The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-06-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
c:...n;l Cnnrt adionrned Yesterday.

laid '' a festival in July. beginning about the
Ist. in this city.
The dwelling of Mr. George Rush, near
~, ctv was robbed on Monday night of
,lm OF money.
Mr. Ferd. 4. Dieffenbach, formerly of this
.i,r has been reelected Assistant Warden Of
n. MARYLAND Penitentiary.
Mr. Thomas Craig. OF Baltimore, and family
lorn taken the house of Mr.. Charles H.
P,nahman. this city. for the summer.
DARING MAY 60 deeds, 10 mortgages and 10
laI.ot sale were recorded at the Clerk Of
foa and 20 marriage licenses were issued.
Mr. CLAYTON jenkins, of Winfield, buck
.,ar va, killed by an electric car in Baltimore
yc,terdav friday while delivering goods to
his customers.
There has been Il b IVY decline IN wheat,
and the price Of hou. IN Westminster has de-
rIined 81. 80 barrel from the highest price
recently prevailing.
Mr. 4. II. Wcntz, ieweor of this city, has
g, very rood representation of the West Indies
mis- window, with the blockading ships of
ihe United States.
The directors of the Westminster Deposit
and Trust Company have decided to have
their offices temporarily in the Albaugh
Block, on Court street
Mr.. Alexis A. Pascault, Of Easton, who
Was SON of Louis G. Pascault, and was born
At SvkesviIc. this county, died AT Easton on
Wednesday, in his nth year.
Mr.. William II. Mornngstar died in Uuiom
Bridge last Sunday, aged 81 years. He was II
prominent business man of that place. a
widow and one son survive him.
Father Cassidy is having dwelling erected,
90 BY IS feet, on the property of st. Johns
Church. this city twill be occupied by the
Sisters who will conduct the parochial school
next year.
Rev. Joel Brown, of Centenary NJ. +.
Church, this city, oAiciated at a wedding at
the Jail on Tuesday night The groom was
Edward Stonesiier and the bride Miss Clara
Oracle both of Westminster.
Mr.. John Zentgraf, of this city, who is en-
sneer at the Tannery, two miles from West
Minister. while getting out OF car, after
counting hides, fell and broke a rib on Thurs
day. his foot having caught in Il piece Of iron.
Dr. NJ l.. Bott rendered surgical aid.
Hog pens, stables and other outhouses are
beginning to free their Odors. Will not the
owners of such places use disinfectants, or do
they prefer the health officer to have them ar
rested and fined? Windows and doors have
had to be closed several times recently in the
evenings.
At a meeting of the directors Of the House
Of Correction on Thursday Otis f. Smith, of
M Airy. was elected Assistant Superinten-
dent. Mr.. Smith had been acting as Assist
ant Superintendent since February. John T.
Barnett. of Freedom district, was elected one
ofthe guards.
For base ball Hampstead is getting right in
it. The club of that town recently wiped up
the earth with a club from this city. and last
Saturday had two victims. They damned
the Reistcrstown club by Il score Of 81 to
put it to the st. Georges College team by a
score of Is to II.
Che house of Mr. Joseph Bemiller, near
KrIdier's blacksmith shop, in Manchester dis
jrict, vas entirely destroyed by fire on We'd
ucSday Of last week Very little of the con-
aents were saved. The loss was about 500,
and there was an insurance of $500 III the
Dug Hill Company.
While Mr.. Larkin Shipley was going to the
Goodwin quarry, near this city, on Thursday
morning, with a fOur-horse team, the horses
became frightened at passing train on the
Western Maryland Railroad. and ran off n
bridge over a stream. near the quarry. One
horse was severely hurt.
Mrs. Minnie NJ. Foutz, widow of David l..
fOutZ, the well-known base ball player, died
las, Saturday at the home of her mother-ln-
law. Mrs Miriam e. FoutZ, on the Old York
road. near Wyamoke avenue, Baltimore. She
was formerly Miss Minnie Glocke, of Phila-
delpMa, and was married to Mr.. FoutZ IN
1889.
Mr.. John F. Luckabaugh, of BARRIERS Mill,
Indiana, is visiting relatives and friends in
Manchester aud Hampstead districts. lie
was born near Manchester in 1871, and left
home for the West in 1861, where he has
since resided. Mr.. Luckabaugh was east
abonts seven years ago, but finds many changes
since then.
Some idea Of the attendance at Winfield on
decoration Day may be gathered from the
TACT that by actual count 1880 vehicles left
me woods where memorial exercises were
held after o'clock in the afternoon, some
walked to the woods and quite number went
on bicycles. 1t is supposed the crowd num-
bered nearly {, 500.
While j. Harvey DecFabaugh, son of John
Deckabaugh Of Freedom, was driving
SPIRITED horse last Saturday, the animal be-
came frightened. and kicked the young man
IN the back He sustained other internal in
Jarles. DIR. j. W. Steele, who rendered
necessary medical attention, states Decka-
'augh will be out in several weeks.
Corporal Thomas Monroe Ward, of Com
Bany A. 9Th Maryland Regiment, now ut
Tampa Florida, has received from the War
department. a commission as lieutenant i'll the
United States engineer corps He was honor
ably discharged from the Fifth. Lieutenant
ward was formerly chief engineer OF the
typographical survey in Baltimore and IS
well-known in Westminster. He is twenty
seven years old.
st. Joseph's Catholic Church, faneytown,
mas been enriched by the addition of beauti-
l1l shrine of the Sacred Heart. 1t has been
placed in the sanctuary. The pedestal is
MADE OF Italian marble, with three panels OF
mexican onyx. 1t is feet high, and feet
inches in width. 1t is surmounted by a
statue of the Sacred Heart five feet high. A
marble table, of Italian marble, and supported
" carved bracket of the same material, has
also been placed in the sanctuary.
Robert W. Woods and Miss Laura |. Gar
ger came here on Wednesday, from Harris
ourg, Pa. obtained liceuse, and were mar
n re by Rev. P. H. Miller, of Grace Lutheran
Dn1rch. They gave their ages as twenty
auu eighteen years, respectively, although still
NOR youthful in appearance. 1t is under
5000 they were engaged with the consent OF
'lef parents, who were, however, opposed to
~ early marriage They left here for Man
GGalester, where they are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
0narles }. H. Ganter. Mrs. Ganter is an
aunt of the bride.
=, A dispatch from Chambersburg, Pa, May
D., says GA bad wreck occurred on the
pssilnmore and Cumberland Valley Division
u the Western Maryland Railroad this morn,
lrIl Eg near the Taylor Works, in the suburbs OF
onambersburg. Several cars of an extra
' bound freight train broke loose from the
nialn body of the train and caused a rear end
rolllsIon. Eight cars, several loaded with
Merchandise, consigned to Shippensburg mer-
SShaGls, were demolished, and the track
n, Tpockaded for distance Of over 100 yards;
4. Inc ears were piled on top of each other and
nue. rae contents scattered in every direction, but