The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-01-27
News of the week.

Two New York city butchers gave away
over 5000 pounds of beef on Monday to the
poor of their wards.
l.. Lipschutz, merchant of Waco, Texas,
was killed and his wife fatally injured by
burglars early Saturday morning.
Dr. Edward S. Lawrence, of Atlantic City,
New Jersey, committed suicide on Monday.
He was made crazy from the grip.
The pink. eye is epidemic in Newport, Ky,
to such an extent that scarcely man, woman
or child, it is reported, has escaped.
George L. Sargent, prominent resident OF
Concord, New Hampshire, was killed while
coasting on Friday night of last week.
L. n. O'Den. an aeronau., was killed at
Washington, North Carolina, on Friday OF
last week by the collapse of balloon.
Henry E. Hastings, a prominent business
man of Hartford, Connecticut, and nephew
of President Cleveland, died on Monday.
Secretary Carlisle has called for the resig
nation of Andrew L.>Drummond, Chief OF
the Secret Service, Treasury Department.
John Briggs was acquitted at Pottsville,
Penna., on Saturday, of the murder of James
Parfett during riot at Gilberton last August.
Several of the Departments of the Penn.
sylvania Steel Works, at Steelton, resumed
Monday, giving employment to about $500
men.
Edward NJ Wheary, deaf mute has been
sentenced to be hanged at Fredericton, New
Brunswick, for the murder of his sister-in-law,
Bertha Wheary, in September last.
A number of Polish miners were attacked
on the road between Sheppton and Oneida,
Pa, on Saturday night, and one of them,
Sabrinski, was fatally stabbed. Thirteen ar
rests have been made.
The dead body of John Campbell was
found in the woods near Indiana, Pa, Sun
day, and Jacob Bookamire, his son-in-law,
with whom Campbell had gone cunning sew
eral days before, is missing.
Judge Bretano, in Chicago, on Saturday,
granted counsel for Prendergast convicted
of the murder of Mayor Harrison, an exten
sion until January 31st, in which to prepare
their arguments for new trial.
A mass meeting attended by $500 persons
was held in Johnstown, Penna., on Monday
evening to force the Pennsylvania and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroads to provide for
the city better railroad facilities.
Mrs John Locher, who eloped from Halle
ton, Pa, with Charley 0ckh taking $1,000 of
her husbands money, has been captured at
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Locher had
$3.50 concealed in her back hair.
Eva Carmen, aged Is years, of Spring
| field, Massachusetts, committed suicide on
Sunday, by taking poison, because she did
not want to marry 40-year old man whom
| her parents had selected for her.
Frank NJ. Lancaster, of Belfast. Me-, whose
sister and three brothers had in turn pre-
! vously celebrated their golden weddings.
| last week observed the tiftieth anniversary of
the marriage of himself and wife.
| A wagon containing six persons was struck
| by train near Findlay, Ohio, on Saturday
night. VIM. Rodecker, Mrs. Henry Rodeck-
er and Henry Russell were killed and Mrs.
| VIM. Herbey was fatally injured.
The barn of Sebastian Wise, near Abhotts
town, Adams comfy, Pa. was burned Tues
day morning, together with FIVE horses, seven
| cows, 800 bushels of wheat, farming nipple.
ments, &c. Loss about $4,000; partly in
sured.
A tornado struck Oak Cliff, Dallas and
East Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, demolish-
/ ing or damaging more than 100 buildings. A
boy was killed and man seriously injured.
| The total damage to property is estimated at
| 100000.
NJ. G. Gamble. colored, who was in Gus.
tody near Pleasant View, Kentucky, on Sat-
urday, for a criminal assault upon 11-year-
old girl was taken from the sheriff by a mob,
and, it is supposed, was lynched. A negro
headed the mob.
Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage announced
on Sunday night in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
that this coming spring, on his 18th anniver-
sary- as Pastor, he would resign. He said
that quarter of century is long enough for
any minister to preach in any one place. A
deficit of S44 900 in the accounts of the for
mer treasurer of the church has been discov.
cred by the present treasurer.
Mrs. Susanna Shupe, of Philadelphia, Pa,
/ who was buried on Monday, was in her 95tl
year. She was married twice, and leaves Il
children, 20 grand children, 10 great grand
children, and . great, great grandchildren.
She enjoyed the use of all her faculties unit
attacked with the grippe. which, affecting heI
lungs, resulted fatally. Mrs. Shupe was &
native of that city, and of German parentage
She was member of the NJ. E. Church
Mrs. Sarah Day, of the same city. aged %
years, died on Friday of last week She left
IL descendants.
The Hamburg American steamship Nor
mania returned to New York on Tuesday af
ter thrilling adventure at sea. On Sunday
morning last huge tidal wave, half as high
as the mast heads, came aboard, doing $50,
600 damage to the boat, as much more to the
cargo, badly injuring seven men and putting
the 400 souls aboard in a state of intense panic
as they scrambled about in water mp to then
necks trying to get a footing. No one was
killed outright, drowned in the rush of sea,
which half filled the ship, or washed over
board, nut this was due not to the mildness
of the accident, but to the fact that it was
barely dawn and every one not actually on
duty was below decks asleep. As it was,
Second Officer Kading was so badly hurt that
he is in the hospital aboard ship semi con
scious and lowering between life and death.
Had the wave come aboard when the deck
was crowded with passengers-as it might
have been, for the weather was not stormy
there is no telling how many lives would have
been lost.