The Democratic advocate., 1905-08-19
News of the Week.

boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Robinson, Gettysburg, Pa, recently, which,
al 5 days old, weighed q pounds,
W A. Dromgold, Of York, Pa. raised 2s2
bushels OF irst.c class wheat on seven acres of
his Springview farm in Manchester township.
Sam Grice. former British soldier, who
once saved the life of General Roberts in bat
tie. has been sentenced at Salt Lake City to
Il years IN prison for burglary.
Helen Elser. who would have been l3
wears old on November ) next, died in New
York hospital August u, after the surgeon
performed the CseSarian operation on her.
A report OF the Census Bureau shows that
the commercial value of railroad property
in PENNSYLVANIA is 81 ,420. COS, 900, the great
est in the country, New York being second on
the list.
Twelve persons we're killed and at least 25
Others injured as the result of a collision be
tween passenger train and freight train on
the Nickel Plate Road, near kishman, Ohio,
last Sunday.
High heeled shoes caused Mrs. Lottie Will
sou 10 trip aud fall 10 the pavement at Fifth
and Howard streets, IN San Francisco, August
u, with the result that her leg was broken
just above the ankle.
In Washington, d. c., there is an epedemic
OF typhoid fever On Monday there were l66
existing cases and 46 new ones were reported
by the Health Department for the week ending
last Saturday.
Typhoid's spread in Brooklyn has become
alarming, and caused tightening of regula.
tions about the sale of milk, as well as re-
newed discussion of the need OF fitering New
Iork's water supply
An American syndicate capitalized at $780,
coo, 900 has received valuable concessions
from the Government of Nicaragua and will
engage in extensive mining operations and
transportation in that country.
In Philadelphia, Pa, and dsuburbs, last Sun
day. much damage was done by thunder
storm. Several persons were shocked by
lightning and houses were set on hre, while
the rain flooded the streets.
Tom Williams, eolored, aged Is years, was
burned to death on the courthouse square at
Sulphur Springs, Teaxas, for assaulting IA
year. old white girl. He confessed after being
captured. No one attempted 10 stop the
burning.
At Anuandale, n. j., at a Sunday school
pic mic large number of persons were rem
dered funny by the use of ice cream and
lemonade. Upon investigation it was dis
covered that large quantity of apple jack
had been used in the ice cream and lemonade.
Several parties have been arrested and if
found guilty will be severely punished.
A chain of thunderstorms extending from
Florida to Massachusetts made the Atlantic
Coast vivid with electrical flashes d larger part
of last Sunday afternoon. In New York city
the cloud discharges were of the triphammer,
slashing variety. The lightning struck low
and hit hard. Several persons were killed and
q large number were stunned by lightning.
dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Au-
gust l3, says-An Ashcroft dispatch reports a
disastrous landslide on Thompson river this
afternoon. An Indian village was embedded,
with lis population, and the river bed was
blocked. Ashcroft is an Indian village, with
population of 500, situated in the northwes
tern portion of the Yale District, British Col
umbia.