The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-11-16

John W. McClelland, of Linganore, Fred
erick county, has finished remarkable piece
Of work. From block of walnut wood 2S
inches long, 8 by 10 square, he carved the
running gears of wagon complete; wheels,
tongue chains, tongue, single trees, double
trees, stay chains, bolster and bolster pin, coupl.
ing and coupling pin, howns dog irons, hind
howns and rubbers. 1t cannot be taken apart,
the wheels turn but will not come off, the rub
beers can be drawn so as to lock both wheels
the same as on any other wagon The single
trees and double trees complete, neither can
they be taken off; stay chains work loose but
can not be taken off, neither can the tongue
chains be taken off. 1t all works complete,
none of it has ever been apart, can not be
taken apart unless broken apart Hundreds
of people have been TO see it, and say 1t Is
one of the greatest curiosities they saw or
ever heard Of Several attempts have been
made to buy it and good bids made on 1t.
Mr.. McClelland's price is 500.
A shocking case of cruelty to a child was
reported in Newark, n. j., on Nov. =. The
parents are Poles. The husband Is hard
drinker and does no work, while the wife
works al day labor and supports be b. Late
on Friday night the couple quarreled over
their beer. and policeman was called IN.
He found lying on filthy bed in an inner
room male child Of four years reduced
almost to a skeleton by starvation. The
officer ,ssrned that the child had lain on the
bed for weeks, had received no attention from
its inhuman parents, and suffered even for
water. He arrested the husband and sent the
boy 10 the City Hospital. When undressed
at the hospital the little Sufferer was most
pitiable sight The bones protruded, the In.
gers we're like pipe stems, and the cheeks aud
eyes sunken.
Il is reported from Cheyenne that the 1000
! Indians on the Wind River Reservation, just
south of the Yellowstone National Park, in
( Wyoming Territory, ''sre actually 10 want,
and many will die of starvation before sprng.
I Their allotment Of rations is said 10 be insult
I heient; those who cultivated the ground lost
1 their crops through lack Of irrigation and an
l early frost, and, while many others who have
I agricultural implements and horses would
( farm, they cannot run irrigating bitches and
I have no money to buy seeds. Their straits
are already despsrate-the game has left the
country, and they eat discarded eareasses OF
+ domestic animals. Governor Warren, i IS
/ said, will report the facts TO the Interior De
I pariment.
4 One Of the largest land transactions ever
i made in the South was made November J.
Z All the unsold lands in Florida Of the plaai
system OF ralifGaas ana steamships VI tue
Florida Soathern Railroad, Of the Jackson
I vile. Tampa aud Key West system, including
the Florida southern Railway and Of the
I Florida Commercial Company, have been
I consolidated under the name Of the Assoeia
( tied Land Department Of Florida, With head
I quarters Of The syndicate At Sanford, under
/ the management Of Col. Z. Il. Elliott, =.
4 general agent Over 100000 acres Of land
I are consolidated under one management by
4 the formation OF this syndicate.
4 The President has pArdoned John A. Kim
L ball, convicted Of vioSstion of pos'sl laws,
and sentenced il May, 1892, 10 imprisonment
al hard labor for two yeRrs- kimball IS q
son Of General Nathan kimball, pOstmasi :
al Ogden, Utah, aud, although convicted and
i ssaienced over seven years ago, he has never
been imprisoned, for the reason that the exc
eution OF his sentence was suspended