The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-10-06
svkpsvI1.LE ITEMS.
preparations for the Great Demonstration OF
Tuesday Eext-List of Speakers. Etc.,-A
Man killed on the Railroad-social Events

Preparations tor the 1rede OeAloA4ssA 's-S- -
Tuesday Eext-List of Speakers, Etc.,-A
Man killed on the Railroad-social Events.
All arrangements have been made for the
great political picnic and barbecue, the grand
EST that Western Maryland has ever witnessed.
We mean the grand Democratic meeting OF
the two counties, Carroll and Howard, re-,
presenting as they do the two Congressional
| districts. the Second and Fifth, at Sykesville,
in Carroll county, on Tuesday next, the olh
day of October, commencing at ~ o CLOCK a.
M. and ending at 10 clock p. M, concin-
ding with grand ball and the hnest stero-
scopian views ofthe leading Democratic states
men of the day, ever exhibited in this country.
II ;s expected that from five to ten thousan d
peopIe will attend. Springfield Cottages, the
property of Postmaster Frank Brown, where
The meeting is to be held, is located in beau
tiful chestnut grove in full view OF Spring
field u the postmaster's elegant country home
and its many broad acres The great lawn
in front of the cottages has been recently
mown and the roads put in good condition, IN
fact all approaches to the ground have been
carefully looked after. The situation is de-
lightful and of easy access, being only one
quarter of mile from the b. d y; Station.
The dancing platform has been laid aud the
speakers stand erected. The dancing plat
form DeleVe Will dCCOAhOdeeC Oil "hO
wish to tip the light fantastic toe, as tits more
than one hundred feet square. Both the
platform and stand are covered with canvass,
really there is enough canvass to rig twenty
ships and cover twice as many hundred peo-
ple: The meeting will go on regardless OF
the weather. The many cottages too will be
brought in requisition as dressing and reeeIv:
ing rooms for distant visitors. Hundreds OF
we'll arranged seats can be found in easy list
ening distance, and everything will be ar
ranged for the comfort of all. The speakers
who will address the meeting will be the lead
ing orators of the day, and will include the
most prominent members OF the Senate and
House of Representatives otthe United states.
They will be: Senators Beck OF Kentucky,
Vest of Missouri, Vance of North Carolina,
Butler of South Carolina, and Senators Tor
man and Wilson of Maryland, Speaker Car
Isle of the House of Representatives. Hon.
Amos Cummings of New York, Hon.. ID. b.
Culberson of Texas, Hon. I. W. Allen OF
Miss, Hon. C. p. G. Breckenridge OF KY,
Hon. c. H. Mansur of Miss, Hon. Frank L.
Shaw and Hon. Barnes Compton of Md, Hon.
Chas. b. Roberts, Hon. W. Pinkney White.
Hon. ]. f. C. Talbot, Hon. Bernard Carter,
Hon. J. P. Poe, Hon. f. c. Latrobe, Hon.
James Hodges, Gen. James G. Berret, one OF
the State Democratic Electors, and numerous
other prominent Democratic leaders. The
lady members of the families of the speakers
are invited, and many of them have already
expressed their intention OF coming. Among
those who are invited and Will attend are
Governor and Mrs. Jackson and the Gover-
nor's Staff All the public officers IN the
State have been invited as well as all the
cornorate officers in every city in the State.
The advertisement in this issue of the AID
yocATE is intended to extend an invitation to
all citizens of the State regardless OF all past
party affiliations.
The ladies are especially invited to attend
and ioin in the festivities. The speakers will
be met at Sykesville by six horse coaches and
band of music and will be taken tirst to
Postmaster Browns house and from there to
he meeting. At the meeting there will be
several brass bands and q string band.
The ball will be opened by the ladies &C,
companying the speakers and the invited
guests. The entire executive committee OF the
| Cleveland, Thurman and Stump Club OF Free
dom were on the ground on Wednesday assist
ing in getting every thing in shape for the great
day. Postmaster Brown was on hand also,
giving general directions. The ladies too are
working hard and are preparing to give the
sneakers an elegant private entertainment.
| The whole country is aroused in expectation
of the great event.
| The farmers are hurryiug through with their
seeding the merchants are cleaning their
stores and rearranging their goods, and even
/ Crabbs has put new coat OF whitewash on
the old hotel De Berry and washed the lily
specks off the bottles.
| Sykesyille. like the Patapsco on whose
/ banks it is built, never slumbers. 1t was the
first town in Maryland painted red for Cieve-
| land, and we expect to paint it a style oil
more brilliant hue on the night OF the next
sixth of November.
On Wednesday morning, near Sykesvllle,
Jerome E. Buckingham, aged 81 years, a
| freight conductor in the employ OF the baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, was SO
severely injured that in six hours aiterward
he died. Mr. Buckingham said that his engl-
neer blew for brakes. In answering his call,
and in the act of putting down brakes, the
chain broke, and he fell from the car and the
wheel passed over his right hip. The right
! leg was cut off and the foot mashed TO jelly.
| Buckingham lived at 120 Fort avenue, Baltl-
more. His wife was informed of the acct
| dent. and she reached his bedside before he
died. His last request was that he be buried
| at Watersyille, where he was born. After he
was hurt, Buckingham crawled from under
meath the car to the roadside, took out his
| watch and saw that it pointed to ten minutes
past four o'clock. He died at ten o'clock.
he leaves two children. Mr.. Buckingham
was a cousin of Mr.. A. W. Buckingham, Of
| Westminster. =,
Mrs. VIM. Polk gave a 'Four O'clock Tea
to her lady friends on the afternoon OF Sep
TENDER u. She was assisted in receiving the
guests by her daughters, Mrs. DR.. Owings, Of
| Ellicott CITY, Mrs. Kalkman. Mrs j. ID. War
field, and her granddaughter, Misses Minnie
/ Owings, Nellie WarGeld and Nellie Kalkman.
The parlors we're made beautiful by shaded
lights, and profusion of flowers, while the
walls and door-ways of the supper-roo were
gracefully festooned with clinging vines. The
centre. piece of the table was pyramid o.
cut flowers and choice fruit, and the Menu,
excellent in quality, was charming by served.
The enjoyment of all was heightened by
the delightful cordially of the hostess and
her assistants, and with such precedent,
ssFour O'clock Teas are destined to great
popularity. Those present were Mrs. Steph
en- Brown, mother of Postmaster Brown
Mrs. Tompkins, of Baltimore, Mrs. Julius
Berret, Mrs. Elvira Selby, Mrs. P. ?. Flour
nov, Mrs C. A. Warield, Mrs. L. p. Schultz
Mrs. VIM. Anderson, of Baltimore, Mrs. Jos
Berret Mrs. j. NJ. Dorsey, Mrs. Taylor, Of
Virginia, Mrs. Jas. George, Mrs: DIR. Spreeh
.er, Mrs. Jno. Ridgely, Mrs. Thomas Fish
err, Mrs. J. E. Gather, Miss Caroline Dorsey,
Misses Emma and Bessie Anderson, Miss
Sophia Scudder, of Baltimore, Misses Mollie
Merceron. Amelia Fisher, Elsie Dorsey,
Nellie Flournoy, Ellen Ayler, of Poolesville
Eunice Gather, Lillian Hewitt, Misses Cora
and Lily Heffenger, Misses Nellie and Hat
tie Bennett, Mrs. Thorndyke Brooks and Mis-
Minnie Brooks, of Baltimore.