The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-31

''Goingl goingl gone!'' say the aucti oneers,
and August is goingl going. gonei
The registration of voters begins on Mon
day next and closes on the following Friday.
We received last week a specimen of Mil
let from Mr.. Isaac Winchester five feet IN
height
Miss Mollie Stevens has received the APP
pointment to Western Maryland College from
Kent county.
Mrs Covington II. Shorb has sold the
house and lot, corner of Bond and Green
streets, this city, for $1,000.
Diptheria is proving very fatal in York and
Adams counties, Pa. In Codorus township
it is of malignant character.
An open air concert will be given by the
National Greys Band in the Court House
yard on Tuesday evening next.
Typhoid fever is quite prevalent in portions
of this county. The weather has been favor
able to the development of the disease.
Everybody is wondering how it is that not
withstanding the hard times there has been
just as much summer pleasuring as ever.
Charity Lodge No. So, knights of Pythias,
Of this city, will give an excursion to the Blue
Ridge Mountains and High Rock, on Satur-
day next.
DIR. VIM. H. Meter, of Chestertown, Nd,
had his pocket picked of $50 on the Western
2Aal ActAu AAdilAp8u MAkiE uu Trip " lllc
city, recently.
James J.. Kelly, of Annapolis Junction,
Anne Arundel county, has received the ap-
pointment to the Western Maryland College
from that county.
Krider's Sunday School win hold pic mic
at Roop's dam, on Saturday, the 14th Of Sep
TENDER. The friends of the school are invi-
ted to participate.
The Sunday School Of the NJ p. Church of
this city, went to Greenwood Park, on Thurs
day, on picnic. Two hundred and ten tick
cts were sold at this station.
Saratoga has had forty-one DAYS of racing
and forty-one nights of gambling pool selling.
Elevating and refining sport, that, for rational
beings to engage in But such is Saratoga
"Home again, home again, from the ocean
shore" is paraphraSe of the old familiar
song, quite appropriate to the return of those
who have been summering down by the
sounding sea-"
The postoffice at kemptown, on the route
from Mount Airy to Damascus, discontinued
sometime since, was again established on
Wednesday by order of Postofiice Department,
with Vim. t. Lewis as postmaster.
A complimentary benefit has been rendered
the Natioral Greys Band, of this city, by
Harry Leouard's Minstrels, at Odd Fellows
Hall, on Thursday and Friday evenings of
next week. The band will also render some
choice selections.
Baltimore Grange, No. IS, will hold pic
mic on Thursday next, in Ridgely's woods,
near Lutherville. Addresses will be deliver
ed by Hon. James A. Blanton, of Va, Hon.
VIM. Saunders, of Washington d. c., James
S. Robinson, II. o. Devries and J. Wilson
Magruder, Esqrs. of Maryland.
A champion tournament will take place at
Woodstock, Howard county, on the 18th of
September. The charge to the knights will
be delivered by Hon. Il. 7. Merrick, of Eli
colt City, the congratulatory address by Jas.
A. c. Bond, Esq. of this city, and the cor
onation address by Hon. A. G. Chapman, of
Charles county.
Our reporter was so charmed by Miss
Blackmans fascinating readings, that in no.
ticing her entertainment last week he entire
" forgot the scarcely less charming part
taken by Misses Golden and Grouse. Their
songs we're beautifully rendered and added
much to the pleasure of the audience, who
attested their admiration by applause.
The Fifth Regiment, 400 men, spent Thurs
day at Penmar, Blue Ridge Summit. Trains
followed containing fourteen hundred persons,
The regiment returned to Baltimore in the
evening delighted with their trip. When they
arrived in Westminster, on their return, the
soldiers were greeted with hearty cheers from
the SPECTATORS, which were returned with in
terest by the excursionists. The trains con-
sisted of twenty-five cars.
Cleanliness is a great safeguard against
disease. Foul odogs will engender fever, and
in damp warm weather such exhalations are
more active and are borne on every breeze.
Recently we have noted in several localities
that the pig sites were very offensive, their
odor reaching to the main street from the
alleys where they are located. Such nuis-
ances ought to be abated. The authorities
ought to require the owners to keep their
piggeries clean.
Several weeks ago it was stated that the
burning of the thresher, wheat, &c, of Chas
S. Simmons, of Buckeystown, Frederick co.,
was caused by the heating of a journal on the
engine. A colored man, who was employed
there at the time, says the fire was caused by
him. He had been smoking, and on being
called to assist in some work, put the pipe in
his coat pocket and laid it down on the straw;
the fire soon burned through the coat and
communicated to the wheat and straw, thus
causing the loss Of several hundred dollars.