The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-12-26
SATURDAY, DECEMBER &c, 1891.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREYITIEs.

Saturday last, aged 81 years. lie was a
. ms, 10 Mrs. John l.. Reifsnider and Mr..
n Krener Shriver, of Westminster.
Merchants ofWestminster say the holiday
,,.,Je was never better than it has been this
roar They made elaborate preparation, the
jTsnIavs of the windows surprising previous
years.
As the ADVOCATE is issued in advance of
Christmas although dated the day after, we
take occasion to wish all our friends and pa
IRONS A Merry Christmas, and also a Happy
New Year.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
uiIl sell excursion tickets at two cents u
mile between all stations, from December 23d
IN January LIST, tickets good to return until
January ltll.
Pools hog melt predictions are holding out
nretty we-plenty of rain and plenty of mud.
Iie took another look at the melt this week,
and he predicts "a little snow and a little
blow" in February and March.
William HeltebridIe, of Taneytown district,
has Young mare that has trotted mile in
40 on the county road. This is rafting
mace, and III she were trained, she would proba-
bly bring her record below 2.4O.
Weights of Hogs-D. II. Warehime, at
Ayondae. killed FIVE hogs, weighing 1O2, 2S5,
gfg. 2GG. 2jS. William Struth, near West
Minister. four, 800, 3l2. 33S and 1913. Francis
Il. Myers. at Carrollton, two, 322 and $40.
Nessrs. Jacob Stem, ofthis city, and Elmer
Hoppe. near Westminster, spent Monday in
buating. going up into Myers district. In
Pine Hills they shot, from one tree, two large
raccoons, which weighed twenty-three pounds.
The Christmas entertainment at Frizellburg,
= note from Rev. G. w. Seilhamer says, will
be held ON Saturday evening, December 10Th,
and on tile next day, in the afternoon, the
closing exercises of the Sunday school for the
season will take place.
The farmers of Carroll are requested to
meet at the Court House here next Monday
afternoon, December 2Sth, to select five del
egaIes to the annual convention of the Mary
land State Farmers Association, which
meets in Baltimore next month.
When the shooting season opened mem
Der of the Westminster bar started out TO bag.
during the season, one hundred cartridges.
At last accounts week ago, he had killed
-, and said lie must yet have the remaining
q, The season closed in Carroll on the 24th.
A correspondent writes: "Mr. Michael
Walsh is the right man for steward of the
Aims House. He is weli-linown, good
Democrat, - good farmer and good manager.
Mr.. $. Wilderson is also highly spoken OF for
the place Either one would be gratifying to
the people.
Another letter from Mr., j. Q. II. Smith,
received on Monday last, says that he passed
through a boom town, that is still on the
-Talapoosa, Georgia. He said there
are more improvements there, more buildings
being erected and more people at work than
many town of its size in the South.
The physicians of Westminster have an
unusual number of patients at this time, and
they and their horses are overworked. 1t is
with difficulty they can attend to the calls,
and several are unwell themselves. The chief
sickness is grip and pneumonia. Throughout
the county the grip is quite prevalent.
Christmas at St. Paul's Reformed Church,
this city, will be observed by the usual SER
vices at 6 a. m. and p. m. The morning
service will be one of song and praise. The
choir will be assisted by members of Prof.
Royer's Orchestra. Prof Rinehart will pre-
side at the organ. In the evening the chill
dren's service will he held.
Mr.. George L. Hoppe, former citizen of
Westminster, and now one Of the progressive
Young men of Atlanta, Georgia, was last week
elected president of the consolidated electric
street railway lines of his adopted city. In
the Atlanta Constitution of the 18th, from
which the above information was gathered,
We find an account of a meeting at Mr.. Hop.
pies Office 20 establish Southern Baseball
League.
4 letter TO the ADVOCATE from Mr.. Eman-
uel Yeiser, says not only was his barn burned
last week, las reported in this paper, but also his
cider press, boring machine, blacksmith shop,
bone mill and grst mill, with their contents.
The barn was 40x6l feet, and the mill and
shop combined, 50x20 feet The fire was
incendiary. The loss, Mr.. Geiser says, was
SlG50, and the insurance, in the Dug Hill
Company. was Sl035. The fire started in the
straw shed or wheat NOW.
Mr.. Walter Dorsey, brother Of Mr.. iona
than Dorsey and of Mrs. Julius b. Berret, OF
Freedom district, died on Friday night of last
week, of paralysis, aged II years, at his home
at Cooksville, Howard county. He was a
native of this county. but went to Howard
when young man, and became one OF the
leading agriculturists of that county. lie
dealt largely in real estate and amassed Il
considerable fortune. A widow and one son
and four daughters survive him.
On Saturday night last some one stole the
watch of Mr.. Chas. A. Horner. As he was
going home he passed through a crowd OF
persons on the corner of Main and Court
streets, and he thinks the watch must have
been snatched from his pocket at that time.
The button-hole of his vest was torn. He
missed the watch when he got home, and on
going back to where the crowd was met, 1t
had dispersed. The watch had long been in
his possession and he valued it very much.
The Mutual Fire Insurance Company OF
Carroll county elected directors on Monday
last as follows Granville S. Haines, DR.. j.
W. Herring, Edward L. Reindollar, Alfred
ZollickoiIer, David Fowble, Edward Lynch,
Granville 7. Herring, David Prugh, Judge
Chas b. Roberts and Richard Manning.
The board organized after the election By re.
seciing DIR. j. w. Herring president and
Richard Manning secretary and treasurer.
Four per cent. was levied on the premium
notes, as heretofore.
The engineers on the new railroad line to
Westminster reached this city on tuesday,
and their appearance aroused much interest
among our citizens. The line surveyed enters
Westminster through Winchester Place, and
thence up Ralph street and through Foundry
alley, across the old Taylor Works lot, across
Court street, and to the land of Col. Long
we'll, near the Jail. Another route looked at,
crosses Court street near the Episcopal chapel
and then runs in straight line to the West
ern Maryland Railroad.
At council of the congregation Of the
Meadow Branch German Baptist Church
near this city, on Monday, Elder David ID.
Bousack, minister of the second degree, was
advanced to the ordained eldership. The
eermony of ordination was performed by
Elders Solomon Stoner, of Uniontown
Ephraim Stoner, of Union Bridge, and
William II. Franklin, of SANS Creek. The
council also elected Charles D. Bonack,
son of Elder Bonsack, minister, and William
A. Roop, of Spring Mills, a deacon.
The West Virginia Central Railroad Com
pany is looking for route to extend the road
to Baltimore. The survey is completed tc
Hagerstown, and engineers are looking over
the route this side. This road will likely come
through Carroll and probably to Westminster,
to connect with the route now being surveyed
from Green Spring Valley to this city Inc
West Virginia, it will be remembered, wanted
to build road to Washington on the tow
path ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, ba'
was thwarted by the Baltimore Ohio Ran,
road. The Company now proposes to build
to Baltimore.
Commissioner.elect Hahn who was injured