The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-24
From Lisbon. Howard countx.

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West.
John o. Day died at Hoods Mill, Tuesday
morning, from the effects, said to be, of the
iliui dust inhaled while working in the mill
there. He was buried on Thursday morning,
at Mountain View cemetery, Howard county.
He was % years old. This is the eighth man
who has died from the force engaged there.
Mrs. Layman, wife of the miller at Hobbs
Mill, near Cooksville, died on Tuesday, aged
about so years. Funeral from McKendree
church, Thursday morning. She was Miss
Snowden, of Sykesville.
Cyrus t. Mercer, born and raised one mile
from this town, and alntil after middle life u
resident here, died in Baltimore, on the 18th,
aged 60 years. He conducted wheel wright
shop at Hoods Mill for nine years.
At the sale of +. Wetzel, one mile south OF
Berret, on Tuesday, there was large attend
ance. Everything that was really sold, nota-
bly, the cows and hogs, brought good prices.
Hntchins Bros. have sold their farm Mt
Woodbine, to Mr.. Molesworth, of New Mar
ket. Mr.. Vim. Stitely is moving from the
Summers place to Woodsboro.
H. Writ Stricken, of Colorado, delivered a
lecture. on Wednesday night, at Harmony NJ.
+. church, near here. Proceeds for church
purposes. A large number of tickets were
sold. Rev. H. NJ. Strickler will preach his
last sermons for the conference year on this
circuit tomorrow, Easter Sunday, at Freedom
in the morning, and at Concord, near Hood
Mill, in the afternoon Conference meets at
Fredericksburg, Va, on Wednesday, the 2Sth
instant; not at Roanoke, on the 9th, as
stated by your Haight correspondent
A negro employed by VIM. Carr, near this
place, was burning brush on the 9th instant,
during considerable wind prevailing at the
/ time. Through negligence, he let the fire get
beyond control. 1t entered the woods of Mr..
Pearre, burning a long string of fence and
about 40 cords of wood, ranked up, burning
over 10 acres before it could be subdued.
Mr.. Pearre's loss was appraised at $3.50. He
compromised the matter, as between neigh
bors. upon Carr paying him $50. Rather a
costly day hand that.
Wheat has made heavy growth in this
section. The clover fields are an unbroken
green, as far as the eye can reach, and thus
far the prospect for grass crop is good. The
land in this vicinity has been highly improved
in the last decade. Dat seeding is done; a
large area of potatoes already planted. With
flowers in bloom and wood.rot.ns singing,
surely spring has come.
The Circuit Court for this county convened
at Ellicott City on Monday last. The indica-
tons point to a brief term, the business being
very light. Henry +. Wootton, the leading
lawyer there, still lies, extremely i'll, in a
semi-conscions state. No hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery. No one is allowed
to see him except his family, nurse and ply
sician