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The address of Mr.. W. l.. w. Seabrook, at
the Lutheran Church, on Wednesday evening,
on MIR. Moody and his work in Baltimore,
was well attended. The Buell. Family were
present, and by request rendered several Of
the Songs OF Zion. Mr.. Seabro0k descanted
at some length upon the work Of Mr.. Moody,
ia Baltimore, last winter, and related many
interesting incidents, ia some Of which he
himself participated. He described Mr..
Moody as q man Of great humility and sim
Pleity, Of strong faith and singleness Of pur-
Pose--a purpose to win souls 10 Christ. He
possesses q strange magnetism or power over
his fellow men, which Mr.. Seabrook attribu-
ted to the infaenco Of the Holy Ghost, acting
through him as an humble instrument in the
hands Of God for the advancement Of his
kingdom in the enrth aud for the salvation
ofmen. Mr.. Seabrook closed by saying that
hewould have beenglad to have had Mr. Moody
an Westminster, bat as that could not be, we
could have the Holy Spirit, whose presence
and guidance he invoked upon those present,
commending all to purer aud batter life.
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WHITELooK,s gEGETAToR.

WE again offer the farmer this valuable
w fertilizer, equal in quantity and condi.
ton TO any we have ever sold. The nasl
winter has demonstrated its superiority % any
thing 10 the market Il IL bound to produce
crop Of wheat, however severe the winter.
and to be followed by setting Of grass. Il
is 60 rich in plant food that m application 81
oneiqnarter to ono.third less chan any other
manure will suffice, thus showing il to be he
cheapest to use.
w WHfTEEOCK, A Co.
a. SoUTu SrnHnq
june 2s-am Baltimore, Nd
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Jesse Arnold, near Frizzelsbnrg raised and
thrashed 100 bushels of wheat from acres,
q acres Of which was injured very badly by
the ily,) and 200 bushels of oats from acres,
which weighed 4l2 lbs. TO the bushel
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SsI .liO.69

Also nj The same time they levied tax Of
49, cents on each 500 of the property sub.
ject to State tax in the several districts, which
amounts to $50, 427.7G.
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Several moaths ago The celebrated horse
~. Lawrence, owned BY Mr.. Hash. Haines,
o. this city, was taken from the stable, and
sn attempt made 10 carry him OF, ON Mon.
gay night he was again takan ont Of The sta.
bic, bot was found he next morning A
Tbompson's stables. The thieves on lhls a..
casion vent very systematically aboat their
work, and had st. Lawrence been manageable
by strangers they would have succeeded in
getting away.
On the same night an attempt vas made 10
steal the mare Of Harry SomerYilIe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-02

Coal is again on the rise. Alta large auc-
ton sale Of coal in New York Wednesday
there was general advance on all grades.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-02

AT special meeting OF the County Com.
missioners, held on June Both, they levied a
tax of so cents on each one hundred dollars
Of the taxable property in the several election
districts, for county aud school purposes for
the year 1879, as follows:
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NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri
-AN Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Carroll county Letters Of Admins.
tration on the personal estate OF
JACOB SHOWER,
late Of said county, deceased All per
sons 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 sth day Of Februa-
ry, 1880; they may otherwise BY law be ex
Guided from all benefit OF said estate. Those
indebted are requested 10 make Immediate
payment.
Given under my band this 9Th day Of July,
1879.
THEODORE A. SHOWER, NJ. D., %
july Eat 2 Administrator
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SMITHS RAW BONE PHOSPHATE

Hundreds of farmers testify to the fact that il
has no superior for wheat and but few EQUALS
for grass. We have reduced the price This
year, but guarantee 70 keep our Phosphate
up 70 the former standard, and warrant that
Il shall be composed Of none but the very
best materials. Every bag viii be uniform,
IN hne condition for drilling aud have the
Analysis stamped upon il. 10 or ~ months
credit will be given by purchasers giving apl
proved note bearing per cent. interest; or
we discount interest for cash, thus making a
saving Of u per cent. g 81
FOR SALE BY
Denton Gehr, Westminster, Nd.
Chas, G. Engel, New Windsor, Nd.
Mekinstry Stoner, Union Bridge, Nd,
Or will be shipped to any point on the w
NJ or Pa. and Fred. r. r. by addressing
J. ]. SMITH q SON,
lniy o-Smo New Windsor, Nd.
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ROE sHERIFF.

M EaFeanlhoTlsed 10 RnnosnepJ. az. Dan.
w sEr candidate for next Shefiialty Of
Carroll county, subject 10 the decision Of the
democratic County Convention
july l2-tn
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! The AItllndle % we.t,nln.ler.

( Some weeks since we published an account
Of the height, above tide water, of several
towns in this region, Westminster among the
number. There were some inaccuracies in
the figures, in reference to Westminster,
which have been corrected by Mayor Irwin,
who assisted in the Railroad survey. The
Railroad crossing is 1875 feet above tide water.
The door step Of Col. j. B. Boyle's house is
77G feet above tide, or 81 feet higher than
the Railroad. Centre street, near Green, is
"a feet above Col. Boyle's, consequently 800
feet above tide. The Fair Ground is 1870 feet
above the Railroad, or 905 feet above tide,
and 500 feet above Lake Roland. The hill
east of Westminster, just beyond Mr.. William
Struth's residence, is at least 1000 feet above
tide water, so that Westminster, on the top Of
PARIS Ridge, is pretty well up in the region
of the clouds.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.

a 5 the season advances and seeding time
"A approaches, again We desire to call at.
tention OF farmers everywhere to our well
known brand OF fertilizer,
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:, l., Bars Tailoring House, corner Gay and
Fayetle Streets, Baltimore.
Mems Summer Suiting, &c., Noah Walker
* Co., 1866 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore.
Baugh's Twenty Dollar Phosphate, 1903
South Street, Baltimore.
Grand Excursion TO Washington by CHAR.
" Lodge, X. Of p, Of Westminster
Notice to Taxpayers, L. C. Trumbo,
County Treasurer.
Select School, Mrs. Spalding, Westminster.
Trustees Public Sale of Valuable Farm,
IN Myers district, Samuel Messenger, Trustee,
Flows, j. &. Weaver, Westminster.
Wheat Seeding, j. q. A. Holloway, 107
MeElderry's Wharf, Baltimore.
Executors Sale Of Valuable Real Estate,
near Pleasant Valley, David ID. Myers, Act
ing Executor.
Trustees Sale of Real and Personal Prop.
erty, at Union Mills, VIM. A. McKelip and
VIM. A. Leese, Trustees. EsFli.
Trustees Sale Of Dwelling House aud Lot
IN New Windsor, VIM. Miller and David d..
Byers, Trustees. WI
Mortgages Sale Of Real Estate, in Wake.
field Valley, Deborah A. Bale, mortgage.
Trustees Sale Of Valuable Mill Property
and Lots, near Westminster, p. H. L. Myers,
Trustee.
Legal Notices. Ifof .rJtal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-02

MouSrAIS OF IcE.-Fhe Cumberland, Nd.
Times says s--0ar readers are probably not
aware that within 80 miles Of US there Is an
ice mountain, where nature provides her own
icehouse, The mountain Is located near
Cold Stream, On the road from Springfield,
Hampshire county, Pa, which CONNECTS with
the Winchester pixies. The mountain has the
appearance Of having been rent in twain,
leaving a deep gap with precipitate slopes on
either side. The gap fronts north, and the
sun seldom penetmtes the gorge. Upon the
top Of the mountain there Is level plain, and
the northwest winds OF winter sweep over the
level aud drive the snow in the gaps, where il
lays 10 the depth Of hundred feet.t Up the
gorge the north winds sweep through tunnel
and the snow has BECOME oomnasted and
frozen until il is almost solid bed Of zoe, and
the SUI Of summer seems 70 effect il bgt little.
There never has been q time within the mem.
DRY Of the Oldest inhabitant when this gar
was clear Of snow aud ice.
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NEW STORE, NEW GOODS,


ME- are authorized 10 anaonnce Il. o.
~ MAITHEWSa candidate fof fhf aexi
shefihalty Of Carroll ce9uty, subject 10 Ire
decision Of ihe penocssiie County cenSen.
ton fsis4c
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THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ny
VANDERFORD BROS.

TERMsy-s2 per year IN advance Single comics n
cents Nosubserption discontinued unti All arrcays
are pad unless az tho option OF the publisher
ADVERTISING RATES--One square Is Inca viii
be inserted mes or less for 81 and % cents for each
subsequent insertion. One SQUARE mos Al ~. a
mos " y mos, -, Business Cards moi exccedlns
lines, ~ per year. When the number on lnsertioms
Is not marked advertisements will be continued untiI
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must colfne alseItisemsns 20 their own business
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A Telegram from Petersburg, Va, says The
corn and tobacco crops Of that section, which
threatened 10 become a total failure from
drought, have been greatly refreshed BY %.
pious showers. The fnFest ffes have also
been extinguiahed BY The Fpins,
The members Of the family Of Captain Dan.
lei Dodson, ia Petersburg, Va, seven IL
number, were made seriously i'll on Saturday
evening by eating ice cream, Il IS supposed
the cream was tainted BY q brass vessel in
which il was prepared.
One hundred and fly parrots and forty
monkeys erriyed o. BALTIMORE Wednesday oh
. vessel from South American port
The latest reports from the Labrador fsh-
series are very favorable,
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SO Acres, l Rood and Is Perches
Of Land. mora or less.

situate on Big Pipe Creek, near Otter Dale
Mills, adjoining the lands Of J. 7. Starr, Sam
uel Hawn and others, and within a short dis.
lance Of the above described farm. This lot
Of land is divided into three fields, is under
good fencing and well watered.
BeS- The undersignedha has changed the terms
efsale prescribed by one OF said mortgages, for
the purpose ofeneouraging purchasers 70 buy,
but purchasers will have the option Of said
terms il desired.
Terms Of Sate.-0ne.third in cash on the
day of sale or upon the ratification thereof;
the balance TO be paid in equal instruments OF
one and two years respectively, with interest,
and secured to the satisfaction Of the Mort.
gage.
Terms to be complied with on day Of sale.
EPHRAIM BOWERS, Mortgage.
CHARLES b. RoBERTs, Solicitor.
GEoRGR II. WINTERS, Auctioneer.
july 26-ts
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At the same time and place, by virtue of
the power Of sale contained in the aforesaid
mortgage from Jacob Rooms to Ephraim
Bower, dated the I'd day Of April, A. D., 1877,
and recorded among the Real Estate M ortsage
Records Of Carroll county in Liber +. 4. S.,
No. 10, folio $40, &c, the subscriber, as Mort,
gagee, will offer at Public Sale, all that val.
liable lot Of land, containing
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THE MARKETS.
WESTMINSTER MARKETS.

Wholesale Prices by Grimes 4 Weaver.
FRIDAY Au0ust . 1870
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-30

calendar. Almost all the war-claim bills were OBJ
jected to by Mr. Bragg. The committee rose, and
twelve private bills reported were passed by the
House. Mr., Banning presented a substitute for
the Army Organization BILL and asked leave to have
it printed. So ordered.
SATURDAY, Jan. % -SENATE.-Not in ses-
sion.
HoUsE.-The House devoted the entire day in
committee of the whole to the consideration of the
Postofice Appropriation bill, other business
being transacted.
MONDAY, Jan. 27.-SENATE.-The credentials
of Senator Shields of Missouri were presented and
he t,ok the oath of office. A large number of
bills were referred including one by Mr.. Ferry, to
reorganiZe and discipline the militia of the United
States :. The bill to abolish the volunteer
navy of the Omitted States passed
-. Mr., Edmunds, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported back the House Joint resolution
propossGg an amendment to the constitution pro
hbiting the payment or claims of disloyal persons
for property injured or destroyed in the War # the
Rebellion, with an amendment In the nature of a
substitute. Placed on the calendar. The claim
OF Warren Mitchell, amounting to $l2S, 00t, for
cotton seized during the war, gave rise to con-
siderable debate, Ben Hill. of Georgia. made the
principal speech, in which he took vigorous
ground against war claims of every description.
The New York nominations engrossed the attention
OF the Senate IN executive session. The time was
chiefly devoted to the reading of Arthurs
reply to Secretary Sherman. Mr.. Conkling
contented himself with making formal
report of the action of his committee. which
was adverse in the case of Merritt for Col
Iector and Butt for Naval Officer. but in the case
of Graham, nominated for Surveyor in place of
Merritt, as this the filing of vacancy the
committee reported in favor of confirmation. After
considerable discussion it decided by the Sen
ate to remove the injunction of secrecy from all
the papers.
HoUsE.-Mr. Wright's bill loanng $500 to every
man who is not worth $500. who desires to take ad
vantage of the provisions of the Homestead law
was taken up. After discussion the bill was de
feated-yeas, %: nays, 212. Mr. Haskell moved to
suspend the rules and pass the bill authorizing the
Secretary of War to headstones the graves
of Union soldiers inferred in private, village or
city cemeteries. Agreed to-
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Tuesday, Jan. 81, might appropri-
ately be termed Senatorial day." on account
of the number of United States Senator'S chosen
by State Legislatures In Illinois, John A.
Logan was elected to succeed Richard j.
Oglesby. The vote stood Logan, Republican,
1906; ]. O. Black, Democrat, 81; Alexander
Campbell, National, 10; John MoAulife, Social
list, 3.-In New York, Roscoe Conkling, Repub-
Hcan, was elected as his own successor,
he receiving 115 votes, to 35 for William
Dorsheimer, the Democratic caucus nominee,
and 2 for Peter Cooper, National The Indiana
Legislature chose Daniel w. Voorhees,, Demo
crat to succeed himself, the vote standing
Voorhees,, 80; Ben Harrison, the Republican
caucus nominee, 60; James Buchanan, National,
3. Mr. Voorhees, was also elected for the short
term, expiring March 4, the Republicans voting
for G. S. Orth. In Pennsylvania, J. Donald
Cameron, Republican,, was chosen as
his own successor, by q vote
Of 1876, to 76 for Hester Clymer.
the Democratic nominee, 16 for Daniel Agnew,
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THE CIPHER KILOGRAMS.

The Potter Committee began the in
vestigation of the cipher dispatches at Washing
ton ON the 9th of January. Clarence Carey, the
attorney for the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, testified that certain kilograms were
placed in his charge when it was proposed to
issue subponas for their production before
the Investigating Committee. He was instructed
to pick out all of a political character with the
view of getting them out of the way of the
subpoena. They were afterward turned over
to Capt. Whitney, Manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Washington
Floyd Grant, who made the selection of the dis
patches in New York, said that he thought. of
the $4,000 about 800 were in cipher Capt.
Whitney was called by the COM
mittee and testified to the shipping of the tel
egrams to New York, by order of President
Orion, and James 0. Green testified to the sub
sequent burning of them. Green said that
among the dispatches there were seven
or eight messages that passed between
John N. Tyner and Zachariah Chand-
Ter about making two appointments
in the Interior Department at salaries of
$1,000 each, and having the money depositedin
some national bank so that it might be drawn
in indianapolis by the Republican committee
The kilograms also contained the names of the
persons to be appointed He could not remem-
Der what those names were, but he believes one
was Martin Green also remembered some tel
egrams between Tyner and John W. Foster, of
Indiana, in reference to the sale of some po-
litical Office
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National, and scattering The Missouri Leg
islature elected George G. Vest, Democrat, as
the successor of David H. Armstrong, Demo
GRAFT, for the long term, and James Shields,
Democrat, for the short term intervening be-
tween now and March T. In North Carolina,
Zebulon B. Vance, Democrat, was success
full in securing the seat now occupied
by A. s. Merrimon, Democrat. The Connecticut
Legislature elected Orville H. Platt, Republic
can, as the successor of Mr.. Barnum, Demo-
GRAFT The Florida Legislature chose Wilkinson
Call, Democrat, to succeed Mr.. Conover, Re-
publican The Legislatures of Wisconsin,
Louisiana and Arkansas balloted for Senator,
but failed to reach a choice.
The Wisconsin Legislature has
elected Matt H. Carpenter to the United States
Senate for six years from the 4th of March
next, at which time Timothy Q. Howe retires
Gen. Butler has turned the somewhat
famous cipher dispatches over to the Potter
Committee, and also explained his connection
with them He says they VI ore placed on his
private desk some time last spring, by some
person then, as now unknown to him. He had
nothing to do, however, with the publication, as
copies of them had been furnished to the New
York Tribune long before they fell into his
hands. 1t was decided by the Potter Com
mittee, at meeting On Jan. %, to
enter at once upon an investigation of the
dispatches.
The voters of the First Virginia dis
trict have chosen r. l. T. Beal, Democrat to
fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the death
of Mr.. Douglass.
J. D. Walker, Democrat, has been
elected to the United States Senate from Ar
kansas He will succeed Mr. Dorsey, Republi-
can, whose term expires March 4
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NEWS or the WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

It is announced from Berlin that Bis
marck has decided to withdraw his Parliament
airy Discipline bill.
Gen. Grant left Paris Jan. 81, on his
tour of the East
The German army estimates show an
Increase of 900 men.
American coal is selling in Switzer-
land slightly cheaper than French and German
coal, and is much superior.
Violent snow-storms are reported IN
England. In Russia, also, there have been I'M
usually heavy snowfalls, blockading the rail
ways.
Capt. Gen. Campos is to be recalled
from Cuba, and made Spanish Minister of
War.
There is much suffering in England
and Continental Europe on account of the ex-
treme severity of the winter.
The Grand Duchess Anastasia,
daughter of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia,
was married the other day at ST. Petersburg to
Prince Frederick of Mecklenberg -Schwerin
The dreaded plague, or "black death, .
which has been for some time raging in Astra-
khan, is slowly creeping westward, and there
is much alarm in Russia in consequence. /,
is feared that the soourge will spread over
Western Europe the coming summer, in which
event it would probably invade this country.
In Paraguay locusts are destroying
the crops.
The plague is reported to have
reached Moscow
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seriousness, came to the front, and, see
ing the pits strewn with the dead bodie
of the Indians, ordered his men t.
cease firing with view of getting th,
remainder of the savages to surrender
but they needed him not until one
buck only remained alive. It must b,
said in justice to the troops that DURING
the engagement not one was known de
hberately to fire at a squaw or papoose
On an examination of the ground after
the engagement IL bucks, 4 squaws
and : children were found dead. :
squaws, 2 children and l buck wound
ed, and B squaws remained unhurt
making total of 80 in all.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

At Kingston, Ont, the bakery and
dwelling of Thomas Johnson were destroyed
by fire, and his two little daughters persisted in
the flames. On the same night, William
O'Brien and two sons were burned to death in
their camp at Milbury Brook, N. B.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

A fire in Elizabeth, n. j., destroyed
the Opera House, Postofice, Masonic Hall, First
National Bank, and four stores. Loss, $780,
CO.,
Died, at Boston, Mass, Hon. George
s. billiard, an eminent author, and at one time
q prominent political leader in the Bay State,
aged TO- -r >e
At Hyde Park, near Scranton, Pa,
Mrs Davis and year-old child burned to death
by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
An alleged wife and two children have
been discovered to contest the will of the late
R. W. Mackey, ex-State Treasurer of Pennsyl-
wanna. e..J
A whole batch of ex officials of New
Jersey county have been convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for plundering the
county treasury.
Reliable advices from the Northwest
are to the effect that Sitting Bulls band of
5000 lodges had crossed the line and we're
camped on American soil, with their faces turned
southwark Sitting Bull, however, does not
Father that the expedition is eminently pacific
No hostility is intended. Sitting Bull repre-
sents that his people were starving and freezing
in British America; that there were no buffalo,
and that it was reduced to question of life
and death-hence he advised his followers to
return to the United States and take their
chances &t
oh polS
Keb, gives the following brief account of the
manner in which the Cheyenne Indian cam
paign was brought to close: "On Monday
Col Evans, with Companies and D, Third
Cavalry, found the renegades in a strong posi-
ton in the cliffs four miles north of the stage
their progress. They effected their usual
escape, and moved toward Red Cloud Agency
Capt Vessels, whose scouts conveyed
this news to him, started at once on thei
trail with his four companies of cavalry, and O.
noon he came up with them some forty-five
miles from this post Then the work of captur-
ing them, either dead or alive, began in dead
earnest Only nine Cheyennes, all of them
wounded, were captured, the balance of the
party, twenty-thr in number, being killed
Seventeen are still unaccounted for. 1t is sup
posed some have died from wounds and others
escaped" ~.. ..... -.-...-.
News from Fort Lincoln says runners
from Sitting Bull have arrived at the Standing
Rock agency bearing q distinct proposition
from the chief to return and surrender his
guns andponies. He says his people are hun
cry and cold, and his spirit broken ElT93s
South.
Three of the Brevard county Florida)
Canvassing Board have been convicted in the
United States Court at Jacksonville, Fla, of
making false returns, and sentenced, one to
hree years, and the other two to one year each
the penitentiary.
Wright and Johns, the two convicted
members of the Brevard County Oanvassing
Board, have escaped from the Jail in Jackson
vile, Fla. ft ~. sa ~5C4
In Wayne county, Miss, q dispute
about the possession of piece of land resulted
m an affray between three white men and an
equal number of negroes, in which two blacks
were killed and one white man killed and an
other wounded