The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-05-05
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1888.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREv1TIEs.

LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Corporation election on Monday afternoon
next.
John Koontz, died near Silver Run OF
April 80, in his Seth year.
Work has been commenced on new Epis
copal Church at Mt. Airy.
Harry Await is sick with pneumonia a
st. Charles College, Howard county.
Charles V. Dugan is attending Bryan q
STATIONS Business College, Baltimore.
Forty.four excursion tickets were sold al
Westminster Station to Barnum's circus.
The Misses Goldsborough, of near Easton,
Nd, are visiting Mrs. j. Howell Billingslea
The Westminster Band has nineteen pieces,
and is one of the best in Western Maryland.
DIR. John B. Boyle, of Baltimore, spent
several days with his family in this city, this
week.
Overcoats and fires were comfortable on
Wednesday. A decided change in tempera-
ture from Monday.
Democratic Primary Meetings this Satnr'
day afternoon. See announcement al the
head of the second page.
Rev. James W. Reese held services at st.
Thomas Chapel and McDonogh school,
Baltimore county, on Sunday last.
In another column will be found the notice
of the Registrars of Voters, who will sit on
Monday and Tuesday, May IA and 10.
Burns Post, G. A. R., of this city. will
meet on Saturday night, the 18th inst, to
make arrangements for memorial services.
Ed. Greer, formerly player of the West
minister base ball club, has signed with the
Toronto club, and will receive good salary.
Charles street school, colored, had an
entertainment on Saturday evening at the
school, and a picnic at Winters dam on
Monday.
Mrs. L. Hayden received a cablegram or
.aTondav that Mr.. and Mrs. Charles MeFad-
den arrived at Queenstown on Sunday. Both
sgere well.
Saturday and Sunday were the hottest days
in APRIL eyer kpoWn. On Sunday night
people felt the beat almost as much as IN
mid summer.
With this issue we send out 6 supplement
containing some very choice reading matter
and thu advertisements of q number OF our
business Ren.
During April 1876 deeds, 1O4 mortgages and
~ sails of sale were recorded in the Clerk
office. Eighteen marriage licenses were
issued during the month.
Prof. T. D. Ellis, former teacher of the
Westminster Band, and skilled cornetist,
has been engaged to teach band IN wayne
.eounty, w, Va, near Huntington.
G. Il, Baughman, who has been superin,
sondent of the Water Company for several
wears, has resigned, and Alexander Mime
dinst has been appointed in his place.
Joab Brown has been appointed Justice
of the Peace for Mt Airy district, and also
George A. Davis as Justice OF the feace -
place of Capt. VIM. P. Anderson, resigned.
ID. Dixon Byers, near East View, has
raspberry bush that grew l94 feet last year;
,,Iso n colt which was foaled on Sunday that
was 3 feet 4 inches high at the time Of foaling.
On Tuesday Chas. T. Beifsnider, as assig'
nee, sold the property OF Ada F. ana Joseph
d. Barnes, containing III acres, ~ Rerrei,
Freedom district, TO Louis Ii. Schultz Tor
S1,100.
Charlotte Ridgely, colored, aged about 10
,,oors living near Mt. Airy, while burning
weeds IN the garden on Friday morning OF
last week. was fatally burned by her clothes
taking fire,
At the close of business on April 30, the
Union. National Bank had on deposit Sl54,
ls4: the Farmers and Mechanics SlO4,-
leas and the First National S20l, 1856.
d;sm45Q. BOOST.
not N Poole, of this city, exhibited a c mt
no' w pear tree growing upon his
anyhoVou Centre street, which measured
had triee and half inches in length. A
might negrowth for one year.
mounted Sriield, aged about SO years.
ture him saised by the Cover family, IN
in IL strict, and VIM. Massey, aged
~ WHICH both respected colored men,
them aitertoaef on last Saturday.
TINS rise eve voted on Saturday to issue
Below us Mbouds to bald the Manches-
about half llroad from Maple Grove
tbo. H.. i'd Railroad to Manchester,
tbs e P. I oh Essig, VIM. Getchey and
IL ne :, vi 'le 'oll county hucksters, were
that the ques ounty, Pa, last week, fol
come up to be wketing without license,
stations were Bed Dollars and costs each.
and were alread If opr climate are well SCI
of the horses had on Monaay' Iag t .S;ot .
and was an interestadax I last T. the he sotb O.
other time our pres REGISTERED 909 ia thu
them to flight, but un,
they gave us no attentiiremen's excursion
Now occurred combat y p,st 10 visit the the
few men have ever witnesse,Es. and in ad
were pretty evenly matched little cities IL
champion had an advantage i
but to offset this the sorrel wa, Senatol
Their movements showed the br rs s ss''1.l.
lty between wild and domestic 49, = ~ , e'e
horse was agile and smart, as tle over '.ss
but the sorrel had the supplenes
ther As boxers feint for an dding nea
these horses skirmished for an aged q
They approached until their no ana l, sse q
met, and then reared nm with - ssss< n
struck at each other, and came
wheel and kick The iron 81 betwsel
9orse mt hs'hing but air, but w is55, 5oth
aouDie thud OF the sorrelis hind ". V1rng
sent them home. T.-. -.6n "a 'tpqQuep.
and come together again and rep 70 *as
same tactics, and again oar horse
worst of it. He was headstrop5 <:..: !
strung beast, and his temper was n;oo. &
When he wheeled the third time r'@4!
back with rush, screaming out in 80.
ger. The sorrel turned end for en-, t', =
flash to use his heels, but our oh. e ~ :,
lodged the kicks and seized him IA {
shoulder with his teeth. There wasal llle
rife struggle before the hold was ID a!'
and then they backed into each othe nz''
kicked with all fury for few sec. V
Every hoof hit something solid, bun g.
IRON shoes of our horse scored poirpec
his favor. When they separated we cd
see that the sorrel had been badly used !.
peciaily about the legs. w
When the horses wheeled for the tl\
time both were bent on mischief. Astl
came together they reared up like dogsa
struck at each other, and for five mimi
they were scarcely off their hind .fer
Some hard blows were exchanged, and O.,
horse had the best of the round. Indeer
when the sOrrel wheeled and ran away |