The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-05-05
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1888.
LOCAL AFFAIFS-
IoeaI BreVities.

Tho nrnr. the cherry ana the pe"eh ""'
are lust peeping out ,.o
III, ~, 21 was rain. hail and snow on April ~
"a frost frost and ice on April 80.
''' n.;nn tbe storm on Saturday night las
p"'.h7b I;no on the old fair grounds was
blown down. o., c-ll
Sin more of the runners of the Clabaugf
Eie'1 l,ssnd through Westminster on Tues
Jay on the way to Pimlico' :.
urs Knight. who was recently declared III,
.,na was taken to Spring Grove Asylum last
Friday by Sheriff Thurman.
w. r Thomas is having a small frame
,.,u;nq erected on Charles street, corner OF
tbe alIey running from Green street.
-, hoy who is too feeble to turn up square
a., o Garden with 4 spade, will turn over
t ~ acre lot in no time after angle worms
Tbo Chumbersburg Democrat says that the
- r .inr Works are so full of orders that ihey
i lay working three nights in the week.
"'T Stewart Smith, rector of Ascension
n;,b this city. has received letter asking
r he would consider call to Eau Oiaire'
WISCONSIN. Mr.. Smith will not consider IT,
There was fremens ball at Odd Fellows
u.' Ian on Tuesday night. 1t was not largely
ittanJpd. owing to a surtelt OF amusement
recently.
,nhscribcr in Virginia writes, in paying
H., dues. .'Send that everwelcome AID
~ w ON. as it affords me so much proh'
and pleasure o.. w
Mr. H. H. Power took charge OF the West
;m,tor CIV Hotel last Tuesday. He Is now
h"sy cleaning up and repairing. Col. FOLK
i-rat,,rncd TO Baltimore.
The first National Bank of Gettysburg, Pa
L,s declared semi annual dividend OF 3 per
""nt and the Gettysburg National Bank OF
nrr cent. for the same time.
1.-THE spider taketh hold with her hands
and is in kings palace - And IN the peas
.,m, : cottage, The wise man might have added
rs every housekeeper can attest.
The Titfn. Ohio, Herald, Of April %, says
tba Forest Creek Mines. owned in part by DIR.
Georpe $. and Charles Yingling, formerly OF
Westminster. ''are showing up nicely"
p,uI Smith, son of Mr. John Smith, of the
West End. fell from ladder in his father s
Stable last Sunday morning, and had the mis-
fortune to have his right arm broken.
Westminster presents greater activity III
,be erection of business and dwelling houses
now than at any time perhaps In Its existence,
and the appearance of the place will be greatly
improved.
II Pace DYER. Franklin district, this coun-
~. has sold to VIM. Horn and Valentine Gosh
a acres of land, at $40 per acre, cash also
10 John Hood l47 acres of land, at 81 per
acre, cash.
4 letter from J. H. Faber, formerly of this
city, but now residing in Fredericksburg, Va,
to the ADVOCATE, said their family are well,
but that his father, Mr.. j. l.. Faber, had been
unwell during the entire winter.
Dr. J, Rinehart. of Frizellsburg, during the
recent smallpox scare, used 80 boxes OF II
mills each of vaccine virus, besides vacelnat;
inc a number of persons from crusts. There
are no cases of the disease in the county now
Mr.. Jesse l.. Hyde, formerly of this county
but now living near New Market, in the Shen'
andoah Valley. Va, writes to the ADVOCATE
that he and his family are well and prosper
inc. Crops in his section, he says, are splen
did.
The Middle Conference of the Maryland
q SYNOD of the Lutheran Church will meet al
4 Crcagerstown. Frederick county, on Monday
next. The Conference embraces Carroll ant
4 Frederick counties, and several churches II
Washington county and in West Virginia.
Alta meeting of the qualified members o
a the NJ. p. Church, held on Tuesday night last
i DIR. Charles Billingsea and Messrs. |. G.
4 Bale. Elias Yingling, r. B. Norment, +. n
4 Herr. Jesse Shrceve and w. l.. Seabrook
were elected stewards TO serve for one year,
The engineer corps of the Bachman Valley
Railroad have discontinued operations for the
present awaiting the adjustment OF some mat
ters Of financial character by the officials OF
the road About the 18th the corps expect
to resume field work and locate permanently
the line.
A subscriber in Hartford county writes: Il
enclose herewith - to pay subscription to
your valuable paper which is anXiously looked
for every week would not do without II
for twice the subscription, as it brings me
face to face with many friends and acquain'
tances i'll old Carroll, the banner county.
Terence Boylan, brother of Dennis and
James Boyan of this city, sailed from Ireland
on the 18th Of April. reached New York OF
Sunday and arrived in this city on Tuesday
last. Mr. Boylan's family, numbering eight
persons, was accompanied by two young la
dies, who had been neighbors in the old
country,
Speaking of the present cold spring reminds
a citizen of Freedom district that in 1852 q
snow storm occurred in May, in which snow
fell to the depth Of five inches. A neighbol
htched up his sleigh and took drive of three
miles. He could not remember the precise
date of the snow fall, but corn was up some
inches
Gruber's "Hagerstown Almanack' is al
authority in Western Maryland. The sun may
Inn ,rubo
wrong, however, on Ascension Day this time
fixing it on Wednesday, the I'd of May, in
stead of Thursday, the Sd. As many people
observe the day here, it led them into error
Artemiu>. son of Philip AFTER, deceased, o
Silver Run, died suddenly on the 18th ultimO
while sitting in chair. He was aged A.
years, months and % days, and had been al
Invalid nearly all his life. On that day, at l:
o clock, m, his fathers personal propert.
was sold, and just as the sale began he wa
found dead in his chair.
Na:c, talk prevails to large extent il
lnlS city, and many persons have signifies
lhelr Intention of introducing it into thei
residences and business places. 1t will b
found great convenience both as sanitar
and labor saving medium. In the dry seaso
II will be found available in keeping the du S
uoWn, and allowing business places to be KEEP
open without damage to stock, as is now tn
case Let us have water.
Rev. DR.. Isaac Nicholson. of Philadelphia
mas received so many letters asking him t
reconsider his declination of the Episcopa
p!Shoprc of Indiana that he believes it to b
DIS duty to do so. He has, therefore, re
9SGSted the standing committee of the Dioces
pI Indiana to defer for time all action on hi
ltIier OF destinations; and he will soon pay
VISIT to Indianapolis in order that he may Sc
MS duty IN the matter more clearly.
Mr. Daniel Shoemaker, of Union Bridge
I T curiosity in the shape of a powder horn
It was present to Mr.. S. IS grandfather, ant
,as. carved on it the initials and date-W. d.
TO- The carving on the horn represent
1 WV landscapes, one on each side of the horn
while the sun shines on one the moon an
sarS shine on the other. A river, on whic
are number of ships, and on whose bank
ore sixteen castles, towers, &C., seem to con
nsct these different parts ofthe world by run
hlls around the large end of the horn. Thi
nUrh Is sixteen inches long measured with tn
SSutve, and three inches in diameter at tn
~ Du1I The carving is the work of an artist a
peil as sculptor, and is rare piece of work
Ilr' D. also has his grandfathers gun, said t
r. over one hundred years old.-Libert
Mn ihree weeks ago Edward Tully and Joshu
'AuilY, the vnnno mon from Raltimoro n,