The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-11-14
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1891
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Tbere will be glass JAIL ana target snoOt-
- I tournament at Double Pipe Creek on
thanksgiving Day.
1.-THE date after your name on the label
rour naper shows the time to which your
OJ is paid. Examine it.
TLo Westminster Band has purchased
I,abIe bass horn. 1t cost Sl2O, is silver
lated lated and so large it has been named Jumbo.
,Ien L. Forester, a former resident Of
az, c,tv. died at Mt. Hope on Wednesday, in
L ?.' c5tb year He was II lawyer by profess
sion.
Mr. Jos. W. Smith is putting up frame
bnilding adjoining the Orndorff building at
the West end, to be used as shaving parlors
nv Michael Ham.
Mr. Daniel Benner died near Frizellburg
IN Tuesday. in his SD year. He leaves three
c6ildren-Henry, Miss Lizzie, and Mrs.
kaufman. of Baltimore.
The levy of 30 cents on the 800 for corpo
,,,;on nurposes will produce for Westminster
, ,r a little over Sc, 200. Collector Good
vim has been distributing the bills this week.
The engineers who were surveying rail
rood route from Green Spring junction to
Westminster, and who were sent to do some
work in Caroline county, have returned to
complete the survey of the route to this city.
Wessrs. Frank Z. Miller and George W.
Albaugh have formed copartnership and
wil conduct a wholesale and retail grocery,
confectionery and fruit business at the stand
IN the Albaugh Building, where MIR. Miller
has conducted the business for some months
past
The Browning Literary Society of Western
Maryland College will hold its 24th anniver
sary on Thanksgiving night, November 2Gth,
in tbe College Auditorium. An attractive
programme is assured, and pleasant and
profitable evening will he spent by those y no
attend.
Mr.. Ezra F. Brown, of Towson, Baltimore
county. a brother of Mr.. John A. Brown, OF
Uniontown, underwent surgical operation
al the Baltimore City Hospital for disease
contracted while in the army and which has
disabled him from work for some time, and
for which he receives pension OF $4,000 per
month.
A union Thanksgiving service, in which
the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protest
ant and Lutheran Churches will unite, will be
held in St. Paul's Reformed Church on
Thanksgiving day, at 1890 a. m. Rev u.
". Cooper will preach the sermon on the
occasion.
Mr.. John Baker died at an early hour on
Thursday morning, at the residence OF Mrs.
l. r. Hoppe, few miles north Of Westmln-
Ser. AGED nearly % years. He had been with
the family about thirty years, and had been
very useful man. He was from the Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
The residence of Mr.. Mark 0. Shriver, GOI
ST. Paul Street, Baltimore, was robbed lew
DAYS ago of silver card case, two overcoats
and :. hat. Two negroes, who were found
auarreling on the street about the division
oftheir plumber, and who had robbed another
house. we're taken into custody and proved
to be the right parties.
A cabbage stalk was left at this office on
Thursday that was raised by Mr.. Hezekiah
CrowI. ofSilvcr Run. The stalk had nineteen
separate and distinct heads on it, about the
size of a mans fist, and nearly all OF them
were we'll rounded and solid. 1t was the
first growth, and the stalk intended to be
whole cabbage patch by ITSELF
Mlyor Herr has issued circular requesting
the citizens to sweep up the leaves and other
debris in front of their premises on FRIDAY
morning of each week, and the city authori-
Ties will send carts to take it away. Every
body ought to comply with this request, and
endeayor TO have our streets present as clean
and healthy an appearance as possible.
late bulletin from the Census Bureau
gives the population of Westminster at z, 9O3.
Ne do not know whether this includes the
popuation of Charles street and portion OF
Liberty street, that are in town Tor all prac-
teal purposes, but beyond the city limits, or
not. If not, some 200 more must be added
to get at the correct population OF "estmln-
ster.
The chain of a hall lamp at the residence
of Mr.. Joseph p. Allgire, at the West End,
broke last Sunday night about s O'Clock.
The Iamp broke and the burning oil attracted
attention and resulted in the sounding of the
fire bell and a stampede among church con-
gregatons. The fire was extinguished with
out the aid of the Fire Department and before
much damage was done.
George Null, of Liberty, Frederick county,
died suddenly of apoplexy on Tuesday morn
ING at the residence of his son-in-law, Isaac
Smith, New Windsor. He leaves widow
and number of children, among whom are
Mrs. George II. Mitten, of Union Bridge, and
Mrs. Isaac Smith, whom he was visiting when
taken m an hour or two before his death.
His age was 81 years.
Mr.. Elijah Scrivenor died suddenly at his
residence, near Freedom, at 3 O'Clock on
Wednesday morning. He was IN his iOth
year. and a brother of Mr.. Joshua Scrivenor,
who died in this city recently. A wlie, VINO
vas Miss Hobbs, and a sister OF Mrs. joshua
Serivenor, survives him, and also one grown
daughter. He was an excellent farmer ana
owned considerable body of good land.
The thanks of the ADVOCATE are due Mr..
Harry G.. Luttgerding, of North Branch, Tor a
COPY ofthe GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Times Recorder,
a Republican paper, which gave some idea OF
the desperate straits of the Republicans OF
the Buckeye State in the late contest; and
also to Mr.. VIM. d. Biggs, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, Tor one. of the Mckinley badges, worn
during the late campaign, .made OF ONO
steele and California tin. 1t was about one
mart tin and nine parts lead, and before the
eamnoiqn closed the badges were discarded
aud the tin plant ~ at Piqua disappeared
The fraud was too transparent
Overheated rooms are fruitful sources OF
colds. coughs, catarrh, bronchitis, sore throat
and all kindred diseases. Some people are
scarcely free from these maladies from the
time the fires are lighted in the fall, TIL the
stoves and other heaters are removed IN the
spring. And all because the proper temper
AZURE oil the uWelillIS is oNCi ,
let your dwellings get too hot, If you wonld
preserve your health in cold weather. Fut
on more clothing, if you are chilly, rather
than more fuel, or stir about the house IN
active exercise. One may SIT by the hire unti
it is impossible to keep warm. Overheated
rooms should be carefully avoided.
Mr.. A. j. Jordan, of St. Louis, Missouri,
passed through Westminster recently on ms
way from Sheffield, England, to spend a few
days with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Jordan,
at his old home in the Retreat, near Den
ning's. He is looking hale and healthy;
Some of his old friends called to see HIM, and
he and his mother were much pleased, as
some of them were kind friends 10 Mr.. Jor-
dams father when he needed friend. On
the Sd instant he left for St. Louis, accom- ,
panied by his daughter, Miss Elite, who had
Just graduated at the Reed School IN New
York. Miss Elite spent the past summer N
the Retreat with her grandma Weaver ana
her cousin, Clay Jordan, who is at the Bunker
Hill School, Illinois.
Mr.. Charles NJ Hess, of Taneytown DIS
trict, started a molasses factory on his place
this year, and the results quite encouraging.
The molasses is made from cane grown IN the
neighborhood, from seed obtained in Florida;
His brother, Mr. Abram N. Hess, planted u