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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-07-14

J. Seymour Ieister. living near Hampstead,
dislocated his shoulder-blade last Monday,
while lifting piece of heavy machinery.
The Westminster base ball club will play
the McSherrystown club this Saturday
Maryland College grounds.
The race track on the Hoppe farm about
two miles north Of Westminster is nearly
completed. A part of it is used for speeding
horses, and on Thursday evening there were
several lively brushes.
Olevia Dorem, colored, was thrown from
the flying horses last Saturday evening on
Liberty street, receiving very painful bruises
Wells rendered surgical assistance.
Senator P. ]. Bennett has been chosen q
director of the Carroll County Electric Light
and Power Company, in the place of A. l..
Bosley, resigned. The company has signed
and will begin work very likely next week.
Otto Smith, son of Mrs. II. 7. Smith, aged
about eight years, met with a very painful
accident on Friday evening of last week.
He was riding on a separator of thresher
and fell under it, the wheel passing over his
leg, crushing and breaking it above the knee.
DR.. c. W. Weaver, of Taneytown.
The Forrest and Stream Club met at Mr.
S. c. Wickert's on Thursday evening and
elected the following officers: George A.
Miller, president; John j. Reese, secretary
and DIR. George E. Baughman, quartermaster.
The club will go into camp on Saturday, July
18th. for two weeks, at Dutterer's farm on
the Monocacy.
Rev. Lafayette Rexrode and bride arrived
in Manchester from Clarksburg, W. Va, on
Saturday evening at $50, having driven the
entire distance with horse and buggy. A
donation party was rendered them at their
newly furnished home in Manchester, by
members of the entire circuit, consisting of
the U. B. Churches of Manchester, Green
mount, Miller's and Mt. Union; also, citizens
of Manchester. The donation consisted of
china and glassware, jellies, preserves, and
all kinds of eatables, including horse feed, &c.
The Westminster Branch of the Baltimore
Flower Mission opened last week when
choice collection of beautiful flowers were
shipped. The ladies in charge ask the aid of
all interested in the work by contributions of
flowers which may be sent to the room over
NJ. w. Babylon's store, between the hours of
three and five p. IN. on Thursday of each
week. Contributors this week were Mrs J.
Rinehart Mrs Mather, Miss Nellie Wantz,
Miss Emma Reese, Miss Mae Nelson. Re-
ceivers for next week-Misses l.. Woodward
and K. NOEL packers-Misses B. Shriver
and Eva Blanchard.
About 7.20 o'clock Thursday evening the
stable on the premises of John C. Shreeve,
West Main street, just above Pennsylvania
avenue, was virtually destroyed by lire, and
the roof of the log stable of Mrs. Louisa
Martin, across the alley, was burned off. Mr..
Shreeve' horse was gotten out, but some hay
and straw were burned with the stable. The
fire was discovered by colored boy carrying
feed to the horse and is supposed to have
been incendiary. Mr.. Shreeve' s loss is about
$3.50, with insurance in the Carroll County
Mutual. The Fire Department responded
promptly, and but for their services serious
fire would have resulted.
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Bankert's Mills Items.

The funeral of Mrs. Abram Bankert, at
Baust Church, on last Monday, was largely
attended. Grandma Bankert, nee Yinglng
was born in this county So years, months
and % days ago. She lived in this vicinity
for many years. In early life she connected
herself with the Reformed Church. She
leaves FIVE children, all grown: -Ephraim, Of
near your city; William, Of Hagerstowni
Francis, near Uniontown; Mrs. Henry Sell,
and Ella Bankert. The pallbearers were
Davis Myers, John Benedict, Nat. Heck,
VIM Baust, Emanuel Formwalt and Daniel
Diehl.
Baust Church celebration will be held on
August L, in the grove near Tyrone. Revs.
Baughman, Slagle. Macalister, Bateman and
Spessard are expected to be present and de-
liver addresses The Taneytown band will
furnish the music. The vocal music will be
under the direction of Geo. c. Harmon. An
orchestra will accompany the vocal music.
A few of our people contemplate attending
the reunion at Penmar on the 18th.
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SILVER RUN ITEMS.
Laying Of a C0rnsr,s.0ne-othsr I.sms.

Two thousand people assembled Sunday
to witness the laying oftbe cornerstone ofthe
new St. Mary's Lutheran Church al this
place. The service was conducted on the
building site, and were deeply interesting and
impressive. The clergymen participating
were the pastor, Rev. h. c. Fuliz, Rev. Dr.
d. L. Baugher. Of Pennsylvania College,
Gettysburg; Rev. p. Sheeder, of Blair coun-
~, Pa; Revs. George W. McSherry, of fancy
town; Z. +. Blint. of Littlestown, and J. A.
Metzger, of Hanover, Pa. Rev. DR.. Baugh-
er, whose great grandfather, Rev. George
Baugher, organized the congregation in l7G2,
delivered the sermon of the occasion.
Admirable music was rendered by the
church choir, Mr. William Keeier leader;
Miss BERTHE Mark, organist, for the occasion;
Rev. H. c. Fultz, flute; Ezra Frock, cornet;
Jacob r. Lippy, cornet; John N. Mark,
violin. box was deposited in the stone
containing a book of worship, Luther small
er cateehism, developed and explained; copy
order of service, exterior and interior pictures
of brick church built in 1921, aud still occu
pied by tbs congregation: copies of the Luth-
eran Observer, Lutheran World, American
Sentinel, Democratic Advocate, Littlestown
Independentand Hanover Herald. St. Mary $
Lutheran and Reformed congregations wor-
shipped in the same church edi6ce until
April, 1898, when the latter dedicateda sepa-
rate new church, costing twenty thousand
dollars. The new Lutheran church will cost
not less than fifteen thousand dollars, and
will be an elegant structure. The first edi-
fee occupied by these congregations was a
plain log structure, twenty by twenty five
feet, seated with slab benches, and in this
they worshipped until 1921, when the build
ing they are now leaving was erected. Meth
err of the new churches is on the old ground.
Farmers are busy hauling in grain and
making hay.
On Friday of last week Mr.. Andrew Wis
ner, near this place, plucked the first sweet
corn of the season.
Mr.. E. A. Fox our popular hotel keer nader
three day business trip to Frederick this
week.
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Peter c. Wertz is on the sick list.
Miss Sallie A. Null, of Baltimore, is visit
ing her parents and others at this place.
Frank Thomas, who is spending few
weeks at New Freedom, Pa, will return home
tomorrow.
Henry Sell and family, of Westminster,
visited Charles G. Lippy and family on San
day last.
The Sunday school will hold their annual
celebration and festival on Saturday, August
18th, in the grove adjoining the school.
Vocal music will be furnished by the school
and instrumental by the Broadbeck Band, of
Broadbeck, Pa.
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rr,zellpurg Items.

The harvest = over and the grain gathered,
and some have thFeshsd their crops. The
steam threshers are kept very busy aud wheat
is turning out very well:
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, Of Washington, 2 Fesred
minister, delivered sermon IN the church 2t
Ibis place Sunday last.
Tie base ball club OF this place will go 70
the club al that place on Saturday.
Mrs. Joseph Fireman has been spending
few weeks 10 Baltimore With her son, J. E.
Freeman.
John E. Null and Miss Winnie Stea.s and
Willet and wife were visiting at John %.
Feeser's, near Silver Run, on Sunday last.
Miss Winnie Sheets is spending the week
viii keF sister, Mrs. Harvey Bankert, near
MarsioR.
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Pleasant valley Items,

On Thursday night of last week this vicin.
ity was visited by severe electric and rain
storm. Frequent flashes of lightning and
heavy thunder occurred. AS far as we were
able to learn it was only few miles wide and
outside of washing corn fields and roads the
damage was not so much.
St. Matthew's Sunday school will hold
their celebration in H. c. Freeman grove,
near our village.
The Christian Endeavor Society is making
preparation for the reunion on the 18th.
Speakers will be present from all over the
state
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An explosion of gasoline in the cellar of a
saloon in Minneapolis on Saturday night
killed George Perkins, porter, and caused
serious injuries to five other men.
The first bale of new cotton, and what is
said to be the earliest bale ever raised IN the
United States, was sold at the Houston Cot
ton Exchange June 90 for $685., or thirty
nine cents per pound.
John Stone, aged So years, was found lying
dead in pool of blood at his home in Boston,
Massachusetts, late Monday night. There
was deep cash in his head and broken
| tumbler lay near by. His wife has been ar
rested.
By fire on board the steamer Ross, at
South Haven. Michigan, Tuesday, Frank
| Smith, a son of the captain, was burned to
death; engineer Cornell fatally burned, and
Will Leroy, who was almost sufocated, may
not recover.
A gang of thieves, who had been robbing
| cars of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley
/ Railroads of large amount of merchandise
during the past six months, have been cap
tured at Newark, New Jersey, in house
| where they had concealed much of their
1 booty.
At Pittsburg, Pa, on Tuesday, Rev. S. S.
/ Palmer, who has been on trial before the
Pittsburg Presbytery, was found guilty on
three charges Obtaining divorce without
knowledge of his wife; engaging to marry a
second woman before securing divorce from
his wife. He is suspended from the pulpit
until he gives evidence of repentance.
The captain of the revenue cutter Bear re.
ports that on May 30th, when near Cape St.
/ Elias, Alaska, he came up with the American
schooner Jahawker, leaking badly and her
! crew having been without provisions for six
days. The vessel was temporarily repaired
and provisions placed on Loard. The Bear
also rendered assistance to the survivors of
the crew of the bark James Allen, which
struck on rock off Amelia Island and sank.
| Eight men reached Arka Island. and the cap
tain and is others went to Umrak Island
after four men had been drowned and three
had died from exposure. With six men the
captain rowed $50 miles to Unalaska, arriv-
ing there June u. The Bear went for the
men on Umrak Island on June 16, and found
| one of them dead, and the others in weak
and furnishing condition. No mention is
| made in the report of any mishap TO the Bear.
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TN the Circuit Court for Carroll Co.
Il Sitting as Court of Equity.
NO. 1858 EQUITY.
ExPaprr

NO. 1858 EQUITY.
Ex-PARTE.
In the matter of the trust estate of Jesse F.
Norwood and Margaret E. Norwood, his
wife, Andrew ]. Baker and Albert Jones,
Trustees.
Ordered this 2lst day of June, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety four, on the
foregoing petition, that the Circuit Court of
Carroll county, sitting as Court of Equity,
take jurisdiction in the trust estate of Jesse
F. Norwood and Margaret E. Norwood, his
wife, and that said Trustees settle said trust
estate under the supervision and control of
said Court; and it is further ordered that the
said Andrew j. Baker and Albert Jones,
Trustees in the above cause named, do give
notice to the creditors of the said Jesse F.
Norwood and Margaret E. Norwood, his
wife, who were such prior to the 10Th day of
June, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
four, to file their claims, properly authentl-
Gated, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Carroll County, on or before the 9th day of
August, eighteen hundred and ninety. four,
by causing copy of this order to be published
in some newspaper published in Carroll
county, once week for four successive weeks
before the Both day of July, next.
CHARLES B. ROBERTS,
True copy-Test:
june % At BENZ F. GROUSE, Clerk.
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Hampstead District Items.

On Thursday night of last week lightning
struck in Mr.. Thomas Hunts barn, in Hamp.
stead. Z bsjpg cold stroke but little dam
age was doph,
Recently Granville Sue, aided by his
shepherd dog caughta ground 5oG.
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"THE RAMBLER"

Its style and finish is acknowledged the
handsomest in the world. Those Copper
Plated Rims, take but you can have them
in Black if desired
HANDLERS are always ON exhibition at
my office. Take day of and come TO town
to see them. Handsome Catalogues Free.
j. II. BRIGHTON,
The Rambler Agent,
apl4 If Westminster, Md.
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Weather Record for the Weak.

July mercury &c at : a. m. and "a at 2
p. M; generally clear and blustery. July s.
mercury go at a. m. and "A at p. M; par
TALLY cloudy. July 9-mercury 60 at Z a. m.
and Y at D. IN; generally clear. July 10
mercury 81 at I a. m. and II at p. m. gen.
orally clear July 11-mercury 81 at I a. m.
and 81 at ? p. m; clear; partially cloudy after
p. m. July 12-mercury 20 at a. m. and
SO at , p. M; partially hazy. July l3-mer-
eury II at a. m. and SO at u M; clear.
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Verses cents line.
On July l. 1894, in Gambler, Carroll county,
Md, Harry F., aged q years, months and
q days, eldest and beloved son of 8. E. and
the late G. W. Palmer. He leaves heart
broken mother, brother and sister TO mourn
their irreparable loss.
All, yes. the conflicts DER.
The mortal strife is past:
Our brother is no more
We saw him breathe his last,
Brother, sister dry your tears
Suppress your heavy signs;
am happy now above
With Jesus in the skies.
HIS BROTHER AND SISTER.
Farewell, dear Harry, thou best of sons until we
meet again, for by thy pure and upright life and
firm and abiding faith and trust In the Redeemer
we may hope to meet again. and
When in Heaven We meet, having gained the blest
shore,
With our harps in our hands we will praise ever.
more:
Wen range the blest fields on the banks of the
river,
And sing hallelujah forever and ever.
HIS MOTHER.
On July 6, 1894, near Brummel, Md,
Flora B., aged % years, 10 months and %
days, daughter Of Samuel Morelock. Funeral
services were held at Benjamin's Lutheran
Church on Sunday, July s.
Near Union Bridge, Nd, on July 5, 1894,
Catharine, aged 70 years, widow of the late
Stephen Haines.
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Refusing Work.

contractor engaged in leyee work has
informed thr. Memphis Tenn Commercial
Appeal that he has employment for 200 To
300 hands, He is forced 10 be content with
the services of haIfgrown boys living in the
vicinity of his work. He has tried to hire
men without success. He has appealed in
vain to labor agencies in st. Lonis and Chi
cago. He says there are places for 10000
men along the Mississippi river from St.
Louis to New Orleans at reasonable wages,
but the men cannot be had. The labor agents
in the large cities have written him that the
streets are full of idle men, but they refuse to
work
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on For Europe.

Miss Bessie Bennett returned from Media,
Pa, on Wednesday, to prepare to sail for
Europe next Wednesday, from New York,
on the White Star Line. She goes with DR..
S. D. Risley, Mrs. Risey and Miss Florence
Risley. The party will land at Liverpool
and will take coaching trip from there to
Edinburg, where an international congress
will meet, before which DR.. Risley, who is
an eminent practitioner in Philadelphia, will
read paper on occulism. While there the
party will be the guests of British physicians.
From Edinburg DR.. Risley and party will go
to Isle of Wight, where Queen Victoria has
her summer residence, and where the party
will be the guests of friend of DR.. Risley,
who is physician TO the Queen. The trip.
will then be extended to the Continent, and
through Germany, France, Switzerland and.
Italy. Westminster will be well represented
among European tourists this season. Judge,
Bond sailed on July Sd and Prof. Reese and
Paul on the llth
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Rev. Irl Hicks, the weather prophet, is
pretty accurate in foretelling the weather.
Charles T. Zepp will enlarge his paper this
month. II is meeting with favor.
The steam shreshfF is busy threshing out
the golden grain.
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Business Locals.

The Interstate School of Methods of the
W. c. [. Q. will begin at Mountain Lake
Park, Nd, July oath, and continue till the
29th, inclusive. George w. Balm, the silver
tongued orator of Kentucky will speak on the
evenings of the oath and 25th. class in
physical culture, under the leadership of
Miss Lydia A. Newcomb of Michigan, will
begin the afternoon of the oath. The
course of five lessons will be So and it is hoped
all the young ladies and others who can will
avail themselves of this opportunity to learn
some of those things so essential to correct
standing and walking and thus, also, essen
tial to good health. At the present time
there are few young ladies who are not stoop.
shouldered and hollow chested and if they
have had their attention called to this de-
formity have not known how to cure it, This
is the time to learn. Each morning a school
Of methods will be held and topics of vital
moment TO the growth of temperance reform
will be discussed. Thursday and Friday
evenings will be given to stereopticon lectures
by Mr.. John A. Nichols, of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Nichols comes highly recommended.
Saturday evening, the 18th, Mrs S. E. V.
Emery of Michigan. author of "Seven Finan-
cial Conspiracies," and Imperialism in
America" will speak upon ''The Industrial
Situation" Sunday morning the sermon
will be preached by Mrs. j. X. Barney, Of
Rhode Island, the noted prison evangelist,
and the same speaker will deliver an address
on temperance in the evening. The Silver
Lake Quartette will furnish the music for
the entire time, and no one who has heard
This quartette once will fail to hear them
again in their new and telling songs.
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Haight Items.

Rev. Mr.. hewitt preached at New Oakland
on Sunday morning last. After the sermon
communion services were held.
One day last week while Rev. Mr.. hewitt
was returning home his horses were frighten-
ed by another horse breaking loose from the
fence where he had been tied, causing them
to runaway, throwing Mr.. hewitt out against
the fence, bruising him very much, but not
hurting him seriously. The buggy pole was
broken and the top of the buggy demolished.
DIR. j. K. Bolte, of Harrisonville, also had
a runaway last week While turning around,
his buggy was upset and the doctor, being a
The horse got loose and ran down to Thomas
Worthington's and nearly ran into John B.
Miller's moving machine while he was cut.
ting. Mr.. Miller succeeded in stopping the
horse until he was unhitched.
While MIR. Mering and family of this place
were attending picnic at Old Oakland
Church, a small negro boy entered his house,
and after wasting their preserves and spoil
ing all their milk and cream, started fire in
one of the bureau drawers, and but for the
timely arrival of the family the house and
contents would have been consumed. This
boy has attained the age of ten years, but has
been found guilty of several such acts He
should be sent to the House of Correction.
few of our farmers have threshed and
shipped their wheat this week. The yield is
only ordinary, but the quality is fair.
The thanks of New Oakland Church are
due Mr.. N. W. Steele and children for the
beautiful silver communion service. The
children deserve much credit as collectors
7. S. Clark, of Haight, has purchased at
public auction the tract of land belonging to
the heirs of Wesley D. Onrsler for 81, $50,
Mr.. Clark lost a fine cow few days ago
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2 DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE,
SATURDAY. JULY IA, 1894.
puRIIsHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
7DoS

The date ON the label on your
naner shows the time to which
voIr subscription is paid.
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Mr.. Samuel Mehring had relapse of ague.
which caused him to have several hard shakes.
Mr.. Clinton Erb was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Erb of this place last week.
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New Advertisements.

Public Sale of Real Estate-Jacob a.
Blocher, Executor.
Valuable Farm for Sale-Charlotte STAINS
bury, Executor.
Bicycle for Sale. A. Zepp, Melrose, Nd.
Legal Notices. Festivals and Picnics.
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The Baltimore and Ohio r. r. Co. now has
on sale at all its Offices east Of the Ohio River
full line of tourist excursion tickets to all
the lake, mountain and seashore resorts in
the Eastern and Northern States and in
Canada. These tickets are valid for return
journey until October 3lst Before deciding
upon your summer outing it would be well to
consult the B. d o. Book Of ''Routes and
Rates for Summer Tours All B. Il o.
Ticket Agents at principal points have them,
and they will be sent post paid upon receipt
of ten cents, by Chas. D. Senll; General
Pass. Agent, B. & o. b. R., Baltimore, Md.
ju23
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MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Of CARROLL COUNTY.
OFFYCK, WESTMINSTER, ne.

OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
j. W. Herring, President, Westminster, Car
roll county.
Richard Manning, Secretary and Treasurer,
Westminster. Carroll county.
DIRECTORS.
]. w. Herring, Westminster, Carroll county.
Granville s. Haines, Union Bridge, Carroll
county.
David Prugh. Freedom. Carroll county.
Granville T. Herring, Sandyville, Carroll
county.
Charles B. Roberts, Westminster, Carroll
county.
Edwd. Lynch, Westminster, Carroll county.
David Fowble, Westminster, Carroll county
R. Manning, Westminster, Carroll county
DR.. ]. j. Weaver, Jr., Uniontown, Carroll co.
E. E. Reindollar, Taneytown, Carroll county.
AGENTS.
John T. Diffenbaugh, Westminster Carroll
county.
J. Oliver wadlow, Freedom, Carroll county
E. NJ. Anderson, Mt. Airy, Carroll county.
Louis Dielman, New Windsor, Carroll co.
John S. Repp, Union Bridge, Carroll county.
VIM. r. Zolickoffer, Uniontown, Carroll co.
E. E. Reindollar, Taneytown, Carroll county.
]. w. Weant, Double Pipe Creek, Carroll
county.
William H. Shower. Manchester, Carroll
county.
Granville t. Herring, sandyville, Carroll
W. U. Marker, Tyrone, Carroll county.
William A. Abbott, Hampstead, Carroll
county.
John Jones, Mechanicstown, Frederick Co.
o. A. Horner, Emmitsburg, Frederick
county. ian9 tt
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NO. 1895 EQUITY.

NO. 1926 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Emanuel Mackley, Assignee, VS.. Emily
Wheeler and John J. Wheeler, her husband.
Ordered this 26th day of June, 1894, on
the petition filed in the above entitled cause,
that The Auditor cause notice TO be given to
the Creditors Of Emily Wheeler, deceased,
to file their claims in this case with the Clerk
Of the Court, duly authenticated, according 10
the mode of authenticating claims in the Or
phans Court, on or before the LIST day of Au.
gust next, by inserting copy of this order
in newspaper printed in Carroll county once
week for three successive weeks before the
said LIST day of August next.
|. THOMAS JONES.
Tests
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MARRIED.

At the BRIDES home, on Sunday evening,
July 8, 1894, by Rev. C. NJ. Eyster, John w.
Croft, of Carrollton, Md, and Miss Mettie ].
Reed, of near Manchester, Md.
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NOTICE.

My Office win be in charge Of my Assistant
and Law Clerk, Mr., Abner Parke, during my
absence of about six weeks. He may be con.
suited on matters of business in my absence,
as ] have arranged for attention to same.
june3O 81 JAMES A. c. BOND.