The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-07-15

to the Baltimore San Judge |. Thomas Jones
is candidate for chief judge.
A comet has been discovered sailing around
the heavens, and can be seen with the naked
eye. if one can distinguish it from a star.
Mrs. Eliza A. Shafer has been granted an
absolute divorce by the Circuit Court for
Carroll county from her husband, George l..
Shafer.
The Mechanicsville Band will hold their
picnic near Gambler, today. A good time is
expected. The band has engagements every
Saturday until after August 18th.
Frank, son of Gov. Frank Brown, fell
from Il tree at Springfield, the governors
summer home, near Sykesville, on Wednes-
day evening, and broke one of his arms in
two places between the wrist and elbow.
An excursion to Bay Ridge will be run on
Wednesday, July 26th under the auspices of
Grace Lutheran Church of Westminster.
The train will start at Meehanicstown and
stop at all stations to Glyndon. The schedule
will be printed next week.
Contributors to the Flower Mission this
week were Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Samuel Skunk,
Mrs. G. w. Matthews, Mrs. William A. Gun
bingham, Mrs. Skunk, and Misses Oracle
Diehl and Nellie Wantz. Receivers for next
week, Misses Grouse and Bette Shriver;
packers, Mrs. Joseph Smith and Miss Ada
Smith.
From the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad we
have received their Summer Excursion Book.
1t is handsomely illustrated, contains the
names of several hundred summer resorts,
together with the most convenient routes to
reach them and the price of the tickets.
There are several valuable maps given in it
which will greatly assist the tourist.
The Comptroller of the Treasury ON Thurs
day issued call for a statement of the con-
dtion of the national banks at the close of
business on July H. At that time the
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of
Westminster had on deposit SIG, 49,. Al, the
First National $40, 1920, and the Union
National 1852, 648.S5, total of 1869, ll7.52.
There will be services at Ascension Church
tomorrow Sunday-for the first time for
abont two months. The services will be con.
Quoted by Cannon Taylor, of Fon du Lack,
Wisconsin. The services will be : Holy
Communion at a. M; litany and sermon at
1890 a. m.; evensong at p. M, and service
for the colored people in the Chapel at
p. m.
Mrs. Devese, wife of John w. Devese,
near Glyndon, Baltimore county, eloped on
Wednesday with Emory Kellar, a farm hand
in the employ of Mr.. Devese. They went to
Union Bridge, where they were found by the
husband. After some words with Kellar,
Mr. Devese struck him several times, and
they were separated. The woman returned
with her husband.
Councils of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics have been recently
organized in Manchester and Hampstead, this
county, and on Saturday last Pleasant Hill
Council No. TO- was Instituted at Arcadia with
81 charter members. Past State Councillor
J. 7. Ritter, assisted by l.. o. Meyles, VIM.
T. Childs and E. P. Meyles. conducted the
formal ceremonies of institution, and the fol-
lowing were installed officers of the new
council Jr. p. c., N. s. Watts; c., VIM.
Benson: V. c., Hooker Gill; r. S., Grant
Bucher: A. r. S.. W. S. Hager; T., John
Bosom; c., j. Rohrbach; War, James
Rhoten; l. S. S., II. Meyles; o. S. S., w.
Benson; trustees, j. w. Chalk, Hooker Gill,
N. S. Watts.
The unpatriotic and proscnptive Sons of
America had public demonstration in West
minister on Thursday night There were III
men in line, from Westminster, Taneytown,
Hanover, Littlestown and Sparrow's Point,
two brass bands and one drum corps. -Four
men on horseback lead the procession, and
next came n carriage with four dignitaries of
the order lolling careless and smoking vigor-
ously. The procession was scattered out to
''look many" some marching in "open
order" twenty feet apart. One camp carried
swords, but we did not hear of the slaughter
of any citizen who was unfortunate enough
to have been born outside Of the United
States. After the parade the officers of the
local camp were installed at Odd Fellows
Hall.
The Smith, Yingling & Co.'s Canning
Company, of this city, has about completed
additions and improvements TO its factory that
will nearly double its capacity. The new
machinery placed includes, in part, sixty
horse power boiler, a twenty horse power
engine. Conant cooker with capacity of
thirty five hundred cans per hour; two new
processing retorts or kettles of one thousand
and eighty cans each two Burt can wipers,
two silkers, two corn cutters, a Climax cap
per of twenty-five hundred capacity per
hour, an elevated steam railway for hosting
and carrying the crates, new attachments to
its two Hemingway cookers, with all the
necessary line and counter shafling. The
new corn house is one hundred and forty feet
long and is equipped with the latest improved
steam corn and husk conveyers.