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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
Baltimore's Satisfactory Trade.

The Baltimore Sum- in AN editorial on The
Spring Trade notes with satisfaction the
activity in the citys wholesale and retail bus
mess. Baltimore has become, it says, ian
independent market for the distribution of
many lines of dry goods and wearing apparel.
The development of manufacturing establish
ments for their production, which has been
conspicuous of late years, serves TO secure this
practical independence of other markets
Trade in the other large cities may be reported
as languid at times when the Baltimore mer-
chants are busy filling orders for customers,
and il is remarked that there is constant
development in that class of manufacturing
enterprises. The outlook is proptious for a
continued increase in the volume of spring
business. which has had such satisfactory
beginning. In the retail districts trade is in
advance of the corresponding period Of last
year. and the merchants are in good humor
over the prospects for the spring season..
This is pretty good for a ring. ridden"
town, where corruption prevails, and the
'.lobby'' around the council chambers is Il
burning disgrace Ifthese evils were re-
moved the city would grow so rapidly that it
would grow beyond the borders of the good
old commonwealth. 1t would be sad con-
temptation to think that any of the city would
get outside of the state. Perhaps, in view Of
the SIMS roseate statement of the satisfactory
business growth and manufacturing extension,
that the allegations against the corrupt rule
are not based upon facts.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
Canal Cases Decided.

The Court of Appeals has affirmed the de-
cision of Judge Alvey in the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal cases. Judge Alvey, after re.
port of the receivers that the canal could not
be repaired and made to pay the obligations
resting upon it, decreed sale. The decree
of sale was subsequently suspended by cross
suit, so as to allow the trustees Of the bond
holders of 1874 to take the matter in hand.
The latter claimed the RICH; to pay off the
bonds OF 1878, and be subrogated to all the
rights of said bondholders. The trustees, by
the decree, were required to produce the bonds
Of 1878 in court, or pay into the court the
money necessary to purchase them, within
sixty days, and to place the canal in good re-
pair by May LIST, 1891. These conditions being
complied with, the trustees were to be given
four years to experiment with the canal to
determine whether it will pay as a water way.
The trustees took up the 1873 bonds, and if
they repair the canal by the first of May next,
the canal question will be settled until May
LIST, 1896. If no other schemes are Matched
to shut off competition by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, the canal will then be sold
and railroad take its place.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
EXECUTORS SALE
N OF A
Flint Quarry & Timber Land.

By virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court of Carroll County, Nd, the under
signed, as Executors of the last will and tesla
ment of Mary A. Shipley, deceased, will sell
at Public Sale, at Marriottsville, station on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on
TUESDAY,, M4RCH Il, 1891,
at u clock, M, the following valuable Real
Estate, containing
236! ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
situated in Carroll county, about two miles
from Marriottsville, about as Acres cleared,
balance covered with Chestnut, Oak IL
and other timber, well watered with - -
running streams and springs. This 4
property is well located as to churches, rail
road, schools, &C., and is one of the best
neighborhoods in the county. The land will
be offered as a whole or divided to suit pur-
chasers.
One tract, containing 99I Acres, is known
as the "Flint Quarry" and has been leased
to Northern parties for a number of years
who have profitably worked it. The flint is
almost inexhaustible and is considered among
the finest in this country.
Possession given upon compliance with
terms of sale.
Persons wishing to view the premises or
desiring further information can write to or
call upon VIM. o. Shipley, Woodstock, Nd.
Terms of Sale One third cash on day OF
sale or upon ratification of the same by the
court; balance in II months, credit payment
to be secured to the satisfaction of the under
signed, or all cash at option of purchaser.
GILBERT Z. FLOWER,
WILLIAM o. SHiPLEY,
Executors.
,Joseph w. Berret. Auctioneer. feb2Sts
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
Moralizing and Testing.

II is we'll TO hold up General Washington
as a pure man, pure patriot and statesman
of the highest rank. As he was the leaderin
the war of the Revolution and the first and
second President, it gives reverence to the
rising generations for the patriotism of the
early times and the purity of the head OF the
government at its beginning. But IN doing
this at every recurring anniversary Of Wash
ington's birthday, it is not necessary 10 make
odious comparisons with the public men of
today or of our political methods. There is
as much patriotism today as there was IN
Washington's time; there are greater states
men now than then, and purity is as wide
spread. II would be no compliment to our
Fathers if succeeding generations, their
descendants, should degenerate, rather than
progress in all these hundred years. with their
wisdom and example before us. Distance
maguifes virtues and obliterates shortcomings.
While one class Of newspaper writers thus
draw comparisons, another 60 to the other ex-
IRENE. The character of Washington is one
ofthe grandest and greatest in history. There
is nothing about it that should not inspire the
profoundest reverence. And yet it is per
petuaIly made the subject of hippant and i'm
pertinent jest and brainless comment. His
birth day has been made national holiday,
and vet it is hailed as "Birthington's Wash
day. That abominabe fiction, the story OF
the ''liltle hatchet, is a standing theme for
ridicule, and the man who invented it ought
to have metin every honest hand whip TO lash
the rascal naked round the world. 1t is al
most inconceivable that the name of Wash
ington should be treated with SO much evity
and disrespect on each recurrence Of the ami
versary of his birth. A city contemporary
had cartoon, the day after the late celebra'
ton, inscribed "Whooping it up for George.
We doubt not that company of long armed
apes, from Borneo, would have more respec
for their leader than these silly jesters evinc'
for the Father of his Country. What mus
be the opinion entertained by foreigners o
, Americans who can thus pour contempt upol
: their great Pater Patrie Foreigners rever
: ence Washington. Only men who call them
/ selves Americans are guilty Of this disrespec
to the name of Washington.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

The proceedings of the New Hampshire
House of Representatives were varied by an
exciting debate on Tuesday. DR.. GalIinger,
Senator. elect to succeed Mr.. Blair, rose to a
question of privilege, and proceeded to deny
some charges ola bargain between himselfand
other Republicans with certain Democrats,
as charged in the Concord Monitor, paper
owned and inspired by Senator William Z.
Chandler. He was followed by Ii. W. Green,
who at times applied the epithets sour,
coward and 'assassin of character to
Chandler Mr.. Suloway, another member,
denounced Chandler as San unmitigated
liar" Chandler was once Secretary of the
Navy, where he made an unsavory reputation,
and now it seems his own party at home have
arrived at proper appreciation of the man.
He will go out of public life as soon as his
present term ends.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

Friday Of last week was another good day
for pensioners, but not for tax payers. The
United States Senate put through 100 private
pension bills in As minutes-about three a
minute, and the House passed ll3 in little
more than 100 minutes. On the Senate side
no details are given, only favorable reports
were made. In the House report is filed
with each bill, and the reasons for the favor
able recommendation In one case the
claimant was widow Of deserter; in
another, the claimant could show no connec.
ton of his disability with his military service;
in another, the muster rolls show that the
claimant was generally on the sick list; and
in these cases, as in most of the others, the
reports show that the applications had been
rejected by the Pension Bureau,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
Letter from Texas.
FLoREsyILLE, WILSON County,
Eabruarv % 1901

February %, 1891.
DEAR ADVOCATE AND READERS: The general
health of our town is good, although small
pox crept into Mexican family few weeks
ago, within the corporations; but by proper
vigilance, the disease was prevented from
spreading. Just when that family had all got
well the dreaded malady broke out in negro
family; so we are destined to another spell OF
careful watchfullness. The disease is now
raging generally over much of the State, en-
tering our border from Mexico. Our local
newspapers have been 10th to tell the whole
truth on the subject, when the facts are that
business in many places has been paralyzed
by the loathsome disease.
Local progress is booming in our Vile;
many houses in course of rapid erection all
winter,-three of them brick storehouses, and
the balance built in ''come to stay" style.
Lots have Just about doubled in value within
the brief twelve months that have lived in
this active burg. Quite sprinkle of immi-
grafton, from distant counties and other States,
are dropping into dropping horizontally you
know our town and securing for themselves
permanent homes, where land is fertile, COM
paratively cheap, and climate mild.
The greatly diversified, though not unus-
ually cold winter, is now apparently over, and
the vernal season is treading upon the heels
of boreas as he retreats Northward, leaving
the people gardening, birds singing, (the mi
gratory martin among them and mother earth
rapidly robing herself in richest green.
My Northern friends, wish | could swap
to you some of the lettuce now in my garden
for some of your ice next July. By the way,
it sounds rather anomalous to me for a per-
son to charge neighbor for the privilege of
getting a few loads of ice from a mill pond,
when the same individual would scorD the
idea Of selling few barrels of water.
PETE
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

Senator L. X. Wilson, of Maryland, died
rather suddenly on Tuesday night of heart
failure, though he had suffered from indiges-
ton since the Saturday night previous. In
his death the state loses an able representa-
tive and the Senate one of its mos. indus
trious and useful members. Senator Wilson
was an ornament to the Judiciary of Maryland
before he was sent to the Senate, and in the
highest legislative body of the country he took
high rank among the foremost members.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
Senator Wilson's Successor.

The Baltimore SIM on Wednesday morning
noted the death of Senator Wilson, which oc-
CURED after 10 O'Clock the night previous
and in the same issue started rumors ana
speculations as TO his successor. The sun
even printed an interview with Attorney
General Whyte. to get which its reporter pro
bably had To arouse him from his slumbers
The SIM also stated that ''the opinion was
freely EXPRESSED that President Robert Brat
tan of the State Senate would probably he APP
pointed to succeed Senator Wilson Who
expressed such an opinion? Not one person
in ten thousand in the State knew of Senator
Wilson's death until the receipt OF the daily
papers on Wednesday. His death did not
occur until after 10 o'clock at night, and was
not received at the newspaper offices until
1890. an hour too late for any consulta-
lions upon the Senatorial succession and
TOO late to get expressions from any con
siderable number whose opinions were
worth repeating With the exception of the
opinion of the Attorney General, it is quite
likely no opinions were known to the SW
except its own. With this indecent haste IL
speculate UPON Mr.. Wilson'S successor, al
made up within four hours after the vital sparl
had gone out. the SIN on Thursday had thu
assurance to comment upon the scramble 70
Mr.. Wilson's place, and to deal out a homil
upon the degradation of Maryland polite
and political methods.
As to the successorship there is no vacancy
except until the 4th of March, which tn
Governor could now fill. Mr.. Wilson
second term, for which he was re- elected
does not begin until the 4th OF March. II
had not sworn in and entered upon it, an
not having done so will there be vacanc
such AS Sec 3 of the Constitution Of III
United States empowers the state executlv
to ill? May it not be that it is only such
vacancy as the Legislature alone can de-
with?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
MARRIED.

At the Q. B. Parsonage, in Rayville. on
February IS, 1891, by Rev. j. P. Koontz,
VIM. E. Hamilton and Miss Georgia Baker,
all of Evna, Nd.
At the U. B. Parsonage, in Rayville, Nd,
on February %, 1891, by Rev. J. P. Koontz,
Henry S. Fritz and Miss Lettie Walker, all of
Hoffmanville, Md.
Near Denning's, February 18th, 1891, by
Elder VIM. H. Franklin, Frank T. Bond and
Miss Fannie Killer, both of this county.
On February 13, 1891, at Baltimore, Nd,
by Rev. Ed. Huber, of St. Matt. Evan. Luth-
eran Church, Samuel |. Hoffacker, of Carroll
county, and Jennie C. Black, of Baltimore
county, Md.
At the Reformed parsonage, Taneytown,
February "A, 1891, by Rev. H. Ditzler, Ores
tbs r. Koontz and Miss Rebecca E. Fox, both
of Carroll county, Md.
Near Sans Creek, February 10, 1871, by
Elder VIM. H. Franklin, William o. Barnes
and Miss Maggie Ridinger, both ofthis county
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

With the canal case settled for four years;
with Archer in prison and his bondsmen with
judgments rendered against them; with a
practically unanimous desire for Mr.. Cor
mans re election; and with the Democratic
party generally agreed upon the few remaining
matters of state concern, the mugwump and
opposition press are hard pressed for some
issue to divide and disrupt the party.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
DIED.

On February 8, 1891, near Beckleysville,
Nd, Lawrence P. Wilhelm, aged years and
= days.
On February 9, 1891, near Rayville, Nd,
of diphtheria, VIM. H., aged year, 9 months
and Is days, and on February II, 1891, Sarah
Edith, aged 8 years, months and IA days,
children of VIM. Bosley.
On February 10, 1891, at Mt. Airy, Nd,
John Valentine Horn, Jr., in the 48th year OF
his age.
Near Newport, Nd, Feb. 20, 1891, Mrs B.
Eva Margaret, wife of Mr.. George Michael
Rigler. aged 81 years, 8 months and "a days
In Finksburg, February %, 1891, after a
short illness pneumonia, Maud Evelyn, in
FAINT daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ward.
Near Taneytown. February %, 1891, Chris.
tine Writ, infant daughter of John J. and
Mary E. Crapster, aged months.
Near this city, February %. 1891, Amos
Shaffer, aged 66 years, months and IL
days.
AT his residence at Avondale, on February
81, 1891, at 6 o'clock, a. M, Abraham, son
of Louis and Elizabeth Shaefer, of Cranberry
Valley, aged 35 years, l month and Is days
A wife, two daughters and one son survive
him.
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes BY HIS WIFE
Farewell to wife and children dear
For Jesus bids me come;
Sweet angels beckon me away
To that celestial home.
Farewell to sister, brother, too
My home is in the sky;
can no longer stay with you,
Oh, meet me up on high
Farewell to you. my parents dear,
God calls mel must 60
From this vile world of toll and care
To where endless pleasures glow.
Dearest wife must leave thee,
For the land where angels dwell;
But in Heaven hope to meet you,
Dearest WIFE fare thee well. BY HIS AUNT.
AtProvo City, Utah, of membranous Group,
on February 5, 1891, Eva Beatrice, only child
of Charles E. and Maggie A. Eek, aged 10
months and 10 days.
Little Beatrice was our darling
Pride of all our hearts at home
But an angel came and whispered
Little Beatrice, do com c home.
Her little chair is empty,
Her playthings laid aside,
And loving hearts are weeping
For our dear pet that died.
BY HER PARENTS.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

There will be no free coinage legislation
this session of Congress, but the volume OF
silver is likely to be greatly increased. The
law of the last session provides for the pur-
chase of 4,5OOOOO ounces monthly, and the
issuance of silver notes therefor. The sun
dry civil appropriation bill provides for the
recoinage of some $4,000, 900 of fractional
silver now in the treasury but under the
limit of weight and not current, and also
for the recoinage of the trade dollar bullion
into standard dollars
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
r ARGE SALE
IL OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

The undersigned, as Administrators of Jos.
A. Hoppe, by virtue of an order of the
Orphans Court of Carroll county, will sell at
Public Sale, on the farm of the deceased,
near Finksburg, known as the Buckley farm,
on
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1891,
at o'clock, a. M, the following property:
Mares, Horse, year old Colt, Colt, &
Thoroughbred Running HorseFrank, q
- Mules, 8 Cows, one -SGnA~
Holstein; 3 Heifers, two of which
LII are Holstein; thoroughbre Holstein
Bull, Steer, 4 Sheep, IL Shotes,
Broadtread Farm Wagons, Spring NJ
Wagon, man buggy, top buggy, cutter eeA-1
sleigh, horse narrowtread wagon and bed, 2
sets of breechbands and sets of front gears,
collars and brides, wagon saddle, riding
saddle and bride, pillow gears, whip and line,
check line, housings, buggy harness, har-
row, butt traces, fiynets,
ONE DEERING BINDER,
Deering Mower, fodder cutter and fixtures,
Bickford & Hoffman grain drill, plows, har-
rows, cultivators, single and double shovel
plows, sulky corn pillow, springtooth rake,
forks, rakes, hoes, picks, mattocks, hay car.
riage, breast, COW, log and halter chains,
single, double and tripletrees, and everything
necessary lOF COHuuCtluS HEst CiaSS iai III :,
and all were purchased recently. so acres of
wheat and acres of rye, growing; 100 bar
rels of corn, lot of potatoes, lot of hay and
fodder, large lot of lumber, dressed and I'M
dressed; shingles, lot of cord wood, 200
hewed and mortised chestnut posts, lot OF
pointed chestnut rails, lot of oak logs, 40
perches of limestone, As bushels of oats and
81 bushels of rye, lot of fertilizer,
GEISER PEERLESS TRACTION
ENGINE,
nearly new. Also household and kitchen
furniture, barrels, tubs, buckets, &c.
Terms All sums under So, cash; on sums
of s. and over credit of six months will be
given, purchasers to give notes with approved
security, bearing interest from the day of sale.
No property to ne removed until settled for.
EMMA NJ. HOPPE,
Administrative.
Charles B. Roberts, Attorney and Agent.
John T. Diffenbaugh, I Aro,,rs
X. c. Matthews, -'"'' 10 feb2S is
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

THE FORUM for March is particularly interest
ing number. Among the many interesting subjects
treated Of are the Nicaragua Canal, by Senator
Sherman, who writes Of its commercial and inter
national significance: Silver Circulating Medi
um, by George Boutwell, a former Secretary Of the
Treasury; the Seal Fishing Dispute with England
by Bishop A. Cleveland Coke; an Examination OF
Government by the Majority, by W. 5. Lilly Free
dom of Religious Discussion, by Prof Max Muller
THE Forum begins its sixth volume with the March
number, and it seems 10 have made special effort
in supplying articles on subjects of present import
ance. THE FORUM is published by THE Forum
Publishing Co, New York, at $500 year 80 cents a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

President Harrison, after Congress adj
journs, will take an extended trip, going
South, thence TO California, thence to the
new state of Washington, and will return by
the Northern Pacific, stopping at indianapolis,
his home. The President will go for relaxa-
ton after his arduous duties in trying to pass
the Force bill and aifixing his signature 10
the vast number of private pension bills that
have been turned out by the wholesale. He
will also look out to detect any ground swell
for his denomination.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

1t has been customary TO offer resolution
of thanks to the Speaker of the House of Rep.
resentatives at the end of Congress. Speaker
Reed will not have one to paste in his scrap
book. If he escapes resolution of censure,
he may consider himselflucEy. He has been
uniformly oyerbearing and rude to the Demo
cratic side, and some on the other side have
not been treated with such courtesy as they
desired
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

Warrants for the payment of nearly S20,-
900, 900 on account of pensions we're issued
from the Treasury Department on Thursday.
The requirements for pensions for the quarter
ending March 4th next are about $31 900, 600.
Including Thursdays disbursements, little
over S2l 200, 900 has already been applied to
that purpose, leaving a deficiency of Sl0,-
600, 600 to be met by next Thursday. The
available cash in the Treasury on Thursday
was $50, 200, 900.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28

James l.. Babcock, of Ann Arbor, Mchi-
gan, whose uncle in 1888 left him fortune Of
$500, 600 on condition that he marry within
five years, is about to take wife. The bride.
elect is Miss James, sister of c. S. James, a
prominent merchant of Waukesha, Wis. Mr..
Babcock has been the recipient of more love
letters and proposals, probably, than any other
young man or woman of his time.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-28
DIR. j. YINGLING,
4o2 N. Eutaw Street, baltimore,

4O6 NJ huGdW OCreeG, bdIClmOre,
Has found treatment that will do this and
none thus afflicted would hesitate long in
availing themselves of its benefits, if its great
merits were fully understood. The Rev. w.
Harris, Of Baltimore, writes as follows: That
after having fully tested the treatment of DR..
Yingling, No. 402 North Eutaw street, and
feeling myself thoroughly cured of a most
stubborn and annoying form of Catarrh, |
desire thus to give my hearty and grateful
testimonial to him as a careful, honest and
sincere Physician in the treatment of Catarrh.
can most fully and conscientiously recon-
mend him and his treatment to all sufferers
from this and kindred diseases.
give this testimonial all the more cheer
fully because no word or hint from him
solicited it, and because | feel that such
competent Physician deserves the grateful
testimonial of one whom he has cured.
WILLIAM HARRIS,
Pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church,
feb2S If Baltimore, Md.
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jan31

In the Orphans Court of Carroll county
FEBRUARY TERN, 1891.
Estate of Andrew Mccain, deceased
On application it is ordered this 18th dl
Of February, 1891, that the sale of the Re-
Estate of Andrew Mccain, late of Carrol
county, deceased, made by Daniel s. DieAl
Executor of the last Will and Testament D
said deceased, and this day reported to ths
Court by the said Executor, be ratified an
confirmed, unless cause be shown TO the con
trary on or before the 4th Monday, 23d day
of March, next; provided copy of this 0rds
be inserted for three successive weeks in sOa'
newspaper printed and published in CarrO
county, before the third Monday, 10th day
Of March, next.
The report states the amount of sale to =
three hundred and seventy dollars, ($S7O.@
DAVID H. HOFFACKER, J
JAMES P.SUMMERS, Judges.
JAMES w. WHITE,
True copy,-Test:
GEO. NJ. PARKE,
leb2l st Register of Wills