The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-12-27

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Emmittsburg fed 100 tramps who passed
their gate on the turnpike 70 Gettysburg,
the great thoroughfaFe of the poor wretehes
who, having exhausted the patience Of
! Pennsylvania, were, as they said, 10 pur-
suit Of work in other fields. Occasionally
entire families halt at the convent Gu
frances, aud ask for food aad clothes.
When there are children they are taken
in, washed, fed and clothed, and restored
to their parents arms cleaner, il not hap
pier After each meal from forty to fifty
poor people are fed at their gates, and
provided with subsistence to carry home
with them. The resident community num-
bers 200 religeuses and a school Of 100
young lady boarders. There is a superb
farm Of 500 acres under cultivation, en-
tirely overseen by sister, whose economic
management renders it the most produe-
tive plantation in the State, If not in
the country. The graveyard contains a
small chapel in which repose the remains
of the foundress, Mother Seton, and the
gifted Archbishop Bayley, of Baltimore.
Messrs. Bradley I. johnson, John P.
Poe, aud others, counsel for the holders Of
81, 200, 900 Of first mortgage bonds Of the
Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal, are about to
file bill asking for the appointment of a
receiver for the canal. Among the grounds
for the application is the allegation that
the issue Of half a million dollars of repair
bonds is invalid aud that the bonds OF the
compliments are jeopardized by the repair
bonds
On Thursday night last the store of MIR.
Thomas McWhorter, in Millington, Kent
county, was entered by burglars and rob
bed Of $500 in goods and money. When
the robbery was discovered a number of
citizens turned out and traced the goods
into the Forest, near Townsend, Del,
Some of the goods were recovered, A
citizen came up with one of the armed
burglars, but was not powerful enough TO
capture him single handed.
! Richard Sterling, who for thirty years
was the victim Of strange delusion, died
near Crisfeld few days ago. He be-
lieved that he was conjured in 1S49 and
that there we're ''three white snakes con
sta0tly feeding on his vitals, as fed the
vultures on the vitals Of Prometheus. At
the post norton ii was found that his
heart aud stomach bore slight marks Of
disease.
1t has been ascertaiued by the records
Of the health department kept by Mr.
Carter, that in Baltimore, for the year
1879, 700 persons have died whose aver
arge age was IS years and months each
OF these &C were 20 years of age, 4l2 be-
20 aud so, l75 between so and 80, Al
between 80 aud 100, 5 above 100, and
above ITO.
Cambridge receives 81 900 in oyster
money every day Of the season, or about
sl20, 900 year, from the oyster trade.
1t is remarked that, though the farmers
could get 200, 900 bushels of lime year
for the burning, they fail to take adyan-
tage Of the chance to enrich their lands.
This Is the centennial anniversary Of the
winter when loaded four. horse teams drove
seven miles across the Chesapeake Bay on
ice seven inches thick. In 1880 the bay
was covered with ice as strong as sheet
iron from its head to down below the
mouth Of the Nanticoke
Mr.. Samuel +. AMMAN of Emmittsburg,
died on Friday night last after brief ILL.,
ness. lie was brother Of Dr. Andrew
Amman, and was well known and esteemed
throughout that section of the State as
man Of irreproachable character and in
tergrity.
The Denton Uaion says:-"Mr. Drex-
el, the Philadelphia banker, has bought
several thousand acres of land in Worces-
ter county, on which he proposes to build
200 dwellings and to send down families
to occupy them. He also intends to start
"f Il eSa!a9 Va Ssle 5a AS!GEs s5uu
strange disease has been playing havoc
among the horses, quite a number having
died The disease first shows itself by
swelling in the lower part of the chest,
followed by stiffness, and, in every case,
by death.
An extraordinary aud monster white
owl was shot near Keyser the other day
BY David Grapes II measured little
over five feet from tip to tip. The plum
age is pure white, with collar of brown
feathers around the neck.
The spoke works at HagerstOwn are
running at their full capacity. The pro-
prietor has orders ahead for 100, 900 spokes.
He proposes soon to add machinery that
will enable him to turn out SOC, 900 spokes
year.
A rare bird, in the shape of a crested
eormorant, was killed on Elk river by g.
W. Maxwell last week. Ii measured four
feet, two inches from tip to tip and three
feet from beak to tail
James A. Radigan was indicted as priD-
eipal, and James 0'Donnell as accessory,
in the Baltimore county court, on Tuesday,
for the murder Of James Campbell, at the
water works on Sunday night last,
The new hotel at Hagerstown, to take
the place of the Washington House, de-
stroyed by Ere, is to be completed by the
first Of May next With the opera house
attachment it will cost $1,000.
A three year old son of John Bdel,
near Middletown, Frederick county, was
fatally burned on Monday morning last,
while attempting to take piece Of sau-
sage from plate on coal stove.
Hog cholera is prevailing in some sec
tons of Ammo Arundel county to great
extent. Mr.. John Tucker Of The Second
district has lost forty head by the disease.
The Governors Guard Of Annapolis
have invited the Kent Guards to be their
guests on the Inauguration Of Gov. Ham
ilton, January a.
A Washington county firm shipped last
Saturday 3,lOO dressed turkeys to Phila-
delphia.