The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-03-01
-, ,rrRpAY, MARCH l, 1884.
ooAL AFFAIRS
,oo,I Rreyities.

i9nns or Bixler & SENT, of this city,
ihc llrI Vi Mr.. Bixler will continue the
= . G,,s and trunk business.
y ;DO c'rIo who was convicted Of murder
loha G I,,rs and sentenced to be hanged on
e. G5 5!,T will be hanged on Tuesday, April
~. f-om Waynesboro', Pa, went into
I rg basket last week instead OF our
l' Sn, because the author neglected TO give
l' I r,Ln II WEIGH, near Bird Hill, will
NJ, Sutu week to try his fortune in the West.
se 1 1fA ~ 10 Urbana, Champaign county,
t '% where he has relatives.
~ e r Mering, of Avondale, has rented
" u i.bn WcFadden the Trevanion Mills
VI % "GI will remove to it April LIST. This
o. . ana 800 acres, and is one of the best
=, T Herring, son of DIR. J. W. Herring,
~ X. q city has been appointed one of the
g io medical students of the Baltimore
s .le.,v and University Hospital for the
I 4. n l.. Lantz has been chosen delegate
y. .L =" NJ P. Church of this city to the NJ.
" ra u,I which meets at Pocomoke
'V wednesday, March 18th. Judge
az c. Bale is alternate.
D., 8. P. Pond, assistant at st. Paul S
, hs Washington, D. c., has accepted a
i y ~ bocome rector of Ascension Protestant
LANA. ~ Church this city, and will olficiate
,bS first time on Sunday, March l6.
Tho rain on Wednesday night was succeeded
=, Midnight by fall of about eight inches
,aa w. The weather was moderate and the
sO melted rapidly. One sleigh ventured
,bronab the streets, but found more mud
sn snow.
NJ Harry Keefer, who for about seventeen
~ has been engaged with Mr.. E. o.
5~es will give up his situation shortly and
y, grocery store. Harry is popular
rapg the people. and no doubt will get a
n share of trade.
The members of the Legislature gave Il ball
the State House last Monday night. 1t
grand affair and largely attended.
GATOR Shriver and wife and Messrs. Frank
,rringham, Percy Shriver and John Rob
Il, Of this county, were present.
The thanks of the ADVOCATE are due to
E,,,rs. ". S. Myer & Bro. proprietors of
/. Westminster FIGURING Mills, for copy of
nry handsome calendar for 1884. Myer u
n are progressive business men, and it
Md be well for Westminster if there were
ne here like them.
Il have or not to have. That's the ques.
An Whether it is better to endure dust and
N haze the streets full of holes, mud pud
a, and have them unclean and unwhole-
,nq, or to have n bonded debt, with an in
t.ase of five or six cents taxation? Let the
l,ority of voters determine,
Cal, William A. McKellip lost very fine
olpp horse last Sunday. The animal, whilst
,nins around The yard at the Colonel s
,slence on Saturday evening, got his left
igl les caught between two large stones and
a it broken in two places. On Sunday the
one was killed to relieve him of his suffering.
Mr. A. ". Buckingham, now n teacher in
entral Hall School, has purchased the stock
nj rented the storeroom of Mr.. James W.
ias, corner of Main and Centre streets.
h Bggs and his brother, William John
i.gs. purpose taking trip to Europe this
wing to visit relatives and friends.
A supplement- is issued with this issue which
atans about seven and a-half columns of
after. making, with the regular issue, about
ty columns. In the supplement will be
md the continuation of very pretty story
,ggn on the first page of the ADVOCATE, and
6eg Interesting matter, besides several COL
mas Ct advertising.
Ralph BINGHAM, twelve years of age, the
ly orator, q Richmond, Va, will give an
liertainment at New Windsor College Hall,
ew Windsor, on MGaday evening next. He
highly commended by che press as an elo.
zionist and character artist Of rare and
Ondelfgl ability. Prof. Murdoch thinks he
lnds without a peer in the world an ma
lal elOcutionist.
A pool tournament closed in Baltimore on
Eesday night. There were seven contestants,
al the tournament had been in progress for
6at two weeks, each playing the other a
Fies of twenty-one games. Among those
ibtesligg gas Mr.. Thomas Lynch, who for
Ishy iised in tiis city, and is known to many
ee as an cXper with cue. Mr.. Lynch
ok the fourth prize,
Yrs. Kitty Mathews, mother of DR.. j. e.
lahews. merchant of this ei4y. died last
shday at Glenwood, Howard county, aged
years Her husband, Judge james Il.
lhews, is still living and is % years old.
ladies' DR.. Mathews, Mrs. Mathews leaves
eEen other children, one of whom is Rev.
enrY Matthew's, n prominent minister Of the
iesbyteraB Church.
Tie Hagerst0wn and Frederick daily papers
2 discussing the relative merits of their re-
at e3Fnivals, the Frederick papers asserting
y the HagerStown carnival was failure,
Z the Haserstown papers stating that Fred
feS show was a poor affair. For uIlm-
Plant places both did well; but if the citi-
b Of those towns and the people of Western
lhgland in general desire to witness a first
Is military and trades display and carnival
neeSsi0n, let them come to Westminster on
eNer Monday.
Tie case of the publishers of Seharf's His
POT Western Maryland vs.. Col. John IS.
Ilswell, was set for Tuesday last ia tae
ElerOr Court of Baltimore city. Col. Long
b was in attendance, with Messrs. John
|alh, II. Vanderford, VIM. B. Thomas and
I. Orendorff and Drs. G. S. Fouke and j.
Herring as witnesses, but the court being
eOged, the trial was postponed until next
|,ssi2y This suit arose out of the refusal
Vol. LGRswell to take and pay for Scharf S
Story, claiming that the work was not sat
aeOry.
". Frank Brown, OF Freedom district, had
Baltimore city resideEae. lS2 N. Charles
bel, robbed of silverware, wearing apparel,
amounting to about $4,000. When the
4bery occurred is not known, but the arti-
+ we're missed Saturday morning. The
q waiter, John Distance, informed MIR.
pm early OH that morning that the house
been burglarmed, and took him about the
Pc TO show him the eVidences. The fur.
FleSas upturned and thugs Strewn around
Eseraly; but Mr.. Brown suspected Distance
had him arrested. After the arrest Dis
se confessed aud most of the articles were
|eHaed. Mrs. Brown was to have reeep-
and Distance, knowing that the silver
r. woud have to be used, got Hp the rob
Eory to cover his own guilt.
he inst train over the Harrisburg and Get
Sarg Railroad, via the Cumberland Valley
Carlisle, arrived at Gettysburg, Pa, at
|saOn tuesday. Gold spikes were driven at
lys66urgTuesday, Signalling the completion
Ne line and the opening of through line
uasel, via Western Maryland. Hanover
slch aud Gettysburg and Harrisburg
aasl to Harrisburg. Gettysburg and Adams
raIy subscribed for $4,000 of its stock.
eooke, Col. Fuller and friends took the
aaee, making a capital of S250,000. 1t
a'esa bonded Indebtedness Of 5000, 900.
II equipment is first class in all its appoint
as and the road solid and strong, with
Inv, hrst.quality steel rails. Baltimore
See benefited by direct line of rail to
.'T,.lss0urg, through Hanover, Gettysburg,
InSle and the Cumberland Valley.
~ before o clock yesterday morning an
- OF hire was sounded from the engine