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MARTIN NJ HIGGINS,
Secretary of the Senate.
pOAD NOTICE.

n
Notice is hereby given that application will
be made to the County Commissioners of Car
roll county at their first meeting after the ex-
piration of thirty days from the date hereof,
to locate, or cause to he located, and open
public county road in Carroll county, begin
ming at point in the Taneytown and Keys
vile road, on the line between the lands of
Rev. P. A. Longs heirs and the lands of
John Crabbs' heirs, and running as near as
practicable between said lands on the divid-
ing line to the land of Mrs. Ida Rooms; then
on the line between Mrs. Rooms and John
Crabbs heirs, for short distance; then
through the lands of said Crabbs' heirs
to David Sullivans land; then as near as
practicable on the bed of the old road
between the lands of Mrs. Ida Rooms
and Luther Angell then through Mrs. Ida
Rooms land, by the best route, to David
Bair S land; then as near as practicable on the
line between Mrs. Ida Rooms land and David
FL. BARS land to the land of John A. Null;
then as near as practicable on the line be-
tween said David Bair and John Null's land
as far as practicable; then through said John
Null's land to John Galts; then through the
lands of John Gait as near as practicable by
an old road passing the buildings of said Gait
to Piney Creek; then across said creek and
still through said Galt's land by an old road
to James D. Haine's land; then across said
Haine's land so as to intersect the old road
between the lands of Samuel S. Null and
William III. Clutz; then as near as practical
BILE, by the bed of said old road through the
lands of William H. Clutz to the county road
running from Pine Hill to Keysville.
may At and 33 others.
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DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
Spectacles and Ely e-Glasses.
CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT TO ADD A NEW SECTION TO
ARTICLE Z, OF THE CODE OF PUB.
Lie LOCAL LAWS TITLE CARROLL
COUNTY, UNDER A NEW SUBTITLE
SPECTACLES AND GLASSES,
TO FOLLOW SECTION 258 AND TO
BE DESIGNATED AS SECTION 259.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That new section
be. and the same is, hereby added to Article
Z, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
Carroll County," under the new sub title
"Spectacles and Eye Glasses" to follow Sec
ton 256, TO be designated as section 259, and
to read as follows
SECTION $50. Any person other than a
licensed Merchant, Practicng Physician or
Opticiau, in Carroll County, who shall desire
to sell spectacles or eyeglasses in said county,
shall, before making any such sale, apply to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county
for license, and upon payment to said Clerk
of license fee of fifty dollars and fifty cents
to the Clerk for issuing same, shall receive
from said Clerk, who is hereby authorized
and directed to issue the same, license,
which license shall be dated as of the first day
of the month of its issue, and shall continue
for the period of one year from its date, and
any person offending against tie provision of
this section by selling spectacles or eyeglasses
in Carroll County without first having obtain
ed license, as herein before provided, shall
be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
fifteen dollars nor more than thirty dollars,
and upon failure to pay said fine and cost of
prosecution, shall be confined in the Jail of
said county for the period of thirty days.
And the proceeds Of all licenses issued or
fines collected under the provisions of this
Act shall be paid to the Board of School Com
missioners for Carroll County.
Approved, March IA, 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES.
Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL.
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates.
/ hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January Session.
1885,
2. HOUSEHOLDER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
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DOsTER PRINTING! speciality at the
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LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS, May GA
special from Van Buren,, Ark, says:
Waterspouts and tornadoes have played
havoc here and done hundreds Of thous-
ands of dollars damage. Three houses
were blown down at Rudy, eight miles
east of here, last night, and it is reported
that Winslow, summer resort on the top
of the Boston Mountain, is entirely gone.
Two bridges on the Frisco Railroad.
over Clear Creek, have been swept away
and the road abandoned Their trains
have run for two days around via Clare
more l. r., and then down the Kansas
and Arkansas Valley Road, but the latter
had Il two-mile washout and 300 yards
landslide, and Van Buren, is now cut off
entirely, save by way of little Rock.
The Arkansas River is % miles wide in
places, and is now four inches higher than
it was in 1892, which was the highest on
record. All last night boats were busy
in the bottoms rescuing the inhabitants.
Thousands were rescued, and it is feared
that many have been drowned. Two
houses were seen going down the river,
but boatmen could not reach them. Rain
is falling in torrents and the end is not in
sight
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NOTICE.

MAY 2, 1898
The President and Directors of the West
minister and Meadow Branch Turnpike Com
pany have this day declared dividend of five
per cent. on the Capital Stock of said Com
pany for the past year, payable on and after
the 14th of May, 1898, at the First National
Bank of Westminster, Nd
JOHN d. R0OP, Treasurer.
JOHN T. DIFFENBAUGH, Secretary.
NAV ct
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LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 3S3.

AN ACT, TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF CARROLL
COUNTY TO PAY TO THE MAYOR
AND COUNCIL OF MOUNT AIRY,
ONE-HALF OF THE AMOUNT OF
ROAD TAX LEVIED OR TAXED
UPON THE PROPERTY WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF
MOUNT AIRY, IN CARROLL
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, by virtue of authority conferred
by the Act of the General Assembly of Mary
land, Chapter y of the Acts of the January
session Of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety six,
the Mayor and Council of Mount Airy
did issue bonds and borrow the sum of
four thousand dollars, which was expended
in grading and matchmaking portion of the
streets of the said town of Mount Airy, which
were therefore a part of the public roads of
Carroll county, thereby relieving said county
of the expense of maintaining such public
roads within the limits of said town. there
fore:
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland That it shall be the
duty of the County Commissioners of Carroll
county to pay annually to the mayor and
amount of taxes levied and collected annually
by said county commissioners for road pur-
poses, upon the assessabe property liable to
taxation within the limits of the town of
Mount Airy, to be appropriated and used by
the said mayor and council of Mount Airy,
for the repair, maintenance and improve
ment of the streets and roads within the linn
its of said town and within the borders of
Carroll county, so graded and macadamiZed
as aforesaid.
SEC. .. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April eth, 1893.
LLOYD LOWDNES,
Governor
JOHN WRIT RANDALL.
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
| hereby certify that the aforegoing is
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1898.
MARTIN NJ HIGGINS,
Secretary of the Senate.
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LOCAL LAW.
GAME LAW.
CHAPTER H..

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION s, OF
ARTICLE !, OF THE CODE OF PUB
Lie LOCAL LAWS, TITLE CARROLL
COUNTY. SUBTITLE BIRDS AND
GAME.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Section s, of
Article /, of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title Carroll County, subtitle Birds and Game,
as repealed and re-enacted with amendments
bv the Act of the General Assembly of Mary
land as passed by the January Session of
1896, Chapter 219, be, and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enactcd. so as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION &. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person to shoot or in any manner catch. kill
or have in possession in Carroll County any
partridge. pheasant or rabbit between the
twenty fourth day of December and the tenth
day of November next ensuing, both DAYS
exclusive. in each and every year. and any
squirrel between the first day of December
and the first day of September, exclusive, and
any woodcock between the twenty fourth day
of December and the fifteenth day Of July
next ensuing, both days exclusive; and any
ployer or suipe between the first day of May
and the first day Of September next ensuing,
both days exclusive; nor shall any person dur
ing such period destroy or modest the egg or
nest of said birds in said county.
SECTION =. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved, March %, 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES.
Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL.
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER.
Speaker of the House of Delegates,
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates.
hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true
copy of an Act Of the General Assembly of
Maryland. passed at the January Session,
1898.
Il. HOUSEHOLDER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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AND
ATTACHMENTS

Notice is hereby given that the County
Commissioners of Carroll County will sit at
their Office in the Court House, in the city of
Westminster, to hear appeals for transfers and
Attachments, as follows:
For districts Nos. l, 2 and on April 18th
and 18th, 1898.
For districts Nos. 4, 5 and on April 18th
and 10Th, 1898.
For districts Nos. and 8 on April 25th and
26th, 1898.
For districts Nos. 8. 10 and IL on May 9Th
and 10th. 1898.
For districts Nos. II and 10 on May 10th
and 18th, 1898.
No attachments or transfers will be made
after the above dates on levy for 1898.
By order of the Board
JOHN E. MASENHIMER,
,nril1 1t Clerk
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DUILDING MATERIAL FOR SALE
ID | am now prepared to fill all orders for
House and Barn Timbers, Fence Boards,
Palings, &C., of the best Oak. Also White
Oak for sale. Estimates furnished. Orders
delivered if desired. WIN. I. FklAAELL,
oe d If Bloom, Nd
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SMITH & REIFSNIDER,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
LUMBER. COAL AND SLATE.

TWO WAYS
OF GETTING GLASSES; ONE TO GO
TO A FIRST-CLASS OPTICIAN. HAVE
YOUR EYES PROPERLY TESTED AND
GET WHAT YOU NEED-THE OTHER
TO GO TO A MERCHANT WHO KEEPS
SPECTACLES. MAKE "A GRAB IN
THE BAG" AS IT WERE, GET A PAIR
THAT DON'T FIT YOU (ALTHOUGH
IT MAY SEEM so FOR THE MOMENT)
RUN THE RISK OF running YOUR
EYE SIGHT ENTIRELY-AND ALL
FOR A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN EN-
PENSE.
IF YOU NEED THE SER.
VICES OF A GOOD OPTICIAN,
WE CAN SERVE YOU WELL
AND CHEAPLY.
A. H. WEN1X,
.Ieweer and Optician,
fsb19 Westminster. Md
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EoR SALE:

CHOICE THOROUGHBRED BERK
SHIRE SHOTES, male and female, old
enough for service, and pigs, at all ages, from
the best strains, at reasonable prices; also
half bred SOW and pigs. Can please you. A
call will convince you. Address,
NAT. BAY,
Finksburg,
may7 st Carroll county, Nd.
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TO DAIRYMEN.

NOTICE TO DAIRYMEN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly Of
Maryland, 1t shall be the duty of all dairy
men or herdsmen or private individuals SUP.
plying milk to cities, towns or villages to
register their herds or cattle with the Live
Stock Sanitary Board; in violation of which
the parties offending shall be fined not less
than one dollar nor more than twenty dollars
for each offence.
Registration may be made, within thirty
days, by application either by person or nv
letter, to c. w. MELVILLE. Seey..
Baltimore, Nd.
A. W. CLEMENT, State Veterinarian.
may 81
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United States in Account With
Spain.

Spain.
From the New York Herald
DIR. Or.
February Is. May !,
Battleship Rein
Maine. 81. $50. 900 CristinaS1 900, 600
Castillo. 500, 600
Velasco. 800. 900
Don
Juande
Ulloa. 800, 600
Don
Juan
Austria 800, 900
Isla de
Cuba :. $50. 600
Isla de
Luzon. $50. 600
Quiros... 900. 600
Nillalo-
Dos 80. 100. 600
Eight
gun
boats
first
class. 500. 600
Ten gun
boats
second
class. 800. 600
Brought
forward.
Prizes
taken
near
Cuba.....2, 100, 600
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Suit, Overcoat and
Pants Department

We have some splendid things to show you;
and will sell them at half price, and, if desir-
ed, will make up to order in frst-class style,
fit guaranteed or no sale A dollar saved is
a dollar made. Call and examine our stock
and we are confident we can save you money
and please you, at the old stand, No. "a West
Main street, Westminster, Md.
ian29-tf A. NJ ANDERS.
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BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE &
- ATLANTIC RAILWAY co.
Water and Rail Routes to Ocean City and all points
on the Chesapeake Bay.

Water and Rail Routes to Ocean City and all points
on the Chesapeake Bay.
In effect March 1St, 1895
FOR HEALTH. FOR PLEASURE
FOR BUSINESS
UneXceled facilities for both passenger and freight
traffic.
Close connection with the trunk line railroads,
inSuring convenience to the traveller, and quick
despatch ofall freights
Fifteen commodious and handsomely fitted out
steamers. Comfortable State Rooms. Good Cuisine.
Polite attendance Schedule in effect Dec $Oth 1870
Steamers leave Piers 3, and AZ Light street
Wharf, Baltimore, as follows:
Railway DlVlSlOn.-4.3O p. m, daily, except Sat-
urday and Sunday; Saturday only, ?. III. !ol
Claiborne and stations to Ocean City. returning
leave Ocean City GO Il. m. daily, except sunday
arriving at Baltimore 130 p.
Choptank River Lines p. m, daily, eTceP'
Sunday, for Easton, oxford, Cambridge and laiI,
ings to Denton. Returning, leave Denton al m =
m. daily, except saturday, Cambridge, ?. NJ
Oxford, 700 p. M; EaSton, $50 p. m arriving III
Baltimore al a. -,
Wicomico River Line 2. ~, every. Tuestiay
Thursday and Saturday, for Wingate's Point
Deals Island and landings to Salisbury. Return
ing, leave Salisbury ut 80 p. IN. every Mohual,
Nanticoke River Line p III. every Monday
Wednesday and Friday for Deals Island, ana Ialia
ingS to SeafOrd, Del. Returning, leave SeaiOG az
Il O'Clock noon Tuesday, Thursday ana Suhu'!'
arriving i'll Baltimore ut 3 a. III. ,,
treat Wicomico River Linc.-5p. NJ every iues
day, Thursday and Saturday for landings on Great
Wicomico River, Dividing, Dymer's, Indian aia
Antipoison Creeks to Eubanks, Va. saturday ilP
extending to Milford Haven ,r5
Piankatank River Line p m Monday WEI, Wei
nesday and Friday for landings on Milford ha'e"
and Piankatank River to Freeport Va
Steamers from South Street iier:
Pocomoke River Line p NJ, every Iuesaii!
and Friday for Crisfield, Tangier Island OnanG9h
and landings to Pocomoke City and snow Nh
Returning, leave Snow Hill at 6 a m, every MOL
day and Thursday, arriving in Baltimore al a. and
Messongo River Line p. M, Molua! at
Thursday for Fords Crsfield Finneys Onanco oSa
Hunting Creek and Messongo, Hunting ana Ge
songo Rivers. Returning, leave MessongO al Iii e.
m, Wednesday and saturday, arriving at BAIL
more a. III. 80 ,,
Occohannock River Line p. ~, NeIle :is
and Sunday for Crisiieid, Pungoteague NaI Prn.
and Occobannock Rivers. Returning, leave MI III
$50 a. m, Tuesday and Friday; arriving III p''''
more a. III.
WILLARD THOMSON, General Managel[iia
I. MURDOCH, General Passenger Agent.
marl2 Ill E. Baltimore St., Baltimore Mu'
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DOsTER PRINTING specially at the
l. ADVOCATE Office.
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INSURANCE AGENCY

INSURANCE AGENCY
WILSON & GOODWIN,
Successors to James Shriver.
II W. Main ST., adjoining Gilbert Il Gehr,
Westminster, Md.
Represent the following Companies:
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool,
Continental Fire Insurance Company OF
New York;
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society OF
England.
Employers Accident Liability Assurance
Corporation Limited of London.
No Notes No Assessments.
Refer by PERMISSION to
Geo. r. Gehr, Cashier 1st National Bank;
John l.. Reifsnider, Babylon & Gilbert, NJ.
Schaetfer 4 Co., B. F. Shriver Co.
july 1-1y
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D0STER PRINTING Specially this at
" Office.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Carroll coun-
ty will meet at their office, in Westminster,
every MONDAY in MAY, 1898, for the
transaction of business. By order,
JOHN E. MASENHIMER,
enr3o Clerk
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Tornado Out West.

Total. 81, $50, 900 Total. IS, 400, 600
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FoR RENT
The Store Room in The Advocate Building
The room is 1S4x41 feet, has shelving, count
ers, gas and two large show windows; cellar;
room in second story 1S4x24 feet and is well
lighted. Apply at
THE ADVOCATE OFFICE.
decll If Westminster, Nd.
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" o. GRIMES,
~ o. GRIMES,
lie Successor to
E. O. GRIMES & CO., AT
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT.
WESTMINSTER, MD.

Having succeeded to the business Of the
late firm of f. Q. Grimes & Co.. the under
signed solicits the patronage of the firms
former customers and the public generally
has as complete stock of
ICE G ROC E R l L S
as can be found IN our city.
CHOICE TEAS, C0FFEES, SYRUPS,
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, To-
BACCO, &C.
The best grades of PATENT PROCESS
and FAMILY FLOUR constantly on hand at
bottom figures. WIN pay the Highest CHE Prices
kinds of Country Produce.
Agent for Latin Il Rand's Blasting Pow
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing. &c. Farmers can be supplied with the
best quality of COTTON and FLAHSEED
MEAL, HEAVY MIDDLINGS, BRAN, &c.
at lowest prices. c,
mar 26 &. .. GRIMES.
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Have this day, July l6, 1897, formed CO.
partnership for the practice of medicine. Of
fee will be at the present office of DIR. Herring,
opposite the Union National Bank, West
minister, Md.
OFFICE HOURS.
I to 9 A. NJ. JOS. L. Herring,
II to 2 p. NJ. THOS. j. COONAN.
ito SP. NJ. july II
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vt SEEMS A SMALL MATTER

whether YOU economic on the purchase OF
today, but if you persistently give the expen-
sive places the go by, the final issue may pc
TO make you rich. Take for instance Tue
purchase Of
The times., 1898-10-08

places near Paris. So have the Heines.
Hirsches, Goldschmits. Pereires. and
FOulds The Rothschilds do not hire state
forests for shooting. as did the late '-Su-
crier' Lebaudy and some other bourse
barons that / could name. who SOW
spring guns and wolf traps in them. and
fence pathsides with barbed wire. thus
showing themselves hateful and making
themselves hated. Baron Alphonse still
owns the chase created by his father,
Baron James, at Ferrieres- The soil
there being clayey. holds the water As
phalt is laid down on miles and miles of
walks. This takes from the country air
of the park Not far from Ferrieres, but
on the Paris side. is the chocolate fac
tory of the Meniers. AT No'siel-sur- Marne.
II is worth a visit on account of the
model village connected with it. This
place abounds in fine children. we'll fed,
well dressed, we'll taught NJ CASTOR Me-
nier carries on the good work begun by
his late father and mother. He has a
handsome country house at Noisiel
There are lovely river views between his
factory and Charenton, where the Marine
joins the Seine.
The times., 1898-10-08
T.D.HaddaWay
No. SIG l4th St. N. W.
p. o. Box SOB.
30 SEA ROCKS GROW?
p. o. Box 500

There@was published the other day an
account Of a growing stone, which the
owner once carried in his pocket, but
which now weighs sixty-five pounds A
writer in the Current Literature asks:
rs il, indeed, true that rocks grow in
the sea? Are there reefs in course of
rapid formation? A circular recently is
sued by the minister of marine calls at
tention by the minister to rocks along
thesea coast, and offers premiums to fish
ermen who discover rocks not shown by
the charts. An inhabitant of Biarritz
writes 10 Cosmos: What is taking place
al Biarritz is probably occurring along
other rocky shores, and may well explain
the deficiencies of our charts. Submarine
rocks grow. and in the course of a few
years a reef may be found where there
was none when the chart was prepared.
When I was child, some fifty years
ago. a rock lying farthest west in the
beIt Of rocks surrounding our promontory
hardly showed at lowest tide. An old
fisherman told me that when he was ten
years old he was on a BiarritZ boat, near
this rock His master showed him the
rock. then covered by several feet Of
water. saying. Child. If you live TO be
sixty years old you will see this rock out
of water
To-day the rock. which In the child
hood of the old fisherman was covered
with water and in my childhood was
hardly uncovered at low water, is 200
meters above the water.
"A more recent fact. Fifteen years ago