The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-12-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LuCAL BREYITIES.

The criminal docket was taken up in the
Circuit Court on Monday.
Miller Bros bought the stock of hats, shoes
and clothing of l.. Blumberg Il Bro. from the
trustee.
Miss Jennie G.. Richards, of Houcksville,
was the guest of friends in this city during the
Firemen's Fair.
The Ice and Cold Storage Company of
Westminster is building an ice house, with
capacity of 400 tons.
During November 4j deeds, IA mortgages
and 9 bills of sale were recorded in the
Clerks office, and "a marriage licenses were
issued.
Following a rain and some hail on Sunday,
snow storm set in and lasted far into the
night. Some ten or twelve inches fell, but
the most of it melted nc it fell.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
was sued on Tuesday by Timothy O'Connell,
for injuries received on November 8, by being
run over by car at Buren, and Monument
streets, Baltimore.
Rev. P. H. Miller, pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church, this city, was unexpectedly called to
West Virginia, during the week, in his official
capacity as Missionary President of the Middle
Conference, to look after some important IN
terests of the Conference.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
has begun the erection of freight depot in
this city 1t will be located about fifty yards
east of the temporary passenger depot. The
new passenger depot will be ready for occu-
pancy about the LIST of January.
1t is less than three weeks until Christmas.
Westminster merchants are prepared, and
shoppers should now select what they want
and not wait and be hurried in Christmas
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yocATE and they will tell you where to buy.
The County Commissioners of Washington
have given notice that they will tax the in
comes upon all mortgages that are not shown
10 be released on the books of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court. 1t is claimed that many
mortgages have been released and assigned,
but the Commissioners are going by the books.
1t is reported that the Western Maryland
Railroad will remove its shops from Union
Bridge to Hagerstown. Such rumors are fire.
quently given out, but as yet nothing has come
from them. 1t will be a great loss to that
thriving town to remove them. We think
they are well located, but the company knows
best what suits them.
Seven patients were removed from Spring
Grove Asylum, near Gainesville, TO the new
Asylum at Springfield. They were transferred
by order of Judge Roberts, and the patients
were mostly natives of this and Frederick
counties Three are suffering from epileptic
fits and four from chronic insanity. The
number of patients in Springfield is 81.
Miss Julia De Lacy Brayshaw, the author
of the story on the first page of the ADVOCATE,
lives in Anne Arundel county, with her
brother physician in active practice. Miss
BRADSHAW is a woman of marked personality,
a most entertaining hostess, wit, and is al
+ooatbar N yary narSnn ono whose
friendship is priced most highly by those who
can count themselves on her list.
Mrs. George c. Orndorff died in Baltimore
on Sunday last, and was inferred at Pleasant
Grove, on Tuesday. The pall-bearers were
VIM. Flater, George Shipley, Francis l.. Her
sng, J. Wesley Zepp, Jacob NJ. Hoff, Howard
Loekard, Rev. C. L. Dudrear officiated at
the funeral, Mrs Orndorff was daughter of
the late Daniel Bush, and leaves large num-
Der of relatives and friends to mourn her
death. SEarrer & Son, of Westminster, un-
.dertakers Her death was caused by spider
bite.
Blr. Hicks, in his forecast for December,
says-Erom the ID to the 4th there are re;I-
sons to expect very severe disturbances. The
period will begin with warm wave starting
in the far West, storms of rain, snow and wind
developing as the log barometer and warm
18th. says Mr. Hicks, will proYe one of those
periods that should be watched. BE prepared
Tor blizzards, he says, with intense cold ia the
north. The next storm period will he the
18th and 18th, and the next will be from the
10Th 10 23d and 26th 10 3Gth.
A class of ninety one persons was confirmed
in St. Johns Catholic Church, this city, last
Sunday morning, by Cardinal Gibbons. A
still larger number of combinations was eN-
pected, but ten or twelve persons, who live at
distance. were unable To be present on ac-
count of the incement weather. Rev. Father
Starr. of the Church of Corpus Christi, BalG-
more, and Rev Father Fowler, Of the Convent
of. NOtre Dame, accompanied the Cardinal
and acted as his assistants. Cardinal Gibbons
preached all able and impressive discourse on
Ihe influence of the Christian home which was
listened to with profound attention and interest
by the large audience, among whom were
many Protegtants Solemn high mass was
sung by Rev. DR.. Edward P. Allen, of Mount
st. Mary's College.