The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-08-23
SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1884.
.oCAL AFFAIRS
Local Brevities.
IIin Pnrk EXCURSION dol. daY.

Tho new bell for Grace Lutheran Church,
4, rity, was put up yesterday.
n. ". c. Roberts and family are visiting
is,res in this city and county.
n, Hal. Bond and family. of Calvert Co.
risiting ut Jas. A. c. Bond, Esq's.
tn, second chapter of the Tour of the
,,,ing Ramblers'' will appear in our next
sue.
,-a,ic meeting at Hagerstown on Monday
dsht last
Mr. Verley ]. Clousher, of the Nc Donogh
,.5ool Farm, will stow away 800 tons of en-
;age this season.
The Westminster and IIittlestown clubs will
.oet on the diamond here this afternoon to
5ay their fifth game.
The earth is now passing through the stream
4 August meteors, generally seen i'll the
,o4hwestern sky after midnight.
At Saratoga on Monday, Mr.. r. w. Wal
lns two.year. old gelding Hart, won the first
.ce, five fnrlongs, beating large field.
The weather this week has been genuine
.,mmer weather, the thermometer showing Il
temperature on Thursday of Sc degrees.
Twenty. five cents will pay for the ADVOCATE
a,m Sentember & until November s, postage
repaid Get up clubs at every postoffice.
The ground is dry, the roads dusty, the
moving crops need rain. A refreshing shower
mtered all the upper section of the county on
Thursday.
Every district in the county should have
rereland and Hendricks club. They can
spt the ADVOCATE until after the election for
3 cents copy
A number of young men in this city met
last Monday night and determined to organize
drum corps. 1t is proposed that the corps
number twelve.
Mr.. Brown, superintendent of the West
Minister Cemetery, has Just finished thorough
cleaning up of the walks, putting them in
complete order.
On Thursday morning of last week Mrs.
Boring wife of Mr.. John Boring, near Maple
Grove, this county. was found dead III bed.
heretircd in good health the night previous
Republican primaries will be held this af
temoon. and the convention to select dele
rates to the congressional convention at
Wayerliy next Thursday, will be held here on
Monday.
Mr.. dickson Byers, near Smallwood, lost
fine colt last week. 1t fell over the breast
Of a lime kiln, which was overgrown with
weeds. iniuring itself so badly that it died the
following day.
viii the city authorities see to it that those
sho keep pig pens shall not allow them to
s bsDme nuisance, poisoning the atmosphere
for aIuares around them, and endangering the
ieai4l. of everybody in the vicinity?
The fhanks eff the ADVOCATE are due to
s Wcslc, W. Garner, Esq, of Columbus City,
Iowa. lur a complimentary ticket to the Iowa
State Fair to he held at Des Moines the last
three DAYS Of this month and the first four of
lext
Some persons raided the apple orchard of
E Col. Mckellp on Wednesday night. Ills
manscrvant hearing the noise was attracted
10 abe orchard and seeing some one leap the
fiee. he sent a load of shot in the direction
Of the thief.
Mr.. G. W. Armaeost, Of Finksburg, sent
The ADyOcATE on Thursday sample of his
Burbank potatoes: Of 'fArmaeost's Favorlte
variety. There were about half a bushel of
them. and they we're beauties, large and of
regular shape. Thanks.
On Saturday last John J. Walker. son Of
Prof Walker, residing in the vicinity Of Mt.
Airy in attempting to throw off the driving
belt Of Il steam thrasher, had his right arm
caught between the betting and pulley and so
badly injured as to require amputatIon ut the
elbow.
Atlantic City seems to be fav0rite resort
for Carroll countians. There at this time are
Nc. Granville Haines, of Union Bridge, Mr..
EdFuI Felber, of Smallwood, and Mr.. and
Mrs has T. Reifsnider, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
H. Nanlerford, Mrs John X. Longwell, Mrs.
Geo W. % Donnell and DIR. Charles Billings
lea, Of Westminster.
Mr.. j. +. Rinker has purchased the remain
der of the stock of Mr.. II. l.. Norris, from
The trustees, and will continue merchandising
n the old stand. The room is to be remodeled
AMI improved, and in due time Mr.. Rinker
wifi lay in stock of new goods. lie IS GoW
running of the old stock ut very low figures,
in order to clear it out.
Mr. C. b. Anders, of Double Pipe Creek,
whose release from Jail here last week was
noticed in our last issue, was serenaded by the
citizens of Double Pipe Creek on Saturday
night. The Rocky Ridge Band was employed,
and the people would not be satisfied until
Mr.. Anders and his wife permitted themselves
10 be paraded through the streets.
Rev. \. W. Rudisill, presiding elder of
the West Baltimore district of the NJ. K. Con
ference. will preach his farewell sermon at
KNOXVILLE on Sunday, August 81, at 1870 A.
NJ. Mr.. Rudisell will go TO India as mis-
sionary, in the GelEsupporting fields of Father
TAYLOR. Bishop of Africa. He will close his
labors on the West Baltimore district at Unlon-
vile, and will sail in October for his new field
ID work.
The Registers of Voters met at States At
t0ricy Henning's office last Monday, and
sigHci The collective notice for the September
sitting. Afterwards DIR. j. w. Steele, Register
for Freedom district, was chosen president, and
Chas r. Miller, Register for Westminster dis
lrict, was chosen secretary. After arranging
some other business the Registers adjourned
TO meet at the call of the president and sec
rotary.
During the game between the Frederick and
Westminster Base ball clubs at Frederick,
last Monday, by arrangements OF the Chesa-
peake and Potomac telephone company, the
Citizens of this place were given reports of
the game by innings. The company had
line to the base ball grounds, and as soon as
an inning was played, it was telephoned here
and put upon bullitin boards at the Exchange
and at the ADVOCATE Building.
Westminster has some genuine disciples of
old lzaak Walton. In piscatorial expedi-
lion to the Monocacy, on Friday of last week,
two of them, Dr. George S. Fouke, and our
worthy Mayor, VIM. b. Thomas, Esq, had
glorious sport Near Bridgeport Mr.. Thomas
LOOK hlteen black bass, one OF WhlcIPmeaSuT-
ed twenty-five inches in length and weighed
4 pounds 1t was a perfect beauty. We
have heard of but one other as large, and that
was taken in a mill dam near Sans Creek.
A tournament was held in Riggs, woods,
near Cooksville, Howard county, on Wedness-
day, participated in by Knights from Howard,
Carroll and Baltimore counties. The attend
ance was large and the riding good. The
successful knights were j. Harry Steele, OF
Carroll county; William Cockey, of Green
Spring Valley; George Baseman, of Carroll
county, and Buck Campbell, in the order nam
ed, who crowned Miss Lille England, Miss
Matthews, Miss Carrie Dorsey aud Miss Clara
. Duyall.
Mr.. Theodore A. Clay has been appointed
register of voters for the 18th district,
IN the place of Mr. Joseph Cover, de-
ceased. As the collective notice for the Sep
iember sitting had to be given this week, 1t
vas necessary that the appointment be made
at once. On Tuesday it was aseertained by
telegraph that Mr.. Clay would make an &C,
eeptable register. His name was telegraphed
Ia tho g. Ca. b,,h xvtrQ6