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The Bread Supply Of Europe.

The following statement concerning the
wheat demand is received from Mr.. Dodge,
the statislieian Of the department Of agricul'
ture;
Great Britain is the only European country
that uniformly looks to other nations for q
material portion of its bread supply. Russia
and the United States are the main sources
Of that supply. The amount required in ad
dition to the home production is increasing
in part as the result of larger bread ration
consumed by British workingmen. The i'm.
ports Of wheat and flour for fifteen years,
including 1872, were equiyalentto 90, ~, 3l9
bushels of wheat Of 90 pounds each per an.
mum. In the past four years the average has
risen TO 101, 1855, 270 bushels. In the five
years prior to 1872 il was rs, S3s, $50, and in
ten years, ending in 1867, i was but 59,4l7,
466. Such has been its increase, modified
by the fluctuations of home productions,
though the imports of 1862 exceed those Of
any other year up TO 1873.
In this period of fifteen years the United
States contributed "a per centum, Russia "a,
Germany IL, France o, other countries %.
10 the last four years the proportion supplied
by the United States has Increased to As per
cent. and that Of Russia has fallen to 10, and
the remaining countries have furnished but
80 instead of 40 per cent. The British re.
ceipts Of the first quarter of 1877 are but
500, FOG cwts. of wheat, against IL, 1912
for the same period in 1876 and ,526, $40
ewts. Of -four, against l,773,29l. of the
wheat 4,999,377 came from this country,
nearly threeiourths of it from the Pacific
coast. But l,343, 1874 cwts. came from Rus.
STA. The wheat production of this country
has twice exceeded three hundred million
bushels, but the average since 1863 is scarcely
two hundred and seventy. Two hundred
millions are required for bread and seed, and
more than sixty millions are annually expor.
ted. Our present grain supply is short. The
consumption. The California crop OF 1877
will be short, and an increased area of spring
wheat will be required to supply the world.
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DEMAND FOR SHIP TIMBER. The existing
trouble between Russia and Turkey and the
unsettled condition of other European Pow.
ers, growing out Of these hostilities, have
already created demand upon this country
for timber suitable for ship.building, and
agents of several foreign powers are here for
the purpose Of purchasing such timber. Two
cargoes were recently shipped to France, and
1t is said that more has been purchased for
Great Britain. But little live oak timber is
in the market, the Government having nearly
all of this timber stored at the various navy
yards, amounting in the aggregate to about
l,200, 900 cubic feet, though much Of it is de.
caying for want of suitable places to preserve
it. The usual method Of preserving this tim.
Der is by submerging it in wet docks, and we
have not sufficient number of such to con.
tain it; therefore, the timber has to remain
in the open air, and, in many instances, not
even a shed contains it. Vast quantities OF
other timber, such as white oak, walnut, pine,
&c, also lie exposed to the weather at sew.
eral navy yards, and much Of it is already
unfit for use on account of being so exposed.
Live oak timber, which is most used in ship
building, is cut in winter, but does not be-
come seasoned for q year or two. 1t was the
policy of the late Secretary of the Navy to
purchase all such timber as fast as cut, and
therefore, small quantity only is now to be
found in the market.
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PREMIUMS $1,000.
PROGRAMME
Spring Meeting at Westminster, Md.
on
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday,
MAY 30, 80 and 81, 1877.

FIRST DAY.
Touruament-F First Prize 800 Gold Watch,
Second Prize $40 Silver Watch, Third Prize
$50 Silver Watch.
No. /. Purse $500 for 1885 Class--S260 "a
LIST, 500 to I'd, $40 TO I'd.
SECOND DAY.
No. q Purse $500 for 800 Class--$2OO 10
LIST, $40 to I'd, $50 10 Sd.
No. 3. Purse $3.50 for 2;4O Glass 500 TO
LIST, $50 to I'd, $40 to Sd.
THIRD DAY.
No. 4. Purse $500 for $50 Class-s2O0 10
LIST, $40 to I'd, $50 10 Sd.
No. 5. Purse $500 for 2:26 Class-S85O 10
LIST, 500 to I'd, $50 to Sd.
CONDITIONS.
All the above Races will be mile heats,
best Sin 8, in harness, and TO be governed BY
rules OF National Association. Entrance fee
10 per cent Of purse and must accompany
nomination. II nomination is made by tale
graph, draft payable to Secretary must follow
by first mail or express. In all purses 4 OF
more to enter and or more to staff. Entries
must give Name, Color, Age aud Sex Any
horse distancing the field or any part thereof,
shall be awarded first money only. No pre-.
mlums paid 70 distanced or ruled-out horses.
Heats in each day s races may be trotted all.
ternately. The Ascension reserve the right
to postpone the races, if the weather is unfa.
vorable or for other Just causes. Horses will
be called at l.80 P. NJ, and started at 2, p.
NJ. Entries close May 18th, at o, p. M. and
must be addressed to ORLANDO REESE,
Westminster, Nd.
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DEATH or Ex.GOv. BRowNLow. William
g. Brownlow, a journalist and politician of
some note, died on Sunday at his home in
Knoxville, Tenn, after long illness. He
was born in Wythe county, Va, in 1906, and
learned the trade Of a carpenter. In 1926 he
entered the Methodist ministry, and labored
for ten years as an itinerant minister. In
1887 he became editor of the Knoxville Wig,
a political paper, where he achieved the rep
utation of violent partzan but trenchant
writer. He strongly opposed secession, and
in December, 1861, was arrested for treason
against the Confederacy, and detained until
1862, when he was sent within the Union
lines. In 1864 he returned to Tennessee, of
which he became Governor in 1866; and in
1869 he was elected to a seat in the United
States Senate, where he was chiefly conspic
uous for his unforgiving course towards those
who had taken part on the Confederate side
during the war. At the time of his death Mr..
Brownlow was the political editor of the
Knoxville Chronicle, a republican paper.
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Notice to Creditor.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the subscri.
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, Letters Of Admins.
tration on the personal estate Of
WILLIAM STULTZ,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased, are here.
by warned to exhibit the same with the youch.
ers thereof legally authenticated 70 the sub.
scriber on or before the 10th day Of November,
1877; they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. Those in
debted are requested TO make immediate pay
ment
Given under my hand this 10th day Of
April, 1877.
J. VIM. sTULTz, Administrator.
MosEs SHAW,
JosEPH WILsoE,
april Hat Agents for Administrator.
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NIAGARA FALLS SoID AT AucTIoS.--A spec
ial despatch to the Philadelphia Times dated
Niagara Falls, N. Y, May /, says The ex
elusive right to the water power Of the Ameri
can side of the Niagara river at the falls, the
Hydraulic canal, Grass Island, above the falls,
and ten lots in the village of Niagara Falls,
the whole being known as the canal property
were sold by auction this afternoon. The
first bid was $4,000 and the property was sole
for $1,000. lthad to be sold to. day to avoid
being sold by the sheriff to- morrow, to satisfy
a mortgage. The property belongs to Horace
II. Day and cost over a million dollars. The
canal furnishes one hundred and seventy
thousand horse power. The purchasers wer,
j. +. Shoellkon 4 Son, of Boffalo, for a stock
company of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, CAPT
talists.
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The PHILADELPHIA GEOLOGICAL SoCIETY -
At the annual me citing of the Geological So.
ciety, held lately, the fifth yearly report of
the directors was read. 1t contained, among
other details, the following statement of last
years work THE influx of strangers com.
ing to the Centennial largely added to the
number Of visitors. From LIST March, 1876,
to LIST March, 1877, G57,2g5 persons visited
the garden, a larger number, it is believed
than ever entered q similar institution during
the same space of time and an increase over
the preceding twelve months of 237, $40 per.
sons. The total receipts at the gates were
Sl5l 900. 63-an amount from such a source
the largest ever known. The largest receipts
of the London Geological Society were in
l615-Sl43, 60O-and they we're due to inter.
est on investments and donations and requests
Since the closing of the Centennial the gar.
den has felt the financial depression under
which the country is laboring, and its receipts
are sensibly affected" The total number of
members, exclusive of loan holders, is 977,
an increase of Is since the last report, and
the number OF loan holders 1876. The aver.
age daily receipts from admission were Sab.
81; the greatest number of visitors on any one
day 20,7l5-on Sunday, October -, 1875.
Of animals there are now on exhibition 4O5
mammals, sos birds and 1872 reptiles, the
total being 1913. The income for the year
ending March /, 1877, was Sl5s, 200. "a, and
the expenditures Ss7, i9I.77. The most Sc
rious losses of the society have been the death
OF female tiger, female leopard, two seals,
the Maayan tapir, giraffe and manatee.
The old officers and directors were re- elected.
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Notic,s to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri.
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, letters Of Admin.
istration on the Personal Estate of
CHARLES W. HOOD,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
THEORETICALLY authenticated to the subscriber,
on or before the oath day of November, 1877,
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 oath day Of
April, 1877.
J. OLIVER wADLOw,
april 2S-4t Administrator.
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EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAxD-TRADg OF
CAMBRIDGE. In the first year of the Dorches.
ter and Delaware railroad it transported A.
600 quarts Of Strawberries during the straw
berry season. Since that time it has carried
in season nine car loads of 1900 quarts of
strawberries daily. On the 9th of March
this year the fish trade opened with the trans
portation Of $3.50 lbs. Of FISH and 1870 dozen
Of eggs for the day. Among the many arti.
cles ofmerchandise sent through to the North
one day last week were two car loads of ivy
root for making tobacco pipes, and the manu-
facturer indicated that his business would re-
quire a car week of the same material.
New York and Philadelphia dealers in fresh
provisions, 6c., have scores of purchasing
agents throughout the Eastern Shore, who
buy up every boat. load of shad before the fish
have done kicking, and they bargain for the
''spring chickings" almost before they are
quite Matched. Fish are packed in beds of
ice and rushed through to market, and eggs
go forward while yet warm from the hen S
nest, This trade is indeed so active at times
that fish, butter, eggs, vegetables and fruits
are scarce for the tables of residents even at
city prices. But the hucksters make business
lively.
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Notice to Creditors.

N0TICE Is hereby given that the subscri.
~ bers have obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Carroll county Letters Of Admins.
tration on the personal estate Of
COLUMBUS ENGLEMAN,
late Of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticatedto the subscriber
on or before the 10th day Of November, 1877;
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 10th day Of April,
SARAH ENGIEMAN,
R0BY ENGLEMAN,
ap 21-4t Adminisfrasorn.
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A dispatch from Montreal, May 8, says =
terrible land slide is reported on the bank
of the river Veillet, tributary of the Bats.
can, in the parish of St. Geuevieye, 100 miles
east of this city. At the point where the
slide occurred the bank is eighty feet high.
Over an acre of land moved, burying the saw
and grist mill, and house at the foot at the
hill, and turning the course of the river. It
is positively asserted that ten persons were
buried alive. The bodies of Mrs. Messerati,
wife of the owner of the mill and her three
children, aged 8, : and IL, and Mr.. Cloutier,
the father of Red Cloutier, of Three Rivers,
have been taken from the ruins and hardly
recognizable.
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NOTICE ID hereby given that the snbscri.
1N Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Carroll county Letters Teslamentary
on the personal estate Of
JACOB SINGER,
late Of Carroll county, deceased An persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned 70 exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated to the subscriber
on or before The Sd day Of November, 1877;
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 sd day Of April,
J. HAMILTON SINGER.
apr 7-9t Executor.
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Tax CoILgcroRs INDICTED. Grand
Jury indicted ThoS. c. Boone, G.. McCheney
Clayton, James Lusby, E. j. Bond, Albert X.
Stallings and Lot Warfeld, late tax collectors,
for unlawfully OBTAINING public moneys. The
penalty for the offense is two years imprison.
ment in the penitentiary, and the indict-
ments have occasioned considerable excite.
ment among the friends Of the accused
Annapolis Gazette.
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In the Orphans Court Of Carroll Go.
AFRiL TERM, 1877.

APRIL TERN, 1877.
Estate of John Dienst, deceased.
I'm application it is ordered this 18th day
~ April, 1877, that the sale Of the Real
Estate Of John Dienst, late of Carroll county,
deceased, made by Daniel Bowman, Execu-
tor Of the last Will and Testament of said de.
ceased, and this day reported to this Court
by the said Executor, be ratified and con.
firmed, unless cause be shown TO the contrary
on or before the I'd Monday, i4th day Of May
next provided copy of this order be inser-
ted for three successive weeks in some news
paper printed and published in Carroll county,
before the said I'd Monday, l4th day Of May,
next.
The Executor reports the amount Of sales
to be nine hundred dollars ($900.00.)
True copy,-Test:
HENRY E. BELTZ,
apr 2l-St Register.
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NO. 1850 EoIrlTY

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Charles T. Reifsnider, Mortgage, VS.. Reuben
W. Stem and wife, Nortgagors.
ORDERED this 18th day of April, A. ID.
~ 1877, that the account of the Auditor
filed in this cause be finally ratified and con.
6rmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown on or before the llth day of May
next; provided a copy Of this order be insert
ed for two successive weeks before the last
named day in some newspaper Published in
Carroll county.
FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
True copy,-Test
ap 2S-2t FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
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Our imports Of merchandise during March
aggregated 81, 4se, 0is, aud ourexports sf5,.
593,Sl0. During the nine months ending
March 81 the exports were S470, 055, 7s2, and
the imports SSH, 1854, 930-excess Of exports.
500, 2So,S6 The imports Of specie ex-
ceeded the exports So, 1881 1897.
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NO. l7o4 EQUITY.

NO. 1704 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County, as
Court Of Equity.
John Buckingham, Trustee, VS.. Nimrod Friz.
zell and others.
FEBRCARY TERN, 1877.
Proceedings for ratification Of sale Of Real
Estate.
nRDERED this 18th day Of April, A. d.
~ 1877, that the sale of the real estate of
which Catharine Frizzell died seized, made
by John Buckingham, Trustee, under deed
ct trust from the heirs-at-law Of said deceased
for the sale thereof and reported to this Court
by said Trustee for ratification, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day Of
May, next; provided a copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed and pub
lished at Westminster, in said county, once
IN each OF three successive weeks before the
9th day of May, next.
The report states the amount Of sale to be
S6sl.75.
VIM. N. HAYDEN,
Judge Of the Circuit Court.
True copy,-Test:
apr 14-St FRASK 7. SHAW, Clerk
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Notice to Creditors.

HNHE undersigned having settled in the Or.
4 phans' Court second account of the
personal estate of ..
ANDREW REESE DURBIN,
deceased, and ascertained the balance in his
hands for distribution among the creditors Of
said deceased, hereby gives notice to said
creditors to file their claims against said de.
ceased, legally authenticated, with the Reg.
lister of Wills for Carroll county, on or before
the 2lst day of May, 1877, preparatory to
a final distribution of the assets Of said per.
sonal estate to be made amongst said cred-
tors, under the direction Of the Orphans
Court of Carroll county on the 22d day Of
May, 1877.
After the final ratification of said distribu.
ton by the Orphans Court aforesaid, the un.
dersigned will be prepared to pay to each Of
said creditors their respective dividends, &C.
cording to said distribution.
JOHN T. DIFFENBAUGH,
april 2s-st Executor.
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Notice of Election.

HNHE annual meeting of the Stockholders
Il Of the Bachman Valley Railroad of Ma.
ryland, for the election of Directors and for
the transaction Of other business, will be held
in the office of the Company, in Columbia,
Lancaster county, Pa, on Tuesday, May sth,
1877, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
CHAS. n. SIMMS,
APP este Acting Secretary.
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M. loJc EQUII1.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
David A: Shamer, Mortgage, VS.. Henry
Stull and Eliza J. Stull, his wife.
ORDERED this 9th day Of April, A. d.
" 1877, that the sale made and reported
IN the above cause by David A. Shamer,
Mortgage, under and by virtue Of a power
OF sale contained in mortgage from Henry
Stull and Eliza ]. Stull, his wife, 70 him,
bearing date December rs, 1874, and record.
ed among the Real Estate Mortgage Records
Of Carroll county, in Liber +. I. s., No. 8,
Folio 1928, &c., be finally ratified and confirm.
ed, unless cause TO the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 18th day Of May, next.
Provided copy of this order be inserted in
some newspaper published in Carroll county,
Maryland, once week for three successive
weeks previous to the sth day of May, next
The report states the amount Of sale to be
SlS70.l2I.
FRANK 7. SHAW, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
apr 14-St FRASK 7. SHAW, Clerk.
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Shoes Cheaper than Ever
Notice to Creditors.
NO. 1874 EQUITY,

NO. 1874 EQUITY. @
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Charles r. Roberts surviving Trustee. VS..
Eli Erb and Elizabeth his wife.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors
Az Of Eli Erb, who were such prior to the
10Th day cfJune, A. D., 1871, to file theil
claims, properly proven and authenticated
with the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county in Equity, on or before the 2sd da,
Of June, 1877.
]. J. BAUMGARTNER,
April 10, 1877. Auditor.
ap 2l-4t
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BARK BARKil

VXTANTED AT THESCHLossER TAN.
wv merry, 1900 Tons Water aud Span
Oak Bark, for which $500 per ton of 1000
lbs, will be paid. Also 500 Tons Of Black
Oak Bark at 5000 per ton Of 1000 lbs. ALI
Bark to be web cured, and in dry and sobnd
condition.
feb san JAMES s. BAER, Agent.
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Transfers and Attachments.

TNHE County Commissioners for Carroll
a county will meet at their office, in the
Court House, at Westminster, on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the III,
Sth and 9th Of Nay, aud on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, The IN, 18Th and IGh OF
Nay, to make TRASsFERs AND ABArRMESrs
All persons interested are requested to at.
tend, as no Attachments or transfers will be
made after that time to affect the levy of 1877.
Persons making application for transfers Of
property will be required 10 comply with
sections Is and 10 Of Article 81 of The Code
of Public General Laws.
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mar Sl-6t
Farmers and Planters

Nov is the time to buy your Farming
AN Implements cheap. have on hand a
large Stock Of Machinery which am deter.
mined to sell. would make special mention
Of my two and three horse Furrow Flows.
My two-horse Plow | am selling as low as
5000, aud for strength aud steady running il
cannot be surpassed, while my wrought shear
plows connot be beat. The Clipper Rake
with some important improvements is also
being offered low. The all (wrought) Iron
single and double Shovel Flows and the three
Shoveled Cultivator, which became so popular
and gave such entire satisfaction last year, are
now ready for the Spring trade at low figures.
Remember the Lion Feed Masticator Is the
best Feed Cutter in the market, see it.
Keepers and Mowers promptly repaired unless
new parts are to be ordered which must be
done from the company who manufacture the
machine as there is no one keeping repairs on
hand. So in order to have your machine
ready for moving and reaping bring them in
early so as TO give time to order repairs. All
other repairing done well and cheap.
mar Stiff L. WAGNER.
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