The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-10-21
Gambler Items.

The protracted meeting at Providence NJ.
p Church, after being in progress ahont three
weeks, closed on the Sth.
A Council of the Junior 0. U. A. NJ, was
organized with twenty-siX charter members,
in this place, last Saturday night, by P. Coun-
cillor, NJ. n. Gambrill, acting state councillor,
assisted by p. G. Levi Arnold and others from
Baltimore The order meets for the present
in the hall over W. l.. Shipley's store room.
The new Council will be known as Mechanics
vile Council, No. IS, and will meet every
Saturday night,a 7.30 o'clock. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing term ::
Jr. P. c., DR.. S. N. Gorsuch; c., Horace
Shipley: V. c., James Lockard; r. s., VIM.
+. Jordan; A. r. S., Vim. Murphy; f. s., l..
Calvin Jordan; T., Warren Q. Shipley; con-
ductor, Harry Frizzeli; Warden, Morris Palm
er: |. S., Frank Stimax; o. s., Harvey f.
Gambler; trustees DR.. Silas N. Gorsuch, VIM.
Murphy and Horace Shipley.
On Friday last your correspondent received
n letter from Mr.. Robert Wheeler, who he
mentioned few weeks ago had started with
his wife to the far West to see his brothers and
sisters and other relatives and friend, on their
route and also visit to the Worlds Fair.
will give you his trip as he wrote it to me-:
Left Baltimore Monday evening, September
25th. for Chicago by way of Pennsylvania
Railroad; stopped at Columbus, Ohio; from
there we went out about so miles to the CEN
ter Of the State to visit an uncle, Aaron
Wheeler and his boys, who were formerly
from near Gambler but for many years a resi-
dent of the State of Ohio. Father Aaron
Wheeler is getting right feeble, he is eighty
six wears of age; his sons are Thomas, Lloyd
and Richard, they were all young when they
left Gambler. On Friday we went back
to Columbus stopped at VIM. Criswell S, an
old schoolmate and friend and took supper
with him then left for Chicago, arrived there
at five o'clock Saturday morning, concluded
not 10 stop over to the exhibition until our
return homeward. Saturday evening we left
for Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday morning
laid over until Monday noon; We took in the
city and found it very neat and cheap town
to live in, hotel rates 81 per day, we then left
| for Leoti, Wichita county, Kansas, 449 miles
due West through the State; arrived in Leoti
Tuesday, October 4th then started for hunt
for brother Thomas. Stayed a few days with
him then left for my sisters s. Mrs. Stephen W..
Parrish, on Friday, October 9th, 10 miles south
of Leoii. | was ont looking around over the
prairie Yesterday and saw lots of prairie dogs;
as high as 10 came out OF one hole, wolves
| that is prairie wolves, are not as large as the
wolves that would eat peoplei rabbits abound,
both the eottontail and jack rabbits, lots OF
larks and hawks, but no quails, wished for
my gun lots of times. This part of the State
this year was a complete failure in crops A
great many people have left this part OF
Kansas. The people here have faith that
next year will be an abundant crop year. as
the ground is very wet at this time. If they
get one fourth the rain we get in Maryland
they are sure of II crop. This country is very
level, you can see all the towns 20 to 30 miles
distani;we intend to start for Colorado Springs.
which is 400 miles from Leoti in the Rocky
Mountains, where is the most beautiful
scenery in the world; we expect to stop over
till we get tired and then we expect to go 10
| Glenwood, then 10 Aspen, were brother
| Andrew lives, right in u valley in the NJ GUN.
tains. a mining town 7775 feet above sea level.
Snow in the valleys and mountain tops here
| now