The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-13
SATURDAY, JUNE ID, 1891.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

'Possums. rabbits, partridges and snakes
re occasionally found in this city.
George II. Forney, through his attorney,
Is o. Pfoutz, ESQ.,, has instituted suit agains
David Forney, in an action Of debt, for $ll00.
Pensions were granted this week TO Henry
Eardenfed, John Heagy, Jacob p. Baltozer
lien J.. Franklin and John Z. Blu ffington,
Iii of this county.
M Gilbert +. Flower and William o. Shipley,
Executors of Mary A. Shipley, have sold n
lract of 99l acres, near Marriottsville, to
Chas. +. Brown, of this county, for 5000.
DIR. Ware, formerly of Jacksonville, is in
Inc South seeking TO recuperate impaired
health. He has sold his practice to DIR. j.
Edward Bolte, graduate ofthe class of 1891
Baltimore Medical College.
The Western Maryland Railroad has COM
*promised with Mrs. I. NJ. Holiday, of York,
Whose husband was killed in freight train
wreck near Hampstead. She accepted So, 000
5and expenses and withdrew the suit.
The Prohibition camp at Glyndon will be
HELD from July II to August 2. Sites for
ttenls we're selected on Wednesday. Among
those present was Mr.. John l.. Reitsnider, OF
sihs city, who selected site io- tent.
4 Under the new license ordinance of West
minister 1873 licenses for carriages and wagons
+ have been taken out, and % for hotels, sa-
\ looms and hawkers and pedlars. The total
receipts TO date from licenses have been
SlO2G.5O.
At a meeting of the Presbytery of Balti-
more, at Annapolis, on Tuesday, the COM
mittee on home missions reported in favor Of
giving $500 TO the Presbyterian Church at
New Windsor, among other recommended
tions. all of which were adopted.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shilling died in Baltimore
ON Thursday, at the residence Of her son-in-
law, |. W. Jordan, l414 Myrtle avenue, in her
g3d year. Her funeral will take place this
Saturday, morning at Sandyville, at II
o'clock.
The National Board of Underwriters, New
York, have offered reward of $3.50 for in
formation leading to the arrest and conviction
Of the person or persons who set fire to the
buildings of Mrs. Rebecca Mixner, near Bird
Hill, on the 18th of last December.
According to the st. Louis, Mo-, Globe
Democrat little camphor sprinkled on win
dow stills is much more effective in keeping
flies out of house than window screens. The
kitchen can be rid of flies by sprinkling lit
tie camphor occasionally on the kitchen stove.
A club of ball tossers of this city went 10
L
game with the club of that place. Rain
Knocked out both clubs at the end of the first
inning Each club had scored one run. The
contest promised to be close and interesting.
Col. A. S. Taylor, who had been living in
this city, for n year past, has gone to the
Confederate Soldiers Home, at Pikesville,
where he has had a room nicely fitted up.
He will be greatly missed here, as he was a
genial and courteous gentleman and a most
interesting conversationalist.
From L. II. Baldwin we have received copies
of the Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist
AImanacs for the current year, for which we
return thanks. The almanacs are valuable
books of reference, and as reliable as the
Washington Life Insurance Company of New
York, for which Mr.. Baldwinis general agent.
The Baltimore World of Thursday said ::
Moses Barnes, of Gambler, Carroll county,
an old man who has been i'll for long time,
was brought to the city on a stretcher Thurs
day over the Western Maryland railroad and
taken to the Maryland University hospital in
the central patrol wagon. He's in bad
way
Joseph Roberts, mentally deranged and
partially deaf and dumb, while walking on
the Western Maryland Railroad, about two
hundred yards east of Finksburg station, was
struck and instantly killed at 11.05 Wednes-
day morning by the engine of the Baltimore
and Blue Ridge special. Roberts was about
forty years old and had been pensioner on
Carroll county.
Mr.. John Roger is having a very neat
dwelling erected on West Main Street, near
Union. DIR. II. C. Nelson is converting the
Haines residence, near the depot, into bus
mess stand, and has secured renter. Mr..
Covington Barnitz is repairing his residen &c
on East Main street, near Ralph. Mrs. Mary
Wilson is having her store near the railroad
reprinted. Mr.. John Brown is repairing and
remodeling his residence, West Main street
Conrad Hoffman was shot by his step
iatheri n-law, John Rock. near Carrollton
Station, on Friday evening oflast week. The
shooting was done with a gun, but the young
man was too far away, and only two shot
lodged in his legs. Rock was arrested and
lodged in Jail here. On Saturday he was
taken before Justice Azariah Oursler and was
fined $500 for assault. Rock had small
size arsenal in his house, and this was sur
rendered TO the officers.
The contributors to the Flower Mission
this week were Mrs. Jas. A. C. Bond, Mrs.
Frank T. Shaw, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Adam
Rickel, Mrs. John l.. Reifsnider, Mrs. H. C..
Nelson, Mrs. Samuel Shipley, Mrs. Jos. I
Herring, Mrs. Stephan, Misses Mary b. Shell
man, Laura and Mamie Mobley, Oracle Diehl
Grover Gist and Paul Shipley. Receivers
for next week-Misses Annie Spalding and
Geneva Blanchard; packers-Misses Lizzit
Loekard and Mary b. Shellman.
Commencement exercises of Western Mary
land College will begin tomorrow. The bac
calaureate sermon will be preached by DIR,
Lewis at Smith Hall, in the morning, and the
sermon before the christian associations in
the evening will be delivered at the NJ. p.
Church, by Rev. C. Clever, ID. D., of Balti
more. There will be no services at the M
E., Lutheran and Reformed churches tomor
row, and none at the NJ. p. Church in the
morning. The exercises will close on Thurs
day.
The Cleveland Democratic Tariff Reform
Club of Uniontown held meeting on the
evening of Saturday, June 9th, and elected
Theo. A. Clay and j. Calvin Wantz, of Unior
Bridge, honorary members, and attended tC
routine business. The Club has received
frtlui How. Erault Brown a finely executed
photograph of himself, handsomely framed
The picture is quite an ornament to the room
1t was sent pursuant to special request o
the Club. A special meeting will be held OF
Saturday, June 10th, at which time, all the
members are urged to be present.
The Norwood Car Replacer Company
8Sykesyile) has not determined on location
Newport News, Virginia, is the latest bidder
for the enterprise, offering to subscribe $780,
900 to the capital stock Of the Company and
TO donate site for the mandatory. The
Company is compelled to hold off orders tor
a while because of the large number ahead
The Pittsburg Malleable Iron Company, thu
Wilmington Malleable Iron Company and
the Chester Cast Steel Company, are turning
out work as fast as possible. The company
expects to deliver 1000 or 1900 replacer
some time within the present month.
July 4th will be celebrated at Mechanics
vile (Gamberl BY tournament and races
The tournament will take place at 10 o'clock
IN the morning, and in addition to the honor
of browning queen and three maids of hono
four money prizes will be distributed to the
four most successful knights. The charge t.
the knights will be delivered by d. N. Hen
ming, Esq, and the coronation address by
George Il. Stocksdale, Esq. After the tour
nament there will be a hurdle race, in which
horses from Carroll and Baltimore counties
will participate. The affair will be under th,