The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-07-14
saturday, JULY IA, 1888.
o1AL AFFAIRS.
IocaI BreVities.


T.. FIRST cantaloupes of the season were IN
,, IKE yesterday ,,,a - wostmin
'% Il. lanes Biggs has had new roof put
MI his dwelling and store
lPo s W Westminster Brass Band realized about
I3 s,m their their festivals last week.
Sv,OD W., p Maulsby, of this city, has
CO. , "n in the Johns will case.
ofH GU ADAMS, examiner, was here on the
Uf'OL o. be week, examining the national
Spart oil 'l'' "''
'l%' .r.tor works are progressing finely,
The way, hands are wanted. Pipe-laying
n u. 5egun on Tuesday.
~ y. Trusten Polk, of Freedom district,
I q; cor killed by lightning during the storm
l .t Friday afternoon.
~ r,,tminster now has seven trains daily
VS. 1~ar Two each way are express trains,
sln ,; NE; only at important stations.
% 9r Il W. Kuhns, of Westminster, will
% ,E to.morrow Sunday at st. Paul
JB5I GIIqire'sD. near Reisterstown.
'" rr Comfy Democratic Central Committee
iH MI Lv notice elsewhere, to meet in this
Eca,'Wy Monday morning, July %, at 10 O clock.
"3 r. Westminster Forest and Stream Club
I a.J their camp on the Monocacy on Mon
I w. The boys say there Is lots OF fun IN
'' IT., Westminster first nine is getting little
' M ,r.ctice. and they will make it little
n''u' ;ntaresting for the Chambersburg nine
gben they meet again.
S,ont able bodied tramps are passing
.,,oncb our town, begging from door to door,
-Ion there is general cutlery for laborers, and
te people feed them!
rrom Col. Wesley W. Garner, of Columbus
H.. lava, we have received pamphlet en-
:I!j tbp assessed Valuation of Railroad
p.,n in the State of Iowa"
Tho corn crop of this county is very prom
;nr everywhere. The best field in the coun-
r" s5orbons, is that of Mr. Theodore Englar,
~ :,r This city. which is in tassel and shooting.
rforts are being made to have the mail to
p,n;more in the morning sent by the S.27
,,,aod of the 1905 train. This would be a
.oI change. and we hope it will be effected.
Mr. Frank Brown shipped from Sykesville
l.t Wednesday 600 bushels of new wheat,
-om his Springfield estate. Mr.. Brown OBJ
,Snnj from 30 to 10 bushels Of wheat per acre
ibis year.
The Democratic Club of Freedom will meet
d Masonic Hall, near Freedom, next Satur-
Lv afternoon at o clock. \ full meeting is
Jr,irpd, and every Democrat in the district
biayited to be present.
Three garter snakes and a black snake have
-ccplv been discovered, at different times
and places, in the eastern part of Westmin-
s.r The cats destroy these reptiles when
art they encounter them.
Westminster, said visitor, "always pre-
ppts a bright, CHEEKY aspect" The reason
fit is. that it is kept we'll painted. Its
,olses nearly all have a clean, fresh appear
mcp. giving an air of cleanliness to the town.
Dr. E. Lincoln Brown, of New Windsor,
lied on Monday last, and was buried at Pipe
Creek Westinghouse on Wednesday. He was
aged gentleman and was held in very high
esteem.
Mr. Percy Shriver, near this city, cut with
i~lfbinder 12O acres of wheat last week.
The wheat was heavy and is said to be the
bs crop raised on the farms. The wheat
80, raised on the farms of the late Augustus
ll David II. Shriver.
Mr.. Slice, agent of the Columbia bicycles,
and professional bicyclist, will be in West
Elaer to-day Saturday.. He is represent
daa very expert rider, performing difficult
fats, and will give an exhibition of his skill
Hla here. very likely at the baseball
pounds in the afternoon.
Application has been made to the Governor
tr a pardon for Levi Nusbaum, who was
eHtenced to the penitentiary for eightyears at
he May term, 1879, of the circuit court OF this
county, for abducting Il young girl by the
lame Of Iinglmg. The Governor will con-
slg the case on or after July 10.
The pond on the farm of Judge Smith, near
ibis city, has been stocked with trout, between
fifteen and twenty thousand being put in there
ca Monday 1t is hoped that these fish will
not be disturbed, and that all persons will
Keep away from the pond this summer. Per
sous caught at the pond will be prosecuted as
jTySIaSSerS.
Astatemeut Of the business operations and
financial condition of the corporation of West
n0dcr shows that -, 1862. 30 of taxes were
collected. and the expenses were 81. 684.27.
lhe assets are -. IA. As and the indebtedness,
far as aSccraincd So, 244.57. In other
S0rls the city has an Indebtedness, above
assets of SS3009.
Joshua Mulley. who was arrested with Ed
ward luIley here on Easter Monday and COM
al'ed to Jail upon the charge of being a
common thief, and who was discharged by
Judge lellott, was committed in Baltimore
Oh Sunday for robbing a house on German
@et Saturday night of $50 in money and ST.
Worth Of clothing.
!, There will be Sunday school jubilee in
W. Jesse Bale grove, near New Windsor,
aaI saturday, the Dist, commencing at 9 a.
a. Y; The Presbyterian and NJ. E. Sunday
SlooIs OF New Windsor and other schools of
,t circuit will participate. If the weather
S rIId prove untavorable, the jubilee will be
"aQ on the following Monday.
Wheat harvest began in this county on Mon
Wy. ~y June 18th, though few fields were cut
%Ouaa on the 25d. While the bulk of the
::P was cut last week, harvesting has been
s :"nE on all this week, and few farmers will
, ru' a1lsh before tonight. Thus harvest ex-
"aD'u over period of three weeks.
d, "a thursday last a new train was placed
PsI tae Western Maryland Railroad, leaving
~ ~;a.Inore at $50 p. H., Glyndon 4:34, West
n,rs'er 9:Oj, New Windsor 500, Mechanics
Ia,n &19, arriving in Hagerstown at 6:55.
t n,a.es hagerstown at GAO a. M, Mechanics
S ScH 1856, New Windsor 8:12, Westminster
Ic,'Vlyndon9, arriving in Baltimore at 9:45.
s, Unstable John A. Macintosh yesterday
any, injured u Charles Walters, colored, who was
III I =, Il the prisoners who escaped from the
Cs srt rs gettysburg on the 4th of July. He was
q Tsa' s up the pike toward Littlestown,
Ec5a. Or eight miles from this city. Walters
Tbit aaged with larceny, and escaped with a
r5i % maj. man. They were pursued and the
sri 3' man I, re,amested, Walters succeeding in