The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-18
SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1885.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Local BrevItles.

asst week, netted in the neghborhood of $500.
w. S. Myer & Bro. are building an annex
TO their cooper shop 20 by y feet, inches.
The building is of brick. Edward Await,
mason.
An effort is to be made by the City Council
looking to a plan by which the Council and
the turnpike company can unite in the I'M
provement of Main street.
The ice cream festival of the NJ P. Church,
of ITniontown, closed on Saturday night last
at Norris Pavilion, New Windsor. The net
proceeds amounted to S7S.
The name of DR.. Samuel Swope, of fancy
town. appeared on Thursday among the con-
tributors to the fund for the erection of the
pedestal for the Bartholdi statue.
Mr.. Timothy Lane, residing on the Van
Bibber road, near this city, has recently
erected a two story frame dwelling with back
building. Paul Yingling, carpenter.
Pierce Marsh's mare Daisy won the race
at Hampstead last Saturday afternoon, beat
ing T. J. Gorsuch's mare Minnie Ball about
four lengths IN the 600 yards. The purse was
$50.
Hampstead has the horse racing fever in
about the proportion that Westminster has
the base ball fever. On July 31st race is
advertised for purse of 500, 600 yards and
repeat.
Mr.. Frank Brown, of Sykesvile, has been
appointed one of the delegates from Mary
land to the National Cattle Growers Conven.
ton. The other delegate is Col. Edward
Lloyd, of Talbot county.
An examination of applicants for the vacant
scholarship in Western Maryland College due
Carroll county, will be held at the Office OF
the School Commissioners, at the Court House
on Wednesday, August Y.
The ADVOCATE is indebted to Mr.. John j.
Reese, of the Forest and Stream Club, for
nice fry of bass and fall fish. The Club are
encamped upon the Monocaey, and are hav-
ing an enjoyable time of it.
As will be seen by letter from Congress
man Shaw in this ISSUE he has vacancy to
fill at West Point Academy. A competitive
examination of applicants will be held at the
court house, here, on Wednesday, August 9Th.
The Anti Nicotine Company got every
thing in readiness on Thursday, and started
to manufacture cigars on that day. The bu-
siness will be pushed vigorously, and viii
shortly become an enterprise of considerable
magnitude.
N. Z. Wisner, an employee at Schlosser
Tannerv. was struck by an engine of freight
train. while on his way home from this city
last Saturday night, and sustained some in
iuries that were attended to by DR.. M. i.
Bot, Of this city.
Mr.. Charles w. Lee. of Freedom district.
has purchased for 81, 900 seventeen acres of
land from Mr.. VIM. Logue, situated on the
Washington road, not far from this city. The
land has buildings on it, and Mr.. Lee gets
the growing crops.
The fences must 90 as timber decreases.
Two farmers of Woolery's district, this coun-
ty. have abolished fences entirely, their corn
fields extend to the edge of the county road,
with no fence intervening. Stock are net
permitted to run at large
The excursion train to Potomac Isle leaves
Glyndon at $50 this Saturday morning and
Westminster at 635. The excursion will be
under the management of the Knights of
Pvthias of this city, and arrangements have
been made for pleasant trip.
Mr.. ]. S. Weaver has disposed of his inter-
est in the firm of E. 0. Grimes Il Co., this
city. to Mr.. E. O. Grimes. The latter and
Mr.. J. @. Stitely, the remaining members of
the firm. will continue the business under the
name of E. 0. Grimes Co.. as heretofore.
One hundred and fifty copies of the Balti
more Times were sold here last Sunday. The
Times is an authority on base ball and other
sports. and devotes space to art. literature
of interest to be found in no other Sunday
paper.
Two new postoffices have been established
in this county recently. One at Salem Church,
called Bloom, with w. H. Koontz as post
master and at Sandy Mount on the Finks-
burg pike, five miles from Westminster, called
Sandyvile, with Thomas Fl. Kelly as post
master
Ida F. Barnes has been appointed post
mistress at Berret in the place of James
Francis At McKinstry's Mills, William II.
Zumbrum has been removed and Charles +.
Myers appointed postmaster in his place.
William l.. Fleagle has been appointed post
master at Mayberry. in the place of Charles
III. Fleagle.
A party of gentlemen of Frederick visited
Dayton. Ohio, recently, for the purpose of
examining the fence constructed by the Day
ton Hedge Fence Company. The Frederick
Citizen says the gentlemen were pleased with
the fence and with the financial ability Of the
company. and recommend to the community
both the fence and company.
J. Presley Bartholow, who committed
suicide in st. Louis, Mo-, recently, was a
native of New Windsor, this county. but lived
in Washington for many years. He resided
at one time in Prince George county. DHr,
ing the war he made great deal of money
by government contracts. but lost it all after
the war and went to st. Louis.
On the race track Maryland is not doing
much better than on the diamond. Ex-Gov.
Bowels and Davis & Halls horses are not
racing at all. while r. w. Walden's are in
bad luck. The only race won since the PIN
leo meeting was taken last week at Monmouth
Park by his two-year old fily Letretia, six
furlongs, beating some good ones.
The City Council has ordered the street
commissioner to enforce the ordinances in
regard to cleanliness Instead of being or
dered to clean their premises, every citizen
should take pride in keeping them clean.
Do your duty, no matter what the condition
of your neighbors premises, The commits
sioner will see that the law is enforced against
all offenders.
A despatch to the Baltimore Sun says that
constable Noah Stump, of York township,
York county, had his throat and right shoulder
.cut at picnic last Saturday evening" and
that his wounds are dangerous. Also that
John P. Myers, of York; and U. I. and G.
w. Good, of Westminster are under arrest
awaiting developments. No such people are
residents of this city.
Rev. George II. Beckley was installed last
Sunday as pastor of the Lutheran congrega-
4ions at Reigterstown and st. Paul's Church,
six miles distant from Reisterstown. Revs.
H. w. Kuhns, ID. D., of Westminster, and
Rev. G. II. Lepley were appointed by the
Synod to attend to the duty. The charge to
the pastor was delivered by Rev. Mr. Lepley,
aud the charge to the congregation by Rev.
Mr.. Kuhns.
During the late harvest one corner of a
wheat field on the farm of Col. Longwell,
cultivated by Mr.. Frank Beaver on shares
was nearly overrun by sassafras bushes. The
wheat and sassafras were cut by Mr.. Amos
Shafer, with a Champion light binder, bought
of Mr. d. I. Gibson. Mr.. Beaver AYERS that
the Champion went through wheat and sassa-
fras as if it had been wheat only, asserting;
however, that there was not q sassafras stump
over five inches in diameter. 1t is further
stated, and the statement is corroborated by
several eye Witnesses that the Champion cut
off two or three inches from the top of a
conical rock which projected up above the
knives, without breaking them!
Reuben II. Leaning and Ephraim Leaning
are brothers, and natives of Carroll county,
having been bornnear Uniontown the former
So years ago and the latter "A years ago. In
1887, the family having been broken up by
the death of the father, Ephraim went West.
For forty eight years last January the brothers
never heard from each other. Reuben is
now janitor of the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore. Ephraim married in the West