The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREv1T1Es.

LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Mrs. Ann Weller, aged about 60 years, died
in Patapsco, on Tuesday last, after a long i'll.
ness.
The new Methodist Protestant Church at
Rdgevie, will be dedicated on Sunday, June
10th.
Nineteen tickets were sold last week at
Westminster for the Dunkard jubilee at Myer.
dale, Pa
Will "The Daughter of Subscriber" who
sent an original article to this office, please
call some time.
R. C. Boone of Baltimore, has purchased
100 perches of the fine building stone on the
Aims House farm.
Harvey Dern, of Union Bridge. secured
first honors on graduating essays at st. Johns
College, Annapolis.
Mr.. j. s. Devries, native of this county,
has recently became proprietor Of the Free
mont (Nebraska) Herald.
Pensions have been granted to Martin l..
Fosle, of Double Pipe Creek, and Anna NJ
Hanson, of Manchester.
Ice formed Monday night in several parts
ofthe county as thick as the blade of knife.
There was also frost in low places.
Gilbert & Shower, of Westminster and Man
chester, are building l0horse engine for
the B. f. Shriver 4 Co.'s cannery in this
city.
During May there were 7G deeds, 81 mort
cages and 20 bills of sale recorded in the
Clerks office, and 10 marriage licenses were
issued.
William Stewart, who was proprietor OF the
City Hotel here since last winter, closed the
hotel this week and removed to hotel ut
Mt. Airy.
The Jubilee Reunion of Ascension Parish,
this city, commemorative of its iifteth ami.
yersary, will be held on Sunday, July 10, and
the week following.
Rev. NJ. l.. Firor, pastor of the Reformed
church at Union Bridge, has accepted a call
will remove about July l.
The Carroll County Trotting, Riding and
Pleasure Association have let the contract to
build the race track to John ID. Shaeffer, who
will begin work on Monday.
The Boys meeting will assemble at Carroll
Hall this Saturday morning The Chris
tan Eudeavor Society of the Methodist
Protestant Church will have charge.
Miss Salie X. Russell, of Reisterstown,
died at her fathers residence in Shippens.
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relative of Mrs Eliza Shreeve, of this city,
whom she frequently visited.
Among the ninety-six graduates at the
State Normal School on Thursday evening,
were Harvey r. Arnold, Mabel E. Bucking-
ham. Raw /. Chase, Walter L. Frazier, j..
Edward Murray and Eugenia Norman of Car
roll county.
The County Commissioners on Monday
were engaged in considering the bonds Of the
several tax collectors for this year. On
Thursday the Board met the Howard County
Commissioners at Sykesville, to consider the
building of joint bridges.
On Tuesday the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more met and admitted to practice at the Bar
the graduating class of the law department of
the Maryland University, who received their
diplomas last week, after an examination by
the Bench Among those who passed was
Charles T. Reifsnider, .Ir., of this city.
The supply of soft coal in Westminster is
about exhausted. The boring of the artesian
WEI at the ice factory has been greatly de-
layed by the want of coal. The company has
managed to borrow little from individuals,
hut if some is not soon gotten the running OF
the factory will be considerably interfered
with.
The Twelfth Anniversary of Westminster
Theological Seminary will take place, June
3rd to 5ih, in the Methodist Protestant Church.
Annual sermon by President Ward, Sunday,
June 3rd, at 10. 80 a. m. Sermon before the
Seminary Missionary Alliance, Rev. A. d.
Melvin, at s p. m. Commencement exer-
cises, Tuesday, June 9Th at p. m. The
public are cordially invited to attend.
The young people of the United Brethren
Church at Greenmount, Hampstead district,
organized branch of the Young People S
Christian Union, on Tuesday evening, with
twenty four members and the following Off
GERS: President, Rev. Lafayette Rexrode;
vice. president, J. f. Utz; recording secre'
tary, Hiss Mollie Bosley; corresponding sec.
Rotary, isaac Bet; treasurer, Miss Grace Ham.
Fred. Himler, of Westminster, had mar
row escape last Sunday. He had on coal
he had not worn since last fall or summer,
and in one of the pockets was 22-calibre
cartridge. He put his pipe in the same pocket
and the cartridge got iolted into the pipe.
Later, when he wanted to smoke, the pipe
was filed without the cartridge being discov
cred. While putting away at the pipe the fire
reached the cartridge, which exploded. The
bowl of the pipe was torn to pieces and the
ball struck the side of window frame and
glanced back into the room.
A family reunion was held at Mr.. A. j.
Koontz's, Fountain Valley, on the 9th ult
Those present wers his three sons and
hree daughters, and e!even grandchildren,
" ": Jeremiah Koontz, wife and five chill
DR. en-, of Pleasant Valley; Josephus B., wife
anu one child, of Rockland; John H., wife
and child, .. G. Reeder, wife and child o
Hag erstowu, and Lizzie Koontz, of Balti
NOR, /. Besides the children there were pres
ent frederick Zahn, Lucinda Difenbaugh
Annie Harver, Mrs. Emanuel Forney, Mrs
Decke r, Mrs. MelIe Hesson, and others
The da was pleasantly spent and enjoyed.