The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREv1TIEs.

,.anted pension by the Pension Bureau.
The commencement and annual exercises
&c Westminster Theological Seminary will
bapip on Sunday. the 2Sth, and close on the
SOth.
Farm Lore-''A dry March, wet April
and a cool May for good wheat crop"
These conditions have prevailed this spring.
What will the harvest be?
Laurel, Maryland, is growing place, and
among its energetic citizens is MIR. Frank
await formerly Of Westminster. He is now
erecting two eight-room cottages.
Mrs Crowl, widow of the late Jesse Crowl,
died on Thursday afternoon at the residence
of her son.in-la Mr.. Jacob kirchner, Gran
berry. The deceased was aged about seventy
years.
Alan meeting of the Carroll County Mutual
Fire Insurance Company on Monday DIR. j.
i Weaver, Jr. of Uniontown was elected a
director in place of Alfred Zollickoffer, de-
ceased.
To be well '.shouldered' is deemed by hor
iicultnrists to be an excellence in the grape.
Isit equally a mark of excellence in woman
Kind. who seem to be all running to shoulder
this year.
President Lewis of Western Maryland Col
leee is on the program of the Baltimore
County Teachers Association for an address
on Honolulu. The session began yesterday
and will close today
The Whit Monday demonstration at Man
chester will no doubt attract a large crowd.
In addition to street parade there will be a
balloon ascension, and an aronaut will leap
from the balloon with parachute from Il
dizzy height
large number Of the alumni and former
students of Western Maryland College met at
81 James Hotel, Baltimore, last Saturday
evening and formed the Western Maryland
College Students Association of Baltimore
and vicinity.
The members of the Westminster Fire De-
partment are requested to report in uniform
at their building at $50 O'Clock sharp on
Monday evening for inspection and drill and
parade. The Westminster Band will parade
with the Firemen.
Postmasters have been appointed in Carroll
As follows d.. Hesson at Harvey. in place
offs. S. Shoemaker, removed; j. W. Little ut
Union Bridge, in place of W. H. Morning
star removed; C. s. Pickett at Winfield in
place of David Cover, removed.
Myeg & Wilson-Thos. X. Myer and Henry
WiIson-have succeeded to the insurance
business of the late James Shriver, of West
Minister and represent the following fire insur-
ance companies-Royal of Liverpool, Cont
mental of New York and Norwich Union of
England.
From Mr.. L. L. Billingslea, travelling
agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, we
have received Autograph of the Washington
state building at the Worlds Fair. It's built
entirely of timber and minerals found in that
state, and is show of itself. The material
filed lG6 cars
Mrs. Elvina Slasman died at 91S Green
mount avenue, Baltimore, on Saturday last,
aged IS years. She was the widow of Mahlon
Slasman, who died in March, 1892, aged 50
years, and the mother of James Slasman, near
Gambler, this county. Nine other children,
&C grandchildren and 81 great grandchildren
survive her.
Nothing is so readily forgotten as the
weather Some think this has been re-
markably cool May. 1t is cooler than usual,
but in May, 1891, the weather was cooler.
There was considerable frost on the 4th, and
light snow on the 9th and again on the 9th,
and generally the weather was cool through
out the month.
The grist and chopping mill Of Samnel d.
Peifsnider, on Little Pipe creek, one mile
f. I'm Wakefield, was destroyed by FIRE Tuesday
MO u between ii and IL o'clock. All the
mach iaery and contents of wheat, corn, etc,
were urned. The fire originated from hot
Journal Loss about $1,000; insured for
sl,4OO, u the Dug Hill Company of Carroll
county,
Common cement exercises at Western Mary
land College viii begin on June 10th. There
are thrty.six: in the graduating class, the
largest in the istory of the college. The pro
gram for com mencement week, issued by
The graduating ,lass, is very handsome. The
ADVOCATE is ind, .bted to Mr.. William Porter
Mills, of the cla v, for an invitation to the
exercises.
William S. Myer and Thomas r. Myer, as
Two of the heirs-at.law of the late Thomas j.
Myer, have sold their interest Of one eighth
each in the estate to the other heirs for SlG,-
4O3.42 The property consists of lots OF
ground in Baltimore-one on Sharp street,
live on Fort avenue at Locust Point and one
on Townsend street-and farm in Baltimore
county, near Pikesville.
1t is too early to express an opinion Ola the
operation of the new road law, but about cue
thing there can be no controversy: she
roads Of Carroll never knew a road machine
until the law went into effect; now number
Of districts have them, and several have two.
Further, the little work that has been done
90 the roads show marked improvement. and
done much quicker and at less cost.
At a special meeting of the Maryland Clas-
SIS OF the Reformed Church, held at Freder-
ek on Tuesday, Rev. S. N. Roeder, from
hllzabethtown. Pa, was received into the
classis. Mr.. Roeder has accepted Il call TO
I9e Manchester Charge, this county, and
hevs, j. G. Hess, CALVIN S. Slagle and ID. ..
AeAllister were appointed a committee to
install him. The installation will take place
the 2lst.
Mr. John Frick died near Smallwood at
noon on Wednesday, aged about eighty one
Years. He was native of Darmstadt; Ger
many, and came to the United States about
nlyOne years ago and settled near Small
Sood. He was twice married, his second
vile and one child survive him, also eight
children by his first wife. In politics Mr..
Fnek was Democrat, and few years ago
vas registrar of voters in Woolery's district.
Burns Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
WI attend service on Sunday morning, the
tsA, at Centenary NJ. E. Church. Decora-
uo1 day services will be held at Hampstead
% May Both, at $50 o'clock in the morning.
An address will be delivered by Col. William
Ma5lsby. On the same day, at 3 O'Clock
NJ The afternoon, services will be held in
Westminster. Maj. John !. Yellott of Tow,
dresses.
the Westminster Forest and Stream Club
Jst at Wiekert's Hotel on Tuesday night and
S,eeted officers for the ensuing year as fellows:
PPeorge A. Miller, president, Charles II.
SSASghmaa secretary, John J. Reese treasurer,
? earr Wickert commissary and DIR. George
~ naughman quarter master. Two new
5tnoers were elected, making the member
l'p twenty-five. The club will pitch camp
10y u Me !Aonocacy on July Sd, and the mem
'sas viii spend three weeks there.
lae Mayor aud Common Council met on
ad.onOay night last to close up their work for
~ year The salary of the Mayor was raised
C ol 20 to 500, and the salaries of the
GCounc!l was fixed at $50 each. Heretofore
SSJ%1ncllmen have been entitled to receive one
sSS mar e each for each regular monthly meeting
T M nlty cents for each special meeting.
bos s made The pay uncertain, and it was
SSsgnI best to fix it at specified sum. An
N,nance was adopted requiring bicycles TO
IN teqalpped with lamps and bells, the bells
A. rung at the intersection of streets within
=. corporation and the iamns tn he lit Mt