The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-07-17


TaAxlxo ST1slEs. No place Ia Maryland,
in fact We might say ia any of the adjoining
States, except Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pa,
is possessed Of the same facilities for trimming
horses as Westminster. The Directors Of The
Agricultural Society, when Il was FIRST con
templaied 70 purchase grounds for that pur-
pose, decided that there should be added q
halfmile track. Experienced engineers and
horsemen we're consulted and the result is tho
finest track for lis size In the country. The
breed of horses in this county formerly con.
sisted Of the Conestoga strain, but as the rail
roads have now rendered the heavy teams Of
those days almost useless, i has become ne.
ecssary TO breed a diileyut stock; horses OF
quick action are rapidly taking the place Of
those heavy, dull, plodding horses, which year,
ago il was almost impossible to do without,
Having heard SO much of the stables Of Mar
tin Quinn, who has charge of the track at the
Fair Grounds, in this city, on Saturday we
visited them and found the following horses Z:
Hermit, dark brown stallion, q years old,
time $50 or better, sired By Tallyho out Of a
Mambrino mare; owned by E. Lynch 4 Co.
of this city.
Prince, roam gelding, 0 years old, Tins
2,55, owned by II. Weist, Of New Oxford
Adams county, Pa.
Blue Ridge, black horse, years old, is
possessed Of great power and promises to be
speedy, sired by Kossuth, dam by Sloan
"Skylark;i public record 2.50i owned by +.
Lynch 4 Co., Of this city.
Gen, Grant, bay stallion, 6 years old, no
record, very promising, sired by Ajax, out Of
a mare by Hills Black Hawk, owned by VIM.
McAlhsier, Of Laurel, Pa.
John, bay gelding, years old, public re.
cord OF 2.5l, pedigree unknown, owned by
Samuel Roop, Of this county.
Temperance, bay mare, years old, no
record, is speedy, and shows 2. 40 gait; ped.
igree unknown, owned by DIR. Kane, Of Cum.
berland, Nd.
Doctor, bay stallion, 5 years old, trots in
800, sired by son Of Burlington out of n
Screamer mare, owned by Dr. Harkius, OF
Hartford county, Nd
Bay gelding, years old, very promising,
pedigree unknown, owned by VIM. Richards,
Of Hampstead, Md.
making fast trotter, by Arehy Tom out Of a
Chaptico mare, owned by Mr.. Stepler, OF
Norrisville, Hartford county, Nd
Mr.. Quinn is assisted in his work BY an
efficient corps, and gives his personal aiten.
eral OF the horses in his stables are now being
trained for the races at Gettysburg, Pa. Be.
fore the close Of the season there will be an
addition of II or Is more from Hartford ooun.
ty, Nd, and Pennsylvania. During the
morning exercises the grounds are visited
by large number Of persons who express
their qualification at the sport.
KILLED BY RuLRoAD TRAtS.-The Bal.
timore american of Thursday says :--Yester.
day morning young man named Thomas
Mccarthy, about twenty.one years Of age, a
brakeman on the Western Maryland Railroad,
met with shocking death while endeayoring
to board Western Maryland passenger train
coming TO the city, near the Boundary avenue
bridge, one hundred yards from the tunnel.
McCarty, with his brother and several labor.
ers, was standing near the bridge when the
train came in sight, and il being payday he
expressed his determination to board car
and have a free ride to town 10 obtain his
month earnings. When the train approach.
ed he jumped towards the steps of the fore
most car with the intention Of getting upon
the platform. Unfortunately for himself, he
missed his footing and continued hanging by
his arms to the iron hand.rail He made
several attempts to raise himself up TO the
steps, but his efforts at length exhausted his
strength, and he fell between the cars. The
wheels Of the car passed over the neck and
body of the unfortunate man. When the
train had passed along a shocking sight was
presented to the eyes OF the lookers.on. On
one side Of the rail was the trunk and on the
other side the head reeking with blood. The
remains were carried to the tool house
near by. Coroner Walker held an inquest,
The jury rendering a verdict of death by acct.
dent, and that no blame could be attached to
the officers of the company, the act being the
FAULT ofthe deceased. Mccarthy was young
man Of steady habits and Of a good character.
He lived at the village of Hampden, near the
,lty, and with his brother was the support Of
widowed mother and six young children.
GoRI COUNTY ITENs.--From the Hanover
papers we take the following items:
Daniel Fliekinger obtained SO bushels of
wheat from one acre.
Sixty.one reaping machines have been sold
his season.
Hanover wants a cotton factory at once.
md a market house.
Levi Gulden, Of Mount JOY township.
Adams county, who was injured BY being cut
n the feet by reaper knives, died on Friday
night last.
On Friday last, Mr.. Amos Carbuch, of
Germany township, Adams county, met with
> painful accident while at work in the har.
vest field with reaper His leg was caught
n the reaper, by which one Of his ankles was
tut to the bone
Shutdown, this county, comes in with n
claim for the possession Of the smallest adult
n the State, in the person Of Miss Mary
Rhode. She measures thirty-three inches,
weighs thirty pounds, and is nineteen years
md ten months old Her memory is good
but she talks like child two years old, the
'gs at which she stopped growing.
Due HUI ITEas.-The wheat harvest is
pretty well over in this part of the county.
The wheat crop is not more than two.third Of
m average yield; il is true that some fields
were good and made a full crop, while some
others did not nuke half n crop, and others
still worse, will hardly make the seed vet
The most OF the wheat has fine large heads,
good grains and we'll filled. | am told, how.
ever, that u worm, about an inch long, de,
'troyed many wheat grains. The oats crop
here will be full 0ne-better than Il has
been for years. Corn looks very promising.
The Colorado potato bugs were very numer.
Dus, but the daily slaughter and Paris Green
has thinned their ranks, so that they are
nearly conquered.
Grasshoppers are very numerous in some
places, but have done very little damage yet,
in this immediate neighborhood.
Notwithstanding the cry Of hard times, the
village of Black Rock, on the Bachman Val.
ley Railroad, is still on the increase, and sew.
eral new stores will be opened shortly.
FlNKsBUEG ITms. The Finksburg and
Turnpike, which connects Just
above this place with the Baltimore and