The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-04-24
SATURDAY, ARPIL "a, 1886.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

addition, 25x2S feet, two stories high, to the
rear of his dwelling.
Mr. Henry Albaugh is building a new barn
on the alley in the rear of his dwelling. 1t
to be 36x60 feet. Carpenter, Rufus Strouse,
Silver Run.
Z. o. Grimes has withdrawn from the firm
of b. +. Shriver x Co., Gamers of this city.
B. f. and L. Herbert Shriver will continue
the business.
A meeting of citizens will be held at the
Court House next Tuesday evening at 7.3O
o'clock, to nominate candidates for Mayor
and Common Councilmen.
There are thirteen bicycles and nineteen
bicyclists in Westminster. They make very
pretty show when they start out, in their neat
uniforms, for an evening excursion.
The State Temperance Alliance met in
Baltimore this week. Edwin Higgins was
chosen president, and l.. A. ). Lamotte, OF
Finksburg, vice president for Carroll.
Mr.. Mitchell planted an Usage Orange
hedge around the Westminster Cemetery last
week. He is now busily engaged in hedge
planting on various farms in this locality.
Rev. c. p Glover, formerly of Mt. Airy,
this county, and now of Beemerville, N. D.,
has received call to the passionate of the
First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, Tren-
ton, n. j.
Mr.. John Driscoll, who went 20 Chattanoo-
ga, Tennessee, in the first part of March, to
pitch on the Southern League club of that
city, returned last Saturday, being released at
his own request.
The Webster Literary Society's entertain
ment comes off at Odd Fellows Hall next
Friday night, the Both. Presidents address,
A drama and music make up the principal
part of the program.
A movement is on foot to extend the Bach
man Valley Railroad to York, Pa, and the
Board of Trade of Y ork has Endorsed the ex-
tension as very desirable, and it is thought
that the city would contribute handsomely
fori
Messrs. n. l. Gorsuch Son are putting a
large power corn shelter in their elevator. 1t
will have capacity of one thousand bushels
a day, and work in conjunction with their
arain elevator the corn being hoisted as fast
as it is shelled.
The public schools having closed, mum,
Der of teachers throughout the county will
open subscription schools for the summer
term. At Central Hall school, this city,
Messrs. A. w. Buckingham and &. Ii. Gist
will open schools next Tuesday.
Mrs. Jane r. Butler, of this city, has sent
us copy of the st. Paul Daily Globe of April
1G. 1t contains graphic account OF the cy-
clone that visited the cities of Sank Rapids
and St. Cloud on the 18th instant, and has
illustrations of the devastation.
Fruit trees began to bloom last Saturday,
the 18th, in this county, which is quite early
The woods are hecked with arbutus and other
flowers. and the fields are clothed in green.
The weather has been quite spring-hke for
two weeks and the season may be said to be
forward.
Several local laws, passed at the recent
session of the Legislature, are published in
this issue. They relate to the charters OF
Westminster and Manchester, to the shooting
of game to the Mechanicsville and Finksburg
Turnpike Company, and to the Baltimore,
Freedom and Liberty Turnpike Company.
Messrs VIM. B. Thomas and George &.
Sharrer, two of Westminster's representatives
of old Izaak Walton, captured fifty-one noun
tain trout on Tuesday last They went to
Fishing Creek, fifteen miles beyond Mec9an-
icsville and traversed the mountains TO their
SUBMITS. Our fishermen are as game as the
trout themselves.
The Fifteenth Annual State Sunday School
Convention of Maryland will be held at Ha-
gerstown, commencing Thursday evening,
MAY 9th, at clock, and closing Saturday
night, Nav Sth 1t is hoped that the schools
of Carroll county will be well represented at
the convention. From present indications 1t
will be a notable gathering.
Mr.. N. |. Gorsuch is building an oriel TO
his dwelling, On Ihe side next to Sycamore
street He has also had taken down the old
building put up by the late VIM. Stansbury
thirty or forty years ago for bowling alley,
ana utilized by Mr.. Gorsuch as meat house:
He is also erecting new stable, having pulled
down the old one preparatory to that purpose.
The rain of last Tuesday, though it lasted
nearly two hours here, was not general through
out the county. The clouds passed over the
middle section, and in some places the hail was
severe. In Cranberry the hail stones were
quite large, and stripped the blossoms from
frnit trees. The hail laid to the depth of an
inch or MORE There was fall of tempera-
ture in Westminster of 20 degrees-trom 70
TO So.
BIT. Rev. VIM Paret, Bishop of Maryland,
preached at Ascension Protestant Episcopal
Church, this city, on Wednesday night, and
confirmed a class of ten candidates, five of
whom were colored. The congregation on
the occasion was large. Seats were placed
10 the aisle, and scarcely standing room was
left Bishop Paret was the guest OF John l..
Reifsnider. Esq, during his stay IN West
i minister.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Tenn.
persnee for the State of Maryland will hold
Carroll Hail, on Thursday, the 10Th Instant,
commencing at 10l o'clock, a. m. ALI Sons
of Temperance will be invited to be present
during the session. A public meeting will be
held in the evening at the NJ. E. Church, to
which all are invited. A pleasing program,
consisting of music and addresses, will be
provided for the occasion.
Tomorrow, the 25th, is Easter Sunday.
This is the latest date that Easter can come.
This has never occurred before in this cen
tery, nor will it occur again until the year
l9I3 Hence it is seen that Easter very
SarelS occurs so late. 1t does not average
once a century, as is seen from the following
list of dates on which Easter Sunday fell on
April 25;-t734, 1866, 1916, 1451; the four
teenth century was left out, and then came
1904, 1IO9, l014, 919. The earliest date for
Easter is March %.
Mr. JOS A. Waesche, of this city, has pur-
chased lot at Mechanicstown, Frederick
county. The lot fronts 100 feet on street,
runs back along the railroad $50 feet, ano is
Improved by large dwelling, stable, DC.
Tive lot is at the junction of the Western
MARYLAND and Catoctin Branch Railroad,
which will be finished and in operation in a
month or two. The Western Maryland road
IS puiGing up depot, &C., opposite the lot
Mr.. Waesche purchased, and will occupy it
shortly Mechanicstown is expected to boom
shortly.
The following changes have been made in
mail routes the past few days Pleasant Val
ley TO Beggs: leave Pleasant Valley daily ex-
cept Sundays at $50 a. M; arrive at Beggs
by I is a. m, or in time to meet the Littles-
town mail going west; leave Beggs daily ex-
eept Sundays at 10. 40 a. M; arrive at Pleasant
Valley by ll.25 a. IN. Union Bridge to
Unionville: leave Union Bridge daily except
Sundays at 1890 a. M; arrive at Unionville
by ~ M; leave Knoxville daily except Sun
days at o. M; arrive at Union Bridge by
$50 a. m.
The base ball lovers of this city, and they
embrace nearly the whole population. will be
glad to learn that Frank Nicholas, catcher on
the Westminster club for two years, is doing
good work on the Lawrence Massachusetts,
club, of the New England League. The club
PLAYED their first game last Saturday, defeat
ing the Tufts College team by 10 to l. Dick
Conway pitched and Freddy caught Con-
way, who is termed the srsr pitcher of the
League, struck out 81, and Reddy is credited
with IL put outs and assists. Speaking OF
Comway's skill, the Lawrence Sunday Tele-