The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-27
Glorious weather this week for wheat bar.

Glorious weather this week for wheat bar.
vest.
| Louis P. Manning and Milton L. Bellison,
of this county, have been granted pensions
| Mr.. John w. Nelson, of this city, has pur-
chased farm of 200 acres in st. Mary IS
county, Nd.
Children's day service will be held at Bethel
NJ. Z. Church tomorrow Sunday afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock.
Our Pleasant Valley correspondent writes
that wheat harvest has begun in that neigh
borhood, but will not be general. The crop
is very good.
the farm of the late John G. Pearce, con-
tanning 222 acres, near Sykesville, was sold
last Saturday at mortgages sale by Noah
Schaeffer, mortgage, to Austin Arlington,
for SIS per acre.
Eveline Hackett, domestic employed by
Mrs. Mary Kearney, of Sykesville, was found
apparently dead in bed on Monday morning.
Arrangements were made for the funeral, but
the woman revived, having been in a state of
eclampsia.
There will be meeting of the Westminster
Club next Monday evening at $50 sharp, in
the Farmers 4 Mechanics National Bank
building. 1t is necessary that all should be
present. as there is some important business
TO come before the club.
The League of American Wheelmen, Mary
land Division, will hold their annual meet at
Hagerstown On July 2, and 4. Reduced
rates will be sold on all railroads. A number
of the Cycling Ramblers, of this city, will
attend the meet. Mr.. Chas. Turtle is entered
in the safety races.
Mrs. David A. c. Webster, near Uniontown,
has lost from time to time this spring about
$50 chickens. The loss was unaccounted for
until recently, when a nest of u opossums
was discovered on the farm. An opossum
was caught in trap on the premises Of DR..
George s. Fouke, this city, on Sunday, and
one or two have been caught on the premises
Of Sheriff S. Carr Wickert. These opossums
have been feasting high on chickens.
The contributors to the Flower Mission this
week were Mrs Charles II. Vanderford, Mrs.
James A C. Bond, Mrs. Rickle, Mrs. VIM.
A, Cunningham, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. H. C. Nell
son, Mrs -Shipley, Mrs. VIM. Coon, Misses
Saylor, Mary Manning, Grace Diehl and
Mamie Mobley. Receivers for next week,
Misses Shellman and Dorsey; packers, Misses
Pauline Trumbo and Maggie Huber.
A monograph exhibition will be given in
the lecture room of Grace Lutheran Church,
this city, on Tuesday night next, commencing
at o'clock, The proceeds will be for the
DeneuL Oh tue lOuHS IeOple ooclely Ol
Christian Endeavor. The program will in
clude cornet, piccolo, clarinet, violin and flute
solos, songs and quartets, piano duets, music
by number of full brass bands and full
orchestra, short sketches, funny stories by
noted humorists, &c.
A suit brought in the Circuit Court of Bal
timore city, and afterwards transferred to
Carroll county, by Mrs. Margaret Ann Grimes
against the estate of VIM. II. Cunningham,
deceased, to recover heT dover interest in
what is known as the Hood Mill property, has
been compromised by an allowance to Mrs.
Grimes of 500. The claim was based upon
failure of the claimant to join in deed of
trust for the benefit of creditors made by John
Grimes and James Sykes a number of years
ago.
According to Prof Hicks June will end in
storminess in the West, and will progress to
the East by July End. July 9Th and 9th a
warm wave may be expected, and then a
breathing spell of cooler weather until the
10TH The next storm period will be on the
11th, 18th and 18th, with very hot weather.
Another breathing spell will follow until the
18th From the 23d TO the 26th is predicted
the hottest days of the summer, with storms.
Cloudiness and mugginess is then predicted
to the end of the month.