The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
SATURDAY, OCTOBER p, 1882.

Local Brevities.


lanes A. C. Bond, Esq, is enlarging and
improving his law office.
Cbestnuts were selling at one dollar peck
:, Westminster this week.
Thore is talk of dancing school in the
Told and sober town of New Windsor.
Those farmers who are late gathering in
La;r corn will be tenants on shares to the
crows.
rnion Bridge is proud of her street lamps.
what she most needed, at night especially,
was light
Thomas Eek, of Taneytown, started for
Now York on Monday, whence he will sail for
South America.
Jobn Wantz, of Pleasant Valley, has gone
% Illinois ON a visit to his sons. He will be
absent some time.
ADemocratic meeting will be held at Union
BRIDGE next Thursday night, and another
meeting at Westminster Friday night
From Shellmans Book Store we have re-
c.ivad Yennor's Almanac for 1888. 1t has
Lpen especially prepared for the United
States.
Many citizens ofthis city and county attend
Cd the fair at Hagerstown this week. Hotel
recommendations were short and some did not
stay as long as they intended.
On Wednesday last Mr.. A. j. Easton, living
ON the Washington road, presented the ADyo-
CATE with some choice Baldwin apples, a
sample of his crop of one hundred bushels.
Constable Joshua Lee, of Freedom, lodged
in iail here on Thursday Bob Beckwith, com
mitted by Justice Elgin, of Franklin district,
in default of fine under the ''cussing bill"
The scholarship in Western Maryland Col
A nty Hn nt
Inv the resignation of Miss Emma Abbott, has
been awarded to Miss Alma Duvall, of An
napOliS.
Mr.. C. f. Weigandt, formerly of this city,
but now residing in Baltimore, has presented
a fine painting to the building fund of the Bish-
ON Nottingham memorial church in that city.
1t is landscape and represents scene on the
Rhine.
Opena concerts, given by Wizard Oil ped
dIers. drew large crowds in Westminster on
Monday aud Tuesday nights. The concerts
were good, and a great many people thought
the oil was, and many bottles were sold at a
dollar apiece.
The Iinganore Guards, from Unionville,
will visit Union Bridge to-day, as the guests
of the Drum Corps, and after parade will
lunch in Leeds Park, and after lunch the
Cornet Band will enliven the occasion by per-
forming some Of its stirring airs.
Mr. George Il. Gehr, Cashier of the first
National Bank, this city, left with us on We'd
nesday some English Walnuts which grew on
his property. This year he gathered about a
peck and half of fine size nuts from his tree.
Last year it bore over half a bushel.
Mr.. John F. Rinker, at Carrollton station,
brought to this office on Monday some samples
of the products of his garden. One was an
egg plant weighing A pounds, and the other
was club of Hercules gourd, feet inches
long, and measuring IA inches IN circumter-
ence.
There was very pleasant surprise party at
the residence of Mr.. Airhart Winters, near
this city, on Wednesday evening. About
twenty-f five couples were present from West
minister and surrounding country, and dancing
was INDUCED in until about half-past one,
with an intermission for refreshments.
That beautiful vagrant of the skies, the
comet, is travelling away from the sun at the
rate of two and a-half millions OF miles per
day, and in about two weeks it will be invisible
10 the naked eve, wandering off to return in
eight or nine years, according to the compu-
tations made at the Harvard observatory.
Hon. Edward Hammond, Associate Judge
of this judicial circuit, died at his residence at
Ellicott City on Thursday afternoon, aged II
years. He had been in failing health for a
year or more, and was stricken with paralysis
about ten days ago. Judge Hammond was
highly esteemed as a christian gentleman and
an upright and able judge.
Col. Alonzo w. Slayback, of St. Louis, who
was shot and killed on Friday evening of
last week, by Col Cockerill, editor of the
Post Dispatch, of that city, an account Of
which is given elsewhere, was brother-in-
law of DR.. Bond, of st. Louis, who is brother
of Jas. A. c. Bond, Esq, of this city. Mr.;
Bond was acquainted with Col. Slayback, and
on Monday morning last received letter from
him, the last, perhaps, he ever penned.
Mr.. VIM. Bouldin, editor of the Frederick
Times, and Miss Bette Richie, third daugh-
ter of Hon. John Richie, were married on
Thursday morning at All Saints Protestant
Episcopal Church, Frederick, in the presence
of a large assembly. Among those present
were Judge Maulsby and wife of this city.
The ADVOCATE tenders its congratulations to
Mr.. Bouldin, and wishes him and his bride
all the joy, happiness and prosperity vouch-
sated to mortals.
The registers of voters of Carroll county
met in this city on Monday last to interchange
views in regard to their charges for regstra-
ton services. They do not think that S92, or
81 per day for the % days of registration, is
sufficient pay, because they were engaged for
ten or twelve days putting up posters, drawing
off and posting lists, &c. Like the registers
elsewhere they will not take S92 each, the
amount the comptroller and attorney general
have decided they are entitled to, but will
bring suit if not paid what they think their
services are worth-S4 per day for actual SER
vices.