The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-06-09

Case Decided-0n Thursday last, in
the United States District Court, Bal
timore, the petition of Jacob Erb, Of
this county, ian applicant to be adjudgcd
bankrupt for an injunction fosbiddiug
aud restraining John j. Baumgartner,
trustee, from selling certain property,
consisting Of 305 acres of la1d in said
county, which, by him and his wife,
had been mortgaged on 9th March, 1861,
to John Maus to secure payment to the
latter of $1,000 then due him, now
amounting to about $4,000, aud from
interfering with or disposing Of said
property aud premises, or any part
thereof, antil the further order of this
Court. The petition states that de.
cree had been passed by the Circuit
Court for this county to foreelose the
mortgage, under which said property
was advertised for sale on 10Th March,
1870, and prays the Court to take juris.
dietion and direct the sale By au as
signee or assignees, to be selected by
the creditors twenty FIVE in NUMBER
of petitioner and confirmed by the Court,
and that distribution may be made of
the estate by the Court in Bankruptcy
After hearing the testimony and argu-
ment in the case, Judge lilies dismissed
the petition witheosts.
CcnsaS.-The census takers are about
to begin business. Be prepared for
them. They will want to know Of every
family the names, ages, sexes, colors,
&C., of its members, and also informa,
ton for the compilation of statistics
concerning farm productions, manuiac
lures, &c. The information given must
be, as nearly as possible, exact, and
should be properly given by the head
of the family Paterfamilas will do
well to attend to this himself, for it is
worth remembering that any false in.
formation, parposely given, subjects the
offender to fue of $50 and this fine
can be sued for as debt by the Deputy
or Assistant Marshal to whom the false
information is given. The value of the
Census Returns ought to be appre.
ciated by every intelligent man, and
every good citizen should do his part
toward ensuring expedition and relia-
bility.
Western Maryland Rai}road The
Directors of the Western Maryland
Railroad have elected Mr.. John T. Rig
ney Master of Transportation from the
1st of July. The Board have adopted
"the turnpike route from 0wings'
Mills to Baltimore, running parallel
with and short distance south of the
ReisterstOwn turnpike. 1t was decided
to have juries appointed at once to value
the lands through which the road will
have to pass. This route is to connect
with the Union Railroad at the Western
boundary of the city, and run thence by
the proposed tunnel for all roads to tide
water at Canton over the track Of the
Union road. The survey of the route
of the road from lIagerstown to VIII
Transport have been completed, an Mr.
NJ. W, BryEe, engineer, has presented
his report to the company, giving details
Of property to be condemned for the
extension,
Rmehart'S Studio at Roms.-A
letter from Rome to the Boston -ddccrii-
ser thus speaks of piece of sculpture
on which Mr.. Rinehart, tho Carroll
county artist, is now engaged;
The last time was at Rieneart's studio saw
a beautiful design for fireplace which was put
into marble for Mr.. Puxley, Of Lands End,
| Cornwall. This gentleman has large copper
mines in Wales. The fireplace, or marble dec
Grafton for it, is nine feet long, six and a.halt
feet high; it Is in sculpture hall fOrty-four
feet square. The pilasters either side have
portrait statues OF Mr. Puxley's children-a
boy and girl-in gracefully arranged drapery.
As the decorations represent vintage, the ac-
cessories Of the statues correspond with the
subject. The girl holds basket of grapes
against her right knee; the boy has grapes in
either hand, the right one thrown up as II
plucking them from the vines. The entabla.
ture is very rich. The whole story ola vintage
is given in bas-reliefs upon it, beneath the
beautiful frieze. In the centre is a Bacchus like
boy standing in wine press treadng out tn,
grapes; on either side are dancing maidens and
| i"'eis' IL ehaImiuS piece Oh Work.
Dctacing HandbMs.-Onc of the most
pernicious and rascally habits that i.
INDUCED in, is that Of tearing down and
deiaciug haudbills. Every day we heal
complaints from business men who ar,
made to suffer thereby. There is q
statute law in this State making it {
penal offense for any person guilty Of
such mischief, which reads as follows
That any person caught mutilatiu;, de
stroyiug, tearing down or removing any
show bill, plaeard, programme, poster, OF
other advertisement, posted upon any wall
fence, bill board or other structure, shall
be fined not less than $2j nor more than
Sl00 for the first offence, and for the second
offence the penalty shall be Imprisonment
in the county Jail not less than three MOI
more than six months.
The Crops.-The long continued wei
weather, ten days, has created grea
apprehension in the minds of some Of
our farmers in regard to the wheat crop
though from Franklin, Freedom anC
Manchester Districts we learn that i
has not been injured very much. Corr
and oats are growing finely, aud grass
will soon be ready to cut. The prospec
for very large yield of fruit is yer,
promising.
Raee.-0n Tuesday afternoon rae,
took place on the track of the Agrieul
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