The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-10-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvrrIEs.
Ice formed last Sunday night.

next Tuesday.
Philip B. Snader has purchased for S52 81
per acre the farm of the late Peter Bale, New
Windsor district.
Mrs. John f. Miller, of Westminster, i
sick with rheumatism at the home finer father
Mr.. Charles j. H. Ganter, Manchester.
Hon. j. Fred c. Talbot will spend mex
Tuesday in Westminster, and al night will adj
dress a meeting at Silver Run.
Odd Fellows Hall was packed on Wednes
day night TO witness ''Uncle Toms Cabin.
The performance was only ordinary.
Mr. Charles H. Lantz, of this city, had
pumpkin vine with p pumpkins on it. Tbt
heaviest weighed % pounds and the lightes
p A. Gorsuch, auctioneer, sold on Satur
day last for l.. Howell l.amotte, trustee. {
farm of l0l acres near Fimkshurg Station, il
Woolerys district. to William Gist. for ST.. II
per acre.
In the circuit court for Baltimore count,
last Saturday judgments of non pros. werC
entered in the eases of r. X. Boarman ct al
trustees, VS.. j. Glenn McComas garneshee
and Charles B. Roberts, agent, vs.. same.
Francis II. Elliott has sold his store ant
dwelling in Taneytown to o. I. Shoemaker
from +. +. Rendollar the property in til,
same place formerly occupied by George T.
Kerr.
The Republican County Central COMMITTEES
at It's meeting last Friday arranged public
meetings as follows: October "a at Winfield
18th at Frizelbmg, 18th at Union Bridge
November at Taneytown in the afternoon
and at Westminster at night.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Daniel Baublitz,
at Grave Run Mills, three miles from Hamp.
stead. was burned TO the ground Tuesday even
ing. The cause of the fire, il is supposed, was
defective fue. Nothing was saved but few
unimportant articles. The loss is about 5000,
ON which there was no insurance.
Charles W. Tate, who formerly kept the toll
gate east of Westminster, and now the toll
gate keeper near Baltimore, on the Baltimore
and Reisterstown pike. has sued Charles
Fangmeyer for 5000 damages for assault and
for n like amount for SANDER in the Court OF
Common Pleas of Baltimore city.
The engine at the Westminster electric
light plant was started last Saturday evening
and the light turned on at ST. Johns Church.
Western Maryland College was litnp on Mon
day evening. The plant is running regularly
now, and the use of the elrctric light will be
extended as soon as the fixtures can be got IN
readiness.
William II. Coppersmith, residing on the
Washington road, about three miles from this
city. received severe injury TO his right hand
Wednesday afternoon. He was leading n
cow by a chain with n hook on the end OF IT.,
when the animal became refractory and pulled
the chain through his hand, which was caught
by the hook and torn in terrible manner.
State Senator Bennett has purchased 81
head of de- horned cattle from Greenbrier
comfy. w. Va, and will fatten them on his
Two farms for the European market He Is
ooing TO feed them on a mixture OF corn and
and wltat, and the result will be n matter of
great interest TO farmers. If they thrive on
this. the growing of wheat may be made more
profitable by turning it into beet.
AT College Park. Prince Georges county,
on Saturday. the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege football team defeated the team OF
Western MARYLAND College by a score OF
52toO. The Western Maryland boys did not
vim the game but they had a good time, and
after the game looked like they had been
mssling with cyclone. The other boys look
ed like they had been in hurricane.
The loye.feast of the German Baptist Breth-
ron was held at Meadow Branch Church last
Saturday afternoon and evening Three hun
dred commandments participated. The MINIS
,ers nresent from abroad were Elders G. :.
Arnold of Burlington, W. Va; +. W. Stoner,
az Union Bridge; Solomon Stoner. Philip
Enelar. of Uniontown; Thomas }. holb, OF
Double Pipe Creek; Jesse Roop and joel
Room. of New Windsor; Joseph Price, OF
Black Rock.
Alfred Stevenson. Jesse Stevenson and
Chas. T. Stevenson, executors OF Thomas
Stevenson, deceased, sold the following stocks
nj public sale last Saturday Seven shares oil
the Union National Bank. of Westminster,
par value S25, 10 Charity Lodge, hmghiS OIL
Pvtbios. Mt $50. 20 each; ] shares OF same 10
Cran,.;lle { Haines. at $50 each: shares OF
the First National Bank of Westminster, par
value 500. 10 Charles C. Gorsuch, at sli',ou
zach and 4 shares at S17S 40 each. The sales
amounted TO 81, 969. 10.
There will be a Democratic meeting nj
Silver Run ON Tuesday night next, October
~. Mt o'clock The meeting Will be al
dressed by Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbot, Hon.
David n. Henning and Hon. Benjamin +.
Cronse On Saturday afternoon next, oeto-
her 81 at . o clock, there will he Democratic
,nea,;nq nj Manchester, which will he adj
dressed by Attorney General Poe, Hon.
Charles L. FendaIl Hon. Benjamin +. Grouse
and Hon. David n. Henning. Bands OF music
will be present at each meeting.
Tho Comfy Commissioners at their meeting
q, Tuesday appointed Theodore Blizzard con
stable for Woolerys district for two year
from the date of his commission, and Josepi
Delnhy constable for Union Bridge district iol
two wears from the date OF ms commission
They granted n seecial pension OF so to Grai
ton Brooks. of Hampstead district, one oil 9l'
10 Richard Chronister, OF Freedom district
and one of ST to Joseph l.. Linton, OF the SAME
district The nensions were divided into 1--WE
novments. half now and half in February
On Tuesday morning pile of fifteen tons
orb;tuminous coal in the cellar of the Metho
Jst Protestant Church, this city. was discov
sred 10 he ON fire. The work of removing i
vas commenced. and n steady stream OF watel
was noured upon it, The whole mass wa
heated but the fire was eating its way SLOWLY
from the bottom, and was readily kept undei
control until II was all removed. ne oTlsh
of the fire is a mystery, but may nave peei
the result of spontaneous combnstlon- VA
had been observed in the church on severl
preceding Sundays, and an inspection OF th'
inrnace failed to disclose any defect, and th'
coal had evidently been burning for some DAYS
Rev. J. b. Whaley, member OF the Mary
land Annual Conference Methodist frotestaii
Church, died at the Church Home ana inilrih
ary. Baltimore. last Sunday. Mr.. "haiel
was about twenty-five years old, ana was u s u
Of Mr. Seth NJ. Whaley, of Whaleysville, ND
10 y,os elected last June TO the chair of orr
entail literature in Western Maryland College
The mast two years were spent by Mr.. Whale.
in graduate work in the Department. OF Hebrew
~ the University of Chicago. His iunera
nook place at the Methodist Protestant Church
tb;s city. at Ten clock Tuesday morning. Rev
DR. r II. Lewis. president of Western Mary
land College; Rev. DIR. J. 7, Ward, presiden