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MORTGAGES SALE
Xl OF
A VALUABLE FARM,
Near Union Bridge, Carroll County, N


By virtue of the power contained in mort
gage from Jacob o. Harp and Julia A. Harp,
his wife, to the undersigned, bearing date
April 10th, A. D. 1885, and duly recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage Records of
Carroll county, in Liber G. A. NJ, No. y,
folio 203, &C., | will sell at Public Sale, on
the premises, on
Saturday, 1Ith day Of December, A. d. 1886,
at O. clock, P. NJ, that desirable farm de-
scribed in and conveyed by said mortgage,
being part of tract of land called RE
tirement Corrected" containing
165 ACRES, 3 ROODS AND 80 SQUARE
PERCHES, MORE OR LESS.
The improvements thereon consist of large
two. story brick dwelling house,
bank barn, wagon shed, corn A@SN-A
house, stone dairy, hog house, ~ ~ 49,
and other outbuildings, water 93z5z=.111s1sls55-
convenient to the buildings, large and thriv-
ing orchard of apple, peach and other fruit
trees; about twenty acres is in first class tim
Der, about fifteen acres meadow land; the
fields are conveniently laid off and watered.
The farm is in high state of cultivation,
produces well, and buildings are in good re-
pair.
This property is on the county road leading
from Union Bridge to Taneytown, about one
mile from the road leading from Westminster
to Frederick, is about two and one-half miles
from Union Bridge, is now in the occupancy
of the said Jacob o. Harp, and adjoins the
land of Abraham Null, Thaddeus Starr and
others.
Terms of Sale-Cash; or, if desired by the
purchaser, one-third 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 payments to be Sc
cured by the notes of the purchaser or pur-
chasers, with approved security, bearing in
terest from the day of sale.
JOHN L. REIFSNIDER, Mortgage.
Reifsnider & Reifsnider, Solicitors.
nov 13.ts
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MORTGAGES SALE
:" ORA
VALUABLE FARM,
Near Mal,chester, Carroll Couuly, Maryland.


By virtue of the power contained in two
mortgages from Edward w. Thurman and
Elizabeth Furhman, his wife, to the under
signed, one bearing date September LIST, A.
D. 1877, and recorded among the Real Estate
Mortgage Records of Carroll county, in LIber
r. T. s. No. 10, folio 522, &C., and the other
dated August 18th, A. d. 1885, and recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage Records OF
Carroll county, in Liber G. A. M. No. Y,
folio 498, &C., will sell at public sale, at the
Court House door, in Westminster, Carroll
county. Nd, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th, A. D. 1886,
at o'clock, p. M. all that parcel Of land de-
scribed in and conveyed by said mortgages,
containing
90 ACRES AND . FOODS OF LAND,
more or less. The improvements thereon are
2-story log and frame Dwelling
A&M-6 House, new bank barn and
other outbnildings, orchard,
s1z4l1Eff4.L &C.; water convenient to the
buildings; there is due proportion OF wood
and meadow land. Together with this farm
will be sold the privilege of road or outlet
16 feet wide on or near the bed of the old
soad now used as an outlet from the buildings
thereon, from he third line of the aforesaid
farm to tho countJ road or Bachman road.
This property is located in Manchester dis
trict, Carroll county, Nd, about ne-quarter
of mile from Mancheser, on the Bachman
road leading from Manchester to Westmin-
ster, and adjoins the land 9, DIR. Theo. A.
Shower and others, and is no~in the oceu-
pancy of William Thurman.
Terms of Sale cash, or, if desiNd by the
purchaser, one-third cash on the dayaf sale
or on the ratification thereof, one-third hume
months, and the other one-third in eighteen
months 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.
HENRY F. WARNER, Mortgage.
Reifsnider & Reifsnider, Solicitors.
nov13 is =
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DoAD AND BRIDGE NOTICE.

AO
Notice is hereby given that application will
be made to the County Commissioners ofCar-
roll and Howard counties, at their next meet
ing after thirty days from the date hereof, to
locate and alter the public road leading from
Woodbine road in Howard county, to Al
baugh & Viewpoints Switch, on the B. & O.
r. R., in Carroll county, distance of about
500 yards, and to make the road about that
distance over-the land of Richard Hutchins,
ESQ.,, so as to make said road better, safer
and less expensive; aud will also petition said
Commissioners to build bridge over PARIS
Falls, where the said new road viii cross the
same SO as to intersect the Carroll county
road.
Jame@aA. Albaugh, Richard Hutchins,
Levi Webb, M. d. Crapster,
James Baxley, Stephen G.. Hood,
John s. Tracey, Augustus War6eld,
Geo. P. Long, DIR. NJ, w. Warfeld,
N. I. Hutchins, Chas c. Newport.
oct 23:5t
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TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscribers
have obtained from the Orphans Court of
Carroll county, in Maryland, letters tesla
mentary on the Personal Estate of
WILLIAM C. ZEPP,
late of Carroll 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
subscribers, on or before the 9Th day of
June, 1887; they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under our hands this LIST day of
November, 1886.
WIN. S. ZEPP,
JACOB S. ZEPP,
nov 6:4t# Executors.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
NO. 24sO EQUITY.

NO. 24sO EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Charles T. Reifsnider, Trustee, VS.. Joshua
Sellman and Jane Sellman, his wife.
Notice is hereby given to all the credita.s
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
Another Fishing Schooner Seized.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE report that the
fishing schooner Ella M Doughty, of Portland,
Me-, Capt Warren Doughty, owner, had been
seized by the Canadian government was con-
frmed this morning by the following telegram
to the outfitters:
''ENeLIsHTowN, G. B., May IL.
Sargent, Lord Eskillen, Portland:
'Our vessel is seized by the government for
buying bait Our permit is good here. See
our collector about it without delay.
"WARREN A DOUGHTY"
There is considerable excitement over the
seizure.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 1.-THE following-named
vessels are fitting out at the points named for
the protection of the fisheries: General Middle
ton, at st. John. N. B.; Comrade and Hewlett,
at Halifax; Critical at Georgetown, P. E. l.;
Terror at Shelburn, N. S., and Lizzie Lindsey at
Gaspe. Two of these vessels will be put In COM
mission this week. The remaining four will
be ready. They are schooners of light
draught, and specially designed for speed. The
vessels will be armed, and the crews limited to
twenty-five men each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
SOUTHERN METHODIsTS.
Recommendations of the Committee on Pub
lications-No Change of Name.

RICHMOND, Va, May lin the Methodist
Episcopal Conference to-day, it was decided that
certificate of church membership shall be
handed to some other organized body within one
year. Again, that preachers shall execute all
the rules fully. as required by the Discipline.
The committee having considered the matters
pertaining to the Quarterly Review. recommend
that it be continued, and that the place of publ
cation be changed from Macon, Ga, to Nash
vile, Tenn. Dr. Hinton. its editor for the last
four years. declined to continue in charge of the
publication longer, but urged its maintenance by
the book agent
A resolution was adopted giving the board of
missions power to accept requests, invest the
same and apply the interest to paying the cur
rent expenses of the board
In accordance with the report of the committee
on church extension, the conference created a
woman's parsonage department.
A special committee was appointed to take
charge Of the centenary Sunday school fund.-
amounting to about $4,000 which sum is to be
used for the Sunday-schoos most in need. The
conference refuse to abridge the appointment OF
presiding elders from twenty 60 twelve churches
The committees report to have the board OF
missions composed Of president, vice-presldent
secretary, treasurer and nineteen managers,
adopted. There was prolonged discussion of
the memorial to transfer that part of Florida
west of the Chattahoochie river from the Ala
bama to the Florida Conference. The conference
decided against the change.
The committee on revsal presented lengthy
report, in which, among other things, they rec
ommend non-concurrence in the memorials from
several conferences asking that the name of the
church be changed from the Methodist Episcopal
Church South to the Methodist Episcopal
al in ha MAJ al at
member signing petition for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors may be dealt with as in cases of
improper and imprudent conduct. In this last
matter the committee say that the law should
remain as it now stands The report of the
committee on revisal recommended no change in
reading of the rubric in relation to baptism A
minority report recommended the substitution Of
may at his discretion in place of ''shall at his
discretion" The discussion took very broad
scope, and was continued at length The report
was adOpted.
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Obituary.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND Ind {. May 17.-E. f. Megher,
prominent manufacturer. and one of the organ
izers and secretary of the Economist Plow Com
pany, of this city, is dead. His disease was con-
sumption. Although but fortytwo years old. he
manufacturer and business man.
NEW YORK, May 17.-George r. Wood, for
merly manager of the theaters which bore his
name in this city. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati and ST. Louis, died here yesterday. He
was worth over $00,00 several times in his life.
but he died penniless. The actors fund will pay
the expenses of the funeral
VALPARAISO May 18.-The newspapers an
nounce the death of Vice admiral Lynch, on the
voyage from Spain TO Chilli, on the mail steamer
Cotopaxi The body was embalmed and put
ashore at Teneriffe.
Rock ISLAND, H., May 17.-John Deere, presi-
dent of the Deere & Co. pillow works, the first
to apply steel to the manufacture OF plows
died at his home, in Moline, at o'clock this
evening.
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ing else" said q member OF that committee to-
day Let US look over their work. We left
Washington nineteen days ago. and have been
away from st. Louis ten working days. The
Texas sub committee travelled i $50 miles In that
time and examined 248 Witnesses The other
subcommittee travelled about 900 miles, and
examined 200 witnesses Returning to ST. Louis,
we reunited, and took the testimony of Martin
Irons. and came home. Testimony was taken
Ia Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Texas, and
we traversed a stretch of country reaching from
Atchison Kan, to Galveston, Tex At work in
the morning at o'clock, and continuing our
labors, with an intermssion of an hour or two.
until 10 o'clock at night, catching train and
hurrying on to the next point SO as to lose no
time-that was the order of our day. We had
two stenographers working constantly, and they
have not yet been able to write out more than a
third of their notes You can Judge whether we
have been junketing or not"
The committee desire to examine Mr. Hoxie
before turning their attention to the preparation
of their report. That gentleman is now at At
lantic City for the benefit of his health, and will
appear before the committee as soon as he is
physically able to do So Pending the submits
sion Of their report the individual members of
the committee decline to give any indication as
to its nature.
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MISCELLANEOUS Notes,

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 17-Col W. W. Dudley
and Maj j. Fl. Slime accompanied the historical
party to the battle-felds of Antietam, South
Mountain, ETC., in Maryland, to-day. a large
number of prominent officers of both armies
were in the party They will return tomorrow
Senator Harrison introduced In the Senate to-
day large number of petitions from Indiana
farmers in favor of the bill to tax oleomargarine
and all limitations of butter and cheese 10 cents
pound, and to place the sale within control of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Senator Voorhees, to day offered amendments
to the river and harbor bill, which appropriate
800, 900 for improvement of the harbor at Mich
igan City and $1,000 for building bridge over
the Ohio River falls at Louisville.
Representative Bynum does not consider that
he has an opponent in the field for denomination,
since all have withdrawn and Scott Ray has been
put up.
Senator Logan was to-day asked by Senator
Harrison and Representative Steele to make a
definite promise to be present at the G. A. r.
campfire at Indianapolis in June. but he said he
could not do that; that there possibilities
of his not being able to be present He said
however, that there was very little doubt about
his attendance, and that he should be there if
he could.
A .postofice has been established at Cedar
Lake. Lake county, and Matthias Lanerman ap-
pointed postmaster.
Joseph Nswberger has been commissioned
postmaster at New Cumberland, Grant county
Star mail service has been established from
Hawpatch to Ligonier, Ind, seven and half
miles. and back, daily except Sunday.
The President has vetoed the bin to establish
port of delivery at Springfield Mass
The President to-day sent to the Senate the
following nominations. Registers of land Offices
A. F. Smelling, Lakeview. Ore; George W. Mon
roe. Bozeman. Nj. r. A. A. Carnahan, receiver
of public moneys. Concordia Kan. Indian
agents. j. B. Scott, Western Soshone agency,
Nevada; g. w. Norris Nez Perces agency,
Idaho; Charles a. Yates, Round Valley agency,
California.
Mr.. W. A. Croffut who has been prominently
connected for number of years with the New
York World the Detroit Free Press, and Frank
Leslies publications, editorial and special
writer. has been engaged by the Washington
Daily Post for its editorial staff, and entered on
mis- duties yesterday.
The President will review the Grand Army of
the Republic parade, In Brooklyn, n Y, on the
forenoon of Decoration Day, and will attend the
exercises at the Academy of Music in the even
ing, where Postmaster general Villas will deliver
the Grafton.
The marriage of Lieutenant Richardson Clever
u S. N, and Miss Dora Miller. daughter of the
late Senator Miller, of California will take place
in this city on Wednesday. The marriage will
be very quiet one. The couple will sail for Eu-
rops Immediately after the ceremony.
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CHICAGO, May I7.-Information reached Chi
cago tonight that two men, whom the detectives
believe to be the miscreants that boardeda night
express on the Rock Island railroad, muir
dered the United States express mes
senger and then robbed the safe of $20,-
900 in cash, have been run down
The Sunday morning succeeding the robbery
two strangers took breakfast at the farm house
Of Orrin Austin, in Kendall county, some miles
north from Morris, where the robbery is supposed
to have been committed They insisted on sit
ting with their faces toward the door, and
Mrs. Austin accidentally discovered that they
were armed. After breakfast they hastily took
to neigh boring cump of WOODS. Many other
suspicious circumstances led to belief that the
pair were no others than the train robbers.
With the breakfast incident as a clew, the deS
tectives have finally traced them, meanwhile
accommodating evidence that they the right
persons. The men have been located In a small
town where they are engaged in the cattle busi14
ness. and have been identified by farmer Austin
1t is thought tonight that the arrests, If not al
ready made, will take place early to morrow.
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tachsd to Blackwell's Island penitentary. The
family has one of the most spacious and elegans
mrs. Mnton, is twenty-five years old,
highly educated and attractive, and
has been much courted. Minton Ia
twenty three years of age. During the absence
OF the family to-day they drove TO North larry
town and were married returning to the houae.
intending to keep the matter secret It became
noised about, and they fed and are now supposed
to be in hiding In town The family are very
much angered and Inundated over the matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18

all il must be on the basis on which they worked
until before the strike. s-meeting of all the
employees to night was attended by over 900 men.
Mr.. Dean, the chairman, reported that the COM
mittee had decided to call the strike off, that he
had been assured By Manager Bradley that all
the men could 60 to work and not be molested
The majority cheered wildly. though some
seemed anxious to stay out a while longer. The
understanding shat all the employees would be
working tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
EIGHT Hours or Nothing.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE master builders
association met tonight and unanimously de-
cided to adhere to the decision that nine hours
should be days work. and to make no further
concessions. They will meet again on Wednesday
night and fix upon day when, if their men
do not accept the nine-hour system, they will
empty other workmen. The men tonight de-
cided not to accept any compromise, and to re-
main out until their demands for eight hours
day. with a reduction of % cents a day in their
wages is complied with
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An Aerolite FOund.

ington. Pa, says: After months of search,
Prof. j. Emery. of Nliam and Mary College.
has discovered the I-rofte which fell in Wash
ington county, Sept IA, 1885. 1t was found i'm
bedded deep in the soil Frederick Miller's
farm. two miles north of Caysville. Professor
Emery says it is the largest aerolite on record,
and weighs fully two hundred tons Its compo-
sition is chominum, nickel, aluminium copper,
MAGNESIUM and tin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
A Case of Supposed Infanticide.

The body of an infant, apparently four or FIVE
weeks old, was found last night, in a vault In
the rear of No. 10 East North street, where II
had evidently been thrown recently The
discovery was made while the vault was being
cleaned, and was promptly reported to the police,
who are investigating the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
Steamship News.

NEW YORK. May H.-Arrived: Devona. from
Glasgow; De Rnyter. from Antwerp; Moravia,
from Hamburg; Wyoming from Liverpool
GLASGOW, May lz-Arrived: State of Indiana,
from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 17.-Arrived: Salier, from
New York for Bremen.
QUEEssTowN. May 17.-Arrived: Baltic. from
New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18

they wanted on their own terms the old ten
hour system being the rule The strike was
over, bat It's results remained. More than 1000
men who had struck work April 80 were left
idle and penniless. Either their places had been
filled by others or the crippled condition of bnsi-
ness resulting from the strike left no necessity
for their services
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ohio,s Senatorial Lambs.

CINCINNATI, May ia proclamation ad-
dressed TO the people of Ohio, and signed by the
twenty Democratic State Senators, will be
published in the morning It consists
mainly of argument to prove the unconstitu-
tiopality of the course pursued by the Republic
Senators, and closes with the declaration that
at Columbus are illegal and void.
COLUMBUS, o., May 1.-THE Legislature to-
day passed a bill redistricting the State for con-
gressional purposes, restoring the boundaries
of 1892
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
Eloped with a Coachman.

New YORK, May 17.-Society in Tarrytown
was thrown into flutter of excitement this
evening by the announcement that Miss Grace
Morse, eldest daughter of the Rev. j. b.
Morse. niece of Commodore Vanderbilt had
eloped with the family coachman, George Min
ton. Rev. Morse Is missionary preacher at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-18
Accident ON the Northern Pacific Railway.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, May ia Bozeman, NJ T.,
special to the Pioneer Press says: ''The east
bound passenger train on the Northern Pacific
road was derailed by the expansion of the rails.
near Fort Ellis, at noon to-day. Brakeman
instantly killed. Mr.. Harris, a cousin of Presi-
dent harris. of the road had both legs badly
crushed while trying to climb out of a window.
The wife of Rev. g. G. Stull was injured intern
ally, and about the head and face.