The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-15
SATURDAY, MARCH Is, 1879.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Finishing and sykcsyille Items Death Of the Oldest
lnhabilant-Real Estate Salcs-Fat Cattle-Loeai
Meeiins.-The school Doari-Conlerence APPOINT
mthih-flres NJ Emmittsbufg, etc, etc
FISgsBURG IrENs.-The Hnksburg Dairy
Association, which was organized on Tues.
day, 1th inst, elected Mr.. l.. A. j. I.amotte.
President; Mr.. Lewis Cole, Vice. President;
Mr.. Granville Herring, Secretary. Also a
committee OF six was appointed to represent
the association at o joint meeting of the local
associations, throughout the country. A large
number Of our citizens ARE engaged in this
business and they have long felt need of
some measure to protect their interest. 1t is
evident that hearty cooperation of the va.
rious sections engaged in the business is the
best means OF securing such protection.
Mr. Lewis Baxter narrowly escaped being
killed on the 3D. inst lie aud his son Irwin
were breaking colt belonging to Mr.. John
Lysle. They had the colt hooked to sleigh,
aud while on the culyert of the pike near the
tinksburg station, the animal became fright.
ened, when the son jumped from the sleigh.
Mr.. Baxter remained in aud endeayored to
keep the colt ia the road, but, notwithstand.
ing his efforts, the animal jumped down the
side Of the culyert, distance Of 2j feet
Fortunately for Mr.. Baxter, the sleigh struck
the low stone wall with sufficient force to
break il loose, aud he escaped without injury,
except to his hands. The colt, which was
valuable ANIMAL had a shoulder dislocated,
Hndreceiyed some otherinjures, He was plac
ed under the care of Veterinary Surgeon,
and il was thought possible to save him, but
he had to be killed.
Ne Eroppia - tbts ra....t,,
bought a wood lot of l20 acres, situated near
the cross roads, which belonged to the estate
Of the late David Haugh.
Revs. s. L. Ferguson aud j. NJ. Brown
and Mr.. Daniel Hahn, left on Monday last
for Centreyille, to attend the NJ. =. Confer.
eRce.
Mr., Theodore Gorsuch living at Mr.. John
l.yslc's, had an arm mashed very badly by a
falling limb while he was pruning trees, on
last Tuesday.
Again the timo for moves and public sales
approaches. Several changes of residences
will take place in the village, aud few others
in the vicinity. We have heard Of no stran.
gers coming in our midst, and only one who
is TO leave will go to any distance. Our
worthy shoemaker, Mr.. Daniel Rowzier, will
take his family to Pennsylvania. OF the
changes 10 take place, the one Of most impor.
to be hoped it will get good host, The
sales will be less in number than the moves
Mr.. William Flater, q milkman, while at
the stable attending TO his milking, on last
Monday morning before light, came in con.
tact with a projecting hook, which entered
the lower part of his left eye, tearing the lid
open diagonally in two places. The eyeball
was only slightly injured.
SYKEsvilIE ITENs.--The spring like wealth.
er Of the past few days has improved the looks
Of the grain very much. TWAS generally be
lived that the alternate freezing aud thawing
Of the winter had injured the wheat. On
fields where it was sown after corn scarcely
any could be seen, but 1t is now improving
very rapidly, aud with n quckenng spring,
which is almost certain to follow severe
winter, the half bushelmeasure q few months
hence may tell story that will gladden. the
farmers heart.
The roads are very bad everywhere you 60
There is no doubt that the soil of Carroll is
excellent for farming purposes, but very poor
stuff TO make roads OF. In summer we have
splendid roads, but now, stand from under.
We noticed some of our friends basking in
the sunshine on the top rail Of a fence discus
sing the great political questions of the day,
having settled them satisfactorily from Pen
sions TO Polygamy, Maryland politics were
next in order. We heard prominent gen
tleman OF Howard county, offer to bet "heaps
Of money that German would be the next
U. :. Senator. Are you on the tow-path
we asked. Now Messrs Editors, hope You
will permit me to have my little say, promis
ing you | will be brief, although | could fill
column ofyour valuable paper on the same
subject, Now that the different counties of
tho State are bringing forth their favorite for
the Senatorial race, why can't Carroll coun.
ty name man. and why can't that man be
Hon. Charles Il. lioberts2 Is there demo
crat in this Congressional district who does
not feel proud OF the record Mr. Roberts has
made? Is there a republican who can say
aught against him? Certainly not All cor.
daily join, press and people, in the praise he
sojustly deserves for the service he has ren
dered his State, Can we afford to let him
stay at home No, men OF his stamp are too
rare npoliticsnow. Let the people make the
''sate" this time and send Hon. Charles b.
Roberts to the United States Senate.
The Paiapsco Dairy Association will meet
here ON the 10Th inst. when important bust.
ness will be transacted, several names will be
added to the membership and the time Of the
State convention will be fixed. We are glad
to known that Finksburg has formed an asso
citation, and we have every reason TO believe
when our purposes are better known, every
dairyman in the State will be member Of
an association Of this kind.
DgATa OF THE OLDEST ISHAmTAsT. Becky
Mccormick, coored, familiary known as sold
Becky died on Sunday last at the Aims
House. 1t is impossible to give her exact
age, but from the best information we eau
gather, she was about ~ years old. She
had been an inmate of the Aims House for
twelve or fourteen years prior to her death,
and was religious nonomaniac. The most
Of her time was. spent in singing and pray.
ing, interminged with pleadings that the
Good Master would take her home. She has
been anxious to die for some years, saying
that she wanted to go home to her people,
and would sometimes get into paroxysms of
excitement when anyone would tell her that
she would not die soon.
The Beck Mccormick, who was hung here
in 1859, and who was the first to suffer death
upon the scailold in this county, was grand.
daughter of The subject OF this sketch She
was hung for the murder Of a colored boy
belonging to Mr.. William 0rndorff, residing
about a mile and half from this city.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.--0n Saturday last
VIM. A. McKcllip, as trustee ia insolvency
Of Jacob Snyder, sold a tract Of land contain.
ing lGl acres, near Mexico, TO Adolphus H.
LhuIgh for SlO7.
Qh.Monday list VIM. naohman, as trustee
of the late A. u. Schaetfcr, sold the house
and lot opposite Marsh's hotel, occupied by
J.Weston Perkins, To Mrs. Elizabeth Hart
sock for $li66 Also, as administrator, four
lots opposite the Lutheran Church, to Samuel
Kneller for $3.50.
On the 18th of February, Jesse A. Craw.
mer, executor ofHelpher Crawmer, deceased,
sold II acres and ~ perches of land, l mile
south of New Windsor, to Frederick Sittig for
$1,000; also wood lot containing 82 acres
and 20 peiches, in Frederick county, near the
new Liberty road, to Isaiah Nusbaum for
S207.l5.
George p. Albaugh has sold A ncres OF
land IN Mt Vernon, TO George w. Xepn for