The Democratic advocate., 1886-09-11
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1886.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREyITIEs.


desire them.
The Registers of Voters will meet in this
city, at the ADVOCATE office, on Monday
next, the 18th, to sign collective notice for
the October sitting.
The September sitting of the Registers of
Voters closes to-day. at I o'clock, p. IN.
Don't fail to get registered; or if you desire
to get transfer, don't delay.
The race announced for last Friday between
Frank Yingling's Flora Temple and John
Beggs Bounce did not come off, Flora Tenn
pies hackers forfeiting the security stake.
Mr. Charles Kresz, of Wollerys district.
has beaten the record on cucumbers. He
brought to this Office last Saturday triple
cucumber. They were all of good size.
Messrs. J. A. Mitchell and William B.
Thomas, of this city, have applied for pat
ent on the invention of the former for tying
bags, heretofore mentioned in the ADVOCATE.
s.Buried Cities, is the title of very in
teresting article on the first page of this issue,
as is also 1.-THE Great Historical Earth
quakes'' The latter is good article to place
in scrapbooks for reference.
Mr.. l. S. Weaver, of this city, and mem
ber of the firm of Clabaugh, Weaver Co.,
of Baltimore, was secretary of meeting held
in the FIRMS office on Tuesday, to consider
plans for organizing rife club.
Mrs Susan Wilson has purchased, for 1925,
a lot on Green street, between Liberty aud
Belle Grove Square, from Milton Schaetfer.
1t has frontage of twenty-five feet. Mrs.
Wilson proposes to build on the lot.
Mr. John N. Selby, president of the Board
of County Commissioners, is quite sick at his
home in Franklin district with malarial fever.
He has been unable to meet with the other
Commissioners at their last two meetings.
Some one got into St. Johns Church, this
city, on Wednesday night, evidently for the
purpose of robbery. Father Gloyed discov-
cred the fact, and he and others chased the
intruder off before he accomplished his aim.
There was slight fire at the residence OF
Dr. j. Howell Billingslea on Wednesday night.
The window curtains caught fire in a second
story room from a gaslight, and but for timely
extinguishment considerable damage would
have been done.
Z. P. Hammond, professor" in Corn
wallis, Oregon, foretells terrific cyclones,
earthquakes and tornadoes for September 26,
2T and %. He also makes the prediction
that cyconic disturbances may be expected
September IA and 10.
The Mayor and Council of Westminster
will sit on Monday and Tuesday evenings,
September 9th and 28th, for the the purpose
of making transfers and abatements. The
levy for 1886 will be made on October 4th,
after which no changes will be allowed.
The Western Maryland Railroad had more
business on Wednesday than it could well
handle with its single track. All regular
passenger and mail trains were belated, and
much Inconvenience occasioned. Those who
had business in Baltimore were delayed very
late or could not go at all.
The Firemen's excursion to Gettysburg and
Round Top, on Tuesday, numbered l6S per-
sons, 1872 on the line of the Western Maryland
Railroad, and SO on the line of the Baltimore
& Hanover road. One hundred and forty one
tickets we're sold at Westminster for the Lu-
theran reunion at Penmar on Wednesday.
During 1885 there were more than Sl3, ,000,-
600 of dwelling house property destroyed by
fire in the United States, and many of the
fires had their origin in defective ilues. Since
the shaking up by the recent earthquakes it
would be well for persons to have their Chin
neys examined. 1t is quite probable some
have been cracked by the tremors.
On Wednesday last James A. C. Bond, as
trustee, sold 40 acres, roods and S3 perches,
situated at Mt Airy, to Albert Jones, of
Baltimore, for So, $50. On the same day, the
same gentlemen as trustee of Henry Bussard
sold "A acres, roods and "A perches of
woodland, near Mt. Airy, to Henry Nusbaum
at S35 per acre.
of all the rare and beautiful things sent to
the ADVOCATE recently, the most rare and IN
.teresting, and at the same time beautiful,
were two verbenas-one purple and the other
white both on one stalk, sent by Mrs. Jesse
Weaver, of New Windsor Each flower was
perfect as to color, one being all purple and
the other all white.
Miss Mary Thayer and Miss Sallie Roop,
moved by the appeal for aid from Charleston,
which suffered SO disastrously from the earth
uuake last week, constituted themselves a
committee to solicit subscriptions, and Sc
cared the handsome sum of S1l5, which has
been forwarded to the sufferers. Westmn-
ster has done nobly, and the ladies are to be
commended for their efforts.
While j. G. StitcheF, an employee of the
Taylor Works at Chambersburg, and former
ly of Westminster, was testing an ice manutae-
turing machine in the erecting shop few
days ago, a wooden plug was forced from the
cylinder of the engine and against his knee
can. Mr.. Stitcher was thrown down by the
shock, his knee was badly bruised and for a
time was much swollen and caused him much
pain.
There is to be a reunion of the Orendorffs
and Orn6orffs of America on the 18th, 18th
and 14th of next month, at Bloomington,
Illinois. Messrs. F. H. 0rendorff and }. L.
Orndorf of this CITY and A. f. Orndorfi, OF
Tanevtown. have each been invited. There
is to be relic room at the reunion, and those
who cannot attend are requested to send their
photographs, heir-looms, &c. Hon. Alfred
0rendorff, of Springfield, Illinois, is to de-
liver the address of welcome
Tha stockboIdars of tho H 7 H 4 G..
pa;irood comnanv have voted in favor of in.
-ans;ma tha con;tal stock IN S5o0 600
Meat;nss nf the STOCKHOLDERS Of that comnany
and the Bachman Valley company are t. be
held on the 18th inst to consider the merger
and consolidation of the roads into one com
pany. 1t is understood that this consolida
dion is preparatory to selling roads to syn
dictate in the interest of the Western Mary
land.
A walk in the Westminster Cemetery will
show the labor and the care bestowed upon
this repository of the dead We have never
seen it cleaner and freer from grass and weed;
than it is at the present time. Mr.. Brown,
the polite and obIiging superintendent
answers all inquiries, and will give all the
information visitors may require. He seems
to take pride in keeping the Cemetery in the
oa,d;t;on and mailing II rlaca n