The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-12-04
News of the Week.

Diphtheria i, on the increase in Hanover.
Pa. and vicinity
The State Normal school At River Falls.
Wisconsin. was burned Monday night: loss.
SO. 900.
SIN business houses. including the Post
o lice. nj Farmland. Indiana. we're burned
Tuesday: loss. 50. 200.
Hicks Price. q negro. charged with rape.
WAS taken by mob from thu ilil at Stark<,
Florida, en Saturday, and Ivnched
\ large portion Of the business centre of
the town Of Carbcrry. Manitoba. was dcS-
troyeo by ire en- Tuesday; loss. $4,000,
\ party of New York and New England
capitalists and cotton manufacturers are on
lour of inspection of mills in the south.
Dala<town and Red Lion Pa. postoliices
were robbed of about 500 in money and
stamps between and a. m. on Tuesday.
Several election officers Of Camden, New
Jersey, have been held for the grand jury on
the charge Of violation OF the election laws.
Waller L.. Sessions, August W. Gordon and
Sadie No>S were burned To death in an I'M
moral resort at jamestown. New York. ON
Saturday morning.
The Lansing Theatre, in Lincoln. Nebras-
ka. built in 1893 at Il cost of nearly 5000. 900,
has been sold by the sheriff to satisfy mortga-
ges aggreating 100000.
The Buffalo City. New York. Gas Com
panv has been organized by the syndicate of
capitalists which recently acquired the three
old gaslight companies of that city.
Eugene Moore. ex-auditor of the state of
Nebraska. has been sentenced to eight years
in the pcnitentiary, for the embezzement of
insurance res amounting 10 @=''"o
~ momaS Sh"rkeItord ana the wife ct Geo.
W. lay!or: hoih colored. are under arrest IN
d. Louis Tor me poisoning OF Taylor Tor the
!,r' l'oA' u securing 2''"'" insurance O" ms
me-
Four men have been arrested near Phm
mXvllIe, "a. on the charge OF robhlng stores,
houses ana railroad cars. lhey occupied a
cave, winch contained Il quantity ct stolen
goods
Nathan Willis. Il negro murderer. was
burned to death 10y AN infiriated mob of white
farmers near Southport, North Carolina. ON
Thursday night "l last week. lie had killed
farmer : boy.
At Bradford. England. last week. Rev.
Joshua N0rthup died. He was the oldest
Methodist local preacher in the kingdom; was
born on March 10. 1899. and preached from
lS2oto July last.
Great damage has been done along the Bel
gan coast by the storm which has been sweep
ing the northern part OF Europe. Dykes
have been broken and II number OF vessels
have been driven ashore.
Mr. and Mrs Jacob Hitler. of Elkton,
Michigan on Sunday celebrated their 8Sth
wedding anniversary: The husband Is los
years oid ana the "Ile 10" Inc former Is
hale ana hearty h"' the wife has lost her
sight
In the jail at Liberty, Missouri, on Sunday,
William Carr under sentence to be hanged
next month for drowning his 3-year-old child
III h ,,,T nm nna,t;v Of nonndaJ S en
III comfy n5vs;d;an tbinks he viii roc $50
49, ol l",,iN,' Ir VS. I'm i'.0'e''
Joseph ntGrmoa aug Zoo OF M ice nn
IA, mas lell rom rom Tio'opo u 9zo'V9O Tor the
erection V % Ca'nolc cnnfeh at Meoherrys-
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