The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-12-03
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1881.
FOCAL AFFAIRS.
Local BreVitieS.

p,.tr;does are nearly extinct in this region.
The corn is not all husked and housed yet.
e,r,. ,bcasants are now and then in mar
In.t Sunday was the first Sunday in adj
vent
Do Won realize that Christmas is but three
weeks off?
v.nnor predicts some very cold weather
for December
SlOO per bushel'
T,ri,ars which survived Thanksgiving are
e,,tcning for Christmas.
,ootbor fine rain on Thursday. Surely the
.r ri'r must be filling up by this time.
The new board of County Commissioners
IN ortcr mon their duties on Monday next.
r,,,r or five valuable farms, conveniently
1oroted near Westminster, are IN the market.
pr,r &, :. McKallip. leader of the Hano
.,. Rand, and Miss Missouri Massemer were
married on Thursday
DR. ChaS. Bil,ingslea. of this city. has been
alta sic, for the past ten days. We under
I.and that his attack is that of fever.
Mr. Jeremiah Rinehart intends to put 100
lI III; carp in his pond. Those put in last
..o.on are from six to eight inches long.
cJ. VIM. \. McKellip, of this city, has
I.ep ,pokcn of for the appointment as United
>,atr, Marshal for the district of Maryland.
Dc / Howell Bilingslea has removed to
,,n residence and office formerly occupied by
HI. father. two doors west Of the postOtfice.
Sheriff Thurman appeared in Court on Mon
lgy and entered upon his duties. Mr. George
shower has been appointed Deputy Sheriff.
Mr., Charles Harner, of Germany township,
adams county. Pa. has purchased the farm
of Mr.. George W. Rowe, near Harvey, l0l
acres. at II. zoo.
Now prunc your fruit trees and your grape
vines, It is better to attend to such matters
now Than to wait until February, when the
san will drip from the incised branches.
One of our bicycists had occasion to go
into the country on Sunday last, distance of
,6rro miles and half, and on his return made
the distance in twenty-onc minutes.
Prof j. VI. Newson. school examiner, and
Mr.. F. l.. Herring. county school commission
,r, attended the State Association of School
commissioners, in Baltimore, this week.
Vim. Scgafoosc, of Winchester, Va, a
brakeman Oh inc Idlllllblt anu cIiO ie'tii
road. received fatal injuries while shifting
ear, at Gathers siding. near Sykesville, on
Saturday last.
(proyision store in this city has the follow
mgplacard upon the front window THE
Lord helps those who help themselves. But
the Lord help those who are caught helping
themselves here.
Pmkncv J. Bennett, Esq, our enterprising
and successful butter factor, is getting fifty
cents per pound for the superb gilt-edged but
Ter he is producing at his extensive creamery
in Franklin district.
Vim. II. Brown. colorcd, was arrested on
Thursday. charged with stealing S2S8 from
Nh. tr.asurcr'S office of the Western Mary
land Railroad He had been employed as a
porter at IliIicn Station.
Rev. Father Mead, well-known i'll this city,
has been transferred from Govanstown, Balti-
more county. to Washington county, and will
have charge of the Missions at Williamsport,
Ccar>Iriug and BoonSborough.
Mai. Jack Wharton, formerly of WeStmin-
>trr i, in Washington looking after his reap
uontmrnf as United States Marshal of Lou
,i.a,. The Major has some competitors for
The po-itlon but it is said that he has the best
recommendations.
Gro. W Albaugh's new store, which he
designate, The Grand Depot, was opened
hast week. 1t has been throngcd with visitors
ever since, and his display is fine. On Satur;
day night last the Westminster Brass Band
ave the proprietor a serenade, and some
three hundred and fifty persons were present
IN and around the store.
4 new passenger train was put on the Bal
,imorc and Hanover Railroad, on December
Il. to rum every day, Sundays included. II
will leave Hanover at 90, Il. m, connecting
at Emory Grove at 80 with train arriving at
Baltimore 1t $40. Returning, will reach
Hanover at 1890, Il. m, having connected at
Emory Grove with train that left Baltimore at
ID. On sundays, passengers can leave Bal
dmorc at 2O5 p. m, reaching Hanover at !
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