The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-06
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER G., 1884.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Local Brevities.

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D ,IGmore. is on a visit to Ella X. Shreeve.
rol Vim. p Maulsby, of this city, left for
l.. BIue Mountain House on Wednesday
dancing pic mic will be held in Kelly's
c,are. near Denning's postoffice, on Tuesday.
lanes A. Bond, Esq, of Calvert county,
vS visited his son J. A. c. Bond, Esq, this
week. ,
listing her brother DIR. j. Howell Billings
lea, this city
To-day is the last day of registration.
Don't fail to have your name recorded, if you
have not already done so.
The "Hagers-Town Almanacll'' for 1885
has been received from Shellman, the News
Dealer and Stationer, ADVOCATE Building.
Alfred c. Bachman, as trustee, has sold the
farm of the late Franklin T. Bachman, near
Taneytown, containing 1851 acres, to Peter
Pickett for 50, l5f.
Old John Robinson's circus will probably
draw to town next Saturday the largest crowd
seen in this city for some years. The street
parade will be grand
They are to be pitied who cannot get their
eyes open in the morning time enough to be-
hold the beauty of the starry heavens and the
magnifccnce of the dawn.
The thanks of the ADVOCATE are due Mrs.
Edward Rooms, Patapsco, for Il basket fleet
tomatocs the finest we bave seen this season,
md for some sweet mountain peppers.
In this issue will be found the advertisement
If the sale of all the land on which the village
Of Mt Airy is situated. Parties in search of
yaluablc property should attend the sale.
On Saturday afternoon last, Mrs. Louisa
Otto. widow of the late Peter Otto, near
:. i l..
Two fine mileh cows by being struck by light
Mug.
Our merchants are behind their counters,
smiling aud happy, with their new and beau
ti(ul fall goods upon their shelves, cheaper
than ever while they are polite and accom-
modating. and anxious to see their customers.
This way. ladies and gentlemen, for bargains.
The September registration closes today.
So far little has been done. Up to yesterday
morning only a had been registered, 8 in the
first and Ii in the second precinct. Trans
erred to this district, in the first and ! in
the second precinct.
r. Charles Matthew'S of this city, brought
to this Office on Tuesday Il sample of his hard
red brick. They are SIx4x2i inches, and are
free from gravel and sand. Mr.. Matthews
brick yard is located on the railroad, below
Crowl'S ice cream factory.
Peter b. Mikesel, Esq, Il well-know citizen
of this place, was stricken with apopleXy on
Mcnday, about noon, while on his way from
his office to his residence. Medical assistance
was Immediately summoned, and on Thursday
he was able to be at his Office.
Andrea Drechser, as trustee, sold on
Thursday the farm of the late John Henry
lDrechsler, near Carrollton, containing l39
acres. to John F. Drechsler at $50 per acre.
Also a wood lot of 1 acres and 35 perches to
.Jdhr iDrechsler for S605.99.
Mn j.. Woody, residing near Gevanstown,
BALTIMORE county aged about so years, was
stricken with paralysis about six weeks ago
from wiieh he died on Wednesday morning
last. He was the father of George Woody,
Esq, one of the editors of the Union Bridge
Ladcr
Rev. j. ID. KinzeR and wife, accompanied
by Misses b. Richardson, Annie and Emma
Ymgling, leave on Monday next for an ex-
tended trip. They viii visit Watkins Glen,
Niagara Falls, Saratoga, Albany and New
Yorkl and expect to be absent about two.
weeks.
Keen, the green grocer, has introduced into
this market a new variety of canteloupe. 1t
is grown in Anne Arundel county, this state,
and is called the banana, and has the flavor
of that fruit. They grow from one to two feet
in length, and are in no way shaped like the
cantclOupe.
In taking down some of the upper courses
of bricks, preparatory to adding third story
to the Marsh Hotel, some English bricks were
found, four inches square at end, nine inches
long, and weighing about six pounds These
bricks were probably imported from England
in colonial times.
How APPLY and beautifully Longfellow de-
-. IL
The morrow was bright september morn;
The earth was beauti full rs If newborn;
There was that namelcss spendor everywhere
That wild eXhilaration in the air.
Which makes the paSsers in the city street
Congratulate each other as they meet
This is the harvest. moon, the lunation in
The season of harvest, or nearest the time OF
the autumnal equinox, when the moon is FULL
or rises Immediately after sunset for several
consecutive days. phenomenon owing to the
s1rall angle made by the ecliptic and the
moon ! ssrbit with the horizon at this season
oGth,a g@aq. The moon fulled yesterday.
Between a.,l 5 o clock on Monday morn
iag the residence al Flames A. Smith, at Union
Bridge. was entered by burglars. Several
dollars were taken from his pantaloons peck
ct Mrs Smith was awakened by the thieves,
one of woEa was masked and carried dark
lantern. Ia the pocket Of Mr.. Smiths coat
there was OYER $500, but in their hurry the
burglars overlooked It,
The crop of clover seed, in THIS county, will
be considerably shot Of an average yield. A
small purple worm about tie sixteenth Of an
inch in length. has been discovered IN the
hull proving upon the seed. This destructive
little worm, and the insect which deposited
it earlier in the season, is supposed 20 be the
cause of the lack of boom so generally nStle'
ed this season, which was attributed to frost.
The glowing orient and occident, attributed
bv scientists to volcanic dust, must now, we
think, be ascribed to some other cause, tor
this phenomenon has continued for over year
since it was first observed, and 1t seems I'M
likely that the alleged dust should continue to
float in the upper atmosphere Tor periou Oh
eighteen months. Scientists must be ut fault,
tupon this subject and will have to search out
some other theory.
Wagon loads of wheat, green corn, pota-
toes, tomatoes, fruit, railroad ties, hrewood,
and many other articles, the produce OF our
industrious and enterprising farmers, are
pouring into town; while these same wagons
are taking out dry goods, groceries, phos-
phates lime, agricultural machines ana many
other articles. Thus town and country are
mutually dependent upon each other, and
mutually subserye each others wants and con-
weniencies.
On Monday last Dr. HARRISON wagner, Tue
Frederick county litigant, was before Judge
John L. Smith on writ of habeas corpus,
and was discharged He had just completed
"a term in the Frederick jail for contempt of
court in not obeying an injunction restraining
him from proceeding against certain parties
against whom he had procured alleged fraud
acknowledgements. His sentence embraced hne
and imprisonment in each of five cases, and
his term being out he was discharged because
the court held further Imprisonment would be
virtually Imprisonment for debt.
A severe hailstorm passed over the region
around New Windsor, on Saturday afternoon
last The wind blew with great violence and
the hailstones were as big marbles Trees
were uprooted and the corn and beans were
riddled. Houses in the track of the storm,
which was not more than the eighth of a mile
wide, were considerably marked by the hail
Philip Greenwood had trees blown down;
Marshal Hartsock's corn field was stripped OF
blades, and Joseph Shorbs corn field on the