The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-08-29

I Aue heu wen lcnlc, At IaneytOWn; take!
place today, Saturday.
Mr.. VIM. Lease, of Bachman's Valley, is
extremely i'll from pleuro-pneumonia.
The engineer corps surveying new rail
road route from Green Spring Valley to thi!
city, noted last week, have not reached thi,
city yet.
On the College grounds this Saturday
afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, there will be 4
game OF ball between the Westminster and
Glyndon Clubs.
VIM. H. Babylon, son of Emanuel Babylon,
shot on Wednesday crane on Gladhill's
dam, Spring Mills, that measured feet {
inches across the wings.
The County Teachers Association will
meet at Central Hall Schoolhouse at 10
O'Clock next Friday morning. The public
schools will reopen on Monday, September
It'll.
Mr. Henry Poole, of this city, exhibited a
peach twig seven inches long at the ADVOCATE
Office yesterday. 1t had six large peaches on
it, and small double one. His crop this
year is large.
| On Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Shipley, of Westminster. started to attend
church at Thomas Chapel, near Tannery
Station. While descending a hill short dis
lance from the chapel the horse became
frightened at a COW in the road and turned
suddenly, nearly upsetting the buggy. The
reins becoming entangled, Mr.. Shipley lost
control Of the horse, which began rearing and
jumping. Seeing their danger both jumped
from the buggy, and the horse ran rapidly
toward home. Mr. Shipley was not hurt, but
Mrs. Shipley Injured her ankle so badly as to
disable her from walking. In jumping out
Mrs. Shipley became entangled in the reins,
and narrowly escaped being dragged down
the hill by the frightened horse.
The fourth annual tournament ofthe Sykes
vile Tournament Association took place on
Thursday on Hotel Heights. Carroll county,
near Sykesvile. Following were the sue,
cessful knights and the ladies crowned Geo.
p. Beasman, Knight of Freedom; Miss
Withskowski, of Washington, D. c., queen;
Harry Agire. Knight of Pleasant Grove;
Miss Mamie Yohn, first maid. Grant Beas-
man, Knight of Rose Lawn; Miss Ella Beas-
man, second maid; VIM. I. Lee, Knight of
Ivanhoe; Miss Mamie Atkinson, of Balti-
more, third maid. The riding was good.
The orators were Mr.. Scott Lane Heifenger,
of Sykesville, and Mr.. John T. Thompson,
examiner of the Howard county public
schools. Mr.. Joseph W. Berret was chief
marshal.
Mr. Eugene C. Barrick, member of the
firm of John A. Horner & Co., Baltimore,
died Tuesday morning at his home, No 222
Mt. Royal Terrace, after brief illness of
congestion of the brain and partial paralysis,
superinduced by the extreme heat of the last
few days. While sitting on the porch Of a
friends house in Waverly, last Saturday, he
was overcome by the heat and conveyed to
his home. Mr.. Barraek never rallied from
the attack. He was the son of the late John
IL ,n1.s tbie aud
was born at Woodsborough, Frederick county,
in 1913. He went to Baltimore when young,
and started in business as stock clerk for
Stellman, Hinrichs & Co. Afterwards he
entered the house of j. A. Horner Il Co.,
jobbers and notions, and twenty years ago be-
came a member of the firm. lie leaves Il
widow and two children.
The contributors to the Flower Mission this
week were Mrs. II. c. Nelson, the ladies of
Winch ester Place, flowers and fruit; Mrs.
Baughmau. Mrs. Judge Bond, Mrs. j. A.
Mitchell, Mrs. Theodore Derr, Mrs. j. w.
Nelson. Mrs. Nelson Gilbert, Mrs. Katherine
Shelman, Mrs Jane Butler, Mrs. Jere Rine
hart, Mrs. Charles Cassell, Mrs. W. A. Gun
bingham, Mrs. Nelson Milton, flowers; Miss
Ada Smith, fruit; Misses Lussie Utz, Oracle
Delhi. Miss Carr, Misses, May Price, Luie
Kohler, Augusta Shrver, Emma Fowble,
Jane woodward, lua l4Ockaru, JAIME
Thomas, Mary B. Shellman, Clara Albaugh,
Bette Mitchell, Blanche and Mamie Buck
ingham, Bette Beaver, Louisa Bixler, and
Mr.. Grattan Doyle, Grover Gist, flowers.
Receivers for next week, Mrs. Joseph T..
Herring and Miss Grace Barnitz; packers,
Misses Kittie Noel and Emma Fowble.
Mr.. James W. Lantz died in New Windsor,
this county, on August II, and was inferred
at Winters cemetery on the 10th. His tu-
neral was one of the largest that has taken
place at that church for many years, GG We
hicles leaving the house and much larger
number were at the church when the remains
arrived. Mr. Lantz was in his 9th year, and
in many respects was remarkable man.
From 1857 until about three weeks before his
death he kept diary of all the events occur
ring in the neighborhood, and many times it
was used to verify dates, &c. For % years
he was engaged in huckstering on the same
route. lie had been confined to his home for
over 30 years, and in order not TO remain idle
he took up broom making and sent ont many
thousands. He was Democrat all his life
and took great interest in public affairs.