The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-02-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Local Brevities.

The February (nOn-Jury) term OF the circuit
Court Commences on Monday, the 18th.
Tho Arctomys Monax comes out this morn
;,a IN make his annual weather prognostica-
tons.
urE.F. Reese, formerly of this city, has
tssn yery i'll in Washington, d. c., for several
weeks
Mr. r. Oursler. of Marysville, Ohio, form
ov of Carroll. is visiting relatives in this city
and county.
The dog tax law for Carroll county, passed
:, 1889 Int which has never been enforced,
has been repealed.
Mr.. L. P. Mapning, of this city, huckster,
took 40 dozen eggs to Baltimore this week.
Last week he took down ~ dozen.
Amantity of clover seed was stolen from the
harm of Mrs. Mary Baldner, near Union
Ridge, on Thursday night of last week.
The ADVOCATE has received from d. NJ.
Ferry 4 Co., seedsmen of Detroit, Michigan,
lot of choice flower and vegetable seed.
Albaugh's Grand Opera House will not be
used for entertainments for the present, Mr..
Albaugh having his furniture stored in it.
Maud Sheen, colored, aged about two years,
broke her arm whilst playing around the room
of her mother residence near Green street,
on Tuesday.
Mr.. +. j. Lawyer, who has been confined
to his residence in this city for about two
weeks. has nearly recovered, his many friends
will be glad to hear.
During services at the Lutheran Church at
Union Bridge last Sunday cornet solos were
PLAYED by Prot. Pfaff. Rev. d. B. Floyd, the
former pastor, officiated.
From Mr.. NJ. f. Butler, formerly of this
city, we have received late Minneapolis
papers. Also from Mr.. B. Nelson, papers
from Missouri. Thanks.
Mr.. H. l.. Norris has resigned the superin-
tency of the NJ. E. Sunday School, this city,
owing to ill health, position which he has
filled for twenty years.
Mr.. }. J. Roller, stewart of the Aims House,
killed seven hogs last Monday, weighing as
follows 662, 453, 30l, 1913, 321 285, and 300
pounds; also beef dressing AIS pounds.
Eggs sold in Baltimore this week at from
Al to so cents a dozen. Since navigation is
opening the price is declining and by Monday
tits thought the price will fall to % cents per
dozen.
Mr.. E. R. Repp, of New Windsor, has been
awarded a patent for metallic roofing shingles,
dated January 80, 1884, which he has assigned
to the Anglo American Roofing Company,tof
New York city.
Mr.. Jacob Thompson, whose loss of horse
and sleigh was reported in the ADVOCATE last
week, returned home last Saturday after
fruitless search for the thief He could not
trace him further than Harrisburg.
Mr.. Levi Chalk, native of this county,
died in Baltimore on Tuesday, aged II years.
For thirty five years he kept grocery store
in northwest Baltimore and was the oldest
member of Strawbridge NJ. +. Church.
A subscriber at Vaudeville, Va, in trans
hitting his subscription a few days ago, writes:
Continue the paper, as | can't possibly get
along without it. | take five papers, but the
ADVOCATE is the first one | look over"
Jacob Thompson received car load of
horses from Virginia on Wednesday night.
One of the most valuable of them died on
Thursday morning. The cause of his death
is unknown, but it is thought that he took
cold on his journey here.
There were light snow falls throughout
Monday the snow laying to the depth of
an inch. A rain set in on Wednesday, which
broke up the sleighing, which had been con-
tinuous for six weeks and a day. few
sleighs and sleds were still running yesterday.
On the fourth page of this issue will be
found a report of the sixty third anniversary
of the Young Mems Bible Society of Freder-
lex county, together with the full text of the
address of Rev. j. l.. Killgore on the oeca-
sion. The address will be found interesting.
Mr.. Alfred Shriner, former citizen of
Carroll, of Lincoln Centre, Kansas, is visit
ing relatives and friends here, and will re-
main in the county until next month. He has
been in the West for twenty years, and this
is his first visit to his old home for thirteen
years.
Mrs. VIM. Frizell and daughters and Mrs
Freeman, of Frizellsburg, were thrown out OF
asleigh in this city on Tuesday evening, the
horse they were driving becoming uncontroll-
able and running off. Mrs. Freeman had an
ankle sprained. The horse was caught by
John Snider.
On Tuesday afternoon last Mary Bitzel,
daughter of Martin Bitzel, had her clothing
caught by the rod of horse-pow at Ear
nest Rausch' S, near Bethel Church, Woolery's
district, and had her right arm broken before
being released. DIR. j. FL. Billingslea, of this
city, reduced the fracture.
If few of the subscribers to the ADVOCATE
fail to receive their papers after this week,
they will understand that their names have
been stricken from our list until arrears are
paid. We dislike to do this, but paying cash
ourselves for labor and material, we must in
SYST upon prompt payment.
The English sparrows are a prolific race.
Their noisy clamor indicates that they are
billing and cooling on every fair day, even in
winter They do not wait to verify the old
poetic fiction that the birds mate on the l4th
day of February. Every day Isl good enough
st. Valentines Day for them.
To-day, the I'd of February is Candlemas,
the feast ofthe publication of the Virgin Mary
1t was probably so named from the great num-
Der of lighted candles carried in the process
slons of the day, or from the custom OF con-
secrating candles on that day for the rest Of
the year. The day is also popularity known as
ground hog day.
The tenant house on the land of Mr.. VIM
A. Cunningham. on the outskirts of this city
came near being burned down last Saturday
morning. The joists caught fire from stove
pipe, and the fire was making considerable
Roadway when Mr.. Shafer, the occupant
discovered it about five O. clock in the morn
ing. Mr.. Shaffer's dog did his best to awak
en- the family by barking vigorously. The
fire was extinguished before very much dam
age was done.
Roddy, the bird whistle man, has returned
to Westminster again, where he is liked by
everybody. he has been IN Norfoik anC
Portsmouth. Va, since the fall, and he speak,
IN high praise of the kindness he received
there. He has established the whistle bust
ness in that section, and he will remain per
manently here and manufacture his whistles
and send them to agents to dispose of them
Roddy is also advertising agent for Geo. w
Albaugh, and is travelling the county postin,
bills, &c.
Mrs. Matilda Shriver, wife of Mr.. Franci
Shriver, of this city, died on Sunday nigh
last and her remains were inferred in thu
cemetery Wednesday afternoon in the presence
ola very large number of persons who turned
out in the rainy and disagreeable weather Il
pay theirrespect to the memory of an esteemed
Trend and neighbor and CONSTANT chris
tan. Mrs. Shriver was native of Hanover
Pa, where she was born on November "a
1914, and her maiden name was Frysinger