The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19


July 80, 80 and 81. Seventy.two horses are
entered.
There were showers in many places on st.
Swithin's day, though none in this immediate
locality.
There were shipped from June lsth to July
18th, from York, forty seven tons and several
pounds Of cherries.
The county temperance convention, in the
interest OF local option, will be held in Car
roll Hall, tbs city, next Monday.
Mr.. Jacob Hohaeker, of Manchester dis.
triet, pulled stalk Of oats, on Wednesday,
which measured feet inches.
Tuesday and Wednesday we're regular
scorchers. The mercury ranged from 90 to
1903.
The Snydersburg Band will have picnic
at Snydersburg, on Saturday afternoon, Au-
gust 10Th.
Excursion by the railroad employees of the
Western Maryland Railroad TO st. Miehaels,
tnkes place to-day, July 10.
Mr.. James Lynch, OF this city, has opened
billiard parlors at Gettysburg Spring, about
mile and half from Gettysburg, Pa.
A festival will be held at Wesley NJ. L.
Chapel, near Houcksyille, on the evenings of
July % and 26.
Hon. Charles b. Roberts reports that some
of his wheat fields were SO badly damaged by
the fly that they will not yield more than half
a crop.
On Friday of last week the thermometer
registered Ss' in the shade. In the evening
there was heavy wind storm, followed by
several hours Of rain.
W. l.. Seabrook, son Of W. l.. W. Seabrook,
recently admitted to the bar Of Carroll county,
has located in this city, and has his Office on
Main street, near Court.
Rev. ii. q. Holloway, late of Cumberland,
Nd, formerly OF this city, has accepted call
from the Lutheran Church at MELVILLE, Pa,
and will remove to that place August l.
Westminster is o. good summer resort. In
fact, judging from the intense heat for some
days past we have almost concluded the whole
summer had resorted here.
The Waynesboro' Gazette says large force
Of men are employed along the line OF the
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad,
and that in about ten weeks track laying will
commence.
Col. VIM. A. MeKellp and James A. c.
Bond, Esq, left on Tuesday for short So
journ ut Cape May. Mr.. John l.. Reifsnider
and lady and Miss Ada Billngslea of this
city, are also at Cape May.
On Thursday next there will be q tourna-
ment in Richard II. ellis grove, on tae Han
over turnpike, three miles below Hampstead.
Hon. j. +. c. Talbot will deliver the address
to the knights.
A game OF base ball will be played this at.
ternoon between the "Nameless" Of Hanover,
and the Pacific of this CITY, The game will
be played on Col. Longwell's lot, in the rear
Of the Court House.
Two sons Of Mr.. Richards, of Hampstead
met with serious accidents recently. One fell
from horse rake and dislocated his shoulder;
the other was thrown from horse and had
one of his arms broken in two places.
No matter If the thermometer is gj to 100
degrees in the shade, il is never too hot for
the lovers Of the weed to keep lighted
cigar under the nose. A little more caloric
does not seem TO add to the discomfort
Dat harvest is about over in this section,
aud the yield is quite light. The corn crop
is looking remarkably we'll, considering the
4 dry and hot weather, aud does not seem TO
have suffered much.
Thomas Lynch, whilst engaged in mailing
| up some boards at Lynch sale stables in this
city, on Thursday afternoon, fell backwards
distance Of four or five feet injuriBg his
| head and neck severely.
/ On the Manchester road are two bridges
which need charging. One is near Black
| Ankle, close TO this city, and the other is at
| Winters Mill They do not extend across
the road far enough, aud persons are liable
/ to drive off, especially on dark night.
A noble and thoughtful act was that on
Tuesday morning, when young lady, walk
ing along Main street, saw q horse almost ex-
hausted, with fore leg over the tongue Of n
wagon, quietly bear down the tongue and
/ lift the leg back again. Not one lady in u
Thousand but would have been afraid to do il.
The concert on Thursday night, at the Luth-
eran Church, by Prof Spurrier's singing class,
was not largely attended, but was very en-
| joyable entertainment. IL consisted Of solos,
Duets, trios, qnartettes and choruses, and
readings by Luther kuhns and Miss Lou
Wampler.
On Monday night thieves attempted TO en-.
ter the store Of 5. b. Hoke, at Summit Sta.
ton on the Bachman Valley Railroad, bu
failed on account of inability to remove the
iron bars from the window. On the same
night the basement Of David Newcomers res.
idence, near summit, was entered and robbed
of cakes, pies and wine.
/ Adam Manger, whose sudden illness on
| Thursday night of last week was announced in
our last issue, died on Sunday morning. He
was born in Thulba. Germany, on December
%, 1916, aud was % years, 6 mon tbs and Is
days old. He was mail messenger in this city
for number of years. and always polite and
| obliglng, he was universally liked.
Mr.. Joseph j. Greeyes, associate editor oil
"Afeld and 4foaf' and Sunday Post, Phil
I j
While in this city he met several college
chums, and the ''boys" enjoyed themselves
in talking over the past. Mr.. Greeves is q
native Of the Screen Isle, ~ and was educated
at Mt ST. Mary's College, Emmittsburg.
Several young men were hauling q seine
one night last week in Winters dam, when
one of them who could not swim suddenly got
beyond his depth and came near drowning.
Another Of the party came near drowning
himself in trying TO save him. He succeeded,
however, in rescuing his friend from watery
grave. He was the biggest fish caught during
the evening.
A horse belonging to Jacob Thompson, aud
geared TO the buggy Of Mr.. Geo. A. Taylor,
took fright on Monday evening, whilst hitched
opposite Wickert's restaurant, from being
struck on the head with a handkerchief BY a
little girl. Starting back, the hitching rein
broke, and he ran down Main street, and
around Central Hotel, upsetting the buggy,
which was somewhat damaged, and cutting
himself on the legs.
On Wednesday morning Of last week, a
truck car, with sixteen men in it, on the Bal.
timore 4 Hanover Railroad, started from the
summit cut at Hampstead, down long and
heavy grade, and ran for one and half mies,
at the rate Of about thirty miles per hour, DO.
fore it stopped. At a point where the track
crosses the pike, the car narrowly escaped q
collision with a wagon, TO avoid which several
persons jumped from the car.
Highly Honore,I-