The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-23
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1891.
AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


seasonable rains fell in Carroll this week.
Next Saturday-May 3Oth-is Decoration
day.
Mrs. Frank T. Shaw gave her lutte daugh
Her. Virgie, lawn party on Wednesday
afternoon.
Dennis II. Frizzle, of this city, has been
Granted "A pension. Samuel Ii. Shue, of this
#county. has also been granted pension.
Mr.. VIM. II. Stocksdale, near Finksburg,
has field of rye averaging about Z feet
z;ncbes high. This is tall rye, and is doubtless
feoual TO the best in the county.
There were five baptisms at the Church OF
s God, UniontOwn, on Sunday last. In the
evening the sacrament was administered. A
4 barge congregation was present.
Emma, the fve-year old daughter Of Mr..
sU NJ. Clabaugh, cut severe cash over her
ave by a fall on Tuesday. Several stitches
were necessary to close the wound.
Nathan Smith, farmer living near Lin
wood, died on Monday morning, aged "a
wears. He had been in i'll health for several
wears. He leaves several grown children.
David Stoner, as attorney named IN mort
gage, sold on Saturday last the VIM. j. Mltten
property, this city, containing between Il and
- acres with buildings, to Emanuel Shaelfer,
for Sl,S75.
What connection there is between locust
blossoms and the corn crop we don't know,
Int a large bloom is said to be indicative of a
large corn crop. If this holds true, corn
cribs will bulge next fall.
VIM. II. Clark, G. II. P; Henry c. LARA.
bee. Past G. II. p; Graham Dukehart, Grand
Lecturer, all of Baltimore, visited Royal Arch
Chapter No. 81, of this city, on Monday night
10 witness the comforting Of the royal arch
degree.
The newly elected Common Council Of
Westminster organized on Monday night by
electing John 7. Anders president. Charles
+. Goodwin was chosen clerk, Israel Zeiber
street commissioner, and X. Chas. Matthews
chief of police.
NJ. f. Mitten has been in the sheep shearing
business. and has taken off some big ileeces.
From two of John d. Shaffer's the lleeces
weighed u pounds each; two of Elmer Wam-
pler ;. Is pounds each; one of Hezekiah Bow
crsox's, ~ pounds.
Another entertainment by the company Of
home talent that so successfully produced
..MeC's Diversion at Odd Fellows Hall
some weeks ago, is in course of preparation
a double attraction-which will be given the
first week in June.
The creditors of VIM. II. Kugler, the Bal
timore lumber dealer, have agreed to accept
fifty cents Oh the dollar, the liabilities being
sd. 900 and assets $4,000. Mr.. kugler, II
is said, contemplates concentrating his bust
ness at Mt. Airy, this county.
Carrie. aged 1G years, daughter of David
Bankard, while out boating on Winter dam,
about Il mile from Westminster, on Sunday
last. fell out of the boat backwards, and mar
rowly escaped being drowned. She was
rescued by Charles Crawford.
Judge Maulsby has been elected delegate
and Mr.. Ii. NJ. Clabaugh alternate to the
Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church
in Maryland, which meets in st. Peter
Church, Baltimore, May 9th and 18th. One
of these gentlemen, with the rector, will rep
resent Ascension Church at the convention.
The Rev. A. S. II. Winsor, of Upper
Marlboro, has been elected to the rectOrship
of Holy Trinity Parish, Sykesville, recently
made vacant by the death of Rev. Samuel
Hall. Mr.. Winsor is young man Of great
promise, who has made for himself an excel
lent name at Marlboro. 1t is not yet known
whether he will accept the call TO Sykesville
The question SIS Life Worth Living?' i.
nearly settled in the negative by the resident.
of Green street, from Centre to Sycamore
A hand organ at Il merry go-round on tn,
Central Hall school grounds grinds GU
Annie Rooney" about twelve hours day
and a colored citizen on Charles street picks
"Sally, Get Your Hair CUT on n banjo
during all his leisure hours.
During the annual meeting of the German
Baptists at HagerstOwn, from May 2Sth tC
June 5th, the Western Maryland Railroad vii
sell excursion tickets at one fare for the rounC
trim on all regular trains, from all stations
On Sunday, May 3lst, a special excursion
train will be run from Glyndon to Hagers
town, leaving Glyndun at G.55 a. m. ant
Westminster at 7.3s. Returning, the trail
will leave Hagerstown at 3 o'clock in thu
afternoon.
Mr.. A. C. Wilson, of Cumberland, Nd.
a former student at Western Md. College ant
well known in this city, was shot and slight.
wounded on Thursday morning by Michael A
LAWN, clerk in the Cumberland Hardwar
Company's store, Of which Mr.. Wilson i
president and manager. LAWN was membe
of the firm of NJ. E. LAWN x Co., which wa
succeeded by the Cumberland Hardware Co
He got an idea that his services were NJ
longer desired and that he was not treate'
right, and he determined to get square. I'll
of the company, but missed him. Wilson il
slightly wounded in the shoulder.
The County Commissioners were in session
this week, engaged in general business. Tn
bond of William U. Marker, tax collector O
Uniontown district, was approved. Edward
o. Cash was appointed collector for Middle
burg district, in the place of Moses Seabrook
resigned. The bonds of George p. Buckley
tax collector of Union Bridge district, AM
George A. Shoemaker, constable Of fancy
town district, were received and approved
The Commissioners of Carroll county met tn
Commissioners of Frederick county on Wed
nesday to look for a site for a bridge owe
Sans Creek at McKinstry's Mills. The
came to no final conclusion as to the building
Several collisions occurred in Westminste
on Monday, but no serious damage was done
Miss Warren, from Wakefield, was throw
from a buggy near Hers carriage factory
and tainted from the shock, but sustained nj
injury. The horse of Charles Elliott, Q
Taneytown, who, with his brother, f. II
Elliott, were driving to Baltimore, becam
frightened at waving flags near the depot, and
turning sharply, dished wheel of anothe
buggy and broke the shafts Of Mr.. Elliott
buggy. Mr.. Elliott procured another bugg
and continued his Journey. The horse of MI
! ohm Shaffer, near this city, while hitched il
fro ut of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
beea me frighteded at the playing of a band
broke his bride and ran away, but was caugh
before my damage was done to the buggy.
The n ew supplied choir of Ascensio
Episcopal Church, this city, which has beef
for some time in training, made their frs
appearance on Whit Sunday. 1t numbers a
present eleven members, as follows: CLAUDE
Smith, James Bond, Paul Reese, Herber
Trumbo, Frank Nelson. Ralph Reifsnider
Harry Bankard, Guy Fowler, Clayton Nichols
Eddie Shriver, Fitting Shriver. These boy
have been in training under care of the or
ganist, Mr. Chas. II. Kues, for two months
and give evidence of the thorough work whicl
they have been doing. Their hearty singing
and the procession of white ROBBED choir ant
clergy at the opening and close, added great
to the beauty and impressiveness OF the ser
vices. They will sing regularly at the Sunda
services hereafter Although such choirs arr
now quite common in this country and Eng
land, this is, SO far as We know, the first on
to be organized in the diocese of Marylan
outside of Baltimore and Washington.
A runaway caused some excitement o
Centre street Yesterday morning. Charles