The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-12-26
News Of the Week.

Isaac B. Allen, negro who ran on the
Republican ticket for Street Commissioner of
Boston, was defeated by 80, l49 votes.
A. X. Glatfelter, of Seven Valley, likely
killed the two biggest porkers IN York county,
Pa, one weighing 720 pounds and the other
657.
It was said in Abilene Kan, that 3, DOC, 900
bushels of wheat were piled on the prairies of
Western Kansas under the open sky awaiting
cars for shipment to market.
The three main departments of the Illinois
Steel Company, at Joliet, are now idle, the
converter and billet mills closed last Saturday.
About 800 men are effected.
DR.. G.. A. Soper, of New York, attributes
the typhoid epidemic at Butler, Pa, to a ces
sation of the filtration of water there. Miss
Clara Barton appeals for $75, 900 for the strick-
en- city.
The ministers of Winchester, Virginia, have
entered protest against expensive and elab-
crate funerals and have decided to conduct
them in the future in the briefest and simplest
manner.
Mrs. Honoretta Marshall, the Oldest woman
in Massachusetts, died December 20, aged los
wears, months and II days. She distributed
a large fortune among the poor and died in
the Worcester Hospital for the insane.
In wreck December 81, at Godfrey, Kan,
of the "Meteer,' st. Louis and San Fran
cisco fast train from the South, 9persons were
killed and 80 were injured. Of the injured,
probably will die, while IA were severely
hurt.
While John L. Bond, Il prominent resident
of Nansemond county, Virginia, was fox
hunting last Saturday, his barns were burned.
Charles Bynum, discharged employee,
II. ,,f catt;pp fha horpS fro
is under arrest.
A dispatch from Melbourne, Australia, De-
cember 21, says The harvest generally is
turning out excellent. 1t is estimated ;, the
total weld of wheat for the six States will be
76. 600, 900 bushels. The previous highest
record was As, 100000 bushels.
Charles helms, charged with killing Alice
helms, his former wife, at Middesboro, was
arrested at Asheville, N. c., with Phil Haynes,
both of whom were supposed to know some
thing concerning the mysterious disappearance
of young Wentz, the Philade phia millionaire,
in West Virginia.
Upon his own request the salary of Rev. j.
Powell Garland, presiding elder of the Ports
mouth, Va, district, of the Southern Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, was reduced 500 per
year. He says $1,000 year is too much
money for presiding elder to receive.
Roscoe w. Derby, a machinist of Cleveland,
O., killed his wife, his three children, and
then committed suicide, December 10. He
had been "playing the races" in a pool room.
came home respondent because he had no
money for Christmas and committed the deed
after they had retired.
At Springfield, Ohio, Grandmaster Charles
C. Pavy, of the Ohio Grand Lodge of indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, has issued
circular to the effect that on January 10, 1904,
all saloonkeepers, bartenders or professional
gamblers shall either quit the order or those
occupations. In the event of refusal to
cease such callings they will be tried and ex-
PEELED.
From Kentucky comes the story of human
bird, in name at least. She was Miss Mar
tin, of one of the best known Bourbon county
families and recently made her fourth matri-
monial venture. She first married Robert
Crow. He died and she married John Spar
row six months afterward. She and Mr.. Spar
row did not agree, and divorce followed.
Mrs Sparrow became Mrs. William Robin,
but again divorce was found advisable.
After year of lonely life, Mrs. Robin has
become Mrs. David Buzzard. She has two
Crows, one Sparrow, one Robin and Buz.
card at home. She says she prefers thirds"
for husbands.