The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-12-10
Local Intelligence.

| lowing NeHS ~
As<our little town is more noted for
its antiquity than enterprise. you sell
dom have sail opportunity OF hearing
| from its pesceful iuhabitants. Indeed
/ to find matter for regular cerrespon:
/ dence, one should call largely upon the
Imagination.
Tn. only exciting topic of conversa-
ton is the Railroad, soon--u reports be
/ true+to be made from Frederick I'd
Littlestown, the history Of which is
well known to your readers The en-
gineers are now sctisely1esigaeged on the
necessary surveys, and are expected
here in 4 day or 80. You have no idea
4 of the excitement this announcement
| has caused in our community, | am
| truly gratifed to notice this fact, fol
unless we become III railr ad commu
| nication with the rest of the world,
/ Tancytown will soon be entirely forgot
ten. Let our citizens therefore, and
particularly the farmers throughout the
! neighborhood. not merely inish the sue
cess of the enterprise. bat push the
| work through by their liberal contribu
tious. Thus, and thus only can we
| expect to succeed.
| Acciaea.ts.-O Sunday last, Novem-
1 Der Doth, little daughter Of Mr.
Wieghter, of Freierivk county, aged
about IL years, met with an accident.
which, in IA few hours proved fatal. 1t
| seems she had visited her neishbor, Dr.
1 James Miller, and with. the children OF
the family, Was playing with pistol,
which accidentally discharging, pro-
duced the above result s1".
MIR. Samuel Smith, also of Frederick
county, died short time since, under
peculiar circumstances He had called
to see his wife, from whom he had been
divorced year or two Previous. Short
v after taking his meal, feeling quite
unweIl, h, left for his brothers house,
not far distant. When found, he was
| in an almost insensible condition, and
died in few hours. .s5...- All
| Tile Far som to b, opened in your
city for the Catholic Parsonage, promnl
ses to be tie best ever held III your
midst. A large box Of very choice ar
ticles is already announced from Fred
erick, and numerous contributions are
promised from other cities. A splcndld
Silver Tea Service, No. | Sewing Ma
chine-Wilcox & GIBBS manufacturers
"a first class Cooking Stove; besides
a quantity of fancy and useful articles
will be on hand.
For the benefit Of your readers. aud
the country generally, | have ascer
tain d from the la ~ managers, that
the Fair will be held in the ODD Eel
lows Hall; commencing on Wednesday
evening, December 23d., at Z o'clock,
and continue during the Holidays.
Yours. ANON,
Fires The machine and repair shops
of the Western Maryland Railroad, in
Union Bridge, were destroyed by fire
on Thursday night last. The fire is
supposed to have originated in the oil
aud supply house of the shops. The
machinery was of an ordinary character,
and of not much value. The house,
with the blacksmith shop, which were
of frame, were totally destroyed. All
the locomotives, together with the cars
of the Company, were saved, and the
trains we're OF regular time next morn
ing. y large amount Of the machinery
that was in the building can be repaired
at small cost. The loss to the company
will b. about $4,000 Great credit Is
due to the citizens Of the vill1ge and
surrounding country for the P emptiness
with which they repaired to The scene
Of the fire, and for their labor III assist
ing to stop the progress of the destroy
ing element.
On the same evening our citizens
were startled by the cry of"Fire. Fire
Proceeding to the West End we found
it to be the stable of Rev. w. G. Crea-
lner, German Reform Minister. 1t is
supposed to have been set on fire by
some drunken vagabonds to whom MIR.
Dreamer had refused peeuniary assist.
ance. When discovered the FIRE had
made such progress that it was impos-
siblc to save the horse or any Of the
contents.
Furm .S,ht.-Messrs +. W. Bennett
& Co., auctioncers, sold. on the LIST in
slant, at the Exchange Salesroom, Bal
the farm known as Bloomfield,
in this county, on the line Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, containing 4S6
acres of land, divided as follow No.
L, with improvements, barn, dairy, &c,
144i acres, sold at s55 per
acre to Mrs. Eliza George No. 2, con-
tanning 217a acres, improved BY two
story tenaus house, sold at S37 80 per
acre to- Mr.. James Whiting; No. 3,
1891 acres, sold at 5000
per acre to same. H
Look On-We would warn our
readers to be on their guard against the
many provling beggars, who are seen
dai Y on our street We have ns doubt |
that some of them are objects of charity, |
and need the sympathy Of the charita-
BILE, but most of them are but seeking
IN opportunity to steal, and the people |
should watch their movements, when
about their buildings. ~
Oyster Supper.-J. A. Klef, Esq, |
the gentlemanly proprietor of the Mon-
tour House, will accept our thanks forl
a complimentary ticket to an Oyster ]
Supper togbe given at his house on
to morrow evening =
3 AS the Holidays are appre ,ehing it