The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-06
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1888.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Local BreVitieS.


Westminster went skating on New 1ear
Day.
Schools, public and private, re-opened on
Tuesday.
Ice from nine to twelve inches was housed
in Westminster this week.
Charles Durbin, of this city, has butchered
one hundred and thirty-five hogs this season.
George NJ. Pearce, Esq, of this city, was
admitted to the bar of the Court of Appeals
ON Thursday.
DIR. Hines. of Freedom district, has recent
" been on 4 visit to Hartford county, and was
much pleased with the county.
A dividend of two per cent for the past SIX
months has been made by the Baltimore and
Reisterstown Turnpike Company.
Counterfeit $50 greenback notes are in cir;
cuIotiou in this county. They are new and
handsome note Beware of them.
The annual supper of the Westminster Fire
Department will be given at the Montour
Horse ON Wednesday night, the 18th instant.
The Westminster Brass Band occupied
their new room in the Albaugh building, cor
ncr of Main and Court streets, last Friday
night.
The thanks of the ADVOCATE are due to oul
Svkesville correspondent for an eighteen
pound turkey, which the staff Is now work
ing on.
ON Monday last Mr. Thomas +. Shepherd,
of Cniontown, was elected Il director OF Inc
Fire Insurance Company OF Montgomery coun-
ty for 1883.
Tbnre was slight fall of snow on Monday,
= fall of two inches on Thursday night, and a
SLIGHT fall Yesterday morning. SlelghS were
out yesterday.
The colored people had another dance at
fine exhibition building on the old fair grounds
ON New Years night, and danced all night
till broad daylight.
Susan Matthews, colored, an inmate Of the
Aims House, died on Tuesday night She
was native of the county, but had recently
come from Baltimore.
During the year 1882 Justice Peter b. Mike
sell had 80 criminal and 307 civil cases-total
3g6. Justice G. w. Crapster had Alb crlm-
inaI and 1872 civil cases-total 515.
Smallpox is very prevalent in Baltimore,
and is snrcading in the surrounding country.
Everybody should get vaccipated, and thus
secure themselves against the disease.
Samuel DUNCAN, of Glyndon, Baltimore
county. has rented the hotel of Mr.. William
Stansiurv, at the East End, this city, and vii
assume charge the first of next April.
JE. Diffenbaugh, ofthis city, formerly con-
nccted with the Taylor Works, has accepted
4 position with the North Carolina Mill Stone
Company. and left on Monday for Carthage,
y. {.
Mr.. +. H. Orendorff handsomely entertain
cd his fellow Commissioners, MessrS. Polk and
Warner, and County Treasurer Waesche, at
dinner on Thursday, at his residence near
this city.
On Saturday last Charles V. Wantz bought
at public sale the lot of Josephus Bankard, 80
feet front. opposite the Catholic Church, this
city. for S3,O75. Mr.. Wantz expects to put
up a business stand on the lot.
Rev Mr. Savage, pastor of Thomas Chapel
and Pleasant Valley, on Friday evening last
was presented with Il set of harness and
purse of money. The presentation took place
at Mr.. Elias Reeds, near Carrolton.
On Christmas day Mr.. Peter Geiman, neal
Melrose, had watermelons among other re-
freshments. which were partaken of by a
number of friends and relatives. The melons
were preserved just as pumpkins are.
Miss Jeanne Shrver, rear Westminster, a
member of the "Wednesday Club of Balti-
more. took the part of Ethel Granger in the
comedy entitled "Sn6wball," played by the
Club at Hagerstown last Saturday night.
The Dunkards held religious meetings on
Friday and Saturday evenings at WOodberry
Baltimore county. which were well attended.
The meetings were presided over by the Rev.
f. W. Stoner, of Union Bridge, this county.
New Years Day was ushered i'll by the
blowing Of horns, firing of guns and pistols
and beating of drums. The banks were closed
and very little business was done. The day
was spent in hEnting, fishing skating and So
cial intercourse.
The county commissioners on Wednesday
owing to the prevalence of smallpox in Bal
tmorc and other cities, passed an order for
bidding the admission of tramps to the Aims
House hereafter, except upon a certificate OF
the physician of the insti tuition.
Lewis Wilson, Charles Hill, Slvanus Bel
and Howard johnson, all colored boys, for
stealing a box of cigars from A. {. Strasbur.
ger on New Years Day, were yesterday held
in the sum of $50 each for the action OF the
grand jury by Justice G. W. Crapster.
Hon. Henry Page, of Princess Anne, Md.
has accepted an invitation to deliver the an
nual address before the literary societies o
Western Maryland College at the next com
menccment The selection of orator is good
nnc, and fine address may be expected.
The Maryland Branch of the Women 5
Foreign Missionary Society ofthe MP. Church
met at Starr Church, Baltimore, on Wednes
day, Mrs. J. T. Murray, of this city, presiding
Durngthe year twelve auxiliary societies have
been organized in the state. Mrs. Murray
was re elected president.
Under an appOrtionment of the state public
school fund Just made, Carroll county will re.
ceive S3,37S.55 for white schools, and 1921. So
for colored. Howard county, 81, S47.13 for
white; $3.50 for colored. Frederick county
S5,5lS35 for white; SSH. OF for cOlored. Bal
timore county, So, 9G2 95 for white; 81, 12S. Il
for cOlOred.
A letter from Mr.. Henry Brown, of Grasor
county, Texas, formerly of this county, in re-
ncwing his subscription to the ADVOCATE, IN
forms us that there were fine crops of wheat
corn and cotton and that they were having a
'Evely Christmas" He adds that immgra-
ton to the state is large, owing to land being
so rich and cheap.
Mr.. Jacob Sheets, of this city, whilst re,
moving some coal from the.Taylor Works on
Tuesday, was injured by the falling in of tho
roof of the shed in which it was stored. The
roof was weighted with bricks and mortar
from the cupoa of the moulding shop, and
Mr.. Sheets was considerably bruised and stun.
ned, and knocked insensible for time.
The excess of fees of the clerks office for
1881 was S1012. Oh and for 1882 $3.50. BY the
law authorizing the additions to the Court
House, these fees will go to the county COM
missiOners to be applied to liquidating the
bonds issued to make the improvements.
These amounts, with the $3.50 premium, will
give the commissioners 81, 552. : 4 toward pay
ing off the $l0,0 in bonds,
The Annapolis correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun of Tuesday says: "The members
of the Annapolis bar met on Monday, Judge
Oliver Miller presiding, and adopted resolu-
tons on the death of Judge Hammond and
the retirement of Judge Hayden. The speak
ers were Judges Tuck and Miller. Judge
Miller also spoke highly of his new associates
on the bench, Judges Smith and Jones. He
said he had no doubt their intercourse with
the bar would be of the most cordial and
pleasing character
On the Aims House farm, last year, were
produced l, 020 bushels of wheat, 1O2 bushels