The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-06-06
News OF the Week.

Queen Victoria was "a years old on May ~ Her
health is good.
Daniel Frederick died at vineennes Indiana. on |
Saturday at the age of 1O7 years
new hotel costing 81 100000, is to be erected |
on Pennsylvania Avenue. Atlantic City, New Jersey
It is said that the round potato crop on the East
ern Shore of Virginia viii be almost total failure
this season.
In Chattanooga Chief Justice David L. Snodgrass
of the Tennessee Supreme Bench, has been fined $50
and costs for carrying pistol.
George Mock killed his wife with hoe, at Marys-
vile, Kan, on Saturday, and when pursued cut his
throat and jumped into the river.
Judge Brown, of the United States District Court
in New York. has sentenced Emanuel Ninger. the
counterfeiter, to six years in the Erie county pen
Tertiary
Mr. Vincent O'Bold. of Hanover Pa, has sold
to Myers, Houseman 4 Brockley % head of fat
cattle, averaging 1873 pounds, which will be
shipped to Europe.
Taylor and Thomas Delk, father and son, were
convicted last week of the murder of Sheriff Quinn,
of Pike county, Georgia. and sentenced to be hanged
ON the same scaffold on June 10.
William L. Clough. business man of Springfield,
Mass, received bottle of wine from an unknown
it heavily charged with strychnine.
Mary Cunningham, Is years old was found out
ragged and strangled to death in her mothers fiat,
OH East Thirty street, New York, on Sat
urday. There is no clue to the murderer.
New York city has special tax on bicycles in
order to keep up its asphalt roadways in the city
and parks. Those who want extra nice roads for
pleasure should be willing to pay for them.
Mrs Charles comstock, of Fishers Corners, Nichi-
gam recently gave birth to seven children Ill are
now living but one and the mother and six chill
dren are doing we'll There were four girls and three
boys.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (old Swedes') ut
Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday celebrated the
18th year of its occupancy of the present building
and the 25Sth anniversary of the founding of the
congregation.
John L. White, former president and treasurer of
the White Locomotive Company, whose main office
is at Buffalo. n. v, is under arrest, charged with
grand larceny and committing forgeries to the
amount of $4,000
During balloon ascension in Martinsyille, Va
on Friday afternoon of last week, an old eolored
man named Archie Brown was caught in the ropes
and carried up a distance of 600 feet, when he FELL
He was killed instantly.
In the presence of Is 600 persons at Buckeye Park
near tOlu1nDuS O- OIL SUNDAY afternoon, prear-
ranged collision of two freight trains took place
Exhibitions of the same sort are to be given at
various places during the summer.
Mark NJ. (Brick) Pomeroy died in Brooklyn, NJ
Y, on Saturday He started as an apprentice i'll a
blacksmith shop. and soon after went to the print
ing business He was one of the most prominent
newspaper men of his time and was Is years old.
The United Elevator Company of St Louis, has
been placed in the hands of receiver. II is said
that the concern. which is capitalized at s26OOOOO
has been losing money for over u year, and that
last weeks disaster eectually sent it to the wall
After negotiations extending through two years,
the Phoenix OH Company of West Virginia has
secured long lease on land in the Usage Indian
Reservation, comprising 100000 acres. Arrange
ments have been made to begin sinking wells at
| once.
| Fifty-three bodies have been recovered from the
bridge wreck at Victoria, British Columbia and at
least three more are known to be missing 1t is
slid that the bridge which collapsed was known to
be unsafe, and that heavy were run over it in
| spite Of that fact
Clarence Barnett who was jointly indicted with
his brother, Eugene Barnett. and Joseph wenar
has made confession in New York City to the
District Attorney, and has been promised immunity
The three men were charged with eounterfeiting
! tickets of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
| Three hundred feet of the roadway of the North
ern Pacific Railway sunk in Bumars Lake near
Aitken, Minn before daylight on Thursday morn
ing of last week and 20 feet of water now washes
over the spot where heavy trains were running
| Wednesday, A freight train barely escaped being
wrecked.
The latest estimates place the number of dead and
missing in ST. Louis at 81 and in East ST. Louis
l45. 1t is feared that number of the 1900 persons
injured cannot recover. Reports from towns in
| Illinois and Missouri outside of St. Louis, which
were visited by the tornado, last week, show that
many persons were killed and injured.
L. NJ. Pipkin assistant eoner at the New Orleans
Mint, has been removed by Director of the Mint
Preston for irregularity. Pipkns whereabouts are
| unknown. Superintendent Cade, of the New Or
| leans Mint has been severely reprimanded by the
Director for his lack of promptness in reporting
the Irregularities of Pipkin, which, it is said. date
back to the beginning of May.
The Petit & Griffin Manufacturing Company's
mill and immense lumber yards burned late satur-
day afternoon at Heaters Station the West
Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad Loss $4,000
| Only a small insurance carried. The firm had
100000 feet of very choicest lumber for the fine
.rade ready for shipment. The tracks of the rail
road for a half mile were warped and the ties
all burned. The fire of the largest that
ever visited Brnxton county
Farms on the Rappahannock river, Virginia, were
almost ruined by the storms of last week. Wheat,
corn and grass were torn lose from the fields
and blown away stock killed by filling trees or
driven into the river or creeks and drowned, build
ings levelled and orchards destroyed by the wind;
following this was eloudburst. causing an i'm
mense amount of earth to be carried to.the oyster
beds and destroying them. Farmers are so dis
heartened that they feel if they cannot recuper-
ate Fortunately no lives were lost, though many
persons were injured