The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-05-05
News of the Week.


Incendiary fires in Bolton, Mississippi, on
Tuesday caused loss of 500, 900.
The crop of corn in this country last year
aggregated l,619, 494 900 bushels.
At Newport News, Virginia, on Tuesday,
1850 sheep were shipped TO Europe.
A full outfit of counterfeiters' tools has
been found in Kansas City, Missouri.
In Philadelphia, Pa, 2l79 licenses have
been granted TO wholesale and retail liquor
dealers.
Four villages on the Island of Euboea,
Greece, were destroyed by an earthquake, on
Friday of last week.
A tremendous snow storm ragged on Tnes-
day, at St. Johns, Newfoundland, and rail
way lines were blocked.
The Victory Hairpin and Paper Box Fac
tory, Germantown, Pa, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday. Loss 100000.
On Tuesday, at Emporium, Virginia, an
accidental fire burned numerous dwellings
and business houses; loss $75, 900.
The Monte Carlo Gambling Company, of
France, have declared dividend of l75
francs for the year. The total receipts were
"a, 400, 900.
John Weldensaul, 80 years old, of near
Pottstown, Pa, was nearly stung to death by
bees on Tuesday. When found he was nearly
dead from exhaustion.
The Kenwood felt mills. three dwelling
houses and grocery store in Albany, N. Y,
were burned Wednesday. The total loss
will be about 100000.
On Monday afternoon $4,000 were stolen
from an Adams Express safe in baggage
car on the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
Railroad, at Harrington, Del.
While shoveling coal on schooner at
Greenport, l.. l., Wednesday, Joseph Brown
was sunstruck. He will recover. The Their
mometer registered Sc in the shade.
The enormous sawmills Of the arsenal, at
Mourillon, France, were burned Wednesday
night. The fire lasted three hours and did
damage to the amount of 81, 100000.
The bark extract works and beet sugar
manufactory of o. X. Lapham 4 Co., at
Stanton, Virginia, were burned on Wednes-
day; loss 100000; partially insured.
Word has been received that on March 5
Yaquis Indians ambushed 500 Mexican troops
in deep canon and killed 200 of them by
rolling big rocks from the top of the 1000
foot high walls.
All the plumbers, steam and gas filters of
Manchester, N. H., are on strike because OF
the failure of the contracting firms to accede
hours on Saturday.
Near Staunton, Virginia, on Friday night
of last week, Lawrence Spiller, colored, as
saulted and murdered Lottie r. Rowe, aged
IA years. He has been tried and sentenced
to be hung on June g.
Josiah Shipman, "a years of age, was found
dead on Tuesday in front OF his house in Mil
burn, New Jersey. 1t is thought that he cut
an artery in his wrist IN falling from win
dow, and bed to death.
Reuben Sensenig, of East Lampeter, Lam
caster county, Pa, is the owner of remark
ably prolific cow. During March, 1893, she
had triplets, and on Tuesday twins. a total of
five calves in thirteen months.
A despatch from Terrell, Texas, says the
damage to crops, by heavy rains. is inealcu-
liable Traffic on the Texas Midland Road
has been stopped, as nearly every bridge ON
the line has been washed away.
The cornerstone of the PYthian Univer.
sity, at Galatea, Tenn, was laid on Wednes-
day by Knights of Pythias, under whose
auspices the university is to be bnilt and
conducted. The contemplated cost of the
building is 5000, 900, and large amount has
been set aside as an endowment fund for
professorships.
Buena Vista, Virginia, had a $40, 900 fire
Ou HCuuCSudJs uC dbOTc VI IL ID. DdTTtlLt
at Ivor Station, Va, was burned the same
day, he barely escaping; as was also the
barns, outbuildings, machinery, three houses
and crops of r. L. Matthews, in Didwiddie
county; also the residence of Mr.. Grigg, rail
road agent at Wakefield.
During violent thunder storm near Cen
trail, in Dodridge county, w. Va, on Sunday
night Rev James Wyatt, pastor of the
Methodist Church, started for home from
church, accompanied by his two daughters
A limb blown from a tree struck the elder
girl on the head and killed her. The other |
disappeared in the confusion, and when found |
her mind was unbalanced.
Since the clear and warm weather worms |
are eating the clover fields in Berks county, |
Pa. They are pale green, and the largest |
have u narrow light stripe running the lsngth |
of the body. Their ravages seem to be worse |
in an old clover and timothy sod. Frederick |
Graf, well. known farmer, says there are |
millions on his fields, and there is no doubt |
that they will injure the growth of the plant. |
he fears that after the foliage is consumed |
they will attack the stem and root, and suck |
the vital substance from it. If they do the |
clover crop is doomed. He noticed that
chickens are fond of the insects, and will go
quite distance to reach field infested. It |
is the general opinion that the pest got a |
ioOtuOlu last summer uurltlR tue long period |
of hot and dry weather. An application of |
hot lime has been suggested as an enemy 20
the scourge.
Charles SheaHer, one of the men arrested |
on Saturday on the Ephratx Hills, charged |
with being implicated with Abe Buzzard in |
numerous crimes committed in the eastern
part of Lancaster county, Pa, during the |
past year, has made full confession, which |
the District Attorney regards as very damag.
ing to the ex-chef of the Welsh Mountain /
outlaws. Detectives at work among the
Welsh Mountains and the Ephrata Hills found
evidence that not only connects Abe Buzzard
and Daniel Weinhold with the robbery of the
Cedar Lane Station of the Downinetown and
Lancaster Railroad, on the night Of last March
Fl, but the evidence indicated that regularly
band existed on the Welsh Noun
tains and Ephrata Hills. The confession of
Shaeifer, as well as the evidence of various
have forged chain of evidence
about the ex-outlaw from which the District
Attorney believes he cannot possibly escape.
Abe still appears cool and confident in his
cell, at the prison, and processes to think that
he viii not be convicted.
At Texarkana, Arkansas, on April 80. one
Of the heaviest hail and rain storms that have
visited that section in years occurred. Al
Parks, a small Station on the Texas and
Pacific road, the storm demolished a number