The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-04
AFFAIRS
Local BreVitieS.

y.xt Tuesday week will be Valentine day.
h Franklin county, Pa, there are ID pub
T.. sales announced.
q1., rebuarv term of the Circuit Court
ln, ON Monday week-the 18th.
" +, TYLER has purchased the butcher shop
.,J fyturcs and the route of John IL. Somer-
ylle in this city
NJ Iocob Gore. Of Calvert county, and DR..
I,ma. H, Frazer and sister, of Cecil county,
an, visiting in this city.
Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of
H., C,rrnU County Agricultural Association
,.a he held in this city on Tuesday next.
Cbas. T.. Reifsnider, Esq, and family have
,na to Baltimore to spend month or two.
5Ia Rrifnider. however. will be at his of
fo, here every day. to attend to his law bnsi-
ness.
,bont two inches of snow fell on Saturday
and twelve inches on Tuesday. The latter
G,nsbed the first Sleighing of the winter and
be merry tinklc of the bells was quite enliv-
rling.
The Beaver farm. containing 103 acres, sit
,strJ on the Rristerstown pike, about two
miles below this city. was sold on Saturday
i,st 10 Peter b. MikrScll. at $685. per acre
S9G9S.G0.
Mr. George 4. Fickinger, of Taneytown,
Indtwcnty-SiX Plymouth Rock chickens stolen
fw NIGHTS since. out of his flock of thirty
rro, Mr.. Flickengcr had Il short time pre-
yiops refused dollar apiece for his chickens.
Between twenty and thirty young gentlemen
and ladies of this city had Il sleighing party to
IttlcStown on Wednesday evening. They had
supper at the IIarner House, followed by a
dance. and arrived home again about o clock
Thursday morning.
Quite an ENJOYABLE evening was spent at the
bospitabIr residence Of Mr.. &. B. Halves, near
his city. bya number of young gentlemen and
ladies' Of this city and vicinity on Monday last.
Dancing and other amusemcnts were INDUCED
in until about midnight
4 special dispatch from the Arctomys Mo-
uly Ground hog to the ADVOCATE, on Thurs
diy states that he was out on that day and
took observations. He found that certain
wood piles were large, that poultry still roost-
ed high and that the croquet stays had made
no preparations for their usual sport, and con-
cluded that there must be six weeks more Of
winter weather.
Dr. Charles \. Leas, of Glyndon, Col. Jas.
Fcnnrr Lee, \. p. Carey, owner Of the Olive
bars. and George \. Power, manager of
the Western Maryland Dairy, were in Annap
oils this week. to secure the passage of a bill
to have a milk inspector. The bill, among
other things. provides against the sale of swill
milk and against feeding slop to cows.
There is probability ofthe Taylor Manu-
featuring Company, of this city, moving its
shops to Hanover. Pa. Michael Schall, of
York Pa. who is the principal owner, pro
posed 10 move the shops to Hanover provided
the citizens there would subscribe SO, 200 to
its capital stock and give bonus of $4,000
besides. The stock has been subscribed but
,hcrc is some difficulty in getting the $1,000,
though it is believed it will be raised.
For the past month a case of smallpox has
been reported to exist in this section. Some
fines it is located on the Reisterstown pike,
near Carrollton. sometimes on the Washing
ion road. sometimes in Union street, in this
city, and sometimes on Green street. No one
has been able to locate it definitely, and none
Of the physicians of the city know anything of
it, 1t seems to be Of Il harmless kind, at
least. as from it the disease has not spread.
The Marksvile. Louisiana, Bulletin, of Il
recent date. records the arrival in that place
Of ''Roddy. the bird whistle man, who is
visiting relatives there. a letter from ROddy
to the ADVOCATE states that he expects to at
tend the Florida state fair, and will then make
his way slowly back to Westminster again.
Roddy SAYS. also, that he cannot get the
hang OF southern politics, and he would
like some Returning Board to return him to
Maryland.
There will be considerable change among
dry goods clerks in Westminster next month.
Nr. j. Frank Brnkerhotf. who has charge of
the boot, SHOE hat. cap and clothing depart
ment of Orndorff Il Sharrer's double store,
will 90 to Gettysburg; Mr.. Jesse Sharrer Of
the dry goods department will 90 to Baltimore,
and Mr.. b. +. Weishampcl, who is in charge
Of the dry goods department of G.. W. Al.
baagh,S Grand Depot" corner Of Main and
Colr streets. will return to Baltimore.