The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-04-01
SATURDAY. APRIL /, 1882.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Local Brevities.

touItA pdSts
E. Kittinger, of Gettysburg, has taken
possession of the Elliott House, Taneytown.
The Onion Bridge Hder made its appear.
ance on Thursday. 1t is neatly set up and
printed.
Thomas Quill has been appointed postmas-
ter at Hoods Mill and Henry A. Weller at
Graceham.
The sale Of VIM. H. Gardner, near Finks-
burg, Tuesday, was largely attended and prices
obtained were good.
The gross receipts of a fair and festival held
by the ladies of Centenary N. E. Church, OF
this city, last week, amounted to 500.
Tomorrow will be Palm Sunday, next week
Passion or Holy Week; next Friday Good
Friday, and the Sunday following Easter.
Rev. r. E. J. Warner has been appointed
to the coIored NJ. +. Church, this city, by the
Washington Conference, which adjourned on
Monday.
John I. Kerlinger, formerly of this city, in
connection with MI. Schaffer, has opened a
restaurant at IL and 10 North Eutau Street.
Baltimore.
Rev. VIM. Grouse. of the NJ p Church,
now stationed on the Eastern Shore of Virgin
ia, is visiting relatives in this county. He IS
at Manchester now.
A large dog left in the store of Geo. w.
Albaugh. near the depot, ON Wednesday,
jumped through the window in the door,
smashing the glass.
Sam. Brown, colored, was bailed by Justice
Crapsser on Monday for the grand jury to an
swer the charge of stealing pigeons from John
Marsh, jr., of this city.
Miss Mary and James NJ. SheElman, Of this
city, have sent to the President a petition, con
tanning over l 200 names, asking for the par
don of Sergeant Mason.
A. p. AIbaugh, of franklin distTict. viii
remove with his family to Sheldon, Illinois,
this month. He will engage in the butcher
ing business with brother there.
In publishing the list of directors Of Dug
Hill Fire Insurance Company last week, the
name of Joshua koOntz was gwen The
name should have been Joshua kouiz.
The firm Of Strasburger 4 Bro, of thiscity,
has dissolved NJ. Harry Strasburger with
draws. and on Sunday will start for Dakota
Territory, where he expects to locate.
The bin making an appropriation for West
ern MARYLAND College passed the Senate by a
vote Of 20 10 |. The other Senators were
absent The bill only requires the signature
Of the Governor to make il a law.
The firm Of Albaagh 4 Haines, al Middle
burg. has been dissolved. Mr.. Albaugh has
removed to this city and Mr.. Haines goes to
Woodsboro', Frederick county, where be will
engage in the mercantile business.
Constable Matthews on Wednesday took
Thomas Massey, colored. Of this city, TO the
House Of Reformation for colored children,
he having been committed there as unmanage-
able BY Justice Crapsser. upon the oath Of his
parents.
On Wednesday afternoon, while Grove A.
Shipley's wagon, loaded with railroad ties,
was standing near the depot, this city, the
horses became frightened, tarKed the wagon.
upsetting the load and breaking the tongue OF
the wagoa- q
Prof Harmon NJ. Sage, a graduate of the
UNIVERSITY Of Rochester who was some time
ago appointed to the chair Of physical sciences
and latin in New Windsor College, arrived
at the Collegs tbs week and has entered upon
his duties.
Capt 1. F. Byers, Of the Baltimore Custom
House. formerly of this city. and once a nier-
chant 81 Uniontown. was voted the handsom-
est man in Baltimore at the Excelsior Cloth
ing House, and gets the suit Of clothesaward-
ed 70 the winner BY the Excelsior.
The SANDER SUN Of Mrs. Ann Newcomer vs..
Anthony Kean, which was tried in the circuit
court here, having been removed from Ale
gany county, has been settled, kean agreeing
to pay Mrs. Newcomer 81, 500. The jury here
had awarded Mrs. Newcomer $500
At the sale Of j. NJ 6ist, in Freedom dis
triet, on Wednesday, there was a fair attend
anee and prices we're good, some articles sell
ling for more than they could have been bought
for new. The farm, containing $50 acres.
was Withdrawn at bid Of SS9.25 per acre.
John Gibson, eolored, for beating his wife,
was fined 81 and costs on Thursday by Justice
CrapsteF. and placed under bonds of 500 for
good behavior. The Justice also informed
Gibson that If the occurrence ha.ehappened a
week later, he would have been given nine and
thirty lashes under the new law TO punish wife
heaters.
The Franklin county fair grounds at Cham
bersburg, Pa, have been divided into lots and
sold. A portion Of the grounds was bought
for the TAYLOR Works, Of this city, shortly 10
be removed 70 Chambersburg, and the bal
lance laid off into 90 lots, which were sold
last week for $14, 7sG-an average of about
SIS. SO each.
Ground has been broken for the new Meth
sodist Protestant parsonage, this city, on the
lot on Main street recently purchased of DIR.
J. W. Herring, and adjoining his residence.
II viii have front Of p feet and depth OF
about % feet, with back building. George
Leese is contractor.
On Wednesday noon last, the stable, slaugh-
ter house, ice house, pig pen, hogs and wagon
sofgohn Fresh. near Wakefield, were destroyed
by Gre. No one was home but Mrs. Fresh,
and she succeeded in saving the buggy. all
shat was saved of the property in the burned
buildings. II is supposed the FIRE was Of in
eenaiary s0ssgin.
wa have received from j. Frank Lewis 4
Co. bnkEshers, Baltimore, copy of the Ma
rvland Diraetory for 1882. This is a valuable
book of reference concerning the trades, pro
fessions and business generally, together with
the post-office address of leading farmers
throughout the State. Every business man
should have a copy.
Under the caption of a Big business,
William HARDWOOD, publishes the following adj
yertisement in one of the Annapolis papers
Having been some years in the business .Qi
Raising Chickens for my Neighbors. feeding
them in my garden on sugar corr, SlBe toma-
toes and Savoy eabbages, ] propose this sea
son to extend my business and share the
profits, feeding one-half for the other."
Jas. C. Davis, of TaneytOwn, now chief en-
crossing clerk Of the House of Delegates, on
the occasion of a visit of his wife to Annapo-
lis. u week OF tNO st%Of gave u btllluct " Ma
assistant clerks Subsequently the assistants
presented Mrs Davis with a silver cup and
some resolutions highly complimentary to Mr..
Davis. Mr. Davis seems to have made him
self quite popular among the employees Of the
House.
The Palmetto Yeoman, a daily paper of Co
lnmbia, South Carolina, in its edition OF
MARCH, 23d, thus announces the arrival there
Of citizen of Westminster THE man with
hooking bird whistles has arrived, and will
now open his stock in trade and will offer in
dncements to customers. This will do away
with cages and imprisoned canaries, and ena-
BILE every man to be his own mocking bird.
He don't advertise, and gives as the reason
that he blows his own whistle.
Edwin NJ Tompkins, of New Rochelle, n.
Y, brother-in-law of Mrs. b. q. Blanchard,
of this city, and father of Miss Frank Tomp-
kins who is well-known here, died on March
20, in the 10th year Of his age. Mr.. Tomp-
kins was man of fine business capacity, and
was a relative of Daniel ID. Tompkins, Gov
erRcs of New York in 1872, and Vice-Pres-
ident of the United States in 1917. Dur
ing the funeral services all the business places
in New Rochelle were closed as mark of re-
spect.
4 certificate of incorporation was on Tues
.day fled for record in the clerks Office of the
Baltimore City Circuit Court of the Maryland
Live Stock Mutual Aid Society, with VIM. l..
w. Seahrook, of Westminster, Clarence Sea-
brook, Ernest Rail, and Charles Quartley, of
Baltimore city, and Artemus Donelson, OF
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