The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-31
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Tonight is Halloween.
Hear Hon. Bernard Carter at the Court
goase. Saturday night, October 81.
Miss Bertha Strasburger, of Frederieks-
b,rg, Va, is the guest of Mrs. A. c. Stras-
burger
number of ladies' will attend the meeting
4 d the Court House tonight-Saturday, Octo-
. br3lst.
Mrs. Stewart and Miss Bessie Stewart. of
lancaster, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles +. Stewart.
The football teams of the Gettysburg and
Western Maryland colleges will play game
an the college grounds here this Saturday
aieruOon.
LEI every farmers wife read the piece OF
poptry on the 4th page of this issue, headed
lAttepiion. Farmers Farmers and others
must not read it.
There was dance at Hayward Hall,
SykesyilIr, on Tuesday evening, the 10th.
The disagreeable weather prevented u num-
Der from attending.
The racing stables of j. A. and A. II. Nor
rs have won S151, 900 this year. The horses
are wintcred and trained at Middleburg, on
ihe farm of Il. W. Walden.
Jacob Brand, near the railroad, in Hamp-
stead district, found an incendiary notice
5osled on his barn Friday morning, reading
ibas-.'A big fire, look out soon."
The sale of Harry C. Barthoow, on the
Deer Park road, in Woolery's district, on
od well. Cows brought from $40 TO $40,
and corn from 81. so to S2.75 per barrel.
Dr.. !. l.. Burrell died rather suddenly at
his home in Williamsport, Pa, on Saturday
last His remains were inferred Mt Gettys-
burg on Tuesday. DR.. Burrell was brother
nlaw of Mrs. Harry NJ. Clabaugh, of this
city.
F. A. Sharrer q Son have purchased for
$1,000 the Beaver property on the corner of
Main street and Washington avenue, this
city. For 81 800 VIM. b. Thomas has pur-
chased the Geiselman lot on the corner of
Liberty and Green streets.
The Brown Club of Freedom district will
attend the Democratic meeting at the Court
House tonight. They will come up eighty
strong. and will be met near Westminster by
the Wariieidsburg Band, and will march to
town with banners flying and band playing
A large barn on the farm of William II.
Fox, at Rocky Ridge, near the Western Md.
Railroad, was struck by lightning during the
storm Monday night and burned to the
ground. The loss is between $4,000 and
$4,000: insured in the Phoenix Company of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lewis o., aged fourteen years, son Of Mr..
]. Grattan Doyle. died in this city yesterday
morning. He had been sick some days with
typhoid fever. This is the second child Mr..
and Mrs. DOYLE have lost since their residence
in this city, and they have the sympathy OF
ALL
We were shown a specimen of the corn
raised by Mr.. J. II. Blocker, at Alesia,
Yesterday. The e-r was well filled, and
fourteen inches long. 1t was not picked
ear, but one of hundreds. Mr.. Blocker
bought the seed of Mr.. Il. o. Grimes, this
city.
Engineer James l.. Porter, who had both
leps crushed in the accident on the We stern
MARYLAND Railroad at 0wings' Mills, on Fri
day morning of last week, died at his home,
No. llOl Barclay street, Baltimore, on
Saturday night. He was twenty-seven years
old aud unmarried.
On Friday of last week VIM. II. Thomas
and Charles Jones, as trustees, sold the
fertilizer factory at New Windsor, belonging
to the late Dennis ii. Maynard, to Jesse f.
Lambert for 81, 500; also wood lot OF 81
acres, in Freedom district, to John n. Will
son, at $1,000 per acre.
Upon petition Judge Bond on Wednesday
ordered the names ofsix persons to be stricken
from the registration books of Westminster
district. Three were Democrats and three
Prohibitionists. The names of three other
Democrats were asked to be taken oil, but
Judge Bond decided the evidence was insult
fcenl.
Attend the Democratic meeting at the
Court House, Saturday night, October 3lst.
Speeches will be made by Hons. Frank
Brown, John p. Poe, Bernard Carter, lsidor
Rayner and Frank T. Shaw. McNulty will
sing 4 number of campaign songs, and the
Westminster Band will render Instrumental
music.
There was a wreck on the Baltimore u
Ohio Railroad near Watersville on Tuesday
morning. The accident was caused by the
wind blowing 4 large telegraph pole across
the track and freight train running over 1t,
casing considerable damage. No one was
hurt but the tracks we're blocked for hive
hours.
A rain storm, accompanied by heavy
thunder and vivid lightning, passed over
Westminster on Monday night. The weather
during the afternoon was quite summer like.
Tuesday was cool and blustery, and few
snow flakes were at times observable. On
Wednesday morning there was ice halt an
inch thick.
George Garner. colored, killed Il. mad dog
at Cyawiord's Store, in Franklin district, on
Wednesday morning, as he was running along
the Liberty road At Mr.. Albert A. Dor.
sey's, in Freedom district, the dog had
bitten colored boy through the lip. 1t also
Bit terrier and a couple of hounds belong
Ing to Mr. f. A. Crawford.
Mr. solomon Zepp is visiting his brother
Mr. Lawrence Zepp. On the 9th of August
last he completed his Slst year, and is the
Oldest citizen born and raised in Westmln
ster now living in this neighborhood. Tic
was born in the house now occupied by Mr..
Samuel Everhart, which was built by has
father, the late Leonard Zepp.
A company of gentlemen left Washington
Monday night in a special car on the South,
em express for trip over the Richmond and
Danvi!le Railroad. Among them were
President Perkins, Of the Bank of North
America of New York; j. Wilcox Brown, +.
NJ. Colston, Basil b. Gordon. John NJ. Den
son and John Gill, all of Baltimore; and DIR
Charles Billingslea, of Westminster.
Rev. Isaac l.. Nicholson was consecratec
Bishop of Milwaukee in st. Marks Church
Philadelphia, on Wednesday morning. The
church was packed with the friends OF DR.
Nicholson, and there were 200 prelates,
priests and deacons present. Among HI,
former Pensioners in Westminster present
we're Mrs. George S. Fouke, Mrs. John L.
Reifsnider, Mrs. George E. Sharrer and Mr..
Frank W. Fouke.