The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-02-24
Local Intelligence.

Railroad Afdirs. john Loats, Esq,
President of the Frederick and Penn,
sylyania Line Railroad, made his au
nual report on the 18th instant, from
which We take the following:
The road bed throughout, the three divisions
Is practically completed some little calvert
work remains to be done. Track-laying has
been carried from the State line to Big Pipe
Greek, 10 miles, and from the Junction with
the Western Mary land railroad to Little Pipe
Creek oae mile besides i've tarponts, there
are miles Of iron and ~ 900 crossties on hand
the work has proceeded slowly for want Of la
Dor. Contracts have been made with Wendell
BollmAn, Of Baltimore, for the ruscarora and
Monocacy river bridges, and for the Yiaduet.
over Little and Big Pipe creeks the first u
nancial exhibit shows subscriptions paid IN,
$685., 900; bonded debt, Sl5S.000; floating
debt, Isis. The total disbursements on
account Of construction aud otsser expenses
have been StT9, 993. % and the company has
available assets applicable 10 completion oil
the work, $l3l, 96I.9S, in addition 81 uncoleo-
ted subscription, 50, $50. The president adds
IT will be the policy and purpose Of your
directors 10 connect your road on tho north
With the Rocky Ridge and Emmittsburg road,
looking 10 the shortest connection northward
and westward from Harrisburg, and 10 the
South toward Washington and also toward
that chain Of roads through Virginia, which
now constitute the rich prize for which are
contending the two great railway powers OF
this country, the Pennsylvania Central and
the Baltimore and Ohio, extending to the far
South, and Of which chain your line occupies
the natural route and The. SHORTEST"
The election held in Baltimore on
Tuesday, for the approval or disappro,
val of the ordinance guaranteeing the
bonds Of the Western Maryland Rail-
road to the extent Of 81 600, 900 result
ed in the approval Of the ordinance by
a majority of 500 votes. TIE total
number of votes cast was 1853, of
which 6,2l4 we're in favor of the ordi.
nance and l, l44 against it.
We understand tha. the Western
Maryland Railroad will be completed
aud 10 working order to Hagerstown
BY the LIST Of April.
49,
Double Pipe Creek.-Mr. Martin l.,
Fogic, Bank Boss on one of the sec.
tons of the Emmittsburg Branch Rail
Road, has finished his work.
Mr.. John Miller is building q house
on Hard Hill, halfmile west OF town.
Last Thursday, February 10, was
one Of the coolest days Of the season /;
the water in the Greek appeared slug
gish, being filed with doating slush
ice Of a yellow muddish appearance,
which seemed to pile up aud refuse to
float.
Mr.. Frank Cover, on Friday morn
ing shipped from his warehouse 500
bushels of oats, four tons of mill feed
aud 200 barrels Of -four; leaving over
in mill 200 barrels for the want Of cars.
The mills since the temporary rise OF
water turn out 100 barrels of -four per
day.
The trestling and bridge over Little
Pipe Greek on the Frederick 4 PenDsyl.
vania Line Rail Road, is progressing siop.
y, but surely. The trestling on the Car.
roll county side, eight spans is done, and
the bridge part so far advanced that
Mr.. Bollnan thinks by Sunday evening
he can have it secured against any
damage, should the false works be wash
ed out The ice is heavy, not less than
foot thick, and should it break up
with a food no false work could with.
stand it, aud should it wash out in the
present condition of things Mr.. Boil.
man says his loss would be $4,000
A full description when finished.
Dug HW-The disease known as
mumps, is raging pretty severely among
the children in this section Of the coun.
ty, aud even a great many grown per.
sous are afflicted with it. There is
hardly family in which there are not
some who have the disease.
Our community is considerably excl
ted on account of small. pox, which ap
pears to making its appearance into the
country. A number OF our people got
themselves e.yaccinated to prevent Ia.
king the disease.
Last Friday evening we had quite a
lively time at school house No. 5 near this
place. The Dug Hill Debating Society
discussed the subject, Which is the
more pleasing to the eye or gratifying
to the mind, the works Of Nature OF
the works of Art" The decision was
unanimously in favor Of nature.
Pdinjm Accilent-0n Sunday night
last about IL o'clock, as Mr.. George NJ
Prugh, Freedom district, this county
was about to leave the premises OF Mr.
Edward Shoat, in Baltimore county, he
attempted to shift the brides Of the
horses attached to his buggy from one
to another, when the horses started tC
run, catching Mr.. Prugh between them
and dragging him two hundred yards
His right ear was cut of and was hang
ing by the skin, aud one Of the hers y
trod upon his face, in running, the cork
of the shoe crushing in his jaw bone
near the ear. Mr.. Prugh was taken
back to the house of Mr.. Shoat in al
iusensible state, and had not spoken uI
to Tuesday last. One Of the horses ran
all the way home. distance of twelve
miles, the other was found on the road
in an exhausted state, and the buggy
was broken to pieces.
Local Legislation. was grant
cd Mr.. Steele to introduce bill L
amend local laws OF New Windsor, and