The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
InCAL RREYITIES.

On the first and fourth pages Will he louhu
r,urb interesting political and news matter.
pbilin :, Bowman, sheriff of York county,
D.. ,yas in Westminster on Monday on bust
ue>s.
Frank Eckard has been commissioned
I'm. fer at Cniontown and John W. Reck
At barney.
,.,usinn has been reissued to Conrad
V,nn of Fmksburg. and he has also been
.i.ulrd al increase.
e.. p. Ritter has been appointed postmaster
If kry-ville. Middleburg district, III the place
.fO f. kuOutZ. resigned.
Tbr.alary Of the postmaster at Westminster
,, hren increased to $500 AGAIN. For Il
,r,r. or two the salary has been $500.
I'm Thursday last Mrs Elizabeth Davis, as
a,.rg,iy Of Jesse f. II. Davis sold s! acres
,fEud. near mon Bridge, To Edwin Il. CHI
bert for 500.
mad dog was killed near Hampstead last
saturday. Before being dispatched it had
bitten dog. and cattle in the neighborhood OF
>ry,Irrsburg and GrreEmount.
The weather was 50 cool on Monday morn
ng. June u. that persons coming 10 town
.lly ~ the morning complained OF be!hG
cold and some wore OvcrcoalS.
Mss EsleIIe Constance Mccall, Of BaltL
more. died ON June 20, aged 81 years. She
was a sister Of the Misses Mccall, teachers OF
II J,Iul'S parochia! school, this city.
Nr Ed. Ridgely began cutting wheat on
,hp farm Of Mrs. Hannah Boughcrty, III Free
dom district. on Monday last, June u. Tie
pyurrts Ia rraIiZc about - bushels to the acre.
Cant. Thornton Wright, Il popular con
.iurt1r Of the Western Maryland Railroad,
and Nj India Ruley, OF Baltimore, will be
be- quirIiy married in Baltimore Oil the Both
INST.
Mr.. Annie h. Stoncr. assignee Of mort
.agr. sold ON Wednesday the house and lot OF
john Thomson and wife. on Pennsylvania
avenue. this city, to Mrs. Eliza l.. Wagner
for .ill.
The board Of newly elected pension exam
.nng surgeons Of this county has organized by
,Irciug DR.. c. II. Dillcr of Double Pipe
Creek. president; DR.. Harry f. Baer, of Tan
urn. secretary, and DR. +. II. Seiss, Of
lmeytown, treasurer.
Ephlam Miller. one of the most prominent
citizens of Adams county, Pa. died on Thurs
d;ty Of paralysis. aged % years. lie IS
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edward Il.
richardson. of this county, and Miss hathe-
riur Miller. Of Gettysburg.
James Reayer, 4 prominent citizen of Ger
Alany township, Adams county, died on We'd
ar,day Of last week. the result of stroke of
paralysis i few days previous, aged 90 years.
NJ James Reayer, near Harvey, is son OF
she deceased, and one OF bis daughters Is Mrs.
John Bower, Of Ianeytown.
The Warlieldsburg base ball club forfeited
Il came to the Red Morgan Club last Saturday
at WariicIdsburg. The game was started late,
and after playing three innings, with the score
I to > in favor of the home team, some OF the
WartiedShurg players had 10 leave. and thus
the game was stopped and forfeited
Mr.. Charles r. Woods. formerly of the
Westminster bar, has located in Baltimore,
lu4 has an office in the Equitable Building.
Mr. " pods has been at the bar several years,
= youny man of energy and capacity, has
considerable acquaintance in the city and
should do welt, The ADVOCATE wishes him
success.
i;,r Baltimore and He;sierStown Turnpike
Company has granted to the Plmlico and
Pikrsyl;e Railway Company the right to the
use ui the tsackS now laid along it, and also
the right to construct single-track railway,
STIMULATING, however that steam should not he
l>cd us 4 motive power. The consideration
was $4,000.
The Court of Appeals has decided the case
Of Julius l'raub Il Brother against the Gale
,ouia Fire Insurance Company, affirming the
judgment below in favor of Iranb " Bro.
The auiount Of the award was Sl,Ol@. Tins
rs the Gard time the ease has been to the
Court OF Appeals, Traub Bro. winning
zach time in the lower court.
SIR Graham Watson. of Queen Anne
county, Mary land, and Il gradHate of Western
MARYLAND College, class Of 90, vas married
al 81 PaeI'$ Episcopal Church, CentreFill,r,.
to Hiss keaiing, daughter of Mrs. +. r..
Heating. Charles VI. Grow, of the class of
81, was married 9u June lG, ut Annapolis,
Missouri, to Miss RGwena Benson. of that
,d4cr.
Calvin Zimmerman, prophecies Of the hotel
al Nj. Airy. was thrown from his hiGYcIe Il
shDfI distance beyond the farm of Wellington
Hammond, on Monday afternoon. while ON
his way to Frederick, and received PAINFUL
scratches and bruises about the body. The
accident WAS caused by puncture of one OF
the tires. Mr.. Zimmerman managed to get
to Frederick and returned home on the cars.
Mr.. Jeremiah Bale, well-known citizen
Of New Windsor, died on Wednesday last,
aged - wears and 4 days He leaves II
%l43w. whose maiden name Elizabeth
Jane Carter Mr.. Bale by close attention to
business had accumulated quite handsome
fortune. His remains were Inferred mt VIM
teF $ cemetery on Friday, the funeral services
being conducted by Revs. Long and laugh
man.
Mr.. Edvip W. Shriver, of this city, who
was engaged 10 FepOrt upon the probable bus
mess of the proposed Washington, Westmln-
Ser aud Gettysburg Railway, and OF the m
igsfries, &c. along the line, tfom Gettysburg
80 NJ. Airy, has finished the work &I;d made
his report TO the company. He has reGtiEed
letter FROG. the secretary cOmplimentIng his
work. in NJ, Shr.ver'S opinion the probable
business fully warrants the building OF the
road, and he believes it will be built.
Owing to the thorough Investigation by
State Fire Marshal Ed. J. Lawyer, Thomas
O'Conner, Thurmont, Frederick county,
lire bug is in jail, charged with setting tire
10 ana burning the residence of his sister on
the Iii, in ;tant. The property was insured
in the Carroll County Mutual Fire Insurance
Go. for 1896, Those who think the duty
OF Che Fire Marshal is one of pleasure or that
OF A sinecure would find il to be the contrary
u they had the work to do, IS he is on the go
all the time, or whenever the Insurance Com
pa'iieS think it is necessary.
The Westminster Fire Company has lha
iest runners that can be had in the county.
Their Annapolis run was their first experience,
Cnt they ran faster than any of the other com
panies TO the plug. The men are all young
and are swift runners. They are ice HaineSs,
I'd. Diffe1dai. Luther Long. Dock Cassell ,
Geo. Mobley, viii Long, Will Baer, Mex
trzzel, Len. Sehaeffer, Chas. Hartman,
Herb. Morgan, William Giggard, VIM. Holm,
Geo. Fisher; Frank Sehaefer and George
it;ekenrode, plugmen; H. Cootes, nozzleman;
Harry Schaeffer, foreman and manager.
fraRk Schaeier made the connection AT the
plug so quickly that the people thought he
threw it on.
The Taneytown base ball club played a
game with the Kings Sons, of this city, Thurs
day, and were badly defeated by the score of
ii to 4. Only hits were made off of Wells.
The features of the game were the pitching OF
Wells, the all around playing of McMnrrnn,
W. Wells and Butler. Batteries yiowp,
Angel, Clark and Clingan; Westminster, j..
Wells and Shriver The teams lined up as
follows Westminster, Ed. Shriver 2nd b,
AcMurran IS, W. Wells Il, W. Thomson lst