The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-08-27
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

of Fred. ID. Miller, in the Albaugh Building,
which will give depth of 160 feet.
Owing to some repairs being made at the
Westminster gas works, the street lamps were
not lighted on Wednesday and Thursday
The County Commissioners have an offer
from Baltimorean to furnish the booths for
the fourteen polling places in Carroll for $500
Mr.. Archibald Dorsey, instead of Mr. Guy
Steele. won the honor of browning the LIST
maid of honor at the Freedom tournament on
the 18th inst.
The registers of voters did not meet last
Saturday, owing to some misunderstanding.
Only four or five were present. The meeting
will take place today.
Gov. Brown on Wednesday pardoned Dem
MS Burns alias Shafier, convicted of burglary
in the circuit court for Carroll county, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for six years.
The ADVOCATE returns thanks to the Balti
more County Agricultural Society for season
ticket to their next annual fair, which com
mences on Tuesday next and closes on Friday.
Harry Lewis and Joseph Buzzard, of Fred
erick, have purchased the Banner, which has
been published at Libertytown, Frederick
county, some years by John S. l.. Rhoderick.
An entertainment of recitations and tab
leaux will be given in the Chapel of Assem-
sion Church, Court street, next Thursday,
night, for the purpose of raising funds to
pair the chapel
Mr.. Martin l.. Main, of this city, is one of
the incorporators of the Surbridge Manniac'
turing Company, to be located at Hagerstown.
The capital stock is $4,000. The company
will manufacture bicycles.
Copper ore has been discovered on the farm
of William Caple, between Carrollton and
Patapsco. Prospeetors from Baltimore are
at work on the find, and it is said some ex-
ceent ore has been obtained.
The first rain for five weeks fell in this city
on Wednesday afternoon. Very little has
fallen in the county for more than three weeks,
and the dry weather has cut short late cora
and potatoes, dried up pastures and delayed
fall blowing.
The contract for frescoing Centenary NJ.
Z. Church has been given to j. ii. Lampe ~
Son. of Frederick, and work was begun on
Monday. The windows of the church will be
remodeled and new carpet purchased. Ser
vices will be held in the Lecture Room while
the repairs are being made.
The Church of God Sabbath School in
Uniontown will hold theirpicnic in the grove
of Mr. +. G.. Gilbert near the town on Satur
day, September 10th. There will be all
day service. Good speakers will be secured
for the OCCASION The Uniontown Band and
Prof j. Billmyer' trained singers will furnish
music.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday school Of
Union Bridge will have an excursion to Bal
timore on Saturday next, September Bird.
The train will start from Mechanicstown and
stop at all stations TO and including Finksburg.
The fare will be one dollar for the round trip.
Train will leave Westminster at 7.45 a. m.
David Mickey, living on the Nicodemus
road, about a mile and a half from Wariields-
burg, brought us some apples on Monday of
last years crop. They were in good state OF
preservation. Mr.. Mickey has an apple or
chard of thirty eight trees, and he thinks it is
unexcelled in the county. He has been par
ticular in selecting his varieties and gratis.
The Cleveland, Stevenson and Talbot
Campaign Club of Manchester District was
organized on Saturday night last with Us
members and the following officers: Presi-
dent, DIR. John Zeigler; vice president, Chas.
Brilliant; corresponding secretary, IL. ). Mus
selman; recording secretary, Ii. D. Hofiacker;
treasurer, John R. Strevig. The club starts
with good membership, which will be in
creased TO probably 500 in few weeks.
Mr.. Stephen States Lee, father of Col.
James Fenner Lee, formerly Of this county,
died near Gainesville on Monday, aged eighty
years. He was a native of South Carolina,
but in early life was distinguished civil en-
gineer in New York and the New England
states. He gave up his profession in 1855
and engaged in the coal and iron business IN
Baltimore, where he has resided ever since,
except short periods of residence in Europe,
during the education of his children.
Mr.. jeremiah Brodbeck, wealthy farmer
residing in York county, Pa, near Lineboro,
this county, died at the residence of his son,
Mr.. Wesley Brodbeck, in that vicinity, on
Monday, aged so years. He was prominent
member Of Wolfgangs Reformed Church,
and was highly esteemed. He leaves two
children, the son at whose residence he died,
and Mrs. Henry B. Albaugh, of Westminster,
The deceased was we'll known in this city,
where he has frequently visited. His funeral
took place on Tuesday.
Mr.. William l.. Huff, respected citizen
and well-known Democrat, died at his resi-
dence in Hampstead, on Saturday last, from
the effects of stroke Of paralysis received
over year ago. A wife and the following
children survive him-Mrs. Josephus Sheeler
of Westminster; Mrs. Edward Rote and Mrs.
William Stone of Hampstead, daughter in
Illinois. Charles and George Huff of Hamp-
stead, Nicholas Huff of Littlestown, Pa, and
William HUFF of Illinois. His funeral took
place on Monday morning. Mr.. Huff's age
was about rs.
Until this year the huskers at the canning
factories were paid y cents per bushel basket.
This year the baskets were weighed, and they
had to be piled high with corn to weigh the
requisite "a bushels. On Friday afternoon
last the shuekers struck for three cents
basket at the cannery of Smith, lingllng *
Co This demand was not conceded, but the
scales were laid away, aud the shnckers went
10 work on the plan Of former years. On
Saturday a similar strike occurred at b. +.
Shriver X Co.'S cannery, and was settled by
the firm giving the strikers cent s.
The Westminster branch of the Flower
Mission sent "A large and beautiful collection
of flowers and fruit TO Baltimore, FRIDAY
morning The following persons kindly
contributed flowers. Mrs. g. w. Matthews,
Mrs. Ulz, Mrs. $. Skunk, Mrs. Frank Grouse,
Mrs. Charles Cassell, Mrs. Isaac Bale, Mrs
Carr, Mrs. Jesse Shreeve, Mrs. Morelock,
Mrs. Annie Classen, Mrs. Ensor, Misses Mae
Nelson, Annie Shreeve, jamie Reaver, Anne
Hutton. Lou Bixler, Lizzie Nusbaum, LnEie
Weaver; apples, pears and grapes-Miss NJ.
Reese Receivers for next week.-Mrs. Ida
Ioekard and Miss Grass; packers-MIss Z.
Fowler and Lille Woodward.
Mr.. Henry 0rndorff died in Baltimore on
Wednesday morning, a the residence oil
his granddaughter, Mrs. John +. Manger,.
1000 Edmondson avenue, after an illness oil
five months from spinal trouble. Mr. Orn'
dorff was a native OF Taneytown, this county,
were he was born on July 3, 1914. He lived
for sometime in Westminster, and went to
Baltimore to reside more than forty years ago,
where he vas a master bnider and was for
twenty-five years president of the MECHANICS
Building Association. His remains were
brought to this city yesterday for burial, and
were Inferred at Kriders cemetery, Rev. Mr..
Garland, of st. Marks Lutheran Church,
Baltimore, officiating.
Rev. Irl Hicks said the weather wonld be
very warm on the 10th, 18th and 18th, and
unless il broke into violent storms, would
continue until the 22d or 2sd, and end IN
drought. The prediction was accurately fulfill
ed in this section The weather was oppres,-
sive and the drought serions. After the I'D
some severe storms prevailed in various parts
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