The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-17
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Il, 1883.
Local BreYitieS.

this year.
Tho sending of valentines in this city was
mostly confined to children.
Westminster huckster took 2l5 dozen o
..,,rs TO Baltimore on Thursday.
Mr. John H. Keene, of this city, has pur
chased two lots in Waynesboro Pa.
The I'niontown Band has received dona
firms within year amounting to S7O7.9O.
The ADVOCATE is indebted to Mr.. II. B.
Iitcshew for several Hannibal, Mo-, papers
An egg laid by Houdan hen was brought
TO this office on Thursday, which was 7!X6i
4 inches.
Ouite Il number of citizens of this city and
county will attend the Frederick carnival next
Thursday
The public sale season is upon us, and the
voice of the auctiOneer will soon be waking
the echoes.
Mr.. Chas. J.. Yingling, formerly of West
minister, but now of Tittin, Ohio, is now on a
visit to this city.
A boom in town lots has broken out al
Wavnesboro, Pa, which has extended ever
to Westminster.
Mr.. Peter j. Little, formerly of Freedom,
this county, died in Baltimore, on the Bird in
slant. aged "a years.
On Saturday last three double deck car
loads of hogs and car load of COWS were
shipped from Linwood.
According to our Sykesville correspondent
the crop of candidates in Freedom district this
wear promises to be large.
John Sholl. of Silver Run, killed two pigs,
) months and days old, one weighing l57
and the other ia pounds.
Vim. p. and Elias n. Gardner, executors,
sold on Monday last house and lot on the
Washington Road to Jacob Hollenbaugh, for
222j.
Mr.. Charles c. Gorsuch, Of the firm of n.
Gorsuch & Son, of this city, on Monday
last was elected a member of the Baltimore
ctv Corn and Flour Exchange.
\ converted jew, Prof. Ryder, of Balti-
more. is announced to preach tomorrow
Sunday morning and evening at the Presby-
terrain Church at New Windsor.
gentleman from Union Bridge was in
Westminster on Thursday, exhibiting the
model of patent hens nest. 1t is simple in
design and a valuable invention.
The Nchodemus property, in this city, pur-
chased BY Mr. John W. Nelson, is on Main
street. two doors from the residence OF DIR.
Butler instead of on Union street.
On account of the illness of Mr.. Jacob
Bankard, one of the bailitfs of the Court,
Chas. W. Webster, Esq, was appointed to
fill his place during the February Term.
Some valuable city property is advertised
IN the ADVOCATE, also Il valuable mill and
water-power at Carrolton station, besides
other property. Read the advertisements.
Ephraim w. Warner has sold to Chas. W.
Slagel, Of Baltimore, his warehouse and
switch and two acres of land at Llneboro sta
ton. Baltimore Hanover Railroad. Price
$1,000.
Not a day passes without one or more new
subscribers being added to the ADVOCATE
substitution list. subscriber remarked the
other day that the ADVOCATE gave all the
news, and he had no use for daily.
Mr.. Thomas c. Browns condition is grad
uallv getting worse, and very little hope OF his
recovery is entertained. His right side has
been paraIized and he has had several con,
WILSON'S within the past three or four days.
An elocutionist of much merit will give
readings at Odd Fellows Hall next Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings. An exchange
saws it is worth a 20-mle ride to hear him
read How Rubenstine Played the Piano"
The Maryland Conference of the NJ. p.
Church meets in this city on March 18th.
During its sessions daily paper will be pub
lished by a member of the Conference. The
paper will be printed at the ADVOCATE office.
On the 9TH inst Mrs. Peter Smith, near
Taneytown, was successfully operated upon by
DR.. Rculing of Baltimore, for abScess on the
eve since which time she has been very much
improved. Prior to the operation she was
nearly blind.
Snow began falling about six o clock on
Saturday evening, and attained depth OF
about four inches during the night. A few
sleighs were out on Sunday, though rain fell
during most Of the day. There has been very
little sunshine for about two weeks past.
Capt A. Billingslea has bou Int of Mr.. Geo.
r. Gchr his dwelling on the corner of Green
and Centre streets, this city, for $3.50 MIR.
Gchr proposes building on Belle Grove
Square, and Capt. Billingslea will occupy his
new purchase about the first of April.
On the first page of the ADVOCATE this
morning will be found poetry, pretty story,
an exercise i'll pronunciation, an article on the
Black Death one on the methods of torture,
one on fashionable woods, and Others On
the fourth page an article on Curious
Things.
The Dunkards of Baltimore county have
renicd the new Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciatiOH building at Woodberry, and will hold
services in the building on every fourth Sun
day for The present. Various ministers of
ahiS county have already made engagements
10 preach.
\ citizen of this county, whilst in Baltimore
recently, mistook yellow flag for an auction
room sign, and concluded he would attend the
auction. When he got to the building he found
that the yellow flag denoted the existence of
smallpox, and he got away faster than he APP
preached.
Owing to the inefficiency or carelessness, or
both, Of postofiice officials or mail agents, or
both, the ADVOCATES for Sykesville, Freedom,
Porter'S and several other offices in the lower
part of Carroll did not reach their destination
last Saturday. They were mailed at the
proper time.
Mr.. C.. b. Anders, at Double Pipe Creek,
received an order for 1000 barrels of flour
the day after his mill was burned The mill
should be rebuilt. Its reputation would In
sure good trade, and the mill make good
home market for grain. Can't the citizens
there form stock company?
Elias Cole, colored. charged with assaulting
Alice Myers, colored, wife of John Myers,
with intent to rape, has been bailed for the
action of the grand jury by Justice G. w.
Crapster. Out of this alleged assault sprung
the fight between Cole and Myers few Sun
days ago, in which Cole lost an eye by being
hit with flatron.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of this
week are known in the ecclesiastical calendar
as ember days, special days of fasting and
prayer for these about to enter the ministry
They occur on the Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the
18th of September and the 18th of December.
The weeks in which they occur are known as
''ember weeks"
Our Finksburg correspondent mentioned
last week quilt pieced by Miss Kate Stocks
dale, of Fnksburg, which contained Att
patches, and adds that if any one has
beat it she would be glad to hear from them.
Mrs. Mary E. Fowler, near Westminster, in
forms us that she made quilt this winter that
has 90 squares of 128 patches each, and join
ed together by 81 pieces, making 6, 454 pieces
altogether. Mr.. John I. Messler, of Lin
wood has a quilt made by his sister forty
years ago, that contains 100 pieces.
Mr. George A. Reese, formerly of this city,
died at the residence of his brother, Me-, J.
Fisher Reese, in New York city, at noon on
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