The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-06-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.


Woman's College, Baltimore, on Tuesday.
The officers of the Grand Lodge of Mary
land, !. 0. NJ. will pay an official visit to
Westminster Lodge on Tuesday evening next.
Ex.Mayor Milton Schaelfer, of Westmin-
s,sr left Yesterday for st. Louis, Missouri, to
attend. as alternate, the Republican National
Convention.
Tomorrow is baccalaureate day at Western
MARYLAND College. The sermon will be de-
TTered bv President Lewis, of the College, at
1850. in Smith Hall.
Amt. Airy last Saturday the New Markets
defeated the Woodbine ball club by score of
nine 10 FIVE. Batteries-Sellman Layton and
Wood: Font and Wordsworth.
There were fine showers on Monday after
moon and at night and again on Tuesday after
noon and night, extending throughout the
county. There were local showers on Sunday
afternoon.
The Warfeldsburg Cornet Band will cele-
brate their tenth anniversary on July 18th by
an old time musical picnic in David Englar's
woods, half mile from the village. There
will be three bands present.
An adopted child, aged eleven years, of
Noah VENT, of Pleasant Valley, fell down
fight of steps on Monday and fractured its
left elbow joint. DR.. NJ. l.. Bot, of West
Minister reduced the fracture.
Winchester Place, Westminster's summer
resort, is now open. Two guests have arrived.
and others will be coming in slowly until
about the first of July, when it is expected
most of the rooms will be occupied.
Mr.. James A. Diffenbaugh delivered an
Grafton last Sunday, on the occasion of the
Order of Elks memorial day, at Lorraine
Cemetery, Baltimore. Mr.. Diffenbaugh is
esteemed lecturing knight of the Baltimore
Lodge.
Commencement exercises take place at
Maryland Agricultural College next week.
Thaddeus G. Crapster, of Taneytown, will
graduate third in class of nine, and 1.-The
Malihusian Theory will be the subject of
bis thesis.
The Western Maryland College Club met
the Champion Washington College Club,
Chestertown, in Baltimore, last Saturday, and
wiped up the earth with them. The score was
6D2 Western Maryland club has not known
defeat this season. Radcliff, their pitcher,
has proved invincible.
ST. Johns Catholic Church was crowded
last Sunday to witness the Corpus Christi pro-
eession of the children of the parish. There
we're about 100 children in line. The pro-
eesson was from the parochial school to the
church. The church was beautifully decorated
with lights and blooming flowers.
The County Commissioners estimated that
there are 1000 real estate owners in Carroll
and 5000 owners of personal property. As
sessment blanks were ordered accordingly and
distributed on Tuesday By Thursday some
Ofthe assessors were out of blanks and sent
in orders for more. County treasurer Buck
ingham went to Baltimore yesterday to get
another supply.
air. Arthur F. Smith, of this city, now clerk
IN Land Office at Annapolis, sustained painful
injury to a knee last Saturday night. He was
sitting in chair ON the porch Of the Maryland
Hotel, in Annapolis, conveFsing with several
friends. His chair was near the edge of the
porch, and in changing his position in the
chair he fell to the stone pavement below,
distance of about ten feet, and had three homes
OF knee broken.
The County Commissioners were in session
on Monday and Tuesday. mostly engaged
with routine business and with assessment
matters. The assessors-a large took the oath
Of office before Chief Justice Baer and the
local assessors before Justice Cunningham.
Senator Herring was present by invitation of
the County Commissioners and gave an ex
PLANTATION of the assessment law and answered
inquiries by the assessors.
Baltimore paper of Thursday morning
says: Henry Bennett, aged forty-three
years, of Westminster, Nd, is at the City
Hospital with a severely cut head and injured
hip. He was brought 10 Baltimore yesterday
ona P W. and B. Railroad train from Bacon
HILL near Northeast. where he was found
lying on the ground under bridge. He said
that while he was riding on the platform of a
train bound for Baltimore he went to sleep
and fell from the train.
The bicycle agents of Westminster, as will
appear by advertisement in another column,
are arranging for a bicycle parade here on
wednesday night, June "a, at s o'clock, TO
celebrate the passage of the Bell and Lantern
ordinance, recently passed by the City Coun-
eli. All bicycle riders are invited to take
part, and first and second prizes viii be
awarded for best and second best decorated
wheels. The ladies ought to Join, and lend
s%ce and beauty to the procession.
The well arranged program for children's
day at II, Johns Church was most happily
rendered by the members of the Sunday
school. The children recited their parts and
sang beautifully. The singing by the school
was hearty and cheerful, in full harmony with
The day. The church was deliberately and
beautifully decorated The collection was
abOnt the average and will be sent to the
Ifessler Orphans Home at LOUISVILLE, Pa.
The Church was not large enough 10 accom-
medaie all who came to enjoy the delightful
exercises
The directors of the Western Maryland
telephone Company of Carroll County have
declared a dividend of three per cent on the
pad up stock Of the company. Upon that
which was paid up on January /, 1896, a three
percent. dividend will be paid Upon that paid
AP between January and June |. a dividend
WIN be paid at the rate of three per cent. from
fine ti@e it was fully paid up to July l. The
company has used considerable part of its
earnings in extensions and betterments. tits
aho9ght that six per cent. dividend can be
pad hereafter, and fair sum carried TO the
surplus account.
The pastors hitherto closing their churches
on College Sunday have arranged TO hold one
religious service in the city on the morning of
mat day. This arrangement has been made
70 aiord an opportunity for public worship to
me members OF their congregations who can
MOI conveniently attend the services at the
sonege. 1t will be union service and will
se held this year at the Methodist Episcopal
shureh, Rev. Calvin S. SIagle, Of the Re-
FORMED Church conducting the service. Ser
zee IN the evening will be held in tie Re-
iorlaed Church. Rev Dr. Delk, of the Luth-
sran Church, of Hagerstown, will preach be-
iore the Christian Associations of the, college
on that occasion.
i, On Monday night last stranger came to
.als city, and at night mounted buggy and
oegan the sale of an electric belt, that had
Mohderful curative properties. Before COM
qaleaeing the sales, however, he exhibited a
"aeini OF silver coin and a large roll of bank
no'es, which he said contained $500. He
scattered some money in the crowd which
vas soon in buying humor, and he disposed
~ ~ ABOUT fifly of the belts in very short time
Als career was cut short, by Officer Beaver
.aassilng him upon warrant for obtaining
money upon false pretenses.. He had a hear
Jug before Justice Fuss on Tuesday afternoon
Anu was discharged, the belt he sold being
proved 70 have had electric power, though
feeble lie gave his name as Hall A. Curtis,
~, ny II might have been Cnriis A. Hall or any
ming else. The arrest of the man brought
- lgnt the fact that another individual, who
ssl a: himself Big Foot Wallis, has been OPP
,sLsa'lng with a kindred appliance in some Of
,ae towns Of this and adjoining counties. He
%as az laneyLown on Thursday night Of last
~eek' and sold forty-two electric linen pads
- q each, and gave away lot of corn salye.