The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-02-10
LOCAL BRBvITIEs,

1OOhn Dhb ado,
The February Term of Court begins on
Monday next,
The bottom has fallen out of the roads, in
+ places, we are told.
The Carroll County Tea chers' Institute was
in session, in this city, yesterday.
Our young ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a
q very pleasant hop at Central Hall, on Tues
day evening.
Bluebirds have been twittering upon the
housetops for two weeks past, heralding the
approach Of Spring.
The season Of Lent commences with Ash
Wednesday, February llth, and ends on
Easter Sunday, April lst
Carroll county has given TO the realm of
art two Of its brightest ornaments-Rinehart
and Dielman, a sculptor and painter.
DIR. j. W. Herring has been appointed dele
gate, and Isaac c. Bale, alternate, to the NJ.
i. Conference which assemblies in this city,
March I.
The people of Union Bridge have lost their
Voice, but the Advocate will endeavor to
sneak for them and Of them as often as there
may be need.
During the late deep snow the pheasaHts
and partridges were frequently found feeding
with the barn yard poultry Hunger tanned
them to a remarkable degree.
Snow banks still liuger by the road sides,
gradually melting away into little rills that
serve to keep the roads in muddy condition
and render travelling unpleasant.
Tramps and mendicants appear to be on
the increase. Our citizens are taxed daily to
minister to their necessities, and their benev.
a olence really seems to be unfailing.
When completed, the Westminster Hotel
will have "a additional rooms, and will be
able to offer increased accommodations to its
permanent and transient guests,
The Montour House, we understand, is al
ready receiving applications for Summer
board. We hope to see all our hotels and
boarding houses packed next Summer.
Apples have been selling here recently at
"a dollar n bushel In the Cumberland Val.
ley, at Chambersburg and other places, they
have brought only sixty cents per barrel.
Mr.. S. A. Zeller has been authorized to
3 distribute fifty loayes Of bread weekly for
q -four weeks to the needy of this city, by
4 friend. The first lot will be supplied to day.
Everybody is looking forward with hope to
8 the opening Of Spring for renewal OF the
4 wouted business activity of the country, and
4 the indications on all hands are truly en-,
couraging.
The Western Maryland Railroad offers a
reward of $500 for the arrest of the person
or persons who caused the train TO be thrown
from the track on Saturday night last, near
Cayetown.
Efficient arrangements should be made at
an early day for sprinkling the streets Of this
city, next Summer, so as to avoid the annoy.
auce of dust Let some reliable person be
employed.
Wheat, throughout the county, is looking
very fine, presenting an unusually healthy up.
pearance, having been wrapped in mantle
Of snow, until now, ever since the middle of
December.
Westminster, on Monday and Tuesday last,
was filed with people having business with
the Orphans Court Ind County Commission.
ers. Nearly every section Of the county was
represented.
Large quantities Of grain have recently been
brought in by our farmers for shipment under
the stimulation OF an advance in price. The
impression prevails that the price Of wheat
will be higher still.
The residence of jeremiah Yngling, of this
city, was robbed Sunday, shortly after sup.
per, of two pairs of pants and vests, three
dresses and S7.03. Entrance was effected
through the rear door while the family were
temporarily absent.
Large quantities Of wheat, straw paper and
railroad ties, have been hauled into this city,
this winter, giving business.like aspect to
our streets. Heavy wagon loads Of limestone
are also being moved, keeping the teamsters
busy.
The students Of Western Maryland College
are contemplating the publication of their
sparkling little monthly, "THE CRAvoS MIS-.
CELLASY,n filled with their own productions,
prose and verse. We hope they may find not
only pleasure but profit in il.
The colony of English Sparows, which es-
tablshed themselves here about three years
ago, have multiplied considerably. They are
called here English Sparrows, but the same
bird is found in immense numbers upon the
continent Of Europe, and in some parts of
Germany they are regarded as pest
Mr.. j. ii. Singer, Of Uniontown, while on
his way to Westminster on Monday last dis
covered, about fifty yards from the pike, on
the farm Of Mrs. Roger, large red fox lying
stark upon the ground. II was in state Of
perfect preservation with no signs Of having
been poisoned, shot, or killed by dogs. He
took 1t up and brought it into town.
The gross proceeds of the dramatic enter
tainment on Friday night Of last week, at
Odd Fellows Hall, for the benefit of the poor,
amounted to only $40, owing to the ncem.
ency Of the night. A committee of three
ladies was appointed to invest the amount in
groceries and other necessaries, and to dis
tribute the same among the worthy poor of
the city.
A number of large six.horse Pennsylvania
wagons have passed through here for Balti.
more the current week. These numbering
landships serve TO remind our citizens of the
olden time, when the pike used to be "lined
with them as far as the eye could reach.
Some difficulty about railroad freights has
driven the farmers of that region back to their
wagons again.