The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-09-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL RREvITIEs.

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On "a Saturday night last, aged about 80 years.
~ MID Roop & Son, of Wakefield, are put
~ n 45. horse boiler and 35-horse power
en H. Jobn Rover is erecting frame house
d. ,be Uniontown pike, between here and
NJ. Alex. Carr, of this city, fell down her
la s items on Wednesday and broke bone
in her right wrist.
Tho farm of the late Louis P. Englar, near
ra ,sv , has been sold by Alfred Englar.
, r1s to D. Englar of H., for $3.50 per
''i Jo.ob Faryer, as trustee of Josiah Gushing,
ali an Saturday last IS acres, ! rood and Is
DsTches of land. near Dennings, to Charles
s. Bond for $685.
Mr. George W. Arnold, neal Bird Hill.
bronght to this office on Monday double
Hmm, They were of good size and form, and
Tere perfectly joined.
Mr. YIN. ". Smelser, near New Windsor,
oue day last week shipped $50 bushels OF
ina beans to a Baltimore dealer. He got
500 bushel for them.
Herbert S. Yingling was on Saturday last
.rnointed Assistant Registrar of Voters for
gyers' district. Mr.. Byers, the Registrar, is
till III with typhoid fever.
On Thursday james A. C. Bond, as trustee
ofthe late Peter Lookingbill, sold farm of
hos acres, rood 10 perches at Mayberry, to
Charles H. Fleagle for S3O43.l9.
postal card from Mr.. Edwin J. Lawer. of
h;s cty. who was at the Worlds Fair on the
gNh Of August, Illinois Day, says that the
total admissions we're 100000.
James Roller, of Westminster, accidentally
shot son of John 0hler on Monday with a
cat rifle. The injury is painful, but not seri-
ous The boys were playmates.
Misses Lizzie Henkel and Lizzie kalbileisch,
Of Baltimore, caught an eel three and half
feet long in Bish's dam, mile from West
Minister, on Friday of last week.
From Mrs. Margie Wilhide at Bird Hill we
have received some very fine tomatoes, and
from Mr.. Ed. Fowler, near Westminster,
some nice Bartlett pears. Thanks.
Judgment by confession for Sl49.45 was
eatered in the circnit court ut Towson last
Saturday by Susan Stiffler, George g. Stifiler
and D. B. Hilker, in favor of William B.
Thomas.
ida Steiner, daughter Of Mr.. jeremiah
Slerner of Mt. Pleasant, on Wednesday fell
into an ice house, at William Hnlfs store,
and fractured her right thigh. DIR. NJ. Il.
Bot adjusted the fracture.
Republican primaries will be held today,
and county convention on Monday. The
convention will elect delegates to the judicial
circuit convention and determine whether or
aol to nominate county ticket.
The City Hotel here is again closed, after
being open about three months. Frank Null
vehiIl, who has been conducting it, and con.
dueling it well, closed it on Tuesday, and
With his family has gone to Washington, d. G.
Beginning with the issue of September 10th
the ADVOCATE will be sent to any address, in
in or out Of Carroll, until and including the
issue Of November 18th, for twenty five cents.
This period will cover the entire campaign
and the election returns.
Messrs. Walsh and Bond, as trustees ofthe
Isle r. I. B. Warehime, sold on Saturday
last house and lot in Mechanicsville to VIM.
L. Moves for $500; house and lot to VIM.
Warehime for 5000; 10 acres to Richard w.
Barnes at $23 per acre; and a farm of % acres
to Lewis II. Knox at $3.50 per acre.
Wm. H. Koontz and Jacob Koontz, execu-
tors of George Koontz, deceased, sold last
Saturday the home farm of the deceased,
situated in Silver Run Valley, and containing
1881 acres, to William A. Leppo, at $3.50
per acre; also a wood lot, containing u acres,
10 George W. Koontz at $2G per acre.
Mr. Perry Rumler had finger Of his right
hand badly injured in the machinery at Smith,
iingling L Co.'S. cannery on Monday. Ed.
BOwersox had a portion of the index finger
Of his right hand cot off in piece of machin-
cry at the same establishment on Wednesday.
A boy named Mascot injured wrist there on
On Monday.
The contributors to the Flower Mission this
week were Mrs Samuel Skunk. Mrs. G. W.
1aihews, Mrs. Nelson Gilbert, Mrs. b. Frank
Grouse, Miss Lon Bixler, Lizzie Nusbaum;
truit Miss Eva Blanchard. Receivers for
asst week, Misses L. Woodward and Carrie
eetli packers, Misses Grace Herring, Bette
Shriver.
Mr. a. Ii. Barnes, near Warfeldsburg, left at
the ADVOCATE office this week a curiosity in the
vegetable kingdom. 1t vas n perfectly form
edapple growing on grape vine. Mr.. Barnes
cat oh the vine with the apple on it, and
brought tin. The vine was not grated, and
aNesson froia an apple tree must have lodged
Gu The vine and grew to it.
NJ Nee. Brown, formerly of Uniontown,
us county. is postmaster Of Brunswick.
heOrgia, and note from him to the ADVOCATE
Flew days ago, says he is still ''holding the
ieh. There is yellow fever in the city, ana
'ae people have been leaving as rapidly as
;;Aey could get away. Most of the business
houses are closed, and persons that could
nO Leave the place are greatly in need. An
ApPeal for aid has been made.
feg, DR.. J. l.. Killgore. for several years
4 resident of Westminster, has resumed
charge, after an absence of twenty 1.-TWO years,
q the New Columbus Male aud Female
academy, at New Columbus. Luzerne conn
v IA. The ministers in attendance at the
we eanpEeedng of the Annual Conferen nee
y sse NJ +. Church, at Circuits Grove, last
q aees N series of resolutions commended
y. Ie Doctor and has school TO people within
'he bounds of the conference.
Nc A. P. Albaugh, near Dennings, brought
Us ,Als week collection of vegetable freaks
uonbe ears Of corn, double plums, double
ualasons and double tomatoes. He also pre-
: snled us with a generous portion Of damsons.
,to'n ~ ounces Of Early Vaughn potatoes
~ rS- Albangh raised 80 pounds. Mr.. Milton
Nhew, OF Carrollton, raised some as fine
Il, stH.n'aileupes this season as were ever seen IN
u's city. He presented the ADVOCATE with
que, That was perfect in shape and Favor
The family of Mr.. E. Green Selby, well
~ asSwn citizen of Howard county and a brother
" !, Mr' b. +. Selby, of Mt. Airy district. has
zen severely afflicted recently. A grown
saughter died of typhoid fever few weeks
~, and on Monday his wife died Of the same
~ S;'sease. Mr.. Selby himself is sick with the
,s'aease, and an employee on the farm also has
ypaold fever. The fever is said to have been
son.raeted from well Of drinking water
illuminated by drippings from milk trough.
n NJ Frank orendorff, son of Mr.. Josephus
yaiendorf, near this city, had his watch and
snalh stolen last Saturday night, on train
a. S..4Heen Baltimore and Harrisburg, while on
u, als way To the Worlds Fair. Later he saw
,as Chain Ga a colored man, just as the train
rAs gong into j ohnstown, Pa. He asked the
o nan what time it was, and the negro pulled
i another watch. Mr.. 0rendorf then grab
NJ ~ 'he chain and pulled bis owp watch from
tS Se negro spocket. The negro said he bought
.e watch for $40. Although he had . ticket
~ ioa Washington to Pittsburg, he slipped
,ae sfaIn at Johnstown and that was the last
sne Western Maryland Railroad Company
~ made reduction Of ten per cent in the
s-a.ies OF all its employees, except the road
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