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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

80 many people want to enjoy the free
baths in New York that each bather is
allowed only twenty minutes in the
water. Strange enough, many decrepit
old women come for their daily plunge,
and the other extreme of life is also vell
represented. Two children, -
fve years Ole, are good sNin
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

AN ex-officer of the Confederate army,
George T. Maxwell, confirms what Gem
eral Grant has said lately, to the effect
that the battle of Lookout Mountain was
no battle at all. Those who were in the
valley at the time, and who saw all the
movements of the day, have always
known that there was more of romance
than truth in the reports of the battle
above the Clouds; but it has remained
for General Grant to finally to burst the
bubble of glory that has surrounded the
affair.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

A the area OF Ned wood land
IN connecticak beeh increasing for
many yeara proposed to utilize it
oy stockI oRsh deer, purchasing 100
)" with, with private capital, and
lely asking the legislature to pass
law 70 protect them for the next ten
years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

Mr.. RIKEs, the American consul at
Cardiff, reports that farm laborers in
Wales earn from $l.5O to $3.50 per
week, the wages Of mechanics in towns
ranging about double these figures, and
the cost of living being from IS to $5
per week for family. There is fair
amount of thrift among the lsboring
class, who are, however, somewhat given
to jollifcation. The wives of laboring
men fill a more active place in the
bread-winning scheme than women do
in America. Many 90 of to their work
every morning - regularly y their hus-
bands.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

Four HUNDRED and fifty thousand
dollars will be spent upon the Cincinnati
custom house in this fiscal year. Work
in laying stone will begin early next
month, and from seventy-five to hun
dred men will be kept at work all the
year while the weather permits The
appropriations that have been made for
the building since 1872 aggregate 81, ,76O,-
600. The amount expended for the site
up to September 80, 1877, was SOS, ,0S7 /;
the amount expended for he construc-
tion of the building up to the same time
was $2,3O2,778.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

AN association, for promoting the
health conditions of houses, has been
formed in Manchester, England, after the
model of the one organized about year
ago, in Scotland. 1t is in essence CO.
operative. At moderate annual cost
it provides the members with such
direction and supervision as may insure
a good sanitary state of their own dwell.
ings, and also skilled advice as to the
the best means for remedying defects in
the houses Of the poorer classes, or other
buildings, in the wholesome condition of
which the members may be interested.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-14

Six HUNDRED shoemakers of Chicago,
struck ON the 9Th instant for an advance Of
wages from - to $l2per week. They refused
an offer of the employers to compromise ON
$10.5O
Col JOHN NCKlNsLEY, widely known as
: hotel keeper, died at the Boody House,
Toledo, on the 9th inst.
A BOISE CRY dispatch says "6vs men
and two women are reported TO have been
murdered by hostiles on Bruneau river, last
Thursday, vis.: George Miller, heavy
stock.raiser, Joshua Miller, wife and daush-
ter, and SON, Robert McMurray and one 9th.
Or man."
TIE Topeks, Kansas, National hank has
failed. Deposits $780, 200, which wilfprobs-
bly, III be paid.
NIcBAEL Rssss, Of San Francisoo, who
died ct Wallsnstsin. Gsrnany, % the ID
issA, lssFss - sstats ApSsesanaae6 = No.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05


The biennial session of the Maryland
Legislature began on Wednesday last.
Col. j. Fenner Lee, of this county, was
chosen President pro TEN. The House or
ganized by electing Dir. Murray Vandiver,
of Hartford county, as Speaker, pro tenn.
Both Houses adjourned until Thursday,
when permanent officers were elected as
follows: President of the Senate, Col.
Edward Lloyd, of Talbot county; Secreta-
ry, Augustus Gassaway, of Anne Arundel
county; Reading Clerk, William H. Hiss,
Baltimore city; Journal Clerk, Stevenson
Archer of John, Hartford county; Sergeant
alarms, ]. w. Porter, Queen Anne's
county; EngrOssing Clerk, Ignatius E.
Mattingly, St. Mary's county; Doorkeeper,
w. S. Goody, WicomicO county; Assistant
DoOrkeeper, i. Mabary, Baltimore city;
Postmaster, c. w. Warren, Kent county;
Committee Clerks, Fl. Schultz, Baltimore
city; ]. r. Beckett, Calvert county; w. G.
Purnell, Cecil county; t. Fl. Travers,
Dorchester csuuty; Folders, ]. R. Handy,
Somerset county; John Bishop, Worcester
county; Messenger, J. F. Gardner, Car
roll county.
In the House, Hon. f. S. Hoblitzell;
of Baltimore, was chosen Speaker; Chief
Clerk, Milton Y. Kidd, of Cecil, and
Reading Clerk, DIR. VIM. H. Cole, of Bal
timOre city.
The Governors message was sent in on
Thursday, after the reading of which both
Houses adjourned until Friday.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Effects Of Sundays Storm.

The brig Harry, of Baltimore, from the
Spanish Main for Baltimore, ashore near
Back River light; the schoOners L. A. Bur
bingham, from Baltimore for Norfolk, and
Clarinda, from Powell Point for Baltimore,
damaged by collision; the temporary railroad
bridge of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad
at Weldon, N. c., forced out of position, and
disasters to bridges on the Virginia Midland
and Richmond and Danville roads in the di.
rection of Danville, stopping freight and ne
cessitating the transfer of passengers; the tele
graph lines on the North Carolina coast pros
trated, the telegraph cable across Hampton
Roads broken by q vessel dragging its anchors
Damage is also reported to bridges on the
Danville extension of the Virginia Midland
and Staunton River and Danville roads, caus-
ing temporary suspension of trafTic and trans
fer of passengers. Reports from the western
portion of Virginia, including the valley be-
tween Staunton and the Potomac and Allie.
ghany region, state that snow has fallen suffi-
GENTLY to delay the movement of trains.
A telegram from Danville, Va, states that
heavy rains in the mountains have caused
freshets in that section. On Sunday one span
of the new trestle bridge of the Virginia Mid
land Railroad across the Stanton river and
two spans of the new trestle bridge on the
Staunton River and Danville Railroad we're
washed away, compelling the transfers of
passengers to be made by boats. 1t will take
a week to repair the damage, meantime no
night trains viii be run. The Petersburg and
Weldon Railroad bridge at Weldon, N. c.,
was threatened with destruction last night
1t was several feet out of line, and the pas
sage of trains over it was stopped. Snow has
fallen in portions of Western Virginia deep
enough to interrupt railroad travel. The
telagraph lines along the North Carolina
coasts have been leveled by the storm. The
telegraph cable across Hampton Roads was
broken Tuesday by vessel which dragged
anchor.
The schooner Nabob, Captain Isaac Bart
lett, went ashore off Greensbury's Point, in
Chesapeake Bay, during the storm ofSunday
night. Her captain and two of the crew were
knocked overheard by the main sheet, and
are supposed to be lost.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

Advices received by the Cincinnati Com.
MeTcidl from various points in Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin aud Minnesota show that the ex-
traordinarily mild weather is accompanied
by a deluge of mud, which prevents all travel
and traffic in the towns and on the country
roads. " The oldest inhabitants " have never
seen anything like the quantity OF mud now
spread over the ground. II keeps cattle,
hogs, grain and produce off all kinds from be.
ing sent to market, In Laporte, Ind, on
Wednesday, six citizens navigated the priE-
ciral streets in boat drawn by mules, the
mud being very thin and eighteen inches deep.
The mild temperature has kept all the Lakes
and the Upper Mississippi open. Corn has
sprouted in the ear, and a vast quantity of
this grain will be ruined unless cold weather
sets in speedily.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
t. B. FERGUSON, COMMISSIONS

JoURNALIsTIc-The Prince Georgian,
published By Thomas ]. Turner, at Upper
Marlborough, Md, entered upon its 18th
volume, last week. During the time that
''men's souls were tried" it remained firm
to the doctrine of Jefferson and jackson,
and We are glad to know that it is now
reaping the reward Of faithful sentinel
It is a beautiful specimen of neatness and
typography, and always contains interest
ing and instructive matter. A neat and
well arranged Office has recently been
built, and the paper is now printed on
power press.
The CentreviIle Observer, published at
Centreville, Queen Annes county, Nd,
has been sold to P. B. Hopper and w.
II. Gibson, by whom it is proposed to con-
tinue the paper on its longtime basis.
Under the former management it was ably
conducted. Mr.. Hopper is graduate of
Western Maryland College, this city, and
we cordially welcome him to the fraternity.
The Frederick Examiner began its 10Th
volume on Wednesday. It is a good local
paper, and one of the most successful
journals in the State.
The Baltimore San has issued useful
and entertaining Almanac, which should
be in the hands of every Marylander. 1t
ispresented to its subscribers free of charge,
and is not for sale, and if you desire it
subscribe at once for the paper.
The Philadelphia Ledger, also presents
each of its subscribers with the Ledger
Almanac. 1t is handsomely printed, aud
contains large fund of information suita-
bic for all classes.
The Baltimore american will accept our
thanks for copy of its calendar.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

IMPEACHMENT AND REMovAL.-The
letter of VIM. E. Chandler, the substance
of which we give in another place in this
issue, has revived the subject Of the great
fraud which eliminated in putting Mr.
Hayes into the Presidency to which posi-
ton the people elected Mr.. Tilden. There
are limitations of congressional inquiry,
impeachment and removal, if the allega-
tions of Chandler should be sustained by
the evidence So far from the in
terest in the subject of the Presidential
fraud fading out of the public mind, it
seems only to be intensified and to gather
strength with the lapse of time. 1t would
be glorious consummation to GUST the
fraudulent incumbent, and to make an
example of him, as warning to those
who would profit by fraud, in all time to
come. Stern justice and outraged popu-
lar sovereignty demand it, as we'll as every
consideration dear to a people whose gov
eminent is founded upon the vital princi-
pie Of free and fair ballot. 1t is the i'm
perative duty of Congress to sift these
charges of bargain aud corruption to the
very bottom. Let justice be done though
the heavens fall
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Maryland Fish Commission and Fisheries.


The following circular was lately re-
ceived from Col. Ferguson, Fish Commits
sioner for this State, and explains itself.
Who among our citizens will interest
themselves to stock our streams with trout?
Now is your opportunity. Let it be i'm
proved.
BALTIMORE, December 18th, 1877.
SIR:-During the earlier years of the ex
istence of the Fish Commission, / thought II
advisable TO devote the means at my disposal
exclusively for the introduction, propagation
and distribution of the most valuable food
hshes-those which enter largely into the
food production of sle State. But with the
increased facilities which have been able to
secure, from time to time, have extended
operations TO those varieties which, though
important. furnish rather luxury than a
staple food. / distributed during the last
season, large number Of Brook Trout to
parties wishing them to stock either ponds or
streams
The great demand for this fish, as evineed
by the number Of applications made for them,
has induced me this year to provide vet
larger number for distribution I hope, du-
ring the winter, to be able to give all those
wishing them, as HsGny as they can with
safety transport.
All citizens of the State wishing Trout to
stock waters of the State, can get them, free
of charge, on application at Druid Hill Hatch
ing House, on and after January 18th, 1878.
This distribution will be gratuitous; but the
Fish Commission cannot either undertake to
furnish vessels for transportation, or meet
any of the expenses of their transfer from the
Matching House to the localities for which
they may be desired.
Persons making application must take TO
the Matching House with them, vessels IN
which to remove the fish. Ordinary milk
cans are very suitable, and FIVE gallon can
will hold as many hundred trout The young
fish should be deposited as near the head of
the stream as possible, and the deposit be
made after dark, if practicable-this enables
them TO become accustomed to the water and
find hiding places during the night, when
most Of the larger fish do not feed
The employee of the Commission in charge
of the Matching House, will be furnished with
blank receipts, on which must be stated the
stream in which the fish are to be deposited
by the person making application.
write, giving you this Information, hoping
that you will inform the inhabitants of your
portion of the State, that they may be able to
make early application.
The fish undistributed at the time that it is
necessary to feed them, will be deposited by
the Commission in some public waters.
trust, by means of this gratuitous distri-
button of Brook Trout, that all parts Of the
State will be reached, and our streams again
re-peopled with this attractive fish.
| am, very truly yours,
7. B. FERGUSON, Commissioner.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Review of the Year.

The New York Sun makes the following
brief review of the year just closed
The old year saw a number Of interesting
occurrences. 1t witnessed the proclamation
of Queen Victoria as Empress of India; the
in Eastern Europe, not yet extinguished for
all the blood that has been poured upon it !;
the passage of the Danube, the fighting in
Bulgaria and Asia Minor, the fall of Kars,
and the capture of 0sman Pasha and his army
at Plevna the conspiracy of MacMahon and
his advisers against republican France, and
its crushing defeat. 1t saw the great fire in
st. John. 1t saw, in this country, the inau-
guration of President by fraud-the first in
American history, and, let us hope, the last
and the outbreak and collapse of the great
railroad strikes. All in all, 1877 was an
eventful year, and made work for the histo-
rians ofthe future.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

'INDIssoLUBLY CONNECTED. Nothing can
be more true, nothing can be clearer, than
the fact asserted by Mr. VIM E. Chandler in
his recent letter, that ''the Louisiana Return
ing Board made Hayes President and Pack
ard Governor of Louisiana by titles iadissol-
ubty connected IN ldlc, IN morals, and 6v
ereTy rule Of honor that pregdiLs among Girl
hzed men,
Yet Hayes himself has impeached the title
of Packard to the Office of Governor, and in
so doing has impeached his own title to the
office of President By his official action Mr..
Hayes has solemnly declared that Packard 8
title is not good. That is, in substance and
effect and necessary inference, a solemn off =
cial declaration by Mr.. Hayes himself that his
own title is not good
Now let the United States House of Rem
resentatives unite with Mr.. Hayes Let them
carry forward the good work Of impeachment
which he has begun. Let them declare that
his title is not good; that it rests on fraud
and conspiracy, to which he was q party.
Let them arraign him, and put him on trial,
and atierd him an opportunity to explain the
inconsistency between shutting Packard out
and staying in himself We apprehend the
inconsistency would be found utterly irrecon-
cilable, and that Hayes would be condemned
to follow the example of Packard. He would
have to gov. Y.iSun.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

MARYLAND u. S. SENAToR.-The cleo
ton Of United States Senators in all the
States is regulated by act Of Congress Of
July 18th, 1866. On the second Tuesday
after the meeting and organization of the
Legislature, each House will vote separate
ly and openly by vipa vOce vote for SEN
stor. The next day at noon the two Houses
meet in joint assembly, AM if it shall ap-
pear that any person has received a ma
jority Of the votes in each House, that
person shall be declared Senator; other
wise the joint assembly shall proceed in
like manner to elect Senator, also by a
ri1a roee vote. Failing a choice on the
first day of the meeting in joint assembly,
the two Houses are required so to meet
daily during the session, at the hour Of
noon, and stake at least one vote until a
Senator is elected" The second Tuesday
succeeding the meeting of the Legislature
Of Maryland, viii be Tuesday the 18th Of
January. Il is now said that Ex-Gov.
James B. Groome Is likely to be the sue
cessor Of DIR. Dennis.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

A Temperance Convention will be held in
this place, Monday, the 14th inst. Il will
convene in Carroll Hall, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
Delegations are respectfully invited from all
the Districts of the county. The object is to
secure concert of action in advancing the
cause of Temperance, and of Local Option in
particular. We hope to see all parts of the
county represented. See to il friends of Tenn
perance and attend if possible.
There will be public installation Of the
officers of Carroll Division, Saturday 18th
inst by the Grand Worthy Patriarch of the
State Of Maryland.
A public Temperance meeting will also be
held in the NJ. P. Church, Sabbath afternoon,
at p o'clock, 18th inst. The G. W. P. and
other emminent speakers will be in atten.
dance. All are respectfully invited.
The COMMITTEE.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
From the Ne,c York Sun.
ssvsnty-Ssvsn.

Let it be said,
Of the year that's dead,
OF the old year, Seventy-seyen
To the country came
A burning shame.
With fraud, accursed of Heaven
The mightiest fraud the years record,
1t came in Seventy
But be it said,
Now that he's dead,
This old year, Seventy seven,
Though shame he brought,
A lesson taught
Which freedoms lump shall leaven-
For Seventy-eight shall seal the fate
OF fraud by eight to seven!
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Annual Report of the Nd. Penitentiary.

The annual report of the president and d.
rectors of the Maryland penitentiary for the
fiscal year ending November 80, 1877, has
Just been forwarded to Governor Carroll.
The number of conviets on the close of the
previous year was s57, of whom $50 were the
average number under contract "a follows
Shoemakers, 327; marble polishers, lS5 ;
stovemakers, no; basket makers, II, and the
ready-made- clothing department employing
A females. The numerous departments of
the penitentiary are efficiently maintained by
a force of one hundred and ten convicts.
The gross earnings amounted to SSl $40. 20, an
increase of SG,476.T0 over 1876. The ex-
penses were $50, .6s, while those Of the
year before were SIS, 0Os. SO. The last session
of the Legislature made an appropriation of
Sl2, 900 for the rebuilding of the female de-
partment This work was completed on the
18th OF August The new structure contains
sixty-two single rooms and an apartment used
as a hospital Besides this male hospital,
possessing all the modern sanitary and hygienic
requirements, has been constructed at cost
of $9,617 There were twenty deaths during
the year. OF the Alb prisoners received dur
ing the year 1872 were white males, 23S black
males, white and SO black females. The
largest number of prisoners in the penitentia-
~ at any one time during the year was s6s,
and the lowest number 76l.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

A severe snow storm occurred on Monday
night at Halifax, n. S., and trains were de-
layed in all directions.
The people OF California are to vote at their
next general election upon the question of
continuing or prohibiting tif they cam Chi
nese immigration.
The Dunkard Church in America numbers
about 10000 members. 1t is the strongest in
Pennsylvania, where there are seyenty-two
churches and II, 800 members.
An old oak table which was brought over
in the MayAower, in 1920, aad has been
handed down from generation to generation,
may be seen in the house of Mr. S. w. Gates,
Of Robbinston, Maine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
~ bers have obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, Letters Of Admins
tration on the Estate Of
WILLIAM VALENTINE,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned 10 exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated to the subscriber,
on or before the 3lst day of July, 1878;
they may otherwise By law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. T5ose indebted are
requested to make immediate payment
December, 1877.
JAMES Z. VALENTINE,
jan5-4t Administrator.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

The SHIP CANAL AGAIN.-The pro-
ject Of ship canal across the penimnla is
again discussed in the columns of the
Baltimore Sun, by one of its correspon-
dents, who favors the route from the Chop
tank river TO Lewes, distance of about
forty miles. Congress ought to construct
this work, which is as much needed as the
jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi,
and is more within the purview of the
Constitution than the many appropriations
it has recently made TO improve interstate
navigation by the deepening of rivers and
harbors.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
ESTRAY.

State Of Maryland, Carroll county, to sra:
hereby certify that on. this twenty sixth
n day of December, in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-seven, before me the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the State
of Maryland, in and for Carroll county afore-
said, personally appeared George w. Manro,
of said County and State, and made oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that one
spotted male hog, about FIVE months old, an
es,ray, without any marks, is trespassing upon
his enclosures
Given under my hand,
J. OLIVER WADLOW, Up.
The owner of the above described hog will
come forward, prove property, pay charges,
and take him away.
GEO. w. MANRO,
jan5-3t* Near Freedom, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

The annual dinner of the Banks Club
was given in Boston on Saturday evening,
about eighty leading Republicans of Mas
sachusetts being present. General B. f.
Butler made long speech, defending the
Presidents title to Office, but adversely
criticisiug his policy towards the South,
and shying few bricks at him, at the
same time.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05

The clubbing of peaceable, law-abiding
citizens, by drunken or otherwise excited
policemen, is complained of by the NJ Y
Sua. The police of our cities are entirely
too free with their clubs and revolvers.
When they main or kill, as they frequent
ly do, they ought to be vigorously punish
ed, like other criminals, by fine, imprison-
ment, or death, according to the grade of
the offense.