The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-08-14
SATURDAY, AUGUST IA, 1886.
AFFAIRS
LOCAL RREvITIEs.

Inc picnic near 1dHeytO lOI tue peuellI
of St. Josephs Catholic Church, Rev. j. I.
Delaney, pastor, held last week, was a great
success and netted S14S.14.
In last week S report of the proceedings of
the Orphans Court, Conrad r. Wentz was
printed for Cornelius r. Wentz, adminstra-
tor of Valentine H. B. Wentz.
The county commissioners of Carroll and
Howard counties decided to award the con-
tract for building the bridge over the Patap-
SEQ at Gathers siding to jackson Shipley for
$500.
A gentleman from the country. came to
Westminster last Saturday aud became disor-
derly and pugiistic, for which he had to pay
S420 at Justice Crapster's. 1t costs to have.
a little fun in Westminster.
Mr.. Noah Pennington died last Saturday
night at his residence near Warfieldsburg,
aged 81 years and IA days. His funeral took
place on Monday at Stone Chapel, and was
the largest there for some years.
The Democratic County Central Committee
will meet at the Court House, this city, on
Monday, August 23d, to arrange to have the
county represented in second district congress
sional convention, which meets at Belair on
September 10TH
The three races of the Westminster Driving
Association, which were prevented by ram
last Saturday. will come off at the Fair Ground
track next Saturday, the 21st. Fine sport
may be expected Abundance free.
At jackson Grove camp last Sunday, Miss
Florence Herring and Mr.. Thomas Murray, of
this city, assisted in the musical part OF the
services. and sang in aquartet. Rev. Thomas
H. Lewis. d. D., of this city, was at the camp
last Sunday also.
Edward w. Leeds has been appointed post
master at Union Bridge to succeed Thomas
Jones, resigned. Mr.. Jones on Thursday was
sworn in as examiner of merchandise IN the
appraisers department at the Baltimore Gus
tom House.
At meeting of the board of visitors and
governors of St. Johns College, Annapolis,
on Wednesday night, Prof. Thomas Fell, for
merlv of New Windsor College, was elected
acting principal, to succeed Prof. w. II. Hop
kins, resigned. There were about twenty-five
applicants
Mr.. John T. NJ. 0rndorf, native Of
Westminster and son of the late Samuel
Orndorff, died on August list at Fort Worth.
Texas His health had been bad for several
months, but it was supposed he was recover,
ing. when a relapse occurred and he died
rather unexpectedly.
Mr.. James Shriver, of this city, has been
granted a patent for refrigerator, and as
signed it to his son, C. II. Shriver, of Ded-
ham, Massachusetts. This is the third patent
granted to citizens of this city in the past two
years-Dr. Wells, anti.nicotine cigars; l. A.
Miller, breast strap; James Shriver, reirige-
rator.
The Patapsco club, of Baltimore, failed to
meet the Brooks club here on Thursday, to
the disappointment of the lovers of the sport.
The Caledonia club will be here this (Satur-
dav) afternoon to contest with the Brooks
team. Driscoll will likely play with the
Brooks club. Gist and Shaw will be the
battery.
Miss Mary Beckwith, who has so success
fully conducted kindergarten school in this
city for several years, has accepted aposition
in the well-known Friends High School,
Baltimore, of which Prof Eli NJ. Lamb is
principal. The kindergarten school here will
probably be continued by lady who was a
classmate of Miss Beckwith.
Oliver j. Welch, of Freedom district was
brought to Jail here last Saturday. He is
mentally affected, and had become violent
recently. A jury of inquisition declared him
insane on Tuesday, and on Thursday he was
taken to the Maryland Hospital for the In
sane This is about the tenth person de-
clared insane within the past three months.
Messrs. Herr Bros, of this city, on Tues
day shipped to George W. Cox, of Woodberry,
Baltimore county, Md, platform furniture
wagon. 1t is the equal of any manufactured
in the state, being built of the best material
and finished in the most substantial manner.
The wagon will carry $500 pounds with ease,
even over the Falls road or the streets of
Baltimore.
The Westminster Cycling Ramblers took
run down the pike to Carrollton last Friday
evening. and when they returned they were
handsomely entertained by Mr.. Allan ID.
Weutz, the captain, at his residence. cake
that was voted to Mr.. Wentz at the Catholic
fete, as the most popular bicyclist, was cut
on the occasion, and there were all the deli
cacies of the season in addition.
Z. j. and Frank Await went to Elkton last
Monday TO begin the construction OF the In
sane Department at the Cecil county Aims
House, few miles north of that town. When
ready to begin the brick work Mr.. Christian
Await will go over to superintend the work,
and VIM. Shaeffer, of Manchester, will work
on the building also. Capt. Chas. N. Kuhn,
of Westminster, will do some of the carpenter
work.
Prof Charles T. Wright, well known in this
CITY, and for number of years member of
the Faculty of. Western Maryland College, has
been elected principal of the High School at
Coleraine, Lancaster county, Pa. For several
years past he the principal of the Stew
artstown, Pa, Academy, where he was very
successful, but wider field being offered at
Coleraine, he has concluded to accept and
will take charge about September LIST.
The Harvest Home and Fruit breaking fes-
tival the Sunday School Of the Stone Church,
at Double Pipe Creek, will be held to-day
Saturday in L. F. Miller's grove. near the
village. THIS will be the most interesting
picnic yet held in the neighborhood. Prom
inent speakers will be present. Good vocal
music will be furnished by the school. In
strumental music by the Taneytown band,
one of the best in the county.
Mr. George Snyder, living on the New
Windsor road, about mile and half from
Westminster, raised, this season, on five acres
of ground, from ten bushels seeded of hulless
oats, 205 bushels, weighing so pounds to the
bushel. The oats were obtained from 2.
Huddle, President of the Carroll County In.
dustrial Grain and Seed Company. Mr.. Sny.
der proposes to seed ten bushels more of the
same variety next season.
1t is estimated that fully four thousand
people visited Linwood Camp last Sunday,
and the attendance at Asbury Grove, the col
ored camp, was simply immense: There
were about as many whites as blacks on the
ground At Westminster there were 225
tickets sold for the Linwood Camp and 220
for Asbury. At Union Bridge 300 tickets
were Sold Linwood Camp closes this week.
Emory Grove Camp opened on Thursday,
though many persons have been encamped on
the grounds for several weeks.
The High School for boys opened in Balti-
more last year by Profs. Wright and Wolfe,
two young men or Union Bridge nelghDor-
hood, has been a great success. A cores
pondent informs us that the first graduates
reflect credit upon their instructors Two of
them passed an examination for entrance into
Johns Hopkins University, standing among
the first among sixty candidates. One entered
without any condition whatever rare &C.
currence at the University. Two of the stu
dents were successful for admission to the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The school is located at 166 Madison avenue,
and the studies embrace all the requirements
for entrance TO college or university.
The firm of Stoner 4 Stitely, whose grain
elevator at Chambersburg, Pa, was burned
on Saturday night, are sons of two well-known
citizens of Carroll county. Marshall Stoner,
the senior member, is son of Mr.. Abram
Stoner, of Union Bridge, and Albert Stitely,
the junior partner, is a son of Mr.. j. Q. Site
", a prominent business man of this city.
The loss by the fire aggregates some $25, 1000,
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