The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Mr.. Eta TAYLOR, of this city, accidentally
.,i olf the ends of two fingers last Monday,
while using a Ratchet.
Dr William D. Wells, of Hampstead, has
haen appointed physician at st. Agnes Hos
nital, near Baltimore.
Mr.. H. Withrow, of Harvey, has been
guarded the contract for boring the artesian
veil for the l4ittlestown water works.
During April 1l2 deeds, &c mortgages and
15Ells Of sale were recorded in the Clerks
afiee. and lG marriage licenses were issued.
DR. George 7. Motter, of Taneytown, has
bsqn Amounted director of the Female House
of Refuge, in the place of DIR. Ciotworthy
Brine, declined.
Mr. W. Z. Myers, proprietor of the Mono
escy Roller Mills, at Harvey, was paralyzed
bt Monday. He is 62 years of age, and was
quite i'll at last report,
Salem Lodge, |. o. o. F., of this city, have
engaged Gilbert Walden, the great Southern
elocatonist, to give an entertainment at their
Hall on Monday evening next.
Commissions for the recently appointed
officers for Carroll county have been received
ly the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and must
be taken out within thirty days.
Mr.. R. r. johnson, of Philadelphia, Pa,
has bougbt the furniture and fixtures Of Hotel
Albion. this city, from Mr.. G. Brooke
Yantis, and will take possession June LIST.
Mr.. S. C. Stoner is having his property, at
4he West End, this city, enlarged and i'm
proved and is living in the house of the late
Francis Shriver while the work is being done.
On Saturday last the Westminster Orioles
defeated the East End Singers by score of
1Stol2. Winning battery-Wells and Arm
old; losing battery, R. Webster and j. Man
ming.
William J. Zacharias. of this city, has made
bicycle record. He rode from Union Mills
to Westminster, seven miles, in twenty-three
minutes. If any pedal-treader can beat this
let us hear from him.
A large amount of repainting and improv
ing is being done in Westminster this spring.
4 number sidewalks need repair and the city
should be given a. thorough cleaning before
the summer SETS in.
In this issue is published local law passed
al the recent session of the General Assembly,
relating to the corporation of Taneytown in
the matter of issuing bonds TO provide for a
water supply for the town.
Young men and middle aged men should
read and study ''Some Rambling Thoughts
on the fourth page of this issue. Read them
every week and at the and of the year You
will be much wiser therefor.
The Maryland Chassis of the Reformed
Church will meet at Hagerstown next We'd
nesday evening. o. d. Gilbert is delegate
primarius, from st. Paul's Church, Westmin-
ster, and John D. Brown delegate secundus
The Littleslown PA. Independent began
lis ninth volume last week. 1t has an ex-
cellent corps Of local correspondents and very
little transpires in Adams county that is not
given in its columns. We extend congratu-
laons.
The exchange and offices of the Western
Maryland Telephone Company in this city
seing too small for the ever increasing bust
ness, the Company will remove shortly to the
second story of the Albaugh building, corner
OF Main and Court streets.
Chas. Y. Wantz, executor of Ann i. Baby
Ion deceased, sold on Saturday last the late resi-
dence Of the deceased at public sale, to George
". Albaugh, for 81 200, The lot has front
age of sixty feet on Main street, and the house
is 4 three-story brick building. 1t adjoins
Mr.. Albaugh's residence.
At n meeting of the Joint Cousistory of
Carroll Charge, Reformed Church, Elders,
John F. Shade, of st. Matthew Church, and
Noah Sullivan, of Jerusalem Church, were
elected as delegates to represent the Charge
at the Annual Meeting of the Chassis Of Mary
land, which will convene ut Hagerstown on
Wednesday next, May 9Th.
Mr.. Edwin J. Lawyer, Of this city, quail
fed last Saturday as State Fire Marshal. He
look the oath Of Office before Robert Ogle,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore, and
bonded for $1,000 NJ. Lawyer viii take
charge of the office next Monday, and Mr..
George L. Sharrer. expostmasteF Of West
minister, will be clerk.
Taneyiown's municipal election will take
place on Monday, and citizens meeting has
presented the following candidates-Burgess,
II. b. Mehring; commissioners, DR.. George
7. Motter, Edward kemper, William Jesse
Roberts, Joshua Kostz and Z. X. Reaver.
i vote will be taken also oH the question Of
issuing Sl2, 600 in bonds to supply the town
with water.
The Western Maryland College base ball
club went to the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege last Saturday and walloped the club of
that institution by score of 10 to 4. Rad
cliff, Western Maryland's pitcher, appears to
be dandy twirler. He struck out fifteen bat
iers, and the Saturday previous eighteen of
the Johns Hopkins club famed the wind in
reaching otter his curves.
Curtis King, who assaulted some Gettysburg
College students, WIS arrested last week at the
home of Scott Billmyer, near Uniontown, by
Constable Wilson, of Gettysburg, and is now
In jail there, having consented TO go to Penn
sylvania without the formality of requisition
papers. King made an attempt TO escape,
when the officers found him at Billmyer's, but
several shots from a revolver caused him 70
halt
For April Hicks, the storm prophet, pre-.
dicted severe storms and unusually cool
weather for the season, and said the month
would close with growing warmth and showery.
Nay, he says. in western and central sections,
will open fair and cool. The storm periods
for the month are 4th TO 9TH, 9th to 18th, 18th
10 18th, Dist and 22d, 18th TO both. After the
frost in the North. The middle of the month
will be very warm, with thunder, rain and hail.
Mr.. James Doyle, whose serious illness was
Noted in the ADVOCATE last week, died at his
residence in this city On Saturday last, aged
about 81 years. He was native of County
Carlow, Ireland; came TO America in 1887.
and lived in Brooklyn, N. T., short while
before coming to Maryland. His family were
known as the ''Doyles of the Acres" and he
was relative OF Bishop Doyle, of Carlow.
lie was at the Newtown Barry riots, when
the titbes were being collected by military
force, and witnessed the killing of twenty-fouI
men by the British soldiers A widow and
one daughter, Mrs. NJ. f. Walsh, survive him.
HIS funeral took place on Monday morning al
st. Johns Church.
The Carroll county bar and Carroll county
cases occupied the whole attention of the
Court of Appeals on Wednesday and Thurs
day. John Milton Reifsnider, John NJ. Rob
erts and Il. 0. Weant we're admitted and
qualified as attorneys OF the Court. The
Dastardy case of Lynn VS.. the State Of Mary
iand, was argued by John NJ Roberts and
Jas jas, A. G. Bond for the appellant and John
Milton Reifsnider and ID. n Henning for the
appellee on Wednesday. On Thursday the
court heard argument in the case of Martha
=. Duttera and Sarah Babylon and others
lhis Detion was instituted 20 collect on q
SINGLE note of SIG, 500 alleged to have been
made TO Mrs. Duttera by her father, William
Babylon, in bis lifetime. the only witness 10 il
i 99selng the husband of the payee of the note.
me payment Of the note would absorb the
whole estate, and deprive the widow OF hel
u"wer. The case went againt Mrs Dutterf
III the Circuit Court of Carroll. and she ap-
peaied. George r. Gather and H. NJ. Cha.
paagh appeared for the appellant and ID. N.
fleming and James A. G. Bond for the APP