The Democratic advocate., 1898-06-25
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1898.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
IoCAL, BREVITIES.

rII be general by next Wednesday.
uov i way down in price. New hay is
l,nging but S. 90 per ton and old only 5000
IN the first and fourth pages of this issue
rII he found some interesting matter. Don't
tail TO read It,
The Westminster Deposit and Trust Com
..ny have opened an office, temporarily, in
bo AIbaugh Block, on Court street. and are
ready for business.
Carroll Mills. this city, shut down on Tues
,Ior having about exhausted the supply of
o~5aat \ new -four dresser is being put in
.n5 tbe mill put in first class order for the new
crop.
Prof. George W. Ward PHI D., of Western
MARYLAND College, will be OF the faculty OF
Mountain Chautauqua Summer School, Noun
r,n Lake Park, Nd. He will lecture ON
history.
Mrs. Mary Bair died on Monday at her
home at Sans Creek, aged about eighty
Years. She was the widow of Jesse Bair, who
was a wcll-known citizen Of that section of
this county.
John Sheahan son of the late Dr. Sheahan,
and nephew Of Mr.. Edwin W. Shriver, of
bis city. enlisted in the United States navy
and is aboard the monitor MiantOnOma, now
in Cuban waters.
j. V. CrisweIl has been appointed post
masterat Bloom, in the place of A. p. Frizzle,
resigned. VIM. d. X. Lease has been APP
pointed postmaster at BiXIer, in place Of {.
A. Gunthcr, resigned.
Among the graduates at Rock Hill College,
on Tuesday, with the degree of bachelor of
arts we're William 7. Wells, of Westminster,
son Of the late Dr. Edward D. Wells, and P.
Preston Iepp, Of Marriottsville.
tits reported that large mine Of platinum
has been discovered three miles southwest of
Iittestown, Pa, near the Maryland line.
Some of the specimens assay Is per cent.
Platinum is next in value to gold
George ShipIey, a retired farmer, and one
ofthe oldest citizens of Freedom district, died
at his home near Gist on Monday. His age
was about eighty-three years. He leaves Il
widow and several sons and daughters.
Mrs. Margie Wilhide of Gist it is said, has
the finest garden in Freedom district, Last
week she sent to this Office some fine head
cabbage from it; her sweet corn was is taSselS
and her lima beans we're ready to blossom
The Westminster canneries are winding up
the pea packing season. There may be few
peas to can next week, but the season is
virtually over and the canneries will close
until August, when they will commence pack
ing corn, The pea crop was very poor one.
Tuesday last June 2lst, was the longest
day of the year. The sun rose at 4.40 a. m.
and set at 7.3G p. M, making nearly fifteen
hours between sunrise and sunset. The days
will grow gradually shorter until December
u, when the dav will be about 10 hours and
a half long.
Mrs George MoreIock, near Pleasant Val
ey whose extreme illness was noted in last
weeks ADVOCATE, died on Sunday night.
While attending to her ordinary duties about
her home on the Tuesday previous, she was
stricken with apOpleXy and became uncon-
SciOus and so remained until her death.
The new factory of the Farmers Fertilizer
Company, of Westminster, is about completed.
1t is a large and substantial building, with
double floors. A SWITCH about $50 feet long.
will be put in at once. and the Company will
begin the manufacture of fertilizers early i'll
July and have full stock for the fall trade.
The camp at Linwood, under the auspices
of the Church of God of Uniontown and
Frizelburg, will begin July 20 and close Au-
gust G. About forty families will be repre-
sented among the tenters and there will be
from fifteen to twenty ministers present during
the camp. Prof Jesse f. Bllmyer will be
musical director.
1t is too late to get up an old fashion Fourth
of July celebration, but at night there could
be set off lot of fireworks and some balloons
sent up Ifthe business men would contribute
dollar each, good lot of fire works could
be purchased aud they could be set of al
some point where the whole people could al
witness the display.
The trial of the caveat to the will of the late
David Miller, which began in the Court OF
Common Pleas, Baltimore, on June ., ended
on June %, in the failure of the jury to agree.
The issues involved the ability Of Mr. Miller
to make will. Many witnesses were eX
amined and the case was warmly Y contested by
counsel on both sides.
Mr.. Wm. F. Horner, of Reisterst0wn, was
KILLED in an accident on the trolley line, neal
PikesviIle, last November He left a widow
and two children. On June / one OF the
children died with the whooping cough. On
Sunday last the younger child, aged eighteen
months, died from the same cause. Botf
children were buried at Emory Chapel, this
county.
DR.. d. F. Shipley, of this city, found {
dead cat in his stable on Tuesday morning.
Its neck was between two sticks Of wood, and
death was the result of stranguation Cir
cumstances indicated that death was Academia
and that 1t was not a case of suicide. Ihe
eat was IL strange one on the premises, anc
got i'll the stable after feeding time Monday
evening.
According to the Daily Republican, o
Phenixville, Pa, Mr.. Joseph P. Algire, O.
this city, has been doing "a land office bus
ness in selling sulkey harrows for kala
mazoo, Michigan, factory. He has nine met
under him, including George E. Hoppe, o.
Westminster, and they sold over 500 harrow'
IN two months. Mr.. Algire has his head
quarters now at Doylestown, Pa.
Mrs. Martha Yingling, wife of Mr.. Michae
flngng, of this city, died Oh Wednesda.
afternoon, aged about 20 years. For yea
or more she had been in bad health. Sh'
was first afflicted with cancer Of the breas
and later with consumption. Her malder
name was Malehorn, and her first HUSBAND
was Jacob Worley, carpenter and builder
OF this city. Her funeral took place yester
day friday
Aessrs. j. E. Evans and n. Green, of Car
Iollton. have built up large trade in cherries
They shipped this season, beginning June i
and ending June II, over 5000 pounds. Las
year the shipments amounted to 1856 pounds
These gentleaaep have been buying cherrle:
lor Ten years, anG when there IS gOOd prlct
their cherries go to Baltimore, Philadelphli
and New York. The larger proportion goe
10 the Gamers and packers of Baltimore.
On Monday evening last number of mem
bers of Carroll Castle, Ancient Order Knight
OF the Mystic Chain, of Silver Run, paid
fraternal visit TO Constantine Castle, at Han
over, Pa. The party went in conveyance
decorated with the national colors, and con
sisted of A. W. Feeser, DIR. @. Il. Stutz, r
l.. Cover. Abram Bankert, Thomas Hull
Harvey Halter, Milton Humber. A;giI
SS, SSoose, Herbert I.ippy, Henry IroSeil H"'
n Officials of the Philadelphia and Reading
hallway were at Shippensbarg, Pa, on Thurs
aay. purchasing the right of way for tbs neV
Tonaeetion between The Philadelphia an.
heading and the Western Maryland Rail
aloads The through traffic over both road
las become SO heavy that it is necessary t
oulld connection especially for the freigh
tauc, which will do away with some yer,
.aeayy grades and at the same time shorter
ae mileage. tits expected that the new on
Aecllon will be completed by September,