The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-31

The excursion to Luray on Thursday was
large. Fifty-fve tickets were sold at West
minister.
Noah A. Rohrbacb, well known farmer,
residing near Hanover junction, committed
suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself IN
the heart. No cause can be assigned. The
deceased was in good circumstances, and
leaves wife and three children. He was
about thirty five years of age.
The Flower Mission held its monthly meet.
ing on Thursday and appointed committees
for August Next Thursday Miss Jeanette
Shriver will receive donations and the Misses
Barnitz will pack them for shipment. The
contributors numbered thirteen on Thursday,
and the contributions included pears and APP
pies as well as flowers.
While helping to thresh wheat at Mrs.
Lockard's, near the toll-gate about mile
below town, p. A. Gorsuch had a hand pain
fully hurt by being pierced by tine of q
pitchfork. He was forking straw back in the
barn, and Charles Lockard was forking it to
him, when by an accident prong of Charles
fork pierced the right hand of Mr.. Gorsuch,
near the thumb, and entered the flesh two
inches or more, through the palm, causing a
painful wound.
A grain dealer remarked day or two ago
that Westminster is one of the best wheat
markets in the state, and that grain was
| brought here this week from within four
miles of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The grain elevators and steam Touring mill
have contributed largely to this result. Ad-
ded to this is the fact that the stocks kept in
the various stores here are large, and persons
can buy here to q good advantage. Hence
farmers sell their crops and buy their supplies
| in Westminster.
Westminster is full of summer boarders and
visitors, and we cannot keep up with them.
We publish the arrivals of those we hear OF,
but the list is never complete. Persons
having visitors should notify us. Personals
are not published to crafty supposed vanity,
but for public information. The announce
ment of arrivals is convenient way of letting
friends and acquaintance know the fact, and
to citizens of Westminster away from home
nothing is more interesting than personals.
The announcement of the departure OF our
business men, for a summer vacation, saves
many person trip to town to see the min
their absence.
C. Await & Son, of this city, have been
awarded the contract for building q lunatic
ASYLUM for the use of the insane poor of Cecil
county, on the almshouse farm, near Cherry
Hill. for the sum of 5,942. The building is
to be brick, 30 by 60 feet, covered with slate:
1t will be two stories high, with basement and
attic, and will have eight wards or cells for
the use of patients on the first and the same
number on the second floor. There were three
other bidders, all of Cecil county. E. j..
Await was over to Elkton last week to look
at specifications, and to put in a bid for the
work Our Cecil friends can count on the
job being well done.
Postmaster Boyle has obtained permission
and will, beginning to-day, dispatch lock-
pouch daily to Baltimore on the $50 tain in
the morning. The mail for this lock-pouch
will close at $40. This will give the citizens
of Westminster four mails to Baltimore daily.
The arrangements for intermediate points is
not so good, and if the postmaster can induce
the Postoffice Department 10 put a mai
agent on the evening train going east, leaving
Hagerstown at $50 and Westminster at sol
mail facilities would be greatly improved.
The fast mail is too early and too irregular to
be of much value. The short-stop of the
fast mail could be spared for the service, and
the Western Maryland Railroad could readily
put a postal car on the train.