The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-05-17

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Sirhwberres are selling ut twenty cents n
! quart in Westminster.
The formation Of rifle association 10 this
| city is progressing.
Hon. NJ. Bannon, Of Baltimore. was in
/ Westminster ON Monday.
! A coppcrhead snake was killed IN the
Court House yard on Wednesday.
Henry S. Thompson has been appointed
/ postmaster at Finksburg, vice Joshua NJ. vii.
liams, resigned.
/ a list of the recently appointed public
school trustees will be found on the fourth
j pago OF this issue.
The tinkle Of the bobolink now makcs
1 sweetest melody over meadow and moorland
/ in field and forest. Fr
foiltics have begun to bubble a little in
Carroll, and aspiranis in both parties are do
/ ing little extra hand shaking.
! The circulation Of the ADVOCATE is con.
stantly increasing. Quito number of new
names have been added to our list this week
/ Circuit Court, which began last Monday,
draws daily very large number Of people 10
town, notwithstanding it is the busy season
/ with the farmers
Our merchants have received choice stocks
of the latest styles of ladies' dress goods and
! Senllemen's wearing apparel.
Llitestown was laid out in 1865 by Peter
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which IN English is Litlestown.
Mr.. Pinkney j. Bennett, near Denniugs'
Postoiiice, manufactured last season 5000
gallons OF ice cream, and expects to increase
his facilities this season.
Rev DR.. Isaac Cole, of Washington. for.
merly pastor Of the Baptist Church in this
city, preached in Centenary NJ. T.. Church
here ON Sunday evening.
The Fire Department building is expected
TO be ready for occupancy next Wednesday.
When fully completed it is proposed to for
mally inaugurate il with grand ball
The Baltimore Academy of Medicine has
offered prize Of 500 for the best medical
essay, to be written by any physician residing
in this State. Can't Carroll county enter?
Mr.. John Beaver, whose talents as a sculp.
tor and worker in marble are we'll known,
has succeeded his father in the marble works
so successfully carried on by him in this city.
H. C. Dern, Esq, one Of the editors of the
Altoona, Pa, Tribune, was in this city on
Thursday, visiting some Of his relatives. Mr..
Dern learned the Art Preservative in this
Office.
A match game Of base ball between mines
of New Windsor aud Western Maryland Col.
leges, is expected to be played in this city
tomorrow afternoon, on the lot back Of the
Conrt House.
Samuel Cover, of Myers district shipped
to Baltimore on Saturday last y head Of cat.
tie which averaged l2i2 pounds each. This
lot is said to be the finest ever fattened in
Carroll county.
In our Baltimore letter will be found an in.
teresting history of Stone Chapel, on Sans
Creek, which the writer says was built in
1888 and is one year older than the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church itself.
John W. Mealy, Of Baltimore, has been in
tercsting the unsteady inclined and curious
with an exhibition Of a selforganist, this
week. opposite Court street on Main. 1t is
an ingenious affair and works we'll.
Westmnster's ways are not as dark as
they were. The Council has made new
contract with the gas company, for Lighting
the streets, and on Tuesday night lust the
street lamps we're lit, the first time for sew.
eral months.
Henry +. Warner, Of Manchester district,
raised last year 233 bushels and 3 pecks of
wheat ON five acre lot, an average Of 4G
bushels and 3 pecks per acre. That was a
fine yield, and shows the capabilities OF Car.
roll county land.
The strawberry festival for the benefit of
St. Pauls Reform Church will be held in
Reiisnider's new store-room, near the depot,
instead Of at Bowers Hall, as heretofore an
uounced. The festival will be held on May
2lst, 22d and 23d,
A blackberry vino Of the Lawton variety,
seventeen feet long, all one years growth,
was brought to this office on Wednesday last.
In grew on the farm Of Ed. Deyilbiss, in
Pleasant Valley, and is a remarkable speci
men of one year growth.
Through the generosity of Miss Susie Cas-
sells family and Mr., Henry Bale, who are
to foot the bill, the front Of the NJ. 4, Church
is being beautiied by coat Of red paint with
white lining. Mr.. John Baltzly is doing the
work The parsonage, too, just opposite,
will also be repainted, we learn.
The Reformed Sunday School of Geltys
burg will have an excursion to Maple Grove
on the Baltimore 4 Hanover Railroad, on
Tuesday, the Sd of June. The various groves
along the line Of this new road promise TO
become attractive reSorts for excursions aud
pic.ncs this summer
The editors of the ADVOCATE received
call this week from Miss Daisy Isabel Baby
lon, who has recently come to this city. She
! is bright and pretty, and smiles and talks be.
witchingly. We did not understand what she
( said, for she Is only three months old, and
we are not yersed in baby language
In vacant lot on the west side of Court
street, in this city, may be seen pair of twin
Alderncy heifers, belonging to Col. VIM. A.
McKelip. They are pure blood, fawn color,
black switch and muzzle, with eyes like the
gazelle. We have rarely, il ever, seen two
finer specimens of this favoTite breed of
cattle.
On Friday morning Of last week VIM. Hum.
bert, Of Myers district, was burning brush,
and before going 10 dinner the fire was sup
posed to have been thoroughly extnguished
Afler dinner it was found to be burning, and
the flames soon spread to piece of woods
belonging to VIM. Lease, and before they
could be subdued Eve acres were burned over
| and considerable fencing destroyed
The Frederick Examiner OF Wednesday
says Capt. S. NJ. Conner, the gentemanly
conductor of the Frederick Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad who has been run.
ming between this city and York, Pa, for
several years, has been transferred from this
city to the Port Deposit road. Mr.. Conner
takes the place made vacant by the death of
Capt. James McI.ain. Capt. John Baum
gardner, of York, Pa, gentleman spoken of
very highly by the employees Of the road
takes the place Of Capt. S. NJ. Conner.