The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-07-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

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~, Ra' iast mail train upon the present schedule.
Hereafter mail service between Alesia and
nc ne RIM Mills will be as follows: Leave
G Uas;o daily. except Sunday, at a. m. and
n .,iee at Grave Run Mills at II m.
rreat amount of stock of Baltimore
lie il held by citizens of Carroll. Sixty
JAM ,bousand dollars of the National Ex-
. lI'v Bank alone is held in this county.
To,day. July LIST, is the thirtieth anniver-
~ Of he beginning of the great battle of
S az The battle lasted three days,
uaio in n defeat of the southern troops on
July Sd.
q, Thursday of last week Mrs. Frank
R,own. wife of Gov. Brown, underwent a
s"rpicaI operation by DIR. Howard A. Kelly,
ofiohns Hopkins Hospital. She is at Sykes
Vile. and convalescing.
In 1916 and in 1896 men cut wheat in their
overeoais. With the mercury at So, and a
r,W wind blowing we would not be surprised
10 learn that a similar thing had been done
N ibe harvest fields of Maryland this season.
The Baltimore and Reisters town Turn
r;ta Comnany have declared dividend of
b ner cent. clear of State taxes, Baltimore
c;,y and county taxes deducted, payable on
and after July 10 at the office of the treasurer,
lain S. Cuttings & Co., Baltimore.
William II. and Anna J. Shubkagel. execu-
tors of William .Shubkagel deceased, mort
ragee. on Wednesday sold the farm of
George W. Kerchner, containing So acres
and j rood. near Hampstead. at S24.70 per
acre. Purchased by the executors.
Iulv will bring much hot dry weather, says
M Hicks. He reads the signs from above.
II will be a very wet summer, says local
weatber prophet. He reads the signs from
below. and observes that yellow jackets that
usually have their nests on the ground are
building higher.
Mrs. Eliza J. SelIman has been appointed
postmaster at Warfeldsburg, in the place OF
James B. Allison. resigned; George A. Ow-
iDps at Lisbon and Charles i. Muillnlx at
Long Corner, Howard county. o. A. Halnes
has been appointed postmaster Mt Silver Run,
vice J. n. Mark, resigned.
Uniontown Lodge, No. 81, |. o. NJ, of
Uniontown. on Saturday evening last elected
the following officers: DR.. T. j. Shreeve
senior master, EvanT. Haines worthy master,
DR.. Luther Kemp junior master and Charles
Bankert conductor. The officers will be in
stalled this Saturday evening.
Reuben F. Bittle, convicted at the recent
term of court and sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary, was released on $1,000 bail
from Jail Monday, pending decision ofthe
Court of Appeals. to which his case has been
taken ON writ of error. Grant Chew was
released on Il writ of habeas corpus.
The straw hal is progressive. From n mar
row rim that did not extend ont as far ms one 5
nose, it has grown to the dimensions OF that Of
a Chinese mandarin Whether or not it has
stopped growing remains 10 be seen. Ii II
has not, two persons wearing the latest style
cannot pass on our present sidewalks with
out collision.
Burns Post. G. A. r., of Westminster, will
have an excursion to Gettysburg tomorrow
July >. The New York monument will be
Dedicated on that day and it is expected that
there will be several thousand New York
veterans there. The train will start at Glyn
don and will leave Westminster at al a. M,
going via Highfeld.
Mr.. J. D. Crowl is having a frame dwelling
erected on his farm, adjoining Westminster
about 900 yards from his present dwelling
Case Bros. are doing the work. Mr.. John
Burt is having barn, As by IS feet, built on hi
farm about two miles from Westminster, II
the place of the one burned some weeks ago
Joshua Ditman is the contractor.
One of the most serious objections to the
wearing of russell shoes is the fact that they
so soon take on rusty appearance. An easy
scheme for keeping them bright ard clean i
to take piece of nice, ripe banana, rub thu
leather with it and then polish with cloth
In this way all the discolorations are removed
polish obtained and the russell shoes KEEP
clean.
A horse belonging to Martin Bitzel wa
killed last Saturday evening near Friendship
schoolhOuse, about two and half miles iron
Westminster, during picnic at the school
house. The horse was driven by his son, an'
son of John Wagner was driving rapidly II
an opposite direction, when the shaft OF hi
buggy penetrated Mr.. Bitzel's horse, killi.l
him almost instantly.
The Union National Bank Of Westminste
last week declared its l54th semi-annual div
dend, five per cent, clear of national, stat
and county taxes. The Farmers and Me
ehanics' National Bank yesterday declared I
dividend of 2! per cent. for the past nv
months. The bank has changed IFS time TO
declaring dividends, in order TO have then
payable January and July, instead of Febru
AIRY and August.
A man, aged about thirty years, presente
check to be eashed at the Farmers an
Mechanics and the First National Bank q
Westminster on Monday, purporting to b
signed by David p. Smelser, of New Wind
sor. Both banks refused to cash it and tn
man offered commission to them if the
would. The amount of the check was 70
AlS.20. 1t was afterward learned that Mr.
Smelser had never issued such cheek.
About the Sd a good Fourth of July warmt
will begin to spread eastward, says lrl i
Hicks in his forecast for July, resulting !
high Winds some rain and many thundt
gusts about the 4th to the 9Th. July, he says
will bring much hot, dry weather. In
highest temperatures will be reached durln
the regular storm periods. Intense heat
anticipated about the 18th, and severe blu
ter and thunder. Very warm, with storm
I'd and 23d, and from 18th to S0th excessil
heat and storms.
There will be n musical festival at She
maa' Church, over in Pennsylvania, on Jn
18th, Eight singing classes in Maryland an
Pennsylvania, Frock's Young Orchestra, ii
Carroll County Reed Band and the Pleasai
Hill Band will participate, and it will be
great occasion for the people of that section
The festival will be under the direction I
Prof 4. l.. Frock, who is a talented mus
can. He now has under instruction bra
bands, singing classes, two orchestras an
about so pupils on various instruments.
The Carroll County Reed Band, in Dec
Run Valley, has been reorganized, and has
members, with drum major, and is full an
formed. When the band was organized by
years ago, they went into debt 5000. III
debt has been extinguished and there VIZ
several hundred dollars in the treasury. Pro
Z. l.. Frock is the leader, and nine oth'
members are named Frock. -Four othe
married Frocks. and every member OF the 0
ganzation is related TO every other membe
The band has engagements 10 play eyel
Saturday up to October.
The twenfy-third annual statement Of q
Farmers Fire Insurance Company OF u
Hill, for the year ended April 30th, 1873, h
Just been issued. The total receipts for Il
year were $ll, 219.63, and there was $3.50:
cash in the treasury on April 30. The po
eles in force number 2i97, an increase OF
during the year. The assets of the compan
applicable to pay losses, amount to 1924 20
81. The losses by fire and lightning duriI
The year amounted to IS, 446.05. The follol
ing losses were paid-To Henry Zimmerms
1913, to Emanuel Yeiser S5S5.00, to VI
!. trizzel 4 Bro. 81. 25, 10 Benjamin L. Be