The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-01-21

St. Aloysius' church, at Littlestown, Pa,
VII be dedicated ON the 25th instant.
During the severe winter and while the
round is covered with snow feed the birds.
Mr.. Thomas Gorsuch, of Gambler, has sold
lis home farm to his son, Frank Gorsuch, for
81, 500.
Jacob Brehm, near Brummel, raised last
Jason 34l bushels of clover seed, which he
sod at 13 cents a pound-or $3.50 a bushel.
Father Sargent of the Order of the Holy
Cross, this city, gave spiritual consolation to
he four colored men who were hung at
Chestertown on Friday of last week, for the
unrder of DR.. Hill.
Miss Edith Motter, of Baltimore, will give
talk next Monday evening, at 7.30, in the
City Hotel parlor, on physical culture. Those
Interested are invited to attend. Miss Motter' s
tax will no doubt be interesting and instruc
i've.
Help the needy. Send contributions of
l,otatoes, -four, sugar, coffee, tea and other
5,1oyisions to the ADVOCATE and they will be
distributed to the needy by Policeman
Matthew's. Some money is needed to buy
wood and coal. Every little helps.
The directors of the Union National Bank
oreanized ON Saturday last. when Col. John
X Longwell was elected President for the
fhirty-fifth consecutive time. The other Off
GERS were reelected. The directors of the
other national banks organized by re-electing
the old officers.
Master Ollie Grimes, while out sleighing on
Wednesday afternoon, met with an accident
on the Uniontown pike by the sleigh upsetting
and throwing him out. The horse became
frghtened and ran home, leaving Ollie to get
home the best way he could. The horse re-
ceived some slight scratches.
NJ. Ishizaka, of Yokohama, Japan, who is
liking course at the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sifg, Baltimore, visited Westminster Theolog-
ical Seminary on Sunday last, and related his
experience and conversion to Christianity at
the Methodist Protestant Church on Sunday
eyening before large congregation.
At a meeting oc the County Commissioners
ihis week, on Monday and Tuesday. Emanuel
shaeifer was reappointed steward of the Aims
House for one year from March LIST, next, at
salary of $40e per year. The Board re-
seryes the right to terminate contract at any
tine. Special pensions we're allowed as fol-
lows: To Mary E. Stuller SIS, to Samuel
Hook $40, and to Lettie Jones So. All live
IN Westminster district.
Elder Emanuel Babylon, of Westminster, a
amber ofthe Dunkard Church, baptized three
girls Sunday afternoon in the stream in rear
of the Clipper Mills, Woodberry, Baltimore
The names of the girls were Carrie Hartman,
Sidney lGaffney and Ida Hess. A space suffi-
1iently large for the baptism to take place was
.1ut in the thick ice which covered the stream.
AS soon as they emerged from the water the
1;ris were wrapped in large shawls and taken
Ia house near by, where they changed their
'ciothing Previous to the immersion prelim-
mary services were held in the Dunkard
zChnrch, on Hill street, Woodberry.
The officers-elect of Westminster Lodge,
No. Al, Independent Order Mechanics, we're
rablicly installed in the lodge room at Odd
k&llows' Hall, ON Tuesday night, in the
essence Of several hundred invited guests
The installation ceremonies were interspersed
Nth music by the Westminster Orchestra,
and solos were sung by Miss Georgia Franklin
and Messrs. E. Gehr Smith and James Il.
Csssell. Prayer was offered by Rev. P. 81.
Miller, and an address of welcome was de-
ii7ered by Mr.. George Batson. Judge Geo
~. Lindsay, of Baltimore, delivered an adj
dress on the object, aims and teachings of the
order. Mr.. George A. Bell was installed
r6rthy senior master; Mr.. John Fl. Gerke,
worthy master, and Mr.. Edwin Huff, junior
nsster. Refreshments were enjoyed by the
Iotge and visitors after the installation, and
The occasion was one of pleasure to all.
Nj. Joshua Ditman, builder and contractor,
Of Westminster, who is engaged in building a
barn and dwelling in King William county,
fa-, came home on Monday for few days.
BE has been at work on the buildings since
the 9th of November, and expects to complete
t{sem in about two weeks. King William
county is north of Richmond, and lies be-
t4eep the York and Rappahannock rivers.
Until last week, he says, the weather had not
BEEN cold, and ice had formed no thicker
itsn half an inch. Snow fell there last week,
81 the first time this winter, to the depth OF
H9urteen inches, and was still falling on Satur-
.1&S when Mr.. Ditman left. Mr.. Ditman says
hat wild ducks, turkeys and geese are numer-
es4 in the county ard that they feed in the
4eIds with the stock. The rivers there abou nd
ID Ssh, and the largest shad he ever saw was
led in the Pomunky river few days before
H<ristmas.
Inc cold season which began on December
<5l, has continued up to the present time,
&r0 the mercury reached its lowest point on
1anday morning last, when it registered 100
1tlow zero. During these thirty days the
sehther has been very cold. except on jan
NY list and I'd, and for the past two weeks
7Lensely cold. In some parts Of Carroll the
utfcury has been as low as 180 below zero.
*e frost has penetrated the ground to the
d4fth of thirty inches, and in Westminster
aH reached down nearly to the water mains.
TAO usual January thaw is predicted next
o*ek, when apprehension from water famine
II be removed, but on the other hand there
Pm likely to be great foods and destruction
q property along the water courses. A resi-
6ent near Morgan's run for over thirty years
s4}s he has never seen the stream frozen
e4tirely over until this year. While colder
V<ether has been experienced in this section,
ss<h long continued cold has never been
Aown by the oldest citizens.