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Notice to Creditors.

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 LAMBERT,
late Of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned TO exhibit the same with the voueh-
ers thereof, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the 9TH day of December,
1878; 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 It'll day OF
May, 1878.
SUSAN LAMBERT,
may 11-Et& Administrative.
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Notice to Creditors.
Notice to Creditors.

THIS is to give notice that the subscriber
l. hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Carroll county, Maryland, letters of ad-
ministraiion on the personal estate of
JACOB FAIR,
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same with the vouch-
ers thereof, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the l4th day of Decem-
Der next; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate. Those
indebted are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of May,
in the year eighteen hundred and seventy
eight.
JOHN c. FAIR,
NAV 1S-4t# Administrator.
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Notice to Trespassers.

A Ii persons are hereby warned not to
"A trespass on my premises, either for
hunting, cunning, fishing, or in any other
manner, as the law will be rigidly enforced
against all so offending
SAMUEL YINGLING,
may 1885, Manchester District.
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Small pox has been for some time alarm
iugly prevalent in London, and despite all
efforts toward its suppression, is increasing
steadily, both in extent and virulence.
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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 personal estate Of
MICHAEL MORELOCK,
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 subscribers
they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate Those indebted are
requested to make immediate payment
Given under our hands this 9TH day Of
May, 1878.
HENRY z. MORELOCK.
WILLIAM J. MORELOCK,
may 11-4t Administrators.
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HIs.sssssssss.s-ss
Interest from January LIST, 1878.

interest from January lSt, 1915.
Notice is hereby given to George S. Garner,
and all whom it may concern, that ] will offer
for sale, at Public Auction, to the highest bid
der, the above described real estate, on the
premises, in said district Of Carroll county, on
SATURDAY, the first day Of JUNE, 1878,
at two o'clock, P. NJ, to pay and satisfy the
above stated State and County Taxes, costs
and legal charges.
Terms Of Sale.-The terms Of sale are that
the purchaser shall pay the whole amount of
the purchase money cash, otherwise the Col
lector will resell the said property at the risk
of thefirstpurchaser. The right ofredemption
extends to within the period Of twelve ealen-
dar months from the day Of sale, by paying in
TO Court, to be paid to the purchaser, the
amount of purchase money and interest at the
rate of fifteen per cent. per annum.
BYRON S. DORSEY, Collector,
of State and County Taxes for the 9Th Elee-
ton District of Carroll county. may Its
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The Lorillards pay the government 81
100000 annually as a tax upon tobacco
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R. C. MATTHEWS, Auctioneer.


We also offer at private sale, for a short
time, the brick Store House and Lot Of Land
situate on the corner of Main and Court SITS.
which has frontage Of 40 feet on Main street
and runs back on Court street l9S feet to an
alley. This property has been used for pub.
lie business for more than forty years, and
has always enjoyed good trade. The loca-
ton of the property and the convenience OF
the building offers rare opportunity to any
person desiring to engage in public business.
We also offer the stock therein at private
sale, which consists in part of Carpeting,
Hardware, Paints, Oils, Queensware, Groce-
ries, House Furnishing Goods, &c. until the
same shall be sold in bulk, and will continue
TO sell the stock on hand at retail at cash pri
ces, and we especially invite the attention of
Purchasers to the above mentioned property
For terms and all information in reference to
the same, apply to either of the trustees.
Notice is hereby given to all persons in
debted to the said Edwin X. Gernand to make
immediate payment to the undersigned, as
attention to this notice will save costs. The
books and notes can be seen at the Office of
Charles I. Reifsnider, where payments are
expected to be made
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER,
RICHARD b. NORMENT,
JOSEPH NJ. PARKE,
may 25-ts Trustees.
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NO. 1904 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Francis T. Houck, Andrew j. Houck and
Melchor f. Algire, Executors, and others
VS.. Thomas Algire and others.
ORDERED this 14th day of Nav, A. d.
~ 1878, that the sales made and reported
by Melchor F. Algire, Trustee for the sale of
the real estate of Rachel Houck, deceased,
in this cause, be ratified and confirmed, un-
less cause TO the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 18th day of June next; pro-
vided a copy of this order be inserted in some
paper published in Carroll county once in
each of three successive weeks before the Sth
day of June next.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$4,000.
FRANK 7. SHAW, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
may 1885, FRANK I. SHAW, Clerk.
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TAX COLLECTORS SALE.

DY virtue Of authority vested in me by the
ID Laws of the State of Maryland, and my
Office as Collector of State and County Taxes
for the 9th Election District OF Carroll county,
State of Maryland, / have seized and taken
IN execution the following property, situate in
the 9th Election District of Carroll county
aforesaid, TO pay and satisfy the hereinafter
stated State and County Taxes, due, in ar
rear and unpaid, to-wit:
All that parcel of land lying in Carroll
county, beginning at a marked Spanish nak
tree standing at the end of the third line, in
deed from David Engie and wife to Singleton
Gatrell, and running thence with aad bound
ing on the fourth line in said deed, south 81
degrees, west II 40 perches to stone;
then by q line Of division north 59I degrees,
west "A perches 10 the middle of the Buffalo
Road; thence north 30f degrees, east u 7-l0
perches; then south 81 degrees, east 29l per-
ches to the place of beginning, containing
2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
assessed to Asbury Sappington, in the said
9th Election District Amount Of State and
County Taxes due and unpaid:
State Taxes for 1s76......................$O 40
County Taxes for lST6...................... LII
Iotal,....................... SLIGO
Interest from January LIST, 1877.
State Taxes for .S00.4G
County Taxes for lST7...................... l.26
lotal ......-.............. Sl.lZ
Interest from January LIST, 1873.
Notice is hereby given to Asbury Sapping-
ton, and all whom il may concern, that viii
offer for sale, at Public Auction, to the high
est bidder, the above described real estate, on
the premises, in said district of Carroll
county,
On Saturday, the first day Of June, 1878,
at two O'Clock, p. m, to pay and satisfy the
above stated State and County Taxes, inter
est, costs and legal charges.
Terms Of Sdie.-The terms OF sale are that
the purchaser shall pay the whole Of the pur-
chase money cash, otherwise the Collector
will resell the said property at the risk of
the first purchaser. The right of redemption
extends to within the period of twelve calen-
dar months from the day of sale, By paying
into Court, to be paid to the purchaser the
amount of purchase money and interest, at
the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum.
BYRON S. DORSEY, Collector
of State and County Taxes for the 9th
my Its Election District of Carroll county.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY
Near the Depot in Westminster,

Near the Depot in Westminster,
a II PU BL &c lie
HNHE undersigned, by virtue of Deed of
Il Trust from Joseph Hesson and Rebecca
Hesson his wife, duly executed and recorded
among the Land Records of Carroll county.
viii sell at Public Sale, on the premises, TO
the highest bidder, on
Saturday, the Sh day Of Juae, 1873,
at o'clock, p. NJ, all that Lot of Land.
consisting of One Eighth Of an Acre, more or
ieS'. The improvements thereon consist of a
slbsl antial three story Brick
DEellng and Store House, AzSA-A
StabEag, &c, all in excellent 80
repair and built in the most
substantial manner of the best material, water
on the pressises convenient to the house.
This property is on Main Street in the city
of Westminster, directly opposite the Depot
of the Western Maryland Railroad. Two Of
the rooms on the first floor are now occupied
by stores. This Is certainly one of the most
desirable business properties in the city of
Westminster, and the attention of capitalists
and business men is specially invited to this
sale
Terpss Of lSale.-One-thiEd cash on the day
Of sale or ON the ratification thereof. one-third
IN one year, and the other one-third in two
years from the day of sale; the credit pay
ments to be secured by the notes of the pur-
chaser or purchasers with approved security
bearing interest from the day of sale.
ISAAC Z. PEARSON,
JOHN WAREHIME,
CHAS. +. REIFSNIDER,
Trustees.
Robert C. Aatthelcs, AuetiOAeer.
NOTICE.
4 IL persons indebted to the said Joseph
- Hesson are requested to make imme-
siaSe' payment TO the undersigned, as prompt
payment will save costs.
ISAAC L. PEARSON,
JOHN WAREHIME,
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER,
may Its Trustees.
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Commissioner of Agriculture lie Due
has started tea plantation in Oregon.
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Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE. 10 OFctIIOFs.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
IN Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, Letters Testamen-
tary on the Estate Of
CATHERINE MOUCHNER,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated to the subscriber,
on or before the I'D day of December, 1878;
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 22d day of
May, 1873.
DIR. JAMES p. SUMMERS,
may25-4t Executor.
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Near this city, on Saturday evening, the
25th ult-, Willie Clinton, son of George and
Amanda Manger, aged six months
May 18th, in this county, Sarah Alethia,
daughter of Henry and Alethia Walker, aged
II years and % days.
Near Ladiesburg, Frederick count y, Nd,
on the 18th ultimo, Mr.. David Haugh, aged "A
years, months and IL days.
In Calvert county, Md. on May 20, Maggie,
wife of J. s. Gore, formerly of this city, aged
30 years.
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]. W. RRANDENRuRG

CORONER FOR CARROLL CO.,
Office, Westminster Hotel, Westminster, Md.
WILL give prompt attention to all cases
w requiring his services. may ls-tf
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TRUSTEES SALE
or A VALUABLE
DWELLING HOUSE,
AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY /
At PUBLIC SALE.
And Brick Store House and Lot,
and Store Goods,

AT PRIVATE SALE
THE undersigned, By virtue of n Deed II
Il Trust from Edwin K. Gernand and wife
duly executed and recorded among The Land
Records OF Carroll county, will offer at Pub
lie Sale, to the highest bidder, on the prem
ises, now occupied by the said Edwin X.
Gernand, situate on Court Street, in the city
OF Westminster, Carroll county, Maryland, on
Saturday, the ed day Of June, A. d. 1878,
at II clock, NJ, the following yaluable nro-
perry, TO "A parcel Of land fronting on
Court Street ITO feet, running back 10 AN
alley 1913 feet. The improvements thereon
consist OF a large and newly built FRAME
DWELLING HOUSE, Stable,
Carriage House, Wood House, AEeN-A
and other necessary out-build- - -
lngs; there is also we'll with
pump at the door. All the buildings have
been recently erected, and all in first class
repair; the Lot is susceptible of division in
two lots of 55 feet front each without inter
ferlng with the location of buildings thereon,
and will be offered as an entirty, and also in
separate lots so as to best serve the interest
OF the parties interested.
Also at the same time and Mace. the fol-
lowing valuable Personal Property. 10 wit.
One superior family driving Mare, ~
/ spring wagon with cover, / family "a y,
carriage, sets of single carriage ~
harness, ! saddle and bride, lot Of forks, &C.
Also lot of Household and Kitchen Furni-
ture, consisting in part Of beds, bedding.
chamber suits, bureaus, wardrobes, two fire.
place stoves, cooking stove, ] Victor light
stove, centre tables, dining table, lounges,
chairs, carpets, tinware, queensware, and
variety of other articles too numerous to
mention.
This furniture is all in good condition and
. worthy the attention of purchasers.
Also five shares of the stock of the West
minister Gas Light Company, one share of
the stock Of the Carroll County Agricultural
Society, and two shares of the stock of-the
Westminster Cemetery.
Terms Of Sale Of the Real Estate. 20ne-
third cash on the day of sale or on the ratif-
cation thereof, one-third in one year, and the
other one-third in two years from the day of
salei the credit payments to be secured by the
notes OF the purchaser or purchasers with
approved security bearing interest from the
day of sale.
Terms Of Sale Of the Personal Property
All sums of SO and under, cash; on all sums
above $40 credit of six months will be Civ.
en- on note with approved security, bearing
interest from the day of sale.
CHAS. L. REIFSNIDER,
RICHARD B. NORMENI
JOSEPH. NJ. PARKE,
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TAX COLLECTORS SALE.

PY virtue of authority vested in me By .ae
- Laws Of the State Of Maryland, and nv
Office as Collector of State and County Taxes
for the Ninth Election District Of Carroll
county. State of Maryland, ! have seized and
taken in execution the following property, sit
uate in the Ninth Election District Of Carroll
county aforesaid, to pay and satisfy the here
matter stated State and County Taxes, due,
in arrear and unpaid, to-wit:
All that lot or parcel Of land and premises
lying and being on the east side of the Buffa.
10 Road, containing
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WASToS Cruelty AND MALIGxITY.-0n
Thursday night, of last week, some one en-
tered the field Of Mr.. Fletcher Babylon, near
Frizzellsburg, and cut the throat of his horse.
The next morning he went into the field to
drive his horse up, and found him lying upon
the ground, dead, his throat having been cut
No clue has been discovered to the perpetra-
tor of the act.
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On Tuesday John j. Baumgartner was APP
pointed Auditor of the Circuit Court for Car
roll county, vice John J. Baumgartner, Sr.,
deceased.
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Back MAEISG.-Henry Bell, brickmaker
Of this city, has commenced brickmaking at
Reisterstown, Baltimore county, where he
finds a superior clay to that in use here. He
is erecting brick walls for regular kiln, at
his brickyard in this city, which will give him
q larger proportion of hard brick. He man
ufactured 100000 last year, and will make
about the same number this year, part of
which will be made at Reisterstown.
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Odd Fellows Hall is being repainted by
Gilbert Shipley, and new pavemen. is be-
ing laid in place of the old one by Reggie &
Kueller.
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1 IL Acres of Land,

improved by two-story Log
House, adjoining the lands of zlA-A
Asbury W. Sappington, Den :.
mis- Garner and others, being
part of tract cf land called Point Lookout.
heretofore conveyed by Singleton Gatrell and
wife TO Israel Cook, and sold by Israel Cook
and wife to Dennis Garner and wife, assessed
to George S. Garner and wife, in the said
Ninth Election District. Amount of State
and County Taxes due and unpaid
State Taxes for 1675.....................SO 500. 80
County Taxes for 1S75...............-.-.. 1876
ofal-..................-.-..... Sl.9O
Interest from January LIST, 1876.
State Taxes for 500. so
County Taxes for I876.................... 1.3T
Iotal. ~1.oE
Interest from January LIST, 1877.
State Taxes for 80
County Taxes for 1S77s.................... LOG
Tot.l e. a.
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RE-ORGASIzATIOx or SABBATH School
Salem Sabbath School, Winfield, was re-or-
ganized on Sunday by electing Mr.. John B.
j. Sellman, Superintendent, ard Mr.. VIM
\. Frizzell, Secretary. The prospect for a
good school is hattering, as they have the
right man in the right place.
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A FLoURIsHING BUsIxEss-Th Liberty
Banner says Mr.. Pinkney J. Bennett is now
receiving, daily, over 5000 pounds of milk
at his creamery on Sans Creek, and manu-
featuring in the same time about 1870 pounds
of choice butter He has has also commen.
eed the manufacture Of ice cream, for which
he receives large orders.
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DIED.

Deaths F'ec-TrioHes, POotry de- Fire Cents per line
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GORED By Csw.-0n Thursday afternoon
of last week, Charles Nusbaum, residing near
Frizzellsburg, was terribly gored by COW.
He entered the barn yard about milking time
and was followed by dog. The COW, which
had calf, became infatuated at the dog and
started towards it; the dog, seeing the attitude
OF the COW, sought protection by running be-
tween Mr.. Ms. legs. The COW came on and
caught Mr. n on her horns, tossing him up
about fifteen feet As soon as he struck the
ground she made another attack. and before
those in the yard could go TO his relief she
threw him up again. One of her horns en-
tered his right side above the hip, producing
q very severe wound. Medical assistance
was summoned, and at last accounts he was
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Of choice butter He has has also commen.
eed the manufacture Of ice cream, for which
he receives large orders.
New BUILnISGs.-Mr Thomas Turtle is
building a bank barn 2sx36 feet, on Webster
street. George Arbaugh carpenter.
Mrs. George Arbaugh is building a frame
house on the same street, lSx40 feet.
Az Ice Cream and Strawberry Festival will
be held at Warheldsburg, commencing on
Wednesday next and closing on the Saturday
following. IL will be for the benefit of the
Warfeldsburg Church.
DIssoLED.-The firm of Bankert & Fow-
Ter, furniture dealers and undertakers, this
city, has been dissolved. S. V. Bankert and
II. Daily will continue the business at the old
stand.
A valuable horse belonging to Mr.. George
W. Reed, of York Springs, Pa, one of the
guests of the Central Hotel, this city, died on
Monday morning last of lung fever.
RosEs.-We are indebted TO Mrs. Louis
Dielman, of New Windsor, for handsome
boquet of choice roses, containing over TWEEN
ty different varieties.
Mr.. Jacob Haghn died at Middleburg, this
county, on the 18th ultimo, aged 80 years, 6
months and 10 days. He had never been
married.
Harvest viii commence in Carroll from the
10Th to the 10th of jane. There is prospect
of the largest crop ever raised in the county
A heavy rain passed over this county on
Thursday, and on Friday norther prevailed.
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Corr IXJUEEn.-A yearling colt, belonging
TO Plus j. Babylon, near David Roop's Mill,
while playing in the barn yard, on Wednes-
day last, accidentally jumped upon paling
gate, one of the pickets of which entered
about one foot between the front legs and ex-
tended up between the shoulders. 1t is prob
able the colt will die
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DEATH FROM SNAKE BITE.-Ihree weeks
ago, May the 9th, Jacob Musser, q young
man of this place, whilst at Rock Greek
with several associates, was bitten in the
thumb by small water snake. The bite of
this reptile not being considered dangerous,
no harm was apprehended, and he continued
at work painting The hand and arm, how
ever, began to swell, and causing pain, poul-
tieing was resorted to; suppuration followed
and the swelling went down. Subsequently
fever Of a typhoid character set in; the patti
ent became delirious, and. sinking rapidly,
died on Saturday morning last Gettysburg
Compiler.