The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-11-17
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1888
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
local BrevitIes.

city shortly.
The BOYS were skating yesterday morning
on ponds near this city.
The comet will probably be visible to the
naked eve at the close of the month.
Wheat is coming in slowly. The price is
too low to stimulate active delivery.
There will be protracted meeting at the
M. P. Church, this city, next week.
Mr. Josiah Crowl has built new stable on
his property on Pennsylvania avenue, this
city.
The oyster supper and festival for the ben
oft. of Ascension Church last heek netted
500.
Gov. Hamilton has designated Judge VIM.
FrizelI to be chief Judge Of the Orphans
Court.
ouite a number of campaign subscribers
have now become regular readers OF the AD-
yocATE.
Aust;n H. Merrill, A. NJ, will lecture at
Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening, De-
cember Z.
The Carroll County Teachers Association
will meet at Central Hall Graded School, this
city. next Friday, the 2Srd.
The frontispiece of Harper's Monthly Mag
azine for December-''Undert the Mlstletoe"
is BY Frederick Dielman.
festival for the benefit of Grace Lutheran
Church began at Odd Fellows Hall on Thurs
day night and will close tonight.
The farm of Eli Hibberd, containing 10
acres. near New Windsor, has been purchased
by John C. Buckley at sos per acre.
Union Bridge is to have town hall, 4Ox22
feet. two stories high. Furney Il Morning
star have been awarded the contract.
Mr.. Frank L. Vinton, of Camden, New
Jersey. well-known in this city, is promi-
nently spoken of for city Auditor of Camden.
Circuit Court will probably last longer than
at first expected But one case has SO far
been determined. The second is now on trial.
Christmas is only little more than five
weeks off. and our merchants and dealers in
fancy goods and toys are making preparations.
The Westminster Band serenaded Hon.
Chas. B. Roberts and d. N. Henning, Esq,
last Saturday night, in honor OF their election.
Rev. Thomas H. Lewis, principal Of the
NJ. P. School of Theology, this city, is visiting
Methodist Protestant Conferences in the
South.
Mr.. julius B. Berret, of Freedom district,
has been drawn as juror for the November
term of the United States Circuit Court, Bal
timore.
Commissions for the recently elected county
Officers will be received in a few days. They
must qualify within thirty days after they are
received.
The New Lutheran Church has been rooted
in, except the tower. 1t is expected that the
lecture-room will be ready for occupancy by
Christmas.
A bank of exchange and deposit viii be
opened at Taneytown about the lst OF Janu-
airy. Preliminary arrangements are about
completed.
Solomon Saylor, of Middleburg, has bought
for 1920 house and lot belonging to the es-
tate of the late John Metz, at townsville,
Frederick county.
The Lotus Club have moved from the cor
ner of Liberty and Green streets to the Wantz
Building. on Main street. The room is large
and nicely fitted up.
The Irving Literary Society, of Western
Maryland College, are preparing for an en-
tertainment in December. 1t will probably
exceed all previous ones.
P. Frank Pampel, Esq, of the Frederick
bar, was admitted to the bar of the Carroll
county Circuit Court last Tuesday, on motion
of Jas. A. c. Bond, Esq.
The crickets and grasshoppers kept up their
evening concerts all through the fall, till the
18th inst, when the cold weather silenced
these prima donnas for the season.
Chas. T. Reifsnider, Esq, as trustee, on
Monday last sold the farm of George W.
Hare, containing 929 acres, in Hamptead
district, to Mrs. George H. Hare, for 81, 700.
The annual meeting of the Association of
Public School Commissioners of the State of
Maryland will be held at the Office of the
State Board of Education, Baltimore, at II
o clock, M, November q.
Mr.. Anthony Diller, of New York city, is
visiting relatives in this city. He is looking
very well. The past three summers he has
spent in Colorado, looking after mining inter
ests for Eastern capitalists.
There has been some real winter weather
this week. Ice has formed and few fakes
of snow fell on Monday and again on Thurs
day The mercury was down to 300 on Thurs
day morning, and to 160 on Friday morning.
Mrs. Digby, wife of Mr.. George Digby, of
London, England, who is sojourning in West
minister, arrived from Europe this week. She
had q stormy trip across the Atlantic, but is
charmed with the pure air and beautiful sur
roundings of our little city.
The Gettysburg Compiler says: The Dem
ocratie majority in Manchester district, Car
roll county, Nd, is $3.50 more than usual.
Manchester is the home of Mr.. George A.
Shower, the sherif-elect, an enthusiastic
Democrat and capital worker.
We are indebted to James NJ. Shellman,
newsdealer, ADVOCATE building, for a copy of
the Hagerstown Almanac for 1884 and for
mounted globe. Mr.. Shellman is making
some changes in his store and preparing to
present large stock of holiday goods.
The Synod Of the Reformed church in the
United States, in session at Reading, recently
decided that every Reformed minister shall
ION the occasion of the 400th anniversary of
the birth of Ulrich Zwingle, the Reformer, in
January next, preach a memorial sermon
An attempt to steal horse from Mr.. John
Powder, near this city, was made last Tues
day night The thief couldn't find any
brides, except the donkey bride, and it
being too small for the horse he gave up the
Job, leaving the reins around the animal
neck.
Mr.. George w. Matthews, agent of the
ROYAL Insurance Company of London, last
Friday paid Mr.. VIM. Koon the amount Of
insurance on his barn, which was burned on
the Monday preceding. The amount of in
surnnce was $3.50, and it was paid without
abatement.
The work on the house of Mr.. Henry Poole,
on centre street, this city, had been progress
sing we'll up to Monday last The frames
were up and two sides weatherboarded, but
the high wind ON that day blew it down about
noon, making a complete wreck of it. Mr..
Poole is rebuilding.
Mr.. George w. Null, of North Pleasant
Valley, Myers district, has found, the past
season, from May 10Th to October 9th, nine
teen bee trees. One at Fell's Station, just
across the line in Pennsylvania, he got 50
pannds Of honey from. In all he got about
leo pounds of honey. All of the swarms, ex-
eept one, are now hiyed.
VIM. E. Idle was committed to the Fred
eriek county Jail for disturbing religious wor
ship in the United Brethren Church at Sa-
billasville. Owing to the absence of Judges
Richie and Lynch, he was brought before
Judge Smith here last Tuesday upon a writ of
habeas corpus, and was discharged because
the commitment was defective.
Mr.. Theodore Derr is having the Central
Hotel building, recently purchased by him,
transformed into store and dwelling. The
partition walls will be taken out, making the
storeroom 22x70 feet. Above the storeroom
will be carpet room 22x39 feet. The store
room is to have handsome glass front. The
dwelling will be in the western side of the
building, and the whole will be completed in
about two months.
The financial statement of the county School
Board shows that at the beginning of the last
fiscal year they had 81 ,O02.51 in bank, $12,-