The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-24
News of the Week.

The outbreak of cholera in China, Corea
and Formosa is becoming serious.
Four inches of rain fell at Perry, Okla
homa on Wednesday night Of last week
Eli Bourse and his wife, of Orlando
Oklahoma, were killed by lightning OIL
Sunday.
The town of Prrytyk, in Poland, ha
been destroyed by FIRE. -Four Thousand
persons are homeless.
\ Roman Catholic church at Longan
Minnesota, was struck b. lightning anC
destroyed on Friday nsghs,
Daniel Crafty, aged 80 years, one o
the largest real estate owners, died il
Philadelphia, Pa, last week
In Philadelphia Pa. on Saturday
Martha Stoweh started fire with coal oil
Funeral took place next day.
Michael Tafty was arrested in Chicag,
on Friday night of last week, charged
with a criminal assault upon a 6-year-ol
girl He narrowly escaped lynching.
NJ B. Crum and the two pillow horse
which he was driving were struck by light
ming and instantly killed on Saturday, al
Marklesburg, Huntingdon county, Pa.
J. H. Stewart, prominent merchant
of Blair. Nebraska who failed recently,
was arrested on Saturday, charged. with
forging his brother name TO- So 000 in
notes
The log house of Nhrs. Callie Harrell
near Arlington, TeIsnessee, was destroyed
by fire ON Friday night of last week ant
Mrs Harreh and her two daughters were
burned to death
A large barn on the farm Of William
Hotopp. near Charlottesville. Virginia
was destroyed Saturday night by fire,
together with 80 tons of hay and 4Ot
bushels of oats. No insuace.
John Walker, aged Is, and Bert vii
ling, aged 10, were shot and seriously in
iured at Niles, Michigan. on Saturday. by
the accidental discharge of a shotgun in
the hands of Garfield Finley, colored boy.
4 storm at Detroit, on Saturday, blew
down United Presbyterian church IN
course Of construction Frank Somevey,
laborer. was killed. and two others seri-
ously injured by being buried under the
debris.
Extensive forest fires are reported to be
raging in the Ceur i Alene region In
Idaho The village of Saltese Is said to
be threatened with. total destruction, all
means Of escape for the inhabitants being
cut off
\ despatch from Ishpening, Michigan,
says that the Cleveland Cliffs and Lake
AngeIine Mining Companies viii allow
their mines to fill with, water. The former
has nearly 400, 200 tons of ore in stock
the latter 1870, 600 tons
The largest pine land deal ever made
in Northern Minnesota. has been closed at
Duluth. Rupp 4 Kerr. of Saginaw,
Michigan. have sold 80, 600, 000 feet Of
pine near Ely, Minnesota, 10 the Knox
Lumber Company. the consideration being
$3.50. 900.
Arthur Morris aged / 8 years. and Roby
$. Priddy, clerk in the Pension Office.
were drowned while bathing in the Poto-
mac. at Washington. D. C. on Sunday.
George f. Brown was also drowned by
falling from boat on the Georgetown and
Alexandra canal
Reports have reached st Johns, from
Northern LahEador, showing an alarming
number Of deaths among the Esquimaux
at Main. Moravian missionary settlement
on the Northern coast. Eighty persons.
% one third of the entire population. have
ised within the past two months.
John Fisher and his mother, the latter
aged -, while in covered wagon return
ing from market, we're struck by an Erie
train at Springfield Ohio, on Saturday.
John was instantly killed aud the mother
died ca Sunday Of her injuries Both
were deaf and did not hear the train.
A Telegram from Guthrie, oklahoma
says that on Sunday party Of Indians,
negroes and white outlaws raided the store
Of Samuel Norford. near Arbeca. in the
Seminole Reservation securing several
hundred dollars in plumber. They then
dragged off and assaulted five women Of
the nieghborhood.
Sunday evening violent wind and rain
storm struck the city Of Pittsburg The
towboat Lud Keifer, lying at her Shari
on the Monongahela river, was oveEtaEesd.
and Mile Limbaugh, ehambeEnsad was
drowred. The crew and others escaped.
Trees were blown down, many honses nm
rooted cellars flooded. and the lns~
throughout the city is quite heavy.
In Fauquier county, Virginia, b. +.
Coekrille raised POP bushels Of winter
oats on 81 acres Of land. or over IS bush
els to the acre At the price of winter cats
last year this would have paid SIS 80 an
acre for the land. Mr.. W. G. Grenshaw
Of Orange county. raised |, GOO bushels Of
wheat. has $50 acres IN clover 75 acres
N fine eoEa, 50 stacks Of hay. 3, 600 BUSH
els of oats on the HawReld farm and ,, 000
on the Pleasant View place and 90 acres
more Of corn ON the latter farm.
Dispatches from Toxic, Japan, state
that on July "A and % hurricane swept
across Kiushu, passed along the shores Of
the inland sea, crossed over the central
districts of the main island and emerged
into the Pacific Ocean. Its track was
everywhere marked by great loss Of life
and destruction of property, and. AS the
catastrophe was followed by heavy rain
storm, foundations added their devastating
effects to the havoc wrought by the wind.
1t is calculated that over thousand peo-
pie were killed or drowned. Ujina, the
town that served as a military basis durire
the recent war, felt the full force of the
tempest. The place was completely
swamped BY the sea and eyer, l06 boats
we're smashed Among these boats were
100 belonging to the aspy store depart
ment. They we4e. laden with supplies
lesrfueu fOr tire tt-v f'f tlrv trtr,Irs in tl,-
Lilo Tung peninsula.