The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-12-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A Merry Christmas 90 all.
Silver Run Lutheran Church will be dedi-
Gated tomorrow Sunday.
The new railroad station in this city will be
opened for business ON Monday next.
Typhoid fever is reported to be prevailing
TO a considerable extent, both in Howard and
Carroll counties, in the vicinity OF Woodblne.
Mr.. James Bowers has sold his property,
near Bethesda Chapel, to Mrs. Alice Jordan,
for $500.
James NJ Stoner has purchase 6 acres, i'm
proved with house and stable. from MIR.
Johns, near Warfeldsburg, for $50 cash.
The ADVOCATE has received from the James
E. Smith Insurance Agency, this city, {. very
handsome calendar for 1897, issued by the
Pennsylvania Fire company.
As Christmas falls on Friday, our press and
mailing day, the ADVOCATE will be printed
and mailed on Thursday of next werk. I'd
vertisers and correspondents will please note
this fact.
The Endowment Rank knights of Pythias
on Wednesday evening elected officers for
the ensuing year, viz President, Frederick
Miller; vice-president George l.. Stocksdale;
secretary and treasurer James NJ. Stoner.
On Sunday night last. as Emanuel Wolfe,
of Taneytown, was returning from Harvey, he
was fired upon by some unknown person as
he was passing through woods. -Four bullets
struck the buggy. but fortunately neither did
any damage to Mr.. Wolfe.
The Sunday school children of Western
Maryland College, gave an entertainment
on Sunday night in Baker Chapel. The pro
gram was arranged by Prof. William X. Me-
Daniel superintendent of the school. Ever
green and cut-fowers were the decorations.
John A. Day, who died at his home on the
18th instant, near Daisy, Howard county, was
buried on Wednesday at Morgan's Chapel.
Mr.. Day, whose age was IS years, was son
of the late Milton Day, of Carroll county, at
one time member of the State Legislature.
The deceased was formerly an engneman ON
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He leaves
widow and number of young children.
The extension of the lines of the Western
Maryland Telephone Company TO Sans
Greek, Marston, Bloom, Winfield and Long
Corner, was completed this week. The new
subscribers are n. f. Franklin, Englar's
Mill; Cold Spring Creamery; David /. Stem,
Sans Creek; S. W. Bond, Marston; Joseph
Stem, Dennings; DIR. l.. A. Aldridge, Long
Corner; Vim. Y. Frzzell, Bloom; Horatio
Zile, Winfield. A list of all subscribers will
soon be issued. Until that is done, it is safe
~ ltll SuDSCTlDtTS lllhl All tlt
and professional men in Carroll have tele
phones where the lines on this company ex
tend.
Department Commander A. S. Cooper, G.
A. R. of Maryland, Senior Vice Commander
George C. Ireland, Assistant Adjutant General
l.. NJ. Zimmerman, Assistant Inspector John
A. Thompson and Captain Clinton 5. Birch,
of Baltimore, visited Burns Post, No. 10, of
this city, last Saturday, and installed the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year; Com
mander, James S. Baer; senior vice comman-
der Alexander Mccormack; junior vice com
mander, Isaac Randall; adjutant Thomas
Zepp; chaplain, Charles Merryman; officer of
the day, John NJ. Reese; officer of the guard,
Emanuel Beard. The following were elected
delegates from the post to the department en-
eampment: Alexander Mccormack. II.
Morrow, w. S. Drach, Thomas Zepp. The
visitors officially inspected the post. Pre-
vious to the meeting they were bhDqueted ut
the Montour House.