The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
SATURDAY, JUNE %, lSS".
oCAL AFFAIRS.
ooaI RreVitieS,

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=. T Washington, D. C., tomorrow,
N " ",'r Cornelius Dubois, of Wilmington
Hai !. visiting friends in this city,
pei,' i = rroIar, the enterprizing merchant
A la:I'nnj IS building grain elevator.
al l,", w,,,m;nster Brass Band will have Il
inS 1r IN Relic Grove Square, on July !.
'. r, ~. will be Il moonlight picnic on the
I nc If Winters dam this Saturday night.
BAUM nD T,o;on Bridge Band will hold pic mic
Inc Inc woods of &. S. Haines, Esq, on July
4'| ,c.,, Dorson who took Blind Billy War
IL 'ne i Po; i through with it he would like
III, to return IT.
"I nn and after Monday, July ?, single do
,,astic money order may be issued 1or any
ms ssnnt from cent to 500.
TIo nortb corner of the fire department
i ~: which cracked some time since, has
,'.n torn away and will be rebuilt.
r.or.,, l.. Reagle has sold his farm, 49,
wv, ,3;tu.ted two miles south of Manchester,
ac'T Honry Smith. of York county, Pa, for
Sl.7OO.
u,.s awarded gOlu lheudi loi 0A|oii9hIS liz
,," ,i at St. George Hall school, near kels-
tprStOwn.
( Git, civil engineer. is to run rail
a. line from Hoffman Mills i'll Baltimore
l" ,nn,v to Alesia. this county, on the Baltl-
more 4 Ohio railroad
,,iIroad is talked Of between Sam S
r,.ak and Woodbine, on the Baltimore and
ohio Railroad Several capitalists are will
Gno TO back the enterprise.
The diplomas distributed to the GRADUATE
;o, class at Western Maryland College were
written by Mr.. Burnett. of Burnett y Eaton
gnsiness College, Baltimore.
p,v Jas, K. gladden. having appointed an
III J,v meeting at Stone Chapel for Sunday
".yt the appointment is revoked in conse-
"rrnce of the illness of his mother.
There will be an excursion to Washington
.bmt july 18th. under the direction of
Westminster Lodge No. Al, /. o. NJ.
Scbedule of time and rates will be given
soon.
Douglass b. Smith, Esq. of this city, has
inferred into quasi partnership with Henry
r Gibson, Esq. of Wall street, New York,
.or the practce Of law and general collection
business
The ApyorATE returns thanks to Mr.. j.
N Horst, proprietor of the Maryland Bakery,
his city, late of Baltimore, for a large and a
number of smaller cakes. They were very
nice indeed
4 letter from Jewsburg was received too
lat. for publication last week. Besides, the
writer's name was not appended. eshouid
IKE to hear from the correspondent again,
mt must have the name.
The roof was taken off the Franklin House,
Manchester. last Tuesday morning, and IA
strong force of mechanics are at work and
will have the additional story on and under
roof. by Saturday evening.
Rev. b. +. Benson, of New Market, Fred
rriek county, has been elected Vice Presi-
dent Of Western Maryland College and pro-
lessor OF bellies letters. in the place of Prof
feorge Deyilbiss, resigned.
Mr.. j. Ezra Stem, son of David E. Stem,
Esq, of Sam 5 Creek, graduated at Eaton X
Barnett'S Business College, Baltimore, this
month. and Is now assisting his father in the
popular store at Sam Creek.
Daniel Stull from Uniontown or Union
Bridge neighborhood, died at the Aims
House ON Thursday night, aged about SO
wears Several years ago insurance specula-
tors carried large number of policies
upon him.
Mr.. ID. X. Este Fisher, son of Judge VIM.
l. Fisher, of Baltimore, n native of this
r@nty graduated at Princeton, on Wednes-
,ay. standing among the first in his class.
lie will enter the law school in Baltimore,
ibis fall
Wm. Stewart, the colored man who robbed
Nr. Abram Stoner of $500, was taken last
Friday 10 the field where he hid the pocket
book, and it was found buried about six
inches under the surface. Mr.. StOner's safe
KEYS were ia it.
After reading the article on the Old Union
Church in last week ADVOCATE, lady
authorized us to say she would contribute
fifty dollars towards restoring the old build
ny This is Il good start, BOW let the move
memt begin in earnest.
Under an apportonment Of the state pubic
school fund Just made, Carroll will get 3d.
1885 for white. and S29l.S8 for colored
schools Howard county, 81 ,847. Ii for white
and Sj64.2j for colored Frederick county
Sj.5lS3j for white and SS72.07 for colored !;
Baltimore county IS, 962. % for white and ST.
l2s. II for colored
Chas /. Refsnider, as attorney and agent,
sold on Saturday last the following real estate
belonging to John McCollum, lying partly in
this and partly in Baltimore county, near
Glen Falls Station Al acres, with good i'm
proyements, to W. H. Starr. at S57 per acre;
to the same Il acres, at $50 per acre; to
Lewis Fowble l. acres. at S29. 25 per acre
Total $}.2l5.25.
OF Mr. v
Nantz new building. The corner stone of
sl&shlc bearing Mr.. VS.. monogram and the
date 1888, was laid on Wednesday. In it were
placed bank checks, money, business cards,
copies Of the advocate" Sentinel" &c.,
Mr.. W. r. Dashields of Baltimore, one Of
The most skillful workers in his line, is laying
the pressed brick front of the building.
=, This was commencement week at Western
Maryland College, and the entire population
OF Westminster, as well as faculty and stu
uehtS, took an interest in the exercises as
usual. Students are now on their way to
iaeir homes III various states, beside Mary
and-sOme to spend the summer vacation
merely; others to enter into the busy scenes
Vi HE, having finished their school days.
II VINO Is he? Don't all speak at once. The
hanover Herald of Saturday last says "A
prominent farmer of Carroll county, Md, who
nas been in the habit Of skipping the toll
sate on the Baltimore pike, beyond the Gem
S7sry, was brought before squire recently by
s a,e toiI collector and the little matter cost
pluto. Of course, he will pay toll regularly
hereafter, and not skip around the toll
YIN. Stewart and Charles Dorsey, the
e'l"red men whose arrest in Harrisburg, Pa,
T4s hotleed last week, had hearing before
Justice u. W. Crapster on Wednesday and
we're sent to Jail in the default Of 81 900 bail
e esGG' the first for robbing Mr.. Abram Stoner,
u CmOn Bridge, of $500, and the other as
accessory after the fact. 1t will be FIVE
a months before the grand jury can act on the
chargeS against them.
Inc wheat crop in Carroll is looking well
w. wv mere Is tendency in most wheat to run
" araW while it bears mulberry head.
Jaua0t our farmers institute experiments to
1Ga a the straw and lengthen the head
o on ,he etoptiaent Of Europe they have sue
S So IN producing wheat, the straw about
:? inches, the heads about 8 inches. The
!eld OF such wheat is about 60 bushels to the
acre Can'tw achieve similar results here
": M regular comHVaieation of Door tt
r rlH'ue Lodge No. 46, A. Z. 4. NJ, helc
thursday evening, the following officers were
TWecIed: VIM. A. Cunningham IRE elected)
n ~; Rev. j. Stewart Smith, S. W.; Geo
g. Lynch, J. W.: VIM. Moore (re-electedl
TTe o Rev. James W. Reese (re-elected)
a a55easSarer: Frank 4, Cunningham (appoint
en-. o. ~; dos. }. Leese (appointed), ). L, u.