The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-03-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The llriu OIL l.. ". NiIlliltS ~ Vs. Alli7 NitN
has been dissolved Z. O. Grimes will CON
.inue the business.
4 collection was taken up at Ascension
Church. this city. last Sunday, for the starving
Russians 1t amounted to $1,000.
Nelanchtou Myers has resigned as post
master at Pleasant Valley. and recommended
Edward L. Lepp as his successor.
The yestry of Ascension Church, this city,
extended call on Wednesday night TO Rev.
Norton Stone, Of LaGrange, Illinois.
Rev. Dr. Lewis informal talk on his obser
vaions while making a trip around the world
will take place at Odd Fellows Hall next
Friday night
]. Harry Gardner. of Westminster. and
Robert 4. Wells, of Hampstead, were among
tbq graduates at the Baltimore Medical Col
asc on Wednesday night.
According to Mr.. 6. S. Grilitl, President
Of the Maryland Prisoners Aid Association,
Carroll county is more afflicted with tramps
than any county in the state
John r. and VIM. j. Brown, trustees Of
Henry Brown, sold on Wednesday a farm OF
1863 acres. near Union Mills, to Franklin
humgartuer at 5000 per acre.
The high wind of Saturday drIted the deep
snow that fell two days previous. Some roads
were closed in places. the drifts being four to
six feet Some Of the country mails We're
considerably delayed.
The controversy over the Atlanta Georgia
fraction Company has been settled in favor
Of George f. Hoppe. formerly Of this city,
aud his adhereuts in the enterprise Mr..
Hoppe is president Of the company.
il is understood that the net regulating the
term Of County Commissioners Tor Carroll,
fixes the term OF Commissioner Sioner at sIN
wears Commissioner Caltridcr at four years,
and Commissioner Hahn at two years.
Peter Williams, colored, while attending
to the horse of Mr. U. l.. Reaver last Fri
day. was bitten on the nose by the animal,
who was nipping at him IN a playful manner.
The bite was very painful, and Peter dom
like horse-play.
A telegram from San Diego, California, ON
Saturday last conveyed the sad Intelligence
to his relatives here of the suicide at bat
place of Mr.. James A. Diller, son Of Mrs.
Annie Diller, Of this city, by shooting himself
gi,h u pistol. No particulars were given.
The estate of the late Samuel Iagart, of
Baltimore, is valued HzoU,oo An except
about $50, 900 goes to McDonogh Institute.
Five thousand dollars are bequeathed 10 :.
Tagarl Fringer, aged six years, son OF Mr.
Michael n Fringer, Of Taneytowu district,
this county.
Mrs. Margaret Sharrer, second wife Of Mr..
Francis As6ury Sharrer, a wcll-knOwn citizen
Of Westminster, died on Sunday night last,
IN her I'D year. She was "a sister Of the late
Joshua Ginglng, for some years the leading
merchant of Westminster. Her funeral took
place ON Tuesday and was largely attended.
The County Commissioners were in session
three days this week, engaged in general bus.
mess. John +. Diilcnbaugh, for Westminster
district. aud James p. Carter, for Freedom
district we're reappoinied constables for two
years Henry koontz, Of Westminster DIS
lrct, and VIM. Myers, of New Windsor dis
irict. were each allowed q special pension OF
SlO@.
An agreement was reached on Wednesday
between the committee appointed BY the
Circuit Court and the County Commissioners,
regarding improvements at the Court House,
and on Wednesday morning the work OF alter.
alton was begun. The Improvements Will be
completed in time for holding the May term
in the courtroom. Philip Hunter is dong
the work.
subscriber to the ADVOCATE at Nevada
Iowa, IN renewing his subscription writes
Il have been a subscriber to your paper tor
lwenty.one or twenty-five years, and IN that
lime have only missed one issue. wou!dn
ike to be without the ADVOCATE, and Mrs
X. is particularly interested in the predictions
Of lrl r. Hicks. expect To see you all IN
1888, when Gov. Boies, OF Iowa, takes has
seat as president"
Hon. Henry Houck, of Pennsylvania, deliv
cred the closing lecture of the series at Cen
iral Hall on Monday night last. His subject
vas not that announced for the occasion
''RDuuN "a W5u''--huf a uolllny nj and
humor, narrative and anecdole, point and
pathos, with practical lessons drawn from the
stern realities Of life. 4 spirit OF broad
philanthropy and % pure morality peryaded
The lecture, coupled with an evident desire to
nculcate the truth and the right.
The Catoelin Clarion Of Thursday, says:
Last Thursday party brought the body OF
child TO Middleburg Station, on the W. NJ.
Z. r.. 10 be taken to Finksburg for intermeut.
When the train from the West arrived, the
friends boarded the train but forgot the corpse
and left it on the platform. After the train
Vas under way they thought Of their neglect
to put the body on the train and at Union
Bridge they left She train and sent one Of the
priy back TO Middleburg with the burial
permit to get the body Of the child.
Miss Priscilla Dorsey, highly esteemed
resident of Howard county, and sister OF
Darcy, OF Westminster, died on March Is,
at the residence Of Senator John G. Rogers,
Of paralysis She was seventy-nine years oil
age, and was the daughter Of the late Judge
Thomas Beall Dorsey, Of Howard county.
The widow of one Of her brothers Samuel
Dorsey bequeathed her valuable real estate
N Louisiana TO jefferson Davis. The late
Mrs. Allen Bogie Davis, Of Montgomery
county; Mrs. Col. Livingston Thompson and
Miss Sallie Eliza Dorsey, of Howard county,
we're her sisters
= danes W. Melville, former part owner OF
oakland Mills, this county, has sued James
A. Gary, of Baltimore, for damages. MIR.
vary held a mortgage for $4,000 on the mill
Property. Melville claims that he and his
brother, who were owners Of the property,
were embarrassed, and on the verge Of an
%I:slgnment; that Mr.. Gary advised against
uis, and told them to make terms with their
creditors, and that he would ioreciose the
giUr.gage and buy the property in Mr.. Mel
,les name; that he did forecIose, but sold
Se property to n. w. Steele, &c Melville
galms to have lost considerable money by
ale deception practiced upon him. The case
eine up for trial in the City Court Of Balti-
day friday
" Blind Tom, who had twice before visited
cal gave iiolller ol ms uiitl.S mss
~ entertainments at Odd Fellows Hall on
tuesdag night. The exquisite touch Of the
AYE OF his upright piano showed that his def
a1gerS had lost none of their cunning. His
ps e1 vas enthusiastically applauded
t ,ua several times the applause was SO pro
M TSe'ed that he had to respond by repetition.
nj hi mouse was packed, notwithstanding the
nse'ehency of the weather. Tom was master
~ ceremonies himself, made his own an
JJoaheements and thanked the audience for
g ;r attendance and respectful attention.
s ,s spelling created much laughter, and Tom
,s loved The fun as much as anybody. Tom
W. W. Performance at Dielman's Hotel, New
so ,aSpsorI on Tuesday afternoon, and had