The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-04-12
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1884.
AFFAIRS.
Local Brevities.

Local Brevities.
,.ode of individuals and of Westminster
u dI ho ;ndged by next Monday display.
WI + Schroeder 4 Co., of Berret, Free
T. i =. have been granted patent on
label. w. Sc al, o;.r
- al Gi..olyed. Mr.. Allgire continues the
business u,,,.
n dI r., on Court street and the trades dis
WI 1I 'O On Liberty street. Column moves at
n. Edward Megeahan and daughter, living
VI his city. started for Kansas City, Mis-
ns'r on Wednesday, with view OF making
stbeir future home.
n, NJ X. Balcombe, of Madrid Springs,
:, ynrk well known in this city and coun-
Ne" a-.;vad here on Thursday evening, and
IN remain few days.
The ladies of Centenary NJ. E. Church will
,orre luncheon Easter Monday, in the yard
routing the church, weather being favorable.
sandwiches, Coffee, Ice Cream, &c.
Mr. Jos. A. Waesche is improving his dwell
rn@ this city, by the addition of a double bay
n l;ssiow. Mr.. C6as I. Reifsnider has had the
Souse adjoining his residence reprinted and
repaired
- tbe rain on Tuesday, and fall of eight or
W, WIZ inches of snow on Wednesday. Mark
Sdown-.Deep snow on April 8, lsS4-eight
or In inches.
", William ]. Rieman, for twenty-five
..ars ' in tbe provision trade in Baltimore,
i YEA ,bero last Sunday night, aged y years.
To was brother-in-law of Mrs. ii. il. Norris,
WESTMINSTER.
NJ l. Main has commenced the improve
,,art of his building at the corner OF Nam
.tsoa, and PENNSYLVANIA avenue. He will put
N class front and lower the floor, thus max
inc handsome stOreroom.
Hon. Henry Lloyd, President of the Mary
land Senate. and Mr.. Charles &. voorhees,,
States Attorney of Whitman county, wash,
fngton Territory, spent Saturday, Sunday and
Monday with Hon. Charles B. Roberts.
Dwellings and business establishments
should be decorated early on Monday morn
inc Visitors will arrive early, and Main
street should present a holiday appearance,
with Aags. banners and other decorations.
A Carnival ball will be given at Odd Eel
laws Hall on Monday night next. 1t is under
the management of young gentlemen who Will
leave nothing undone 10 make it success and
an ENJOYABLE affair Good music is engaged.
The public schools closed Oh Thursday.
The erIs attending the Grammar School
taught by Mr.. ChaS. Ii. Baughman gave their
teacher dinner which was served in the
school room and was quite an enjoyable
affair.
Nr. j. T. Grub, who has successfully man.
oqeI the Singer sewing machine business IN
Carroll for a year and a half, has gone to
fredericksburg, Va, where he will take charge
oftbe business for same machine in a section
comprisiug three counties. He is prompt
business man, with pleasant address.
Mr.J. p. Baltozer, for number of years a
citizen of Manchester, where he successfully
taught school and held the position of Justice
of the Peace, has removed to Elmira, New
York. Mr.. Baltozer will be greatly missed in
that community, where he was foremost in
all that pertained to the advancement OF the
town.
Col. W. W. Taylor, who put the water
works in Westminster and Havre de Grace,
has proposed plan to supply Easton, Talbot
county, with water also. Col. Taylor con-
structs the works at his own expense and
iuns them, provided sufficient number OF
persons guarantee 10 take water from the
works.
The call for horses for use Of military has
not been responded to as 1t ought TO have
been, and we are requested to again ask TIE
loan Of riding horses. The committee need
eight more All the horses in town are en-
aged to 20 ia the parade, and it is hoped that
persons in the country with large riding horses
will offer them at once They will be ridden
in walk
In presenting the business establishments
last week the billiard rooms were omitted by
an oversight. Lynch's Billiard and Pool
Room is located at the City Hotel, and
Kretzer's in the basement of the Zeiber Build
ng. The cigar mandatory of Jacob Wilson
was also overlooked. He manufactures in
The same building in which are his saloon and
restaurant. and operates on large scale.
The Governor has signed the bills sanction
ing the requests of Caroline Y. Shreeve. Mary
Ann Webster and Elizabeth Weppler; also the
bills for the Improvement of Westminster and
4 Union Bridge, for an additional constable in
Hampstead, for a bridge over Piney run. and
ihe other local laws for Carroll. The bill in
cooperating the Westminster theological Sem
mary of Westminster has also been signed.
At the municipal election at Union Bridge
last Monday 124 votes were cast. of these
David Rnehart for mayor, received S3, and
HTard W. Leeds Il. The vote of the coun-
Glmen chosen was NJ. c. McKinstry 81, W.
II. II. Clary 30, W. r. Straw Sc, B. +. Phil.
Ups a. j. g. Wentz II. The others voted
for eouncimea were w. Il. Straw SO votes,
&c. Whitehill SO c. +. Reck SO, b. A. Rich
anlsOn IS, Basil aeiz 80. The vote for ex-
lending town lilaits was / l6 for, and 2 against;
on issuing bonds for the purchase of engine
and building town hall 70 for and 81 against.
During the prevalence of the high winds
last Friday afternoon fire originated in the
vicinity of Ridgeville, near Mt. Airy, on the
BALTIMORE and Ohio Railroad, from sparks
from locomotive. which burned over fifty
acres Of land owned by DIR. B. II. Todd, de-
iroyiDg hundred panels of fencing. thirty
five OR forty tons of wheat straw in rieks, and
sarge quantity of valuable young timber.
Bat for the timely assistance of a large num-
Der Of persons from the surrounding country
tAe entire village of Ridgeville, it is thought,
EOuld have been DESTROYED.