest coal seams and some OF the best
timber lands 10 the world. The new line will
be about 100 miles in length, running from
the mouth of Piney creek through the valley
to the Guyandotte Mountains, and will re.
connect with the main line of the Chesapeake
] and Ohio at Barboursville.