The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-10-13


Mrs. Col. VIM. A. McKellip is visiting rel
atives in New York.
/ Hon. Charles B. Roberts is announced tc
sneaI, at a mass meeting at Elkton, Nd, on
Wednesday evening next.
Mrs. Salhe II. Wilmer having sold her drug
Store 10 Mr.. Joseph B. Boyle, will move to
Baltimore. Mr.. Samuel Shipley has charge
Mr.. Cornelius Buckley died at his residence,
near Finksburg, on Wednesday night last IN
his Odd wear. He had been blind for num-
her Of years. Mr.. Buckley was buried at st.
Johns Catholic Church, this city, on yester-
day, Friday afternoon.
B. F. Shriver & Co., shipped in one car,
/. 200 cases, 2. 400 dozen cans of sugar corn,
to San francisco, California. This Is the
LARGEST shipment ever male in one car from
this point. The capacity of the car was co.
600 pounds. cp.:
Hon. Frank Brown, postmaster OF baip-
more, sent his check for 81 900 to the Demo
cratic State Genital Committee, on Thursday.
The Sun says: 'He is treasurer 81 .ne I'a.e
campaign committee, and he signed the check
so that there could be no mistake as to the
identity of the gver."
Miss Salle Snyder died from dysentery at
the residence of Mr.. John Miller, near Mt,
Pleasant, about four miles north of this city,
on the Littlestown turnpike, on FRIDAY OF last
week, aged nearly o. years, being born Nov.
Is, l79i. She was of German descent. Miss
SNYDER was an excellent woman and retained
all her faculties until a few weeks pror to her
illness. She was a member of the Reformed
Church for nearly so years. Her funeral
took place at Bachman's Church on Sunday
NOR ming.
The New York World says: minister
Varas, the new Plenipotentiary from Chilli
who is staying at the Hoffman House, cannot
speak word of English. His presence in
this city is owing to the approaching culmina-
ton of American efforts to introduce gigantic
railroad scheme on the western coast OF South
America. He is much in the company OF
Col H. C. Comegys, of this city, who return.
ed from Chill about ten days ago. Colonel
Comegys, on account of the number of water
works he has constructed throughout the
country and the millions he has made thereby,
is known to his familiars as water" Come
gys. He will not, however, vote for Fisk for
President" Col. Comegys resided in West
minister for number of years prior to 1863.
Mr.. John w. Lucabaugh died at his resi-
dence on Liberty street, this city, on Saturday
afternoon last, in his esd year, after short
illness from typhoid pneumonia. A few years
ago he retired from active business, being y
miller and farmer, and moved to this city.
He was u good man in every respect, and his
death is Il loss to this community. Mr.. Luca-
baugh leaves widow, a son, and daughter
who is the wife of Mr.. Leander Hull. He
was a member of the Reformed Church, and
his remains were inferred at Krider's ceme-
terry, near this city, on Tuesday last, Rev.
Calvin S. Slagle officiating. The pail bearers
were Messrs. John Hornberger, Adam
Eharrb W.,
Coon and G. W. Morningstar, and the funeral
cortege was one of the largest ever seen in
this city. In politics he was Democrat, and
always took great interest in the elections.
A report prevailed on Wednesday that an
unknown man had died of yellow fever the
night previous at the aims house. On Tues
day afternoon George Marks, at Lauver post
office, in Hampstead district, found an un-
known man lying in the woods in dying
condition. Mr.. Marks brought the man to
this city, and a permit was granted to take
him to the aims house. In the evening DR..
l.. Zepp was sent for and attended him.
During the night the man died, and was
buried on Wednesday morning as soon as
coffin could be procured by the steward. 1t
was currently reported that the man died from
yellow fever. 1t is said that he had been lying
in the woods for several days, and the people
IN the nelghOOrhOOu were alralu 10 20 near
him on account of his complexion being yell
low, they thinking he had the fever. The
doctor thinks the man had an acute disease of
the liver, which caused jaundice, and had
been drinking and died from exposure, he
having no fever Nothing could be found
out from the man, as he would not talk. A
stockholders ticket of Huntington county
Qnd.) fair and fifteen cents were found on
him. The only thing the man was under
stood to say was something about Lancaster
county.