The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-12-07
News of the Week.

bee river was frozen over.
Thieves IN Chicago have lately taken Ia
stealing brass business signs.
Henry Thomas, eN-sheriil'rf Adams county,
Pa, died last week, in his sd year.
During the month of October there were
1920 deaths in the State Of New York.
NJ. Mcleod, Il prominent coIored lawyer,
ofJackson, Mississippi, died suddenly on Tues
day.
Fleming county, Ky, farmers marketed
about S25, 900 worth of turkeys for Thanks
giving.
A corner has been made in camphor and
the price advanced from 80 to 90 cents per
pound.
Large numbers of Eastern and Northern
capitalists from Boston and New York are on
their way South.
John I. Overton, pensioner, aged ninety
eight years, has been. convicted. at Fort Smith.
Ark, of forgery.
Georgia, pear crop this year is the largest
on record in that State 1t is estimated that
it will fill more than 300, 600 barrels
The bronze group Of the sculptor Bartholdi.
representing Lafayette and Washington shak-
ing hands, was unveiled in Paris Sunday.
Bull Run, Virginia, battlefield was sold at
public sale on Monday. Ii contains coo
acres and brought from So 10 S. per acre.
Col. Smith A. Whitfield First Assistant
Postmaster General during the latter part of
President uarrisons term, died suddenly in
Chicago, on Monday.
A dozen merchants and five or six banks of
st. Louis, Missouri, have been swipdled ont
of hundreds of dollars through the operations
of mail box robbers.
\ valuable coal field has been discovered
in Altoona, Clinton county N. Y. The vein
is said to be from 10 TO 80 feet wide and cN-
tends for several miles.
The Mississippi river at ST. Louis is lower
than at any time for 20 years past, the water
in the channel being on Y one foot in depth.
and all traffic is stopped.
James Sherlock was arrested at his home
in Harrison, New Jersey. Tuesday, charged
with criminal assault upon cight-vear old
Mary Delp, on Thursday last
On Tuesday morning fire broke out in the
business portion Of indianapolis, Indiana.
causing loss Of about 100000; insurance
$500, 900. Two men were crushed by falling
walls
Mrs. Annie Hefren, wife of Michael Hefi-
rem, a farmer at New Sprngville, n. Y. died
given her in mistake by Mrs. Annie Lewis. her
nurse.
The Circuit Court of Pulaski county. Indi-
ana, has declared unconstitutional State law
under which nearly $1,000 in bonds for the
construction of bitches in various counties
have been issued.
In Philadelphia, Pa, on Monday, Christie
pher koch's barrel factory, was destroyed by
The loss, estimated at S25, 900, is almost coy
cred by insurance.
BY the fall of ceiling in public school in
Patterson, New Jersey, on Monday. Bella
Craig, aged 10 years. had her scalp almost
torn from her head. Several other children
were severely injured.
At Milton, West Virginia, on Monday. sev-
eral boys tried to grind some blasting powder
in a coffee mill. Charles Meadows and Kitch-
en- Wilson We're probably fatally injured by the
explosion which ensued
Charles Wheeler, the delauIting cashier of
the Cincinnati Abattoir Co.. committed sui
eide in Eranger, Kentucky. on Monday. lust
as he was discovered by detective who had
j warrant for his arrest
Petitions against the pardon of OK city treas
urer Of Philadelphia, Pa, are being circulated
asking that pardon be not granted him.
Ministers on Sunday preached against IT, He
was n defaulter for large amount.
The dead bodies of Charles c. Abbott and
his wife, Julia, were discovered Tuesday in
their home, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, They
had evidently poisoned themselves through
dependency on account of poverty.
\ train on the Lake Shore Railway ran into
a vehicle AT a grade crossing in Toledo on Sat
urday night, and the three occupants, Joseph
Remen, 45 years; Mary Remen, aged TO- and
Ernest knerss, aged so, were killed
Two persons lroze to death in St Louis,
Missouri, on Monday night, and several others
severely suffered from the cold the mercury
having suddenly dropped to 10 below zero.
In Iowa there was a heavy snow fall with in
tense cold.
A big oil well has been found on the prop
erty leased by the Royal Gas Company, near
Cecil Postollice, WASHINGTON county, Pa.
The well is known as the Mawhinney No. 2
and has started off at the rate of nearly 4 900
barrels day.
Montana raised and sold something more
than $7,O00,000 worth Of cattle this year.
The State has other resources than her
ranches and mines, too, for the value of her
agricultural products this year is estimated at
$4,000
The Supreme Court in San Francisco, on
Saturday, gave a final decision in the cele
brated Blythe case, Diminishing all the out
standing appeals. This gives Florence Blythe,
the dead capitalists daughter, the estate, val
ued at 81, 100000
Sixty-two tramps raided the city of Cum
berland, Wisconsin, on Saturday night, de-
handing food and shelter, and threatening the
destruction of the town if refused. A posse
was organized, and three of the ring leaders
were locked in jail
The family of Albert Coubillon, of West
Sandwich, Ontario, Canada, were poisoned
on Sunday by eating bologna sausage which
is supposed to have been made from diseased
meat. One child died and three others are
not expected to survive.
During dance at Shelby, Indiana, Oh Sat
urday night, John and Frank Latty were shot,
and probably fatally wounded. Frank Fuller,
who shot them, was in turn dubbed most I'M
mercifully, and is in critical condition. Six
men were injured in the melee.
A new counterfeit 81 silver certificate has
been discovered. 1t is of the series of 1891,
check letter c., plate No. Al, j. Fount Till
man, register; D. N. Morgan, treasurer; por-
trait of Window, small scalloped seal. The
note is much smaller in every way than the
genuine.
The paper currency of the United States
outstanding December aggregated 81 ,O94,-
$50, 3l5, as follows: United States notes,
$780, 68l ,016; treasury notes, $l39, 582 $50;
national bank notes, s213, 652, 626; gold GER
tifcates, $50, 34l ,Ss9, and silver certificates,
1904, 327, 504
The jury in the Hyams murder case, in
Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, returned
verdict of not guilty. The defendants, the
two Hyams brothers, were at once re-arrested,
the charge being conspiracy to murder Mrs.
Harry Hyams for insurance which had been
taken ont on her life.