The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-30

The glorious patnmnal days have come.
To.moftpw WILDE halasL day Of Septembers

heavy night dews. tlalaN go tissl
The young folks Of Westminster propose
having German next week.
Next Saturday both Democratic and Re.
publican primaries will be held
A dancing pic mic will be held in the grove
adjoining uniontown, next Thursday.
Are you making preparation TO exhibit at
the Carroll County Agricultural Fair?
There are seventeen candidates 10 be nom.
mated upon our county ticket this fall.
Three engines were shipped from the Tay.
lor Manufacturing Co. s Works this week.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday OF next week will be registration
days. bon as8i- Raid 4e
Grain buyers in this city have been receiv.
ing large quantities OF wheat this week. Price,
one dollar per bushel
Mr. Frank 7. Newbelle, ofthis comfy, has 7
been appointed as teacher OF the Upperco I
public school, Baltimore county.
On Sunday, September I, the Catholic |
church Of 81 Joseph, Sykesgille, will be con
seerated by Archbishop Gibbons
Thursday does not seem to suit tho cattle |
dealers, and hereafter Monday will be the !
day for sales ut the baltimore cattle scales.
Excursions TO Pen Mar are Of almost daily
occurrence, so that thirty or forty hacks are
always present aud lnd profitable employ.
ment
The regular excursion train from Baltimore
to Pen. Mar, on Thursday, consisted of eigh.
tecu ears, IN three sections, carrying about
1900 people. t
Chas. Weakly, of this city, received this
week upwards of Sl200 under the arrears of
pension bill, on account of his son, "a soldier
in the late war.
On Wednesday Of last week, four year.
old child Of Mr. Webb Ilartle, near Middle.
burg, fell il'p . tub of hot apple butter and
was scalded death.
At the residence of 4. Yeiser, miles from
| Union Mills, is sunaower stalk which con.
tains "a blossoms aud II buds which will
bloom in day or two.
Mr.. VIM. Mitten, of the East End, has
gathered his pears, this week, and intends to
make them into perry which is said to be the
incest Of all beverages.
| Charles Il. Smith, son OF j. j. Smith, OF
New Windsor, died Of consumption Monday
| night at Tunkahannock, Wyoming county,
Pennsylvania, aged aboat 2l Year,.
| Carroll County Teachers Institute com.
menees its sessions in Central Hall school
building, this city, on next Tuesday, and
will continue until the close of the week.
Minks, weasels and foxes are troublesome
in and around Melrose. One person lost 80
chickens in one night. Mr.. Burns, of this
city, killed weasel in his yard last week
| Rev +. Ferrari, for several years pastor Of
the Catholic congregations Of Woodstock and
| Sykesville, has been relieved, and Rev. VIM.
Logne, of Gonzaga College, Washington, will
be his successor.
Fourteen hundred dollars have been sub.
scribed toward the erection Of Catholic
church at Poplar Springs, and several persons
preferred gifts Of lots for its location, among
whom were Protestant gentlemen.
| Coles great circus, menagerie and congress
Of living wonders will exhibit here next Wed.
/ naaloxf The otr r,araAa "a a. H.
fine, as also is the circus performance, while
the menagerie is said to be the best now
| travelling.
| Mr.. I. c. Blair, superintendent Of the Ash.
land Iron Works, in Baltimore county, aud
well known in this city, was accidentally pre-
cipitated to the bottom of n shaft eighteen
feet deep, on Tuesday morning, and received
severe injuries.
| The Silver Run Cornet Band has just been
furnished six sets of handsome new harness,
by Noah G. May, of Hanover. The retail
| price of the harness was Sll0. The Silver
Run Band has now a complete outft-a fine
chariot and good harness.
The following conundrum was put to the
Westminster Fire Department excursionists
TO Penmar, on Wednesday last :-"Why is
this excursion like the ocean in storm p
! Because there are so many "white caps
about, the members wearing white caps.
A team Of Mr. L. Lynch became frightened
on Friday morning while going up the Lit.
testown turnpike, and ran oil. Mr.. Layid
| Fowble jumped from the wagon when oppo.
site Mr.. Jacob Zacharias and received some
injuries about the head and shoulders Mr..
Lynch had gotten out at the gate house.
To-day will witness large crowd at High
Rock. In addition to the regular excursion
over the Western Maryland Railroad, eight
trains are expected over the Pennsylvania
road, carrying passengers from Carlisle,
| Wrghtsyille, Hanover, and other points.
Mrs. Mary Shriyer, wife Of David H. Shriy.
err, of this city, died on Monday last, after an
illness Of about forty. eight hours. She was
buried in the Westminster cemetery. Rev
DR.. Switzerland officiating. The funeral was
the largest in this city for some years past.
The Pacific Base Ball Club Of this city,
played match game with the Nameless Club
Of Hanover, on the grounds of the latter, on
Saturday last, which resulted in a score of
2S for the Pacific to % for the Nameless.
This was the third match game, two Of which
were won by the Pacihcs.
Hampstead camp will be continued until
Tuesday next The attendance has been
good and the order excellent. There were
nine car loads from Hanover, Pa. on Sunday
last. The supply of water is abundant; the
grove and the grounds are well suited to the
uses OF camp meeting, aud are equal to any
we ever saw.
While coming down the mountain, on We'd
nesday evening last, about two miles beyond
Mechanicstown, the foremost excursion train
from Pen Mar, Capt. WIN. johnson, Conduc.
tor, struck a COW aud rolled her up into
mass OF beef. The conclusion was not felt by
the passengers Capt johnson is an exceed
ingly careful and courteous gentleman.
The boys, and some boys of larger growth
among them, had rare sport in shedding down
Centre street, on the ice and snow, last win.
ter. But the fun hardly exceeded that which
the boys have had for two weeks past, on two
pair OF wheels, coupled by plank, the front
wheels on pivot, TO steer by. The going
down was splendid, y the only drawback was
the toiling up hill for fresh start.
"Roddy' gave his fellow excursionists on
"Wednesday the true etymology of Pen-Ma
Ills explanation was this: Il has been com.
monty supposed that PEN Mar was a conjunc-
ton Of the first syllables of Pennsylvania an d
Maryland, hut the true origin Of the word is
that-a young couple ran away and got mar.
ried without the knowledge or consent Of their
| parents, aud arriving nj that point in their
bridal trip, the bride said-''now Ill pen. Mar
a letter.
AS il requires at least two grown people to
take one child to circus, children % are
looking around to find persons to take them.
Many persons who do not think eircuses
proper places to attend, will GO just to accom-.
modate the dear children. Others will 20
just TO see the animals, but will wander into
the circus department to SEQ the electric
4 light, which will so dazzle them that the per.
Torrance will be over before they realize
where they are.
Prof c. X. Feigley, of HagerstoSn, had n
telescopo mt Pen Mar on "Wednesday NV