The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-08-01
SATURDAY, AUGUST l, 1891.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Mr. John w. AnSel, OF MiuulepuIS' was
,nnointed n member of the state central
mmiltee ofthe Prohibition party for Carroll.
Owing to the wet weather potatoes are
,,ina ia the ground, grapes are decaying on
/. vines. and corn on low ground is about
rowncd out.
, subscriber at Alma, Colorado, closes a
,tpr renewing his subscription to the ADvo-
rr sAnd may Farmer Brown get there
tn both feet.
The club rooms OF the Westminster Club
I'M be open for the use of members on Mon.
next A meeting will be held at $50 and
e rooms formally opened.
The Second annual Reunion of the Re
brmed congregations of Southern Pennsyl-
mia. Maryland and the Virginias will occur
A Peumar on Thursday, August 10.
Chief Weigher Henry Boyle, of Liberty,
,s notified last Saturday that his services
the Custom House, Baltimore, were no
ipneer needed, as the office had been abol-
hed.
force of eight painters, under the super
&ision Of Mr.. Frank Sanford, is engaged in
&oiping Western Maryland College. They
he making IA great change in the appearance
ii the buildings.
son, aged between five and six years, of
Abraham Leister, near this city, on Friday of
isl week fell from fence and broke his right
nm near the shoulder. DIR. John S. Matthias
feiuced the fracture.
Mrs. William Miller, of Sandyville, has a
.urkey hen that is energetic indeed. She laid
m eggs and Matched 10 turkeys. Three weeks
later she began laying again and has 10 eggs.
She is about to set again.
Hon. Frank Brown telegraphed to his
s,riyate secretary on Wednesday, from Wies-
q baden. AS follows: "We leave for Paris today.
FRANK much better VIII sail with family for
SAmerca middle of August"
"A Democratic primaries to select delegates to
4 convention to nominate a local ticket and
& select delegates to the judicial convention at
4 Annapolis will be held on Saturday, August
22nd. The official call will be published next
week.
Col. ]. Brooke Boyle, of this city, one of
CAROLS best known citizens, entered his S1st
wear on July 25th. Col. Boyle is in good
health and is apparently in as good physical
condition rs he was ten years ago, while his
mind is as strong and clear as it ever was.
Mr.. Alouzo Miles, graduate of Western
MARYLAND College and well known in this
city, who is Il practicing lawyer at the Cam
bridge bar. was last week nominated for the
House of Delegates by the Democratic con
vention of Dorchester county. We congrat
ulate Mr.. Miles on his nomination and the
Democracy Of Dorchester on their selection.
On Friday evening of last week, between
and o'clock, heavy showers passed over
this city and vicinity, and mingled with the
rain was some hail. Main street, from the
Union National Bank to the railroad, was
again badly washed on the south side. The
fall Of water was very heavy. Lightning
struck and somewhat damaged the steeple of
the NJ p. Church, this city.
Extensive operations are in progress on the
bill near Granite Station, on the w. NJ. X. r.,
over 100 hands being engaged in getting out
the stone and dressing it for various purposes.
The Company is now at work on z contract
for curbing in Washington. Large quantities
of lumber are arriving for the erection of
bindings Work on the track from Granite
Station is being rapidly pushed
On Saturday last John NJ. Roberts and j.
Milton Reilsnider, trustees Of Il. j. Crumrine
4 Co., of Manchester, sold the real estate and
leasehold property of the firm. DIR. III. Hof-
lacker Il Sons purchased the store and ware
house for $500; John Masenheimer lot for
SIPS. Mrs. NJ. Keller lot for Sl32, Mrs
Elizabeth ODER lot at S205, and Ellen NJ.
Bixer the Lydia Crumrine house for $3.50.
-Four generations were represented i'll a
family reunion at the residence of Mr.. George
Weaver. at Gettysburg last week, including
che hest. his daughter, Mrs. NJ. Il. Crumrine;
her daughter, Mrs. c. NJ. Eyster, and Mrs.
Eyster's daughter, Miss Treva. the last three
Of Manchester. Mrs. Dilihurst and daughter,
Of Baltimore, were present on the pleasant
occasion. Mr. Weaver formerly lived in this
county.
l.nwosjd Camp will commence next Friday
evening and continue until the following
Friday ngiR. 1t promises to be of more than
usual interest. The grounds have been
greatly improved and = number of cottages
been put up. A large number of able minis
rsrs from Pennsylvania and Maryland will be
present. and there will be preaching three
times every day. Prof. Kevisenabe, of Har-
Iishuiy, will conduct the singing. Special
arains On Sunday.
The heavy rains for several weeks past have
washed fields and roads badly. Road super
visors have had much difficulty in keeping
the highways passable In some instances
repairs have been washed out MS soon as com
plrted. Appropriations have generally been
exhausted and on some roads extra allow
ances have had to be made. Good pixies can
scarcely stand the heavy rains and the force
.oi large volumes of rapidly flowing water.
The following persons of this county, will
leave Baltimore tomorrow for Detroit, Mich,
lss yisitors to, or participants in, the National
EneGnpment of the Grand Army of the Re
puhEe, to be held in that city next week
Mrs. &Ohn 6. Skunk, Messrs. John Il. Stone
siler, Elmer Hoppe, j. Hoffman Fuss, John
II. Mitten, of Westminster and vicinity; W.
$. Drach, Geo. G. Anders, New Windsor;
Ihos. j. Hunt, Hampstead; John Payne,
shiloh; George Rippeon, Augustus Iile and
Augustus Brown, Of the vicinity OF Winfield
august, according to Rev. lrl r. Hicks,
vgll open warm, and storms may be expected
cru the Cd, 4th and 9th, possibly causing Ial
q temperature. The 10th. 18th and 18th will
be AigeactioRary period, with high temperature
and saoumtendencies. The next storm period
will be ,an the 14th, 18th and 10th, with hot
weather. Cooler currents on the 18th. Or
the 10Th and Dist there will be another
hot spell and thunder storms. A hot wave
will cross the country on the 10Th, 9th ant
2Sth, attended by rain storms and followed by
cooler weather.
Mr.. j. Bennett, of Freedom, raised thi
season nearly five bushels of potatoes from
nine pounds planted They were of tht
EARLY New Zealand" variety, and the seed
were procured from Mr.. j. d., Barnes. The
seed potatoes were planted on April 1G, and
the crop was dug up on July 22nd. The
potatoes, says Mr. Bennett, are generally o
uniform size and large. He thinks they are
'lhree weeks earlier than the Early Rose, a
he planted them later than he did the Early
Rose and they were fit to use several week
before that variety.
Mr. John C. Voshell of Chestertown, Md.
father of Mrs. Arnold KIeff, of Westminster
and veteran hotel man, has leased thu
handsome new peninsula Hotel, now beinj
built at Salisbury, for five years, and will TAX
charge the latter part of this or the first o
next year. The building is four stories high
OF brick, with granite trimmings, has thirty
SIX bedrooms, and will be elegantly equippe'
with all modern conveniences. No man II
the state, says the Chestertown Transcript
IS more thoroughly competent to run the neV
establishment than Mr.. Voshell, and but feS
IN this country or elsewhere can surpass Mrs
Voshell in preparing a tempting and elegan
meal, and in being a model housekeeper.
An interesting match game of tennis wa
played at Union Mills last Monday afternoon
on the court of II. Writ and Louis Il. Shriver