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

A piano-tuner Is much needed in Westmin-
To be in the fashion ladies must wear short
canes.
Spring chickens from $3.50 TO $500 per
dozen.
The picnic epidemic viii break out after
harvest.
Free concert tonight, Saturday at Belle
I 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 Il
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 a very heavy one.
A few more street lamps are needed
They are like angels yisits-few and far
between.
! 1t is estimated that $3.50, 900 we're 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 patronized,
crowds are flattening 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 CONNECTION dealers on rail-
road trains are nuisanees. 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 Soeials,
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 and
very agreeable mode of exercise and amuse
ment among the young ladies and misses of
Westminster and vicinity.
Mr.. VIM. H. Grumbine has made a very
great improvement in the addition he has
built to his property, and in the repairs put
upon the old building.
Corn planted in April has done well. All
corn planted since the first of May, has done
badly on account of the cold weather, which
has checked its growth.
Aauarius 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.
1t would be well 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 pavemenis.
During the rain on Monday there was
''potato patch waltz performed az the tour
ney, between the fence and the music stand.
Men, women and children took part.
If you hand a 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 it.
One day last week, George Ripeon, mail
| carrier between Westminster and Liberty,
! lost horse. This is the third or fourth he
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
| MAY term of the Circuit Court, and sentenced
to the penitentiary for ? years, was taken to
the penitentiary on 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
i be astonished
| Drunkenness and disorder marked the day
1 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
/
tain Dale, FIVE miles above Emmittsburg, on
the Waynesboro turnpike.
Mr.. Jacob Rooms, of Uniontown district,
4 has produced the champion rye-stalk OF the
/ season, announced last week, feet inches
/ in height. Baltimore county cannot climb
up to that, even with tine aid of a ladder.
! Frank Manger, 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 Assoel-
ton of Western Maryland College will take
place at Wheeler's City Hotel, on Thursday
evening next, the Goth instant. We tender
thanks to the Association for complimentary
tickets.
Seven hundred dollars will purchase and
erect Town Clock for the city of Westmin-
ster, which would mark the fight of time and
strike the hours. Itwould 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 few evenings ago will not only
mar their growth and beauty, but perhaps
kill them.
Mr.. Isaiah Ham, of Middeburg district,
has a stalk of rye in reserve for the Baltimore
countians, nine feet three inches in height.
Now, Messrs. Ruby and Longuecker, 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 1872
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 70 years old. with impaired sight and
somewhat disturbed in mind. Until recently
he resided in Butler township, where he made
n living by bringing small marketing to Get
! tysburg.
/ 4 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 a great improvement to this important
thoroughfare.
Ar WEsTNINsTER.-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