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Ths Ice GORGE on he sa.queAanna.

On Thursday night, 18th inst the ice
on the Susquehanna river, g1rged on the
flats at the mouth Of the river, below
Hayre de Grace and submerged good
part of the lower portion Of the town, TO-
wards the canal. At Port Deposit, where
the river is narrow, the water rose higher
than il ever was known to rise before,
overlooking the entire town on the side
next to the river, the water being fifteen
feet deep 10 the street, IN some places.
All the population in that part Of the
town were driven out of their houses.
Many found shelter in the houses Of their
more fortunate neighbors, on the upper
side Of the principal street, but hundreds
had 10 seek shelter in tents temporarily
erected for the purpose Wharves, ware
houses, factories, lumber yards, stores,
telegraph Office, dwellings, were all sub
merged, and piles of ice, mud, and debris
of every kind, obstructed the street on
Monday last, when the water had subsidized
sufficiently to allow the passage Of vehicles
and pedestrians. The town presented the
appearance of u perfect wreck, and the
damage to property win amount to many
thousands of dollars. The lumber dealers
are the greatest sufferers, the lumber hav-
ing been swept down to the bay by the
food and ice, and crushed aud shivered by
the surging ice-foes. The walls of the
houses blackened by the mud, carpets,
furniture, clothing, provisions, all ruined,
and mon, women and children, shivering
all night in their dreadful bivouac on the
hill side, protected only by hastily-erected
tents and their insufficient camp-fires.
The scene Of wretchedness and ruin beg
gars description, and can only be realized
by the sufferers who participated in it,
On Monday and Tuesday last the waters
had subsidized sufficiently to allow persons
to pass about the street Later dispatches
state that the ice is weakening, and there
is some hope that the town will escape a
second flood Much suffering prevails
among the people.
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Dreadful Tornado.

A fearful tornado passed over several
counties of Georgia and South Carolina on
Saturday afternoon. Augusta was protec-
ted from its full fury by her surrounding
hills, but in other places there was great
destruction of life and property. Rich
mond, Columbia and Warren counties, in
Georgia, and Edgefeld, Aiken and Barn
well counties, in South Carolina, suffered
terribly, About a dozen persons were
killed in the truck of the storm, and proba
bly, fifty injured The loss of property is
estimated at hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars.
Additional details of the tornado in
Georgia and South Carolina are tele-
graphed from Augusta. At the Elan
Church, near Camac, Mrs. Lewis Jones
was killed and twenty others were injured,
three of them dangerously. Near Millcdge-
vile, Is houses were demolished and
several persons were injured. At Sparta,
Mrs. s. d. Massey and Miss Berry were
killed. Miss Bailey was killed at Appling
where the Methodist and Baptist churches
and the Academy we're demolished. Along
the entire track of the tornado the country
is waste. AT Hepzibah, in Richmond
county, many houses were demolished and
the fences and trees were torn up. Great
distress prevails in the desolated region,
and contributions sent to the Mayor oil
Augusta will be distributed among the
sufferers.
Smithland and Rays Point, in the
Ouachita Valley, Louisiana, were devasta.
ted last Friday by tornado Smithland
was leyelled to the ground, and woman
and her child were killed. At Rays
Point, buildings, fences, horses, mules aud
cattle were scattered for miles" The
track of the storm was 300 yards wide and
Is miles long.
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Terrible Combat with Rats.

The Carlisle (Pa.) Herald relates the
following, which, in the way of rat story,
ought to take the premium:
"Mr. jesse Iavcrty Of East Pcnnsyl-
vania, was lately very much annoyed by
rats. which carried off his eggs, and made
sad work with his corn in his crib aud
then invaded his granary aud commenced
destroying a bin Of wheat. On examina.
ton he found there was but one place
where they got in. He thereupon re-
solved to kill the rats by an artifce well
worthy Of the cause He strewcd corn
meal literally on the floor Of the granary,
and about one hour later he nailed up the
hole Then calling his dog "a Spanish
terrier and arming himself with club, he
went forth to battle
"Now, the door to the granary is fast
ened with long wooden latch extending
clear across it, and can only be opened
from the outside, and Mr.. L. on entering,
drew the granary door shut and heard the
latch fall He then thought the enemy
was his, but this was au error The rats
were more numerous than he expected,
and finding no way of escape, they attack
cd both him and his dog with great fury.
Mr.. l.. laid on his blows hard and fast,
and one blow, aimed at rat, unfortunately
hit the dog on the head and killed him.
Being thus deprived of his faithful ally,
he would have fed, but could not, and he
then commenced calling for help. The
rats meanwhile kept skirmishing around
his legs, ran up his body, bit his hands,
and one holder than the rest bit his nose.
1t is impossible to say what the result Of
this unequal contest would have been had
not a passing neighbor, attracted by the
noise and cries, gone to the relief When
rescued he presented shocking spectacle,
his face and hands bloody, aud his clothes
torn into shreds.
"Wheu his wounds were cared for he
hit on better plan of warfare. Borrow
ing twelve cats, which, with his own, made
fifteen, be in the evening shut them up in the
granary with the rats, and the next morn
ing he found. on examination, ten dead
cats, one blind one, and two with one eye
apiece. The remaining two were unhurt
and by actual count he found one hundred
and nineteen dead rats. OF the dead dog
there was nothing left but the bones and
hair, the rats doubtless having eaten him
while Mr.. Lavcrty was hunting cats"
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1t is related that an old colored woman
living near Covington, KY, resolved to
destroy bedridden child, Of whose care
she was tired. She accordingly seated the
child in chair, and, tying Il with a rope,
began carefully satun,ting it with turpcn.
tine, bottle Of which she had procured.
The child in It's struggles Knocked the
bottle from tho hands Of its mother and
broke It, saturating the mothers clothing
with the infammable fluid In the strug-
gle the mothers clothing took fire from
the fireplace, and she abandoned her terri
BILE crime TO save her own life. Running
out, she threw herself into creek near by
aud cxtingiished the flames, but not until
she was fatally burned, When in the
agonies Of death from her burning the
mother revealed the facts as above detailed.
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The Vote Against DR., DeKoven,

The defeat Of DIR. DeKoven for confr-
nation as bishop of Illinois is now beyond
doubt. The standing committees of TWEEN
ty five dioceses have recorded their votes
against him, while only eight can be
counted for him. The Indications arc
that Of the forty five dioceses DR.. DeKoven
will not have the favorable vote Of one
third. Discussion still continues in the
church press with good deal of earnest
ness upon the denial of the Illinois conven-
ton Of the right of the House of Deputies
or the standing committees to consider any
facts outside the testimonials Of the bishop
elect
The Neic York Tribune, of Monday
last, says :--ThAre is some reason to be-
lievc that the contest in the Protestant
Episcopal Church over the Rev. DIR. De-
Koyen's candidacy for Bishop Of Illinois
is 10 be fought over again, and on about
the same ground. His friends now pro-
pose to make public an authoritative state
ment Of his belief and church practices,
which, they claim, have been so misrepre-
scented as to cause his defeat. In the mean
time a special Diocesan Convention would
be held in Illinois, and the defeated can
didate be placed once more before the
Standing Committees The rejection of
DIR. DeKoyen afforded the Rev. DIR. Ever
of this city, occasion for sermon yester
day on the revolutions" in the Episcopal
Church. DR.. Ever took the ground that
the vote of the Standing Committees on
this question shows substantial victory
for what he terms the Catholic party.
The wonder Is, he thinks, not that DR.. De-
koyen was rejected, but that so early in
the career of "Catholicity twelve dioceses
have dared to vote for a Catholic and
twelve dioceses presumed to vote against
Low Churchman," DR.. Jaeger.
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Political Notes.

General J. r. Hawley said in a speech
recently delivered in Hartford that he
regarded the third-term question as ga
sensation originally got up by the Herald
to bother the Republican party and that
If General Grant "has finally, by injudici-
Gus advice, been led to indulge the hope
of nomination, why, it Is one of the most
hopeless of all things. Apparently Gen.
Hawley is not aware of the fact long since
pretty notorious, that long before the
Herald said anything upon that subject
General Grants intimate friends were in
the habit of talking about his reelection
in 1876 as not only desirable but probable.
One OF these friends, lady very nearly
related to him, said prior to the election Of
November, 1872, that great difference
between General Washington and General
Grant as it would stand recorded in his
tory, would be that Washington was elect
ed President only twice and Grant three
times.-N Y Sun.
II is understood at New Orleans that
the terms of the arbitration in the Lonis-
lana case will not be published until the
meeting of the Legislature, which will
probably be about the 18th of April 1t
was reported on Saturday that the Arbi-
tration Committee had decided that about
l Conservative members not returned by
the Returning Board were entitled to seats;
that Elan, Conservative who claims a
scat in the Senate from the Colfax and
Coushatta District, is not entitled to a
seat, and that in Grant parish there was
no election for member of the House.
This award leaves the House Democratic
and the Senate Republican, with a small
Republican majority on joint ballot.
1t has been discovered, says the New
York Tribune, that General Butler owns
house lot in Provincetown, in the First
Massachusetts, District, and this fact
strengthens the rumor that he will be a
candidate for the late Congressman Bufiin-
toms seat
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PUBLIC SALE.


YNHE undersigned will sell at his residence,
Il IA miles from Westminster, or the
Washington Road, on
Monday, he 5h day Of Apai, 1875,
at u o'clock, NJ, the following property /:
9 work horses, Eve Of them brood -
mares, one is heavy with foal; all md -
good condition, well broken, are -US5ssAs
good leaders or saddle horses; sets Of
breechbands, sets lead harness, 6 blind
brides, 8 collars and halters, all as good as
new; wagon saddle, s-horse line, 8 fly nets,
wagon whips, 6-horse broadtread wagon, in
good order, and runs easy; pair Of hair carr
riages, 20 feet long, sixth chain, spreaders, 6
single trees, pair Of butt traces, pair breast
chains, spring wagon, 3-horse pillow, Farmers
Friend, new; set Of double harness, buggy
pole, &c.
Terms Of Sale.-All sums Of SO and under,
cash; on sums over that amount credit Of 8
months will be given, purchasers TO give their
notes with approved security, bearing interest
from day Of sale.
VIM. H. BLIZZARD.
mar cots ]. NJ. YIxonsG, Anctioneer.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
NO. 1888 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County
Eun.t,,

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County in
Equity.
Angelinc Wilson, by her next friend Hiram
Davis, DIR. William N. Martin, vs..
John I. Wilson, Administrator
Of Elizabeth Rooms and
others
TINE object Of this suit is to obtain an ac.
Il eonnt Of the personal estate Of Elizabeth
Koeas, late of Carroll county, Maryland, de-
ceased, aud also to procure an order or de-
cree for she sale Of certain real estate living
in Carroll county, Maryland, Of which the
said Elizabeth Rooms died seized.
The Bill OF Complaint filed in this cause al.
leges that the said Elizabeth Rooms departed
this life intestate, in Carroll county, Mary.
land, lsaying small amount Of personal
property, and also small tract Of land lying
in Carroll county, Maryland that letters Of
administration on the said personal property
were granted by the Orphans Court of Car.
roll county to John 4. Wilson, and that the
same was insufficient to pay the debts Of the
snid interstate and the Bill further alleges
that the said intestate at the time Of her death
was indebted to the compliments, and diver:
other persons, in large sums Of money; and
that she left seven children aud heirs at law
AneeGne, wife Of John I. Wilson, Harriet
wife OF Jacob Smith, Ida. wife of Henry
Zahn, Ann Nara, wife of John Row, all o
Carroll county, Maryland, and Eli Rooms, q
son, of Baltimore county, Maryland, and two
other sons, Emanuel Rooms, who resides IL
the State Of Iowa, and Abraham Rooms, who
resides in the State of Virginia, and out Of
the State of Maryland, and are now non resi-
dents.
II is therenpon adjudged and ordered thai
| the complainants, by causing a copy of THU
order to be inserted in some newspaper pub
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NOTICE is hereby given that the suhscri.
AZ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Carroll county, Letters Of Admins
trntion on the estate OF
ELIAS c0PPERSMITH,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned TO exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated to the subscriber
on or before the I'd day Of October, 1875 !;
they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit Of said estate. Those indebted are
requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this ID day Of
March, 1873.
GRANVILLE coPPERsMITH,
mar CIT Administrator.
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(tANE LOST. Mr.. James B. Allison,
~ Of Warfeldsburg, lost in Westminster on
the ID Of March, large laurel cane, with
representation Of an eagles head carved on
the handle, which curves naturally. The
finder win be literally rewarded, 1t the cane
be restored to Mr.. Allison, or brought to this
Office. mar 1881
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Lot at Public Sale.

an MONDAY, the Goth Of MARCH,
" at ~ o'clock, m, will sell a lot con.
tanning u ACRES, well fenced; has chcice
variety Of fruit trees; excellent spring Of wa
teH near Uniontown pike, three.quarters Of
mile from Westminster Also at the same
time, COW, shotes, household and kitchen
furniture, &c. For further particulars see
hand bills. CHARLES BEARD.
mar 20 81
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CTOCK FEEDERS, LOOK TO
NJ YOUR INTEREST,"

| am now manufacturing Feed Cutter for
fodder, hay or straw, that is superior to any
other cutter ever invented. 1t cuts faster and
brushes the fodder, putting the stalk into such
a condition that cattle will eat all up. The
fodder after being cut passes through a crusher,
thus making the hard corn stalk as soft us the
blades while all other cutters leave the stalk
in short hard pieces, and the chewing Of such
hard pieces by your stock produces sore mouths
an injury. claim this machine 10 be superior
to all Others. To satisfy yourselves, feeders
Of stock and farmers generally, are respectful
ly invited to call and see this Cutter 4 Crusher,
to be found at the foundry, near depot West
ern Maryland Railroad.
Z. WAGNER,
janatf Successor TO Wagner 4 Matthews.
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Wanted to Rent.

A STORE ROOM suitable for a first class
"A Grocery. Address, stating size, local
ity, and price. j. W. c.,
Woodberry, Baltimore county, Md.
mar 1870
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Blacksnith snop For Rent.

A LSO A NEW DWELLING IN the rear
"A Of the shop, adioins Marsh's Hotel.
Possession given LIST Of April, 1875.
jan23tf Apply 10 LAWRENCE ZEpP.
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Commissioners. Notice.

HNHE County Commissioners Of Carroll
\ county, viii meet at their Office, in West.
minister, on the FIRST MONDAY or ArnIr,
1875, for the transaction Of business.
By order,
JABEz A. BUSH,
marls.4t Clerk.
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a IL WHO SUFFER-

From bilious affections, loss of appetite
headache, eostiveness and torpidity Of the
liver, will find great relief in using CHAM
BERLAIN'S LIVER PILLS. Price rs cts,
per box. For sale by
JOHN W. WILMER, Druggist,
oct IL West End, Westminster
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A seal attracted considerable attention
at Locust Point, Baltimore, on Thursday.
II was the first one ever seen in that harbor.
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WANTED.

HL0VER Seed, Onion Sets and Lima
~ Beams GRIFFITH 4 TURNER.
q and 4s North Paca 81. Baltimore Ma.
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FOR RENT.

A Wheelwright Stand at Marriotisville, on
IA Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, rs miles
from Baltimore. An excellent Stand for
business. Apply 20 or address
WILLIAM DAVIS,
Marriottsville, Howard county, Nd.
mar ff.gtH
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Trustees Sale ! WoodIots

TIME undersigned. by virtue Of deed Of
- trust made 20 him by the heirs at law Of
John Orendorif, deceased, for their benefit,
dated September 10, 1859, aud recorded
amongst the Land Records OF Carroll county,
in liber j. b. b., No. 81, folio 4b7, &c, and
OF the decree Of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county, in equity, passed on the petition of
the undersigned against Nathaniel Lester,
filed in the cause Of John j. Baumgartner,
trustee, against Francis II. Orendorf and
others, in said Circuit Court, in equity, will,
on
Saturday, 10Th Of april, 1875,
at 2 o'clock, p. M, on the premises, offer the
land mentioned in said petition, at Public
Sale, TO the highest bidder, and at the risk Of
said Nathanel Lester, the former purchaser
thereof
Said land is situate in Carroll county, Nd,
near Leisters Church, on the public road
leading from the Westminster and Manehes-
ter road TO the Westminster and Hampstead
road, and adjoining the farm Of the late Isaiah
Lester, and contains
10 Acres, 8 Roods& IA Perches
Of land, more or less, all Of which is covered
with timber, and should il be desired it can
be sold in two parcels.
The T'aTms Of Sale are as .foitoses One
third part Of the purchase money shall be paid
by the purchaser or purchasers to the under
signed on the day Of sale, or on the ratifca-
ton thereof by the court aforesaids and the
balance shall be paid in two equal payments,
the one TO be paid in one year, and the other
in two years from the day Of sale, with inter.
est, and to be secured by the notes Of the pnr.
chaser or purchasers, with security 10 be APP
proved Of by the undersigned.
j. J. BAUMGARTNER, Trustee.
y Z. DiHenbanah. Anctioneer. mr2Ots
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A RARE CHANCE
FoR
Real Estate and Store Stand.

TINE subscriber, owing to sickness and
a deaths in his family, win sell any or all the
described properties, on "wednesday, March 81,
at Q o'clock a. m. His dwelling and store
property in Hampstead, consisting Of rs Acres
Of Land, in a high state of cultivation, under
post fencing, with two story
AMA- X brick dwelling and backbuild-
~ S5ss ing, and two-story store house
with shelving, and ware room
attached; good barn and all necessary out
buildings. This is an old store stand, located
in the centre of the town, used asa store now,
and will, without the stock Of goods, If not
sold before the first day Of May, be for rent.
Also a farm of 100 Acres, adjoining the town
on the east side, in good condition and under
good fencing, and improved with large new
bank barn, and some material for q house;
also two young orchards, one peach and the
other an apple orchard. Also farm of 20
Acres, adjoining the above, in a good state Of
cultivation. improved with good two story
log house and log barn, and good orchard.
Also wood lot Of Acres adjoining above
lands. All the above property can be bought
at private sale previous to the sale Of the per-
sonal property; If not sold on or before that
day they will be for rent Any one wishing
to view the above property win please call on
the subscriber at Hampstead, Nd. Terms Of
sale made easy 80 Also on the same day
some line stock, and a large lot Of implements.
See bills for particulars.
mar is-ls J. W. MURRAY.
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FOR SALE.

A Handsome Double Brick
"A House. Histories high, with An ~
Mansard Roof, Bath Room, ~
Water Closet, &c. Two Par -
lors, Hall II feet wide, Dining Room, Pan
try, &c. on first floor; large Stable, Brick
Chicken House, &c, surrounded by about
two Acres Of Ground. Situated on Green
Street, Westminster, Carroll county. win
make terms Of payment to suit.
n6S- Win exchange FOR City Property -'Esa
PIERRE Q. DUGAN,
mar 1861 IS Lexington ST., Baltimore.
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JOHN T. DIFFENBAUGH
AUcTJ0NEER

WESTMINSTER, Nd, win rive especial
w attention TO the sale Of Personal Pro-
perry and Real Estate.
Engagements may be made at this Office.
feb off
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TO FARMERS.

HNHE most concentrated, universal and du-
Il rable fertilizer ever offered TO farmers
combining all the stimulating qualities of Pc
ruvian Guano, and the eyer-durable fertilizing
properties Of Bones. In fine dry powder,
prepared expressly for drilling, aud can be
applied in any quantity, however small, per
acre. II is the opinion Of many close -calcu-
!ating farmers, after SEVENTEEN YEARS
experience in testing il side by side with 9th
err popular fertilizers, that on application Of
00pounds OF Excelsior Is equal to from 200 to
30Opounds ofany other fertilizer or guauo, and
therefore fully 100 TO 200 per cent cheaper.
UNIFORMITY OF QUALITY GUAR.
ANTEED BY THE MANUFACTURERS.
BsS~ Farmers should see that erely Bag Is
branded as ADORE, tciih the ANAL YSIS and
OUR NAME IN RED LETTERS. An
Others are eouRteTJeits.
PRICE $3.50 PER TON.
J. J. TURNER 4 CO.,
mar 20.3m ~ Pratt St., Baltimore.