The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-03-04

ffNksnuR0 Hkva.-A child, aged u years,
son Of Mr.. John HollingswoFth living near
this place, fell down fight of steps recently,
lfl1etnroe sis collar hone. -.
On the evening ofthe 10th ulsimo, our III.
NfRry association debated the question "Was
te execution of Major Andre jnsn6AbleF
The Creme Vas stated and Argument bpened
tor the affirmative BY Twin BAXTER he was
ably supported by Messrs. J. n. White, T.
! ID. W. Herring The opposition was jealous
! L sustained b Messrs, /. A. J. Iamolte, q.
i Nv. trNhittle, G. Poser, J.. I.ambtte, sd.
lOhtem1 and W. Gist The decision was ~.
terred to Mr.. q. .Armacost, the only Judge
present, He determined in favor Of the ailir.
/ native. H sanrFfi SIN fa4T
The public school in this place, was visited
on The afternoon OF the 2ist ninmo, by the
Examiner, Prof j. N. Newson, accompanied
BY MT, Francis L. Herring, School Commits,
spner for this district The exercises on he
occasion consisted Of a rehearsal Of the daily
programme BY one Of the teachers, As each
branch Of study was named, the Examiner
| questioned the school on thar subject, crit.
eised the methods Of instractioa, made sug.
/ gesiions, &c. After the conclusion Of this
| EXERCISE, the Examiner made a few remarks
IL his usual pleasant manner. He particular
" impressed upon the pupils the absolute
\ necessity Of thinking for themselves. tdfqm.
| A meeting Of the citizens of this neighbor.
hood was convened on the 2lst ultimo, for the
purpose OF taking measures to open road
leading directly from the village 10 the rail-
road, The proposed road will start from the
| point where the new pike intersects the Bal.
timore and Reistarstown pike, crossing the
latter and running in straight course 10 the
railroad, The distance is nearly three. quar-.
tiers Of mile, and the grade gradual de-
scent, The advantages which this route will
secure TO our little town are great, as It di.
ministries the distance to the depot nearly one
half V lE b 80.
! Our rare winter weather has been produc.
1 tive Of much sickness, five attribute all the
cases in this locality to its influence. Coughs,
influenza, rheumatism, neuralgia bronchitis,
&c. prevail TO mn unusual extent. giving the
physicians all they can do TO attend TO them.
! The larger number of cases is confaed 10
children. '
| An entertainment will be given on the 18th
instant, at Mechanics Hall, by the Finksburg
Minstrel Troupe, for the benefit Of the Me.
ehanics. iEii7Eln b6e i6salr-1
The Finksbarg Lyceum met on the evening
| d the 18th ultimo, Mr.. Francis l.amotte in
the chair. The question, % Is the pen might.
Ter than the sword n was selected for the
the evening, i Should capital pnnishmen, he
abolished Y was introduced by Mr.. ID, Her.
ing. His discourse supporting the ai;rma.
! tive side was sustained by Messrs r Her.
ing, s. q. Ohrem, and d. w white Tho
opposition, defended by Messrs- L. s. / In.
motto, J. N. White. and e. W Hornsr
! gained a favorable verdict. Tba ;udoss n,
| this occasion were Messrs. q. Little. nj vii.
liams, and N. Evans. There was nrasan,
quite large audience. nnmber ~ ,sboy,,
were ladies'. +
Mrs. Mary Gorsuch. an need lady liz; ng IN
this vicinity, fell from her door on Won5av
morning, 18Th ultimo, dis.ocatinp her arm
On The. 29th ultimo Mr. Noab S,oonsa.,a
70 Baltimore. ' 'O' Wy WIN WIN n's nanny
-r
LiswooD IrEMs. The protracted meeting
at Middletown, under the snrarv;s;or ~ III
der WIN. Palmer, minister IL cbaree ~ ~, Lr
Church Of God here ass;s,ad 10 FlJn. ny ~
Fuss, of Uniontown. has been ,s.lonsly .ar
ried on for FIVE successive weeks ""
The advent Of treacherons March
tended with cloudy sly.' and damn 49,.
phere. On the evening Of the 6rs, sno.
commenced falling and continued until ,bs
ground was cou1pietelv eovatad : n a. ~. W
ond a boisterous north. wes,er r.asJ 49,;
the day. Thus far hold from, bas No. 10y
sented. eiaIaI IaliGa - - ~ p'''''I
Farmers here have been ac,;v.lv an..a
in making arrangement for sarIy snr 5ns"ssu
erationss Clover seeding bas s,,,,n Spns "
The roads are aradnaliy ;u,nrox;nnaeS
ting in better condition for travsl;ng '"u ke''
Public sales are ATTRACTING a,,en,,or la
The Adroeafe cont;nnss - " ~ -
throughout his iocaII,v III a patrons
are entertained Thai spsnsnson ~ ~ ,sn
BILE a journal can possibly occur Viii, 's naa
s tS,aa, visions h nave 50 ssluary an effect as
Un;an,own 'o1' "o''"' correspondent at
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UxIox Minis IrRxs.--My Martin y;,uun
a resident of this place. has nnrchasad ~ ~,
agents Of Peter Il. Myers. Deceased ,.a,
OF land containing three acrss ror SOM N.Y. ny
John Bemiller, Of Mt. Pleasant. has honah,
of Andrew Stonesifer dwelling honse s;t'
uated Ia this place, for the sum ~ sas5 =
A protracted meeting ia In nroorass a, G,
Mary's Church, at Silver Run which I'll
continue during this and next weeE Tha
services are conducted by Raw i. W Ista
pastor of the lutheran Tona..e.:o se,
church. Several other bro1;nsa nas
are expected to assist in the EXERCISE MY MaS
success attend their efforts.
On Tuesday of this week, very valuable
COW belonging TO Mr.. Jesse Myers Of this
place, broke her neck by violently striking
n i head against another COW owned by MI.
Webster. She evidently intended to engage
IN a light with Mr.. WIS, eow.li ,,.t'TS
The growing wheat looks very promising in
THIS section. 'sti'hl''a'ini qa3i 'fd d1lST
,,fTe x la557T7T T-7--.r.g ia
a1 ~ Ii lrEss.-Messrs. H. P. Kech
anu " HUNT purchased 20 acres Of land, sit.
sa'e Shout half a mile west Of this place, Of
Mr. 2, Edward Fnhrman, for $50 per acre.
nr. Adam rreiding purchased house and
lot IN Meircse, OF John H. Smith, for $500,
An % an adjoining lot Of Mrs; Weaver for 500.
Drown, cigar manufacturers, have dissolved
Mr.. fultz continues the bust,
, hess ~ .ne 9,d stand Mr.. Esenbrown has
oougns out Mr. Chas; j.. IL. Ganter, and will
airy ~ the grocery business in ID. III. Hoff,
scker store room, corner Of Main and York
streets saei. 'slea % sle al hilgli Il
Fsaf hcGinns, the blind orator, delivered
: lecture In the lecture room Of The Lutheran
Church, on Thursday evening Of last week