The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-16
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1e, 1882
Local BreVifies.

Local nFcbAAcS'
Another cold wave is upon US.
Church chors are practicing for Christmas.
The roads have been hard frozen for some
time. and the teaming hne.
Steel rails have been laid on the Western
MARYLAND Railroad as far as Winters
r F Shriyer Il Co., of Union Mills, have
.oi1the;r celebrated horse Vassal, to eXGov-
ernor Bowie.
The cold weather last week made fine ice.
loo s;x and a quarter inches thick was cut on
Winters dam on Tuesday.
About two inches of snow fell on Wednes-
day morning, but turning to ram soon AFTER
left the ground covered with slush.
Prof r. L. Brockett has been appointed
trnstee of the public school at Annapolis
Junction, Anne Arundel county, Md.
The Subscription list of the ADVOCATE is
~. Increasing. Scarcely day passes
w;tbont the addition of one or more subscrlD-
ers.
The fire. proof vaults at the court house are
NOT finished. and it is probable that they Will
1ot he reody for use until the first of Febru-
airy. -
Some of the students of the Western Mary
lond College went home this week to open
Tho Christmas HOLIDAYS Others will 60 next
week.
Mr. Elias Davis, near Bird Hill, slaughter
cd a hill last week, in which were found three
tame worms, the longest OF which was nearly
six feet
Mr. Thomas F. Shepherd, of UniontoWn,
was on Wednesday reelected member OF tne
axecutive committee of the Maryland State
Grange for three years.
Invitations are out to the wedding OF Prot.
Edwin VI. Wilmer, formerly of Western Mary
land College, and Miss Alice Blanche Placlue'
of Baltimore, December 26th
Mr.. Charles B. Nelson, of Woolery's DIS
trict will start for Missouri on Monday, 10
look about for place to locate. II ne gels
suited, his family will follow HIM IN the spring
The Taylor Manufacturing Company began
this week to move their machinery, &C., 10
Chambersburg. The company expect 10
start their machinery at Chambersourg ABOUT
the 18th of January.
On Saturday last, Chas. I. Reitsnlder as
attorney and agent sold the house ana lot on
the Littlestown Turnpike, two miles from
Westminster now occupied by Dr. 0oonall'
to Joseph Hunter for $3.50.
Star service route 10, 179, was changed yes
terdav as follows: Westminster to Manches-
ter. embracing Brummel, between Cranberry
and Snydersburg, and embracing and endlnga
Hampstead, emitting Manchester.
Labor is scarce and many farmers left their
corn in the fields later than usual IN order
that it might dry. Then the snow came and
DELAYED them still further, and now the crows
are helping them to get 1t in
Jacob Smell, of Adams county, Pa, froze to
death on the night of Dec. It'll, near Bollln-
GERS mill, and within a short distance of his
home. He had been drinking considerably
in Littlestown in the afternoon.
+. X. Herr & Bro have built an addition
to their shops in this city, 40 feet by y feet,
two stories high. The lower floor is to be
used as a repository for carriages, and the
upper floor as a finishing room.
Keep the feet of your horses well "roug hed''
this icy weather. We saw several fall on
Wednesday. '.For the want of a nail the
shoe was lost; for the want of shoe the
horse was lost, )" said DR.. Franklin.
The report of the Denison trial, given in
the ADVOCATE this morning, is the only full
report published Owing to the great interest
manifested in it, have had it specially
reported and will give the concluding pro-
ceedings next week.
Christmas is near at hand and the poor
should not be forgotten by the more fortunate.
There is no need for collecting and distrib-
individually. A turkey, ham, or groceries,
would be thankfully received by many fami-
lies, and gifts to the children of the poor
would make their little hearts happy.
Mr.. Geo. W. Albaugh received this week a
consignment of four barrels of oranges from
David Roger, of Orange county, Florida,
formerly of this county. The samples sent to
this office were the finest seen in Westminster
for some time, being very large, sweet and
juicy Mr.. Albaugh sold them to Westminster
dealers at about So per hundred.
These long winter evenings are most de-
lightful for social intercourse, for converse
ton, study, reading writing, and for the de-
lights of the family circle around the CHEEKY
hearth stone. Cowper appreciated and felt
the charm of the winter evening" when he
wrote-"And while the bubbling and loud
kissing urn throws up steamy column, and
the cups that cheer but not lnebrlate wait on
each, so let us welcome peaceful eveningin. !"
Mr.. George W. Allen, much esteemed
citizen, died last Saturday, at his home, near
North Branch, this county, in the 10Th year
of his age. Mr.. Allen was born near North
Branch, and was at one time proprietor of the
-four mills at that place. Some years ago he
was engaged in merchandising in Baltimore.
Latterly he lived in retirement on his farm
where he died. lie leaves widow, two sons
and two daughters His funeral took place
con Monday from Oakland NJ. L. Church.
The crows are said to be unusually numer-
GUS in this region. They gather in immense
hocks in the fields where the corn has not
been got in, and help themselves at will. A
farmer said, few days SINCE that he saw one
flock which he was satisfied would have COW
cred ten-acre field. A part of them settled
upon one of his wheat stacks and covered it
all over from top to bottom. 1t looked like a
pyramid of ebony until he got his fowling-
piece and interfered with their enjoyment
Although the latter part of the summer and
fall was damp, and crops grew luxuriantly,
the rains were light and did little more than
moisten the surface of the ground, hence the
springs were but little replenished thereby,
and many wells and springs in this region
have become low or dry altogether. The rain
of this week, therefore, was very welcome
visitor, and hailed with satisfaction by all who
felt the loss of their usual water supply The
springs must have been benefited, that's if the
ground was not too hard frozen to permit the
rain to penetrate it.
The active and honorary members of the
Westminster Fire Department assembled at
the Engine House on Wednesday evening last,
in response to an invitation from Mr. Denton
S. Gehr, the Secretary and Treasurer of the
company. On behalf OF the company, w. l..
Seabrook, Esq. presented Mr.. Gehr with a
handsome mantel clock, and to short pre-
sentation speech, in which the congratulations
of the company were tended the recent mar
ried gentleman, Mr.. Gehr made very pleas
ant response, after which the company, num-
bering about sixty men, partook of bounti-
tul supper. The Westminster Band gave Mr..
Gehr serenade on the occasion.
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