The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

Spring chickens from S2.50 to S3.0 per
dozen.
The picnic epidemic will break cut after
harvest.
Free concert tonight, Saturday at Belle
Grove Park.
A gypsey camp was located in Reese s
grove, on Sunday.
A good nursery farm in this vicinity would
be paying institution.
New potatoes have have made their ap-
pearance in this market.
Arrangements should speedily be made to
have the streets watered.
Wheat harvest will commence next week.
A large yield is expected.
The Fourth of July is approaching. What
are we going to do about it ?
A good laundry in Westminster would be
we'll patronized by the public.
An excursion from Baltimore TO Blue Ridge
Summit took place on Thursday.
Bass and fall fish are the delight of the dis
ciples of old Izaak Walton in this region.
Fires have been indispensable to comfort
this week, and this is the middle of June.
A public park in the East End is greatly
needed. The West End already has one. !.
Haymaking now occupies the attention of
the farmers, and the crop is very heavy one.
A few more street lamps are needed.
They are like angels visits-few and far
between.
It is estimated that $3.50, 900 were expended
for fertilizers in this county, for the wheat
crop last fall.
The Grand Army of the Republic will en-
camp on Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, on July
Doth, for one week.
Lynch's billiard rooms are well patronlzed,
crowds are hattening their noses against the
windows nightly.
The hop at Wheeler's City Hotel, Monday
night, was an enjoyable affair, and all in at
tendance were well pleased.
Newsboys and confeetion dealers on rail
road trains are nuisances. You can neither
read, talk, nor sleep for them, !.
We were shown on Wednesday, bunch OF
Barley Oats, five feet high, from the field of
Mr.. David Roop of Uniontown district.
The cold weather in May and June has
turned some of the grape vines yellow, the
foliage presenting very sickly appearance.
The first grand ball of the Pleasure Socials,
and not the Westminster Socials, as stated
last week, will be held on July LIST, at the
! Central Hotel.
The friends of the ADVOCATE can contribute
to swell its rapidly increasing circulation by
asking their friends and neighbors to sub
scribe for it.
In the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
on Tuesday, the case of Robert T. Beckley VS..
John Smith & Co. was removed to the Circuit
Court for this county.
Horseback riding is very. popular ana
very agreeable mode of exercise and amuse-
ment among the young ladies and misses OF
Westminster and vicinity
Mr.. VIM. Fl. Grumbine has made very
great improvement in the addition ne has
built to his property, and in the repairs put
upon the old building. :,
Corn planted in April has done well. All
| he Of done
| badly on account OF the colo Weather, WHICH
has checked its growth.
| Aouarius was out with his watering pot on
Monday afternoon, and interfered greatly with
the tournament, and married the pleasure OF
the large crowd in attendance.
! II would be we'll if the Mayor and members
of the Council in their perambles about the
city, would observe the weeds growing IN the
cutters; also the old pavements.
During the rain on Monday there was
s'potato patch waltz" performed at the tour
ney, between the fence and the music stand.
Men, women and children took part
If you hand lady paper to read, from
which something has been cut, and she can
not find out what it was, she would not give
Orson Adams, ESQ.,, United States Bank
Examiner, residing in the sixth district, How
ard county, was thrown from his buggy on
Sunday evening and had an arm broken.
pin for the paper nor will she read 1t.
One day last week, George Ripeon, mail
carrier between Westminster and Liberty,
lost horse. This is the third or fourth ne
has lost since he has been carrying the mail.
The Choir of Ascension Church, IN this
city, assisted by others, propose giving vo-
cal and instrumental concert here sometime
the latter part of this or the first OF next
month.
Frederick Reich, convicted of rape at the
| Nav term of the Circuit Court, and sentenced
to the penitentiary for years, was taken 10
the penitentiary OH Thursday afternoon by
Sheriff Woods.
The inhabitants of Westminster scarcely
realize the improvements in their city, yet If
they would stop and note the changes made
within the past six or eight years they would
be astonished
Drunkenness and disorder marked the day
here, on Whit Monday, and were continued at
night. Several fights took place, to the dis
credit of our city, where scenes OF this char
acter but seldom occur. =.
Mr.. Sanford Schroeder's large dwelling
house, with entire contents, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday night, the 9th instant, at toun-
tain Dale, five miles above Emmlttsburg, on
the Waynesboro turnpike.
Mr.. Jacob Rooms, of Uniontown district,
has produced the champion rye-stalk OF the
season. announced last week, feet inches
in height. Baltimore county cannot chmD
up to that, even with the aid of a ladder.
Frank Manager, carrier of the mail between
this city and Freedom, on Tuesday evening
last, lost very fine mustang. The animal
was taken sick near Westminster on the re-
turn trip, and died after reaching the city.
The reunion supper of the Alumni Associ-
ton of Western Maryland College will take
place at Wheeler's City Hotel, on Thursday
evening next, the Doth instant. We tender
thanks to the Association for complimentary
tickets.
Seven hundred dollars will purchase and
erect n Town Clock for the city of Westmin-
ster, which would mark the flight of time and
strike the hours 1t would also accommodate
the citizens for several miles around the city.
Let's have one.
The City Council should take measures to
keep BOYS from swinging on the young trees
at Central Hall public school building. The
trees are very pretty, but such treatment as
we witnessed a few evenings ago will not only
mar their growth and beauty, but perhaps
kill them.
Mr.. Isaiah Ham, of Middleburg district,
has stalk of rye in reserve for the Baltimore
countians, nine feet three inches IN height.
Now, Messrs Ruby and Longneeker, what
have YOU to say to that? If you can beat
that, we are promised one that will rival
Jacks Bean.
Owing to an extraordinary amount of work
the Taylor Manufacturing Company has been
running at night for several weeks. They
shipped nine engines this week, and have l52
men employed. Since the LIST of January
they have been averaging eight engines per
week.
Henry Wagner, of Arendtyille, Adams
county, hung himself few days ago. he
was IS years old, with impaired sight and
somewhat disturbed in mind. Until recently
} he resided in Butler township, where he made
living by bringing small marketing to Get
tysburg.
A much needed improvement is in progress
on Court Street. Terracotta pipes, eight or
ten inches in diameter, are being laid in the
gutter under ground to drain the water from
the Hotel, and the bed of the street is being
raised sixteen inches. When finished this
will be great improvement to this important
thoroughfare.
AT WEsTMIHsTER.-A number of our citi-
! zens visited the adjoining town of Westminster,
on Whit Monday, to witness the parade and
drill of the Knights of Pythias, and attend the