The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-12-16
.ocAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

"a her Sflu lSeA'-
ID 1 Us, Thursday next the days will begin to
,a Ai, and gas bills will shorten.
'n ~, ricked as well as the righteous stood
Luz .Tnnery places yesterday morning.
Oh '"r unused mad dog passed through this
=. a s my Tuesday and is said to have bitten ten
n, Wright Barrack has purchased half
..,arsst in the warehouse business oil l.. T.
, %1iD, + Sons at Double Pipe Creek.
n. cbas. n. Mitten ratified two deers this
NJ Llwa;ghiug SOand 100 pounds respectively.
" YEA an.c c them from friend in Virginia.
H maSDrday school of Benjamin Reformed
I'm ln near Westminster, will hold their
SlI,t entertainment on Tuesday night,
december 10Th,
Thu NcDonogh Alumni Glee Club, assisted
-. n eminent elocutionist, will give an en-
Y ., - at odd Fellows Hall, this city,
"syt Thursday evening.
Mrs Annie Barnes, colored, of Westmin-
-, ded at Gettysburg, Pa, on December
: Che was aged 20 years, and her remains
Ss,s Inferred at Gettysburg.
u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES do not abbre-
.;+,, names, words, &c. You know what you
T,rt 10 saw, but it puzzles us frequently to
Understand the authorizations.
Mrs. Susan Fringer, of Taneytown, died on
nsramber lst, aged "a years, months and
I lS,ys, She leaves large family of sons and
hpsbters, and many grandchildren.
The Browning and Irving Literary Societies
i Western Maryland College will give a
5irt entertainment at. the college, on We'd
,sJay evening, December 20.
The Church of God Sunday school of Union
aEn will give q Christmas entertainment,
oor,isting Of songs, speeches, recitations, &c,
an Friday evening next, the I'D.
Many of the congregation of St. Johns
poman Catholic Church visited their pastor,
P,Iber Cassidy. on Thursday evening and
flal his larder to overlooking with good
lhings.
The MARYLAND Chassis of the Reformed
Church met at Taneytown yesterday Friday
norning. and, among other business, installed
Rev, Aexan Ter Bateman as pastor of Grace
Church.
The Benevolent and Aid Society of Benja.
minis Reformed Church will meet at the
Ipreh on next Friday night, December 22d,
~ o'clock. New officers will be elected
hrthe year of "a.
On Monday deputy sheriff Elias N. Biz
ard took George Miller, William Fisher
md William Myers, alias ''Shoe-Peg Bill,
70 the penitentiary to serve sentences of one,
Two and three years, respectively.
Aprotracted meeting will commence this
Saturday, night at the Sans Creek German
Eaptist Church, and be continued until fur.
her notice. Elder William B. Stoner, OF
Eaynesboro, Pa, will conduct the services.
Vernon Reese has resigned as postmaster
It EaEtyiew, and Edward 0sterhns, ST., has
BEEN appointed in his place. Mr.. Reese will
move TO Carrollton in the spring and take
charge of the store now carried on by Ar.
Milton Chew.
Miss Julia L. Wilhide, Of Dayton, Ohio.
vas married on November 90 to Mr.. Peachy
A. FOLEY, of that place. The bride is the
Oay daughter Of the late George A. Wilhide
and A granddaughter of Mrs. Julia A. Wilhide
Of Eestminster.
Senator P. j. Bennett was appointed by
Gov. Brown delegate to the National Agri-
cultural Congress which met at Savannah,
Georgia, on Tuesday and Wednesday last,
bat owing to the condition of his injured leg
vas not able to attend.
Newton A. Bowers, near Shiloh, in Hamp.
sead district, killed the champion hog on
Thursday. 1t weighed 6l29 pounds. There
sasa guess box on its weight, and it con-
aimed Sl4. Two persons guessed the exact
seght of the hog, and divided the purse.
Mrs. Agnes L. Kimberly, wife of Henry E.
Kimberly, died at Brooklyn, n. Y, Monday.
Yrs. Kimberly was Miss Carr, of Carroll
county. Mr.. Kimberly was q. native of Bal
tmOre, and was formerly connected with the
I'D franklin Bank. He has resided in New
York for twenty years.
The Board of County Commissioners mel
on Monday last and organized by reelectine
David Stoner President. A special pension
$500 was granted to Road Baust, Of New
Windsor district, and one of $1,000 to Anna
Miller, Of Westminster district, one half pay
able at once and the balance in January.
Bishop Theodore Benedict Lyman, of the
diocese of North Carolina, died at Raleigh
On Wednesday. He assisted at the consecra
ion of Ascension Church, Westminster,
aearly fifty years ago, and it was expected tc
have him here next May. when the semi cen
ennal of the conservation will be celebrated
Mss Emma Steiner, well-known in THU
city, who composes music and conducts
orchesitsg. has been presented by the Pro
essiOnal Women's League of New York city
siih gold.mOunted baton. For this ant
or toe opportunity granted her to have hel
music presented She returned thanks to the
league.
From The Maryland Life Insurance Com
Iany of Baltimore we have received then
handsome Almanac for the year 1894. 1t u
Eoiusely Illustrated with appropriate ant
attractive pictures, and contains much valua
BE Information. We have also received
handsome calendar from the National Lite
iasarspee Company, of Montpelier, Vermont
M. Charles Wrede died in Hanover, Pa.
% December 10, aged 90 years, u month";
Sad Y days. Mr. Wrede was native o
neidelsheim, in Hanover, Germany, enc
alae to Baltimore on June 81, 1873, and II
august of the same year went to Hanover
"a where he resided constantly ever since,
asept about year and half, during ls2'
@a 1879, when he lived in Gettysburg,
The members of the Epworth League o
centenary NJ. L. Church, this city, having
FeHously arranged for a series of literary
~ sseeiIngs, held the first one on Tuesday night
iae subject was How to Reach the Masses,
e .,i short addresses were made by the pre-
Taqlng officer. Mr.. Geo. R. Gehr, Rev. }. J.
nnash, DR.. d. f. Shipley and Mrs. 5; Is
1err; Appropriate music was furnished b.
lie choir.
David II. Petry, of New Windsor. Md.
y tniles that would help him to-pass TIM
lie is great sufferer from rhenma
.i'a add for the past three years has beel
1laest sntirely helpless. He will celebrate
Us asth birthday on the 31st of Decembe
ny any remembrances of the anniversar.
. .Tl oe gratefully received. Let every reade
.ne ADVOCATE who has time and inclina
s'uSn do what he can to brighten few hour
y ule invalid who has suffered for eighteel
o. On Saturday last Department commande
5z.saA Nolen. Inspector General Lewis NJ
zimmerman, Chief Mastering Officer NJ. y
. POie and Past Department Commander lheo
= Lang, Of Baltimore, paid an official vlsl
\ Burns Post, No. 10, g. A. R., of this city
'ns post elected officers for the ensuing yea
: lows:-Commander. James s. Baer
sAor vice commander, John NJ. Reese; Jun
" wee commander, H. Wardenfelt; guar
\ master, Winfield S. Drach; officer OF IN
ny Charles w. Merryman; officer of tn
saa y Henry Gorsuch; council Of admins
1aSlion, Ezra ]. Yingling, Charles N. Kuhn
y sfega les to department encampment, JON
= y Reese. Lewis Ditman, isaac Ranoq AZ
SSe9orge U. Grass; alternates, Peter Little, Z"
D. Draeh, James S. Baer, D. K. Shriver