The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11

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M1soR LocALs.-Trinity Sabbath School
of Manchester, will give the Cantata OF rs
Their this evening. We acknowledge the re
ceipt of tickets for which the school will &C
cept our thanks.
A solution of gas tar is said to be an excel
lent remedy for the potato bug. Put tey
gallons of gas tar in barrel, then pour sui
ficient quantity of water on the tar; stir 1t ~
and apply with sprinkling pot when tn
bugs appear.
Alter Y. Shindel, of Danyille, Pa, and w
C. Kohler, of Hanover, Pa, students of tn
theological seminary at Gettysburg, were &C
cidentally drowned Wednesday by the upset
ting of their boat on Spring lake.
The Western Maryland Railroad Compan.
are making fine road from Waynesboro
Station to High Rock, for the accommoda
ton of excursionists. The view from thi
site is simply magnificent.
Emanuel Saubel, near Linwood, is building
a new barn in place of the one destroyed b.
lightning several week ago, 1t will be 86l
46 feet. Jonas S. and Matthew Harner, car
penters.
An election for town officers was held il
Taneytown on Monday, resulting in the choice
of Jesse H. Hawk, James Davidson, DIR
Geo. T. Motter, David Burlington and Thos
D. Thomson.
VIM. Lawyer is building brick addition tt
his residence, on Pennsylvania Avenue, 161
"a feet, two stories high. Jacob F. Elgir
carpenter; Josephus Sheeler mason.
The farmers of Carroll are complaining thai
the wheat is so rank in many. places as to
lodge. Some have cut off that which fell
and fed it to their cattle.
The Frederick County Agricultural Society
LID Al Co., h.
Tuesday in October, and continue during the
week.
The First National Bank of Hanover, has
declared five per cent. dividend, clear OF
taxes, for the past six months.
D. Shamberger and j. Carroll, of Beck
leysville, Baltimore county, have obtained G
patent on garlic separator.
Strawberry and Ice Cream Festivals are
now the order of the day.
The May Term of the Circuit Court begins
on Monday next.
HORSE AND BUGGY SToLEN.-On Tuesday
night last, about II o'clock, horse and bug
gy were stolen from the stables of Mr.. Jacob
Zacharias, on the Littlestown pike, near this
city. The thieves stopped at the toll-gate,
near by, and inquired the road to Gettysburg.
This circumstance gave the clue to their route
next morning, when Mr.. Zacharias, accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff John Haines, start
ed in pursuit. There we're three persons in
the party, two white men and negro. Their
joint weight, it is supposed, bent the axle OF
the Jenny Lind carriage in which they all
rode, and Mr.. Zacharias and Mr.. Haines were
enabled to follow their course by the zigzag
track of the wheel. When they reached Get
tysburg, Mr.. Zacharias stopped for the night,
NJ H.,
curing the services of detective Myers of Get
tysburg, pushed on after the thieves. At
BendersvilIe they heard that the party had
passed through that town. At Pineville two
young men were employed as guides to con-
duct them over the mountains. The pursuit
was kept up until they reached the next chain
of mountains, when they espied their quarry
slowly toiling up the mountain side, the ne
gro walking, the two white men in the car
riage. Seeing that they were pursued, they
suddenly turned their horse from the road
into the woods, sprang from the carriage and
took to their heels in the mountain, leaving
the horse and carriage standing, which in a
few minutes was in the possession of Messrs.
Haines and Myers. This was within about
one mile of Brushville, Cumberland county,
Pa. Pursuit of the thieves in the mountains
being hopeless, Messrs. Haines and Myers
returned to Gettysburg, arriving there about
2 clock on Thursday morning. The thieves
were recognized by persons in Pennsylvania,
who saw them pass. Their names are Jacob
Kaufman, William Hellman, and j ohm Burns,
the latter negro, said to be only recently
out of the Pennsylvania penitentiary. The
detectives in Pennsylvania are on their track.
A New KIND OF SHAD.-How many kinds
of shad are known in Maryland waters
Kene insists that there are white shad, black
back shad, red head shad, stump-tail shad,
mud shad, and hickory shad. Kene may be
right, but he has not enumerated all the va
rieties, if the annapolis Gazette is right. The
Gazette has discovered variety with roses in
it! We always thought that roses grew upon
bushes; until now we were Ignorant of the
fact that they grow also in shad. That they
do, we learn from the following recipe to bake
a shad, taken from the Gazette:
To bake shad, do not open in the back, but
clean, remove the roses, and fill the inside
with bread crumbs, little sweet pork, finely
an onion, parsley, and little chop
ped lemon, pepper, and little salt. Sew up
the oriice and bake in q buttered pan.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Dr. Henry E. Beltz
and John Pfeiffer, as trustees of Andrew
Pfeiffer, sold on Saturday last, in Manches-
ter, house and lot to Simon Grammer for
$1,000; wood lot containing acres and 80
perches, to the same, at $40 per acre; II
acres to Joseph Pfeiffer at $33 per acre.
CORONER. Jesse w. Brandenburg,
of this city, has been appointed by Governor
Carroll as Coroner for Carroll county. This
is new office in this county, and takes all
such work out of the hands of the Justices of
the Peace, who have heretofore acted in this
position.
A STRAWBERRY AND Ice CREAM FESTIVAL,
with Fancy Table, for the benefit of the
Library of the Sabbath School and Choir OF
the NJ. P. Church, this city, will be held in
Odd Fellows Hall, on Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings of next week.
RIFLE AssocIATIoN.-A company of gen
tlemen in this city, have formed an associa-
ton for target practice. The Remington,
Wesson and Ballard rifles are spoken of as
likely to be used.
James H. Steele, Esq, is appointed post
master at Watersville, this county, vice John
w. Mari, resigned.
The first strawberries of the season retailed
in this market on Wednesday, at 20 cents
per quart.
For the Democratic AdUocate.
Western Maryland College.
1t will no doubt be very gratifying
to the many friends of Western Mary
land College, in Westminster and vicinity,
to know that the recent public expressions
of interest on the part of the citizens have
eliminated in earnest cooperation for the
removal of existing liabilities that have so
long been in the way of the permanent
success of this Institution.
The canvass thus far, has resulted in
securing in reliable obligations the sum
of 81 500 among the citizens of WestmiD-
ster, only part of whom having yet been
seen on the subject. 1t is fully believed,
when the remaining part shall have made
their subscriptions, that the sum of at least
$4,000 will be secured at the home of the
Gollano