The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-14
Barley is in head.

Inc herman BaptStS Of Meadow Branch
will hold their Love Feast on May 21st.
William Wilson, of Linwood, has moved
his family to Hagerstown, where he has pro
cured work.
William Wood, of Union Bridge, has &C
eepted a situation in New York city. and has
moved his family there.
Attorney General Harry NJ. Clabaugh is
mentioned for successor to Judge McComas
on the bench of the District of Columbia
Judge McComas favors Mr. Clabaugh.
The Maryland Chassis of the Reformed
CHURCH will meet in annual session at Walk
ersyIlle, Frederick county, on May Is. Elder
y. -. Gilbert is delegate primarius from St
Fauls Church, this city, and Elder Fred. D.
| Miller delegate secundus.
The First Hose Company, of Hagerstown
has accepted an invitation to attend the dedi.
! cation of the Union Bridge Fire Company's
new hall on Wednesday, June l. The
Hagerstown company has decided to with
draw from the State Fireman's Association.
Commencing on May %, the following
merchants of Westminster will close theil
places OF business at p. IN. except on Sat.
urday-Wm. F. Derr, Miller Bros, Sharre1
u Gorsuch, Mather & Sons, U. L. Reaver,
John L. Anders, j. II. Krichton and j. Z.
Orndorft Sons.
Mr.. George W. Albaugh has begun work in
converting his former residence, on Main
street, this city, into hotel and Office build
ing. The residence stands back from the
street Part of the front will be torn down,
and an addition will be built about sixty feet
square. three stories high.
The firm of Henry Muller & Co., 1l9
Cheapside, Baltimore, of which Mr.. Frank J .
Devilbiss, of New Windsor, is Il member, has
just been awarded a contract for a thousand
dozen brooms for the Navy Department. The
price bid was Sl.553 per dozen. Among the
bidders was John Wanamaker, of Philadel-
phia.
A right severe electrical storm occurred on
Thursday afternoon, with a heavy fall of rain
and some thunder The storm did not last
long, but during its duration three balls of
fire fell from the electric wires to the street
opposite the ADVOCATE office. But for the
wires some of the buildings in the vicinity
might have been struck.
"Carroll," the black riding horse of the
late DR.. Francis j. Crawford, of Taylorsvile,
died on Tuesday, aged 80 years. He was
one of the best bred horses in the State, and
1t was no unusual occurrence for the DIR. to
ride from his residence to this city in 40 min
utes. Carroll was ridden by Mr.. Nimrod
Gosnell in the first Oriole celebration in Bal
timore, Is years ago, and attracted much at
tention.
The County Commissioners on Monday and
Tuesday were engaged i'll general business and
in making transfers aud abatements. Edwin
NJ. Shipley, Elias Bollinger and Simon H.
GOlibart, examiners on a proposed Joint
bridge over the Patapsco at Oakland Mills
hot tbav bn Pol ~
examiners on the site of the proposed bridge,
and chose Leander Foreman, of Baltimore
county, chairman. After considering the
matter each set of examiners agreed to report
to their respective counties in favor of erect
ing bridge, each county to build the APP
proaches to the bridge and each to appropriate
$500 toward the bridge, the balance. if any, to
he paid by the Oakland Company.
Mr.. David Shreeve, aged eighty five years,
a retired farmer of Woolery's district, died at
the home OF his son. Murray Shreeve, who oc-
cupies the old Shreeve homestead, near Einks-
burg, Sunday morning. He was native of
this county, and next to the last survivor Of a
family of seven brothers and one sister, Rev.
Jesse Shreeve, of Kennedyville, being the only
one Of the eight now living. He leaves two
daughters and four sons-MrS VIM. Tanner
Mr. Jabez Shreeye, of Sandyville; Mrs. James
Chids, John Shreeve, OF Baltimore; Murray
Shreeve, of WooIerys district, and Lewis
Shreeve. of Indiana His funeral took place
Monday afternoon at Pleasant Grove Chur h,
and was attended by Salem Lodge No. 90. [.
0. 0. F., Of this city, of which he was one of
the oldest members.
i movement has been started by the West
ern Maryland College to form an Oratorical
association of Maryland colleges. A COM
mittee of the faculty here has been at work on
il for several weeks, and this week mailed to
the presidents of the six leading colleges of
the State a constitution and bylaws for the
government of the proposed association.
Each college is requested to accept this con-
Stitution as it is or TO suggest amendments and
appoint delegate to IA meeting to be held at
an early date in Baltimore. The colleges
proposed to constitute the association are =
Johns Hopkins, St. Johns, Maryland Agri-
cultural, Washington. Mt. St. Mary's and
Western Maryland. 1t is proposed to have
a contest in May of each year, beginning
with 1899, to which each college shall send
one orator as a contestant.
On May 5. the date of the last call for
statements of the condition of national banks,
the individual deposits in the banks Of this
city amounted to S536, Gall as against
$500. G2S. 40 on February 18th last-an in
crease of $50. 989.7l. The deposits of the
First National Of New Windsor on May 5
were SIP, 1879, an increase of Sl9.627. 90
since February lS The deposits of the Union
National of Westminster are nearly $4,000
less than in February, about $l0,O having
been recently withdrawn to pay teachers
salaries. The First Nationals deposits have
increased over $50, 900 and the Farmers and
Mechanics about $500. The deposits of
the Westminster banks on May We're as fol-
lows Union National Sl94, 824.99. First
National $226. 908.9l and the Farmers and
Mechanics Sl14,87O2l. All this money,
nearly, except the lawful reserve, has been
loaned ont.