The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-03-30
News of the Week.

The Sehuylkill Valley Stove Company, OF
Spring City, Pa, have assigned.
A wealthy Southern lady has offered to pro-
vide homes and work for so deserving couples.
The National Witch Hazel Company, a
trust combining the various concerns, is now
assured.
Four cases of smallpox appeared in Ship
pensburg, Pa, and everybody there is beng
vaccinated.
Gloucester county, New Jersey, is terrorized
by traaps Robberies and hold ups are OF
daily occurrence.
The cotton mills in Fall River, Mass, have
shut down in accordance with an agreement
to curtal production.
lis reported from Fort Worth, Texas, that
the Guadalupe mines in Southwestern Chlhua-
hua. Mexico, have been sold to New York
capitalists for 100000.
Baltimore and New York capitalists have
closed a deal involving the transfer of 25,OOO
acres of coal land in Somerset county, Pa,
the purchase price being $279, 900.
Peter Geiser, the well-known inventor, of
Wayuesboro. Pa, died suddenly last week.
He was a native of Smithburg, Nd, and was
the head of the Geiser Manufacturing Co.
William E. Bidwell, of Philadelphia, Pa,
charged with embezzling $4,000 belonging 10
the New York Life Insurance Company, as
cashier, has been brought back from Chicago
a fugitive from justice.
The San Jose scale has attacked peach, APP
pie and plum trees in Waynesboro, Pa, ana
vicinity with virulence, and unless its progress
can be speedily stopped great damage will be
done the trees and the prospective crops will
be ruined.
The farmers of Rock county, Missouri,
seem to be prosperous. The treasurer 0! The
town of Lima has collected every cent of the
tax levy for the year, and the treasurer of the
town of Porter reports delinquency amount
ing 10 only So cents.
Isaac Levy and Lewis Goldstein, of Phila-
delphia, Pa. have been arrested charged with
stealing goods belonging to the United States
and valued at nearly 100000. They have
been engaged in contracting for Government
work at the Schuylkil Arsenal and are accus-
ed of appropriating material for uniforms and
other goods and selling it.
With death awaiting him if he lost his grip,
John Layery clutched the side OF bucket and
descended 600 feet to the bottom of Lambert
shaft, near Connellsville, Pa, Saturday. The
bucket struck timber near the top OF the
shaft and threw him out. He caugh bit the side
of the bucket and held on. When he touched
the bottom he swooned and is now suffering
from nervous collapse.
The discovery by Brooklyn chemist that
typhoid fever germs are being distributed in
that CITY by means of blocks of ice containing
them is warning to all cities to scrutinize the
source from which their ice comes. Freezing
does not kill these germs, and if the ice is
taken from a stream polluted by sewage or
liable to infection in any other way, there is
reason to fear disease from its use.
Joseph A. Conlin, who was employed as a
clerk in postoffice branch h, on Lexington
avenue, New York city, until February %,
when he disappeared with mail pouch con-
tanning SAC, 900 worth of government property
in the shape of money, money orders and
stamps, was arrested in San Francisco. Con-
lin was traced by the inspectors across the
country and then from place to place en- the
Pacific Slope.
On Friday of last week, at Curwensville,
Pa, Ably Holes was tainted TO death. While
he was walking along the bank Of the river a
crowd of boys called kim vile names. He
became so angry that he said he would shoot
the BOYS, and. drawing o revolver. he fired
into the air. AS he did so he fell to the
ground corpse. A physician examined the
body, and SAID the cause OF uedtn WIS nedTt
failure, attributable to violent passion over
the taunts of the children.
Prof. William l.. Phueger, principal of the
Bernyille, Pa, High School, was on trial
nearly all of Friday oflast week, on the charge
of cruelty to children. He caught Florence
Skaters, pupil, ''making on ugly face" at
him and commanded her to stand on his desk
and make face" This she refused to do,
and he denrived her of her daily recess for a
week, hence the alleged cruelty. Prof. P6ue-
ger was acquitted and the costs placed on the
girls father, Jonathan Skaters.
Miss Bertha NJ Heberly occupied the pulpit
in the United Brethren Church, Hanover, Pa,
last Sunday evening, her sermon being listen
ed to with great interest. Miss Heberly is a
forceful speaker and displays wonderful
knowledge of the Scriptures. She is a daugh-
ter of Rev. NJ. J. Heberly, pastor of the o.
B. Church at Spring Grove. She frequently
occupies her fathers pulpit and breaches in
either German or English. In the pulpit she
is much at case as in her own home.