The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-30
SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1883.
AFFAIRS
TocaI RreVitieS.

After tou
not DC ~. zr;onItural Board has decided not to
Inc Inc ar fa;r at Gettysburg this year.
hOa d 'a, Hotel and New Windsor College
10 Filing fing up with summer DoarderS:
arc pnr H. W. Kuhns, of this city, will preach
rev me.da m city tomorrow, Sunday
III re T,no % the First National Bank of
On ' ;ube had SlSS, 1880 on deposit.
"s ,r Carrie Irwin, of Goochland county,
MISS O% Is visiting relatives in this city.
'T N.Y. T,niop National Bank of this city has
;,, declared semi-annual dividend OF iouf
per cent ofwostm;rstor have aqreed
i liosa their places of business on the Fourth,
% Wednesday.
'' Wr Fisher Reese and family, of New York,
NJ ! Lorp this week to remain during the
a sGmner months.
sun T,n rates for postal money orders go into
We We" Monday. On October LIST letter pos
. .'ra will be two cents.
" ~. Westminster FIGURING Mills have closed
un,I after harvest, and some repairing Will
G@Jone in the meantime.
I..Lo Miss Hilda Grass has left for Har
i-., on Del. ON a visit to her sisters, Mrs.
T 1E" r and Mrs. r. Seeders Hyde.
rr Wm +. Causev, secretary of state of
I Iyn,ro - naid a visit last week to Col. VIM.
l y p,Il his cousin, of Freedom district.
:, robn's Catholic Church, this city, has
." handsomely frescoed, and the pews and
, [5r I, wood work are now being reprinted.
W. Charles R. Favour, of Sykesville, at
,,ndad the ceremonies at the unvelllng OF
Ias's statue at Lexington, Virginia, on thurs
day.
T,s;s the busiest season of all the year on
tho farm. The hay, the wheat harvest and
,I I corn demand the prompt est attention, and
Gre the farmer no rest.
Mrs and Miss MolIie Hoppe will spend
do simmer ut Union Bridge. Mrs. Hoppe
h." rented her dwelling and furniture to Mr..
William j. Fink Of Baltimore.
Tho second nine of the Westminster Base
Rail Association defeated the Patapsco nine
last Saturday by. a score OF % TO 0l' on 'he
,moppds of the former in this city.
Opite number of persons will go to Cape
Nav this morning to stay until after the
Fonrth There will be many attractions there,
including concerts and military displays.
The Westminster Band and Fire Depart
ment will have a torch-hght parade on the
Nh of july. The regular meeting of the Fire
DEPARTMENT will be held the same night.
Tutber NJ. Kuhns, son Of Rev. H. W.
Enbs. of this city, graduated at the Penn
,yIgana College, Gettysburg, this week. The
>9Lirct of his graduating Grafton was ''Unity
Of PHYSICAL Forces"
Rev. 4. S. Weber, pastor of St. Paul and
Erder Reformed Churches, will be received
into the Maryland Chassis this Saturday af-
rrmoon. and will be installed as pastor at st.
hul'S Church tomorrow morning.
Dr. George S. Fouke and Mr.. William B.
Thomas went to Shepherdstown, W. Va, this
week on fishing excursion. The rain drove
them home before any serious damage was
done to the stock of fish in the Potomac.
The Westminster Forest and Stream Club
held its final meeting before going into camp
on Thursday night. All arrangements have
been made, and the camp will be opened on
the 9TH of July to members and visitors.
James A. c. Bond and James McSherry,
as trustees of Calvin B. Anders, of Double
Pine Creek. sold on Wednesday last the
dwelling and lot of ground to John Weybright
for $2975 The mill property was not sold.
Nr. W. T. Dixon aud family, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is visiting relatives near Patapsco: Mr..
Dixon is a native of Calvert county, Md. but
has been living in the West since his youth.
He is confident of Democratic success in Ohio
in October.
The house of Mr.. A. H. Robertson, No. rs
MARYLAND avenue, Baltimore, well known III
Ibis city, was entered by burglars one day last
week, during the absence of the family.
Nothing was taken, but the thieves had broken
open drawers, wardrobes, NC.
Several of the windows in Centenary NJ. +.
Church, this city, have been broken recently
by stones. supposed to have been thrown by
rubber sings. If boys will use these danger
Gus toys, they should be made to respect
property or suffer the consequences.
Wheat harvest began in this county on Mon
day, though some fields were cut around on
Saturday The heavy and continuous rains
have interGcred very much with the harvest,
and the 4th Of July will probably find a part
Of the crop uncut. The yield this year will
be very good
The Baltimore papers some days ago an
n9unced that a fast express train would be
pet upon the Western Maryland Railroad this
more, stopping only at Penmar, Union Bridge
and Westminster. The train has not been
ldi on yet. and nothing is known here of it.
Mr. r. Charles Matthews, of this city, was
presented a few days ago, by friend in Har-
ns5urg, Pa, pair of beagle dogs, of pure
imported stock The beagle is a rare animal
IN tins section, though quite numerous on the
Eastern Shore. They are regarded as the
Oest rabbit hunters, and are small, muscular
and swift
The County Commissioners have awarded
iae contract to build an iron bridge over the
ralapSco at Carrollton to the Pittsburg Bridge
company at S7S9.12; and the contract for an
iron bridge, with flooring, over Allaway' S
VFeek, laneytown district, to the same COM
pahy at 81, l50.72. The contract to do the
Masonry tllng, Nc, was awarded to John
hdlnger at S42O
The State Teachers Association will meet
AZ ~, Ocean City, Nd, from July 10th to 18th.
ne pnrser Of the Eastern Shore Steamboat
EgOmPany has issued certificates emitting pub
~ school teachers who shall present them to
EuIcAase rOund-trip excursion tickets from
;naIlmore and return, from July 9Th to 18th
inclusive, for the sum of $3.50, including re-
'',n coupons good until July goth.
The first students graduated at Western
maryland College in 1871, and altogether 1873
nave graduated at the institution-72 females
anu Ol males. One of the females and three
o " me males have since died. Twenty-three
~,ne females are married. Six Of the grad
j ja'es are ministers, three are doctors, one
o ae5'isti SIX are lawyers, some are teachers,
N'I 1'1erS are occupied in various pursuits.
"a a Coo-tail match game of baseball was
RsYyyea on Thursday afternoon between the
toung America" and the third nine OF the
isSOelanon. The full nine innings were
paved ry, time q hours. The Young Americas
1 JoL .oy score of AZ to 26. The winning
Suo Is made up of small boys, while the third
tG IaT ! "a composed of men. We congratulate
n min Joys. and suggest that they play the first
d., Inc Westminster Theological Seminary of
s she Methodist Protestant Church had fifteen
V ;ueils last session, The Mississippi, North
TaAsSlppI, Pennsylvania, West Tennessee,
ss'Hessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Con-
to'enceG OF the NJ. P. Church have all resolved
At t SSOa'floate to the support of the Seminary
H. ,ne v rate Of ten cents for each member.
%s maryland Conference is the chief sup
FO,Ier OF the institution.
best ~ :. JOS Wilson, of this place, makes the
EJ. ne cream in the county Union Bpfdge
maj We challenge that remark and de-
maI Iu the proof it. While Mr.. Wilson may
troa;. ICE cream equal to the nectar and am