The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-08-15
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1891.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

urday night.
Hot and dry, but don't mention it. Only
= week or so back it was too wet, and had
been for several weeks.
j. Grattan Doyle, florist of this city, is
adding largely to the capacity Of his con-
seryatOry, on Green street.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet in FRI
zellburg on Tuesday evening next. Prepare
tions are being made for good entertainment
The Messrs. Bish are greatly improving the
old Winters mill, about n mile from this
CITY. putting in new and improved machinery.
The sixth anniversary of Rev. II. Diizler' S
pastorate of the Reformed Church, fancy
town. will be celebrated tomorrow, August
10th.
Much of the growing corn has two ears
upon the stalk. The yield will be large in
consequence. This result is attributed to the
wet weather.
Five hundred and seventy dollars were
realized from the festival held for the bene
fit of St. Johns Parochial School, this city,
held recently.
Grasshoppers are reported to be doing some
destruction in Bachman's Valley. They first
attacked oats and clover and are now at work
on gardens and corn fields.
The colored camp, near Warieldsburg,
4 closed on Monday morning, a praying and
singing band marching seven times around
the grounds, praying and singing.
The August term of the Circuit Court was
short and not much business was transacted.
Judge Jones was here on Wednesday and
heard argument in an equity case.
Miss Annie |. Warlield died in Baltimore
4 on Sunday last, at 1899 N. Eutaw street.
She was daughter of the late Charles A.
4 Warield, once resident of Westminster.
The Westminster Forest and Stream Club,
AT a meeting on Tuesday evening, decided to
+ keep the camp on the Monocacy open next
week, and will be glad to see their friends.
Rev. WHY'S Rede, organist Charles F.
i Kewes and the surpliced choir OF Ascension
4 Church spent four days this week at the camp
4 of the Forest and Stream Club on the Monoc-
acy.
Mrs. Joshua Lockard, living near West
Minister raised double cymbling that was
curiosity in the vegetable world. 1t had but
one stem, but two perfect eymblings, one grow
ing to the other.
Miss Mary l.. Price, Ct Middletown, Della
ware, sent TO the ADVOCATE on Tuesday
basket of choice Delaware peaches, large in
size and of fine flavor. Such peaches are not
grown in this section. Thanks.
ne THANKS Ol Tie ADNOtAlE AllC W
Col. VIM. A. McKellip and John II. Mitten
for copies of various Western papers and to
Miss Ella S. Tilghman, now in Buenos Ayres,
for copy of the BueROS Tyres Herald
Mr.. j. Q. II. Smith, of this city, had the
finest garden potato crop we have knowledge
of this season. The potatoes are all very
large, and he got fifteen bushels, after using
them for his table during the season.
The small gray Fly, by some called the
Texas fly, is very annoying to cattle this sea
son. They settle around the horns, from
which it is difficult to dislodge them. Tar is
applied in some cases, and turpentine in
others.
A horse belonging to Mr.. F. f. Shipley,
Of this city, while rolling in a lot in the rear
of his stable, rolled upon a broken bottle and
cut cash on the side of his head ten inches
long on Wednesday, Mr.. Shipley sewed up
the wound.
The barn of Henry C. Bishop, of Liberty
township, Adams county, formerly of Carroll,
was burned recently. 1t was insured in the
Adams County Mutual Insurance Company,
and Mr.. Bishop has been paid 5000 for loss
on barn and SlS5 on personally.
Work was begun this week on the storage
warehouse of Smith, Gingling Co., near
their cannery. 1t will be Of brick, 40x70
feet, two stories high. The keepers house
at Westminster Cemetery is having Il new
roof put on and back building added.
The Pleasant Valley Sunday School will
hold its annual celebration and festival on
the 10Th inst. in Ii. C. Freeman's grove, on
the Stone road, leading from Mt. Pleasant to
Wiests mill The consolidated bands of Mt.
Pleasant and Pleasant Valley will be present.
Clarence Warner, son of David Warner, of
b,ln stopItnu n N tho r,ln
of the cars Sunday evening on his return
from l.inwood Camp, had one of his feet
caught between the car bumpers and mashed,
che foot bursting open. 1t had to be ampu-
tatrd.
Emanuel Shaffer died at the home of his
son. Andrew Shaffer, at Brookville, Montgom-
cry county, on Sunday last, in his 18th year.
He was Il native of this county, but removed
to Howard county when young man, and
was employed in the Touring mills of the G.
A. Gambrll Company. Afterward he con-
Quoted store at Ellicott City.
Wheat has been pouring into Westminster
for the last two weeks, and has not netted the
farmer dollar per bushel. Next fall and
winter it will probably be worth $l.25 per
bushel but it will all have passed out of first
hands by that time, or nearly so, and the
mdde.men, not the farmers, will reap the
''"e"' U, 'le ''u'a'ee III PRICES
according 10 lhe census report lhere are
Twelve Catholic organizations IN Carroll
county, eleven churches win seahng cap an
ny ol o'oZ9; value oil church properly soSo,-
5ao; humber ID, OF COMMITMENTS or members
-coi9. These hgures are fnrther evidence
o, Inc unrellablhtY oil the recent census.
They are all at least three times too great.
The Towson correspondent of the Bati.
more Sun, says ELLA A. Ward, by her
attorney. has filed a petition asking that Ber-
nard F. MeGone be adjudicated an insolvent.
The petitioner alleges that MeGlone is IN,
debt"d to her to the extent Of five hundred
and sixteen dollars for rent of quarry prop
;aY ana iuls suns i ec'i az i g ~
%y1n m mas also peeh iSsueu 70 plesen.
%cN'lone from I. u'sPVsllg VI Gertiiii PioPeiy
ealineu ny MISS "afu' pgnulns Ine uetel
mlha'lon by the court OIL lhe matters Ill us
Pule'
The Frederick Ne,es, OF the 9th, mentions
the sale of the old Fessler property on East