The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-09-24
=, A fine rain fell on Thursday and Friday.

~, A tlne rain fell on Thursday and Friday.
The rain was general.
Keep IN mind the tournament and races at
Pleasure Park, near this city. on October 5th
and 9th. There will be some fast races.
MIR. +. Albert Crawford, of Franklin dis
tnct, has been appointed marshal at the
Hagerstown fair, to be held next month,
DIR. Thomas II. Lewis and DR.. w. R.
Graham of this city have been invited to assist
al ~; the dedIcatory services of a new NJ. P.
Church at Denton tomorrow-Sunday.
Mr.. Jacob Geiman, of Pleasant Valley, died
on wednesday night from paralysis, aged 81
years, 10 months and q days. His funeral
VIII take place this Saturday morning at 9
O'Clock from his late residence.
Two barns were burned in Carroll on We'd
nesday night. One was on the premises of
thomas Barnes, between Gambler and Louis
vile, and the other was on the premises of
George Zepp, near Hampstead. In both in
stances some of the contents were consumed
with the buildings.
DR.. William Douglass Wells, son of DR..
Il. Z. Wells, of Hampstead, and young ply
sclan of skill and much promise, has been
appointed resident physician of Hospital for
Women of Maryland, Lafayette avenue and
John street, Baltimore. DR.. Wells graduated
at the University of Maryland class of 1896,
since which time he has been doing hospital
work in Baltimore.
Interesting reopenng exercises were held
IN the lecture-room of Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church, of this city, last Sunday
morning. The room had been closed for some
time, undergoing extensive improvements.
Rev. C.. W. Hobbs, Of Monroe Street NJ. f.
Chr 'ch, Baltimore, participated in the exer-
cisea, and also preached at the regular services
of the church both morning and evening.
Messrs. VIM. }. Beachtel Of Wentz. Harry
f. Legore OF Silver Run, and Augustus +.
S.aley of klngsdale. members of Company VI.
which was enlisted in Gettysburg, Pa, for the
Spanish American war, arrived in Gettysburg
on Sunday night last and received an ovation
from the citizens. The company is on a fur
Tough until October 18th, when they will
either be disbanded or ordered TO the front.
Mrs. Myers, widow Of Jesse Myers, died on
Monday last at the residence of her sOn-n-
law, John Stoner, near New Windsor. aged
upward Of 7Oyears. She was paralyzed about
Il year ago and has been in feeble health ever
since. Among her children, besides Mrs.
Stoner, are Milton 0. Myers of Westminster,
}. W. Myers and Mrs. Charles Repp, near
New Windsor. Her funeral took place at
Winters Church on Thursday.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway has
awarded to Smith 4 Campion, of Mahonoy
City, Pa, the contract for building the ex-
tension of the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and
Pittsburg branches to a new connection with
the Western Maryland Railroad, Il short dis
lance west of Shippensburg. The extension
will be annie and Il third in length, and takes
a southwestery course from point on the
present main line of the Philadelphia and
Reading Road to Il point on the Western
Maryland near the Strasburg ROAD.
The case of the widow of Cornelius O.
Brashears against the order Of the Royal Ar
canum came up in the Circuit Court for Fred
erick county on Wednesday. This case was
re moved from the Carroll county court last
December, and carried over until the present
term of court. 1t is Il suit by Mrs. Brashears
for $1,000, the amount of an insurance policy
carried by her husband in the Royal Arcanum,
but which the order has refused to pay, on
the ground that Brashears committed suicide.
1t is claimed by the defendants that Brashears
joined the order while contemplating suicide,
and to secure its benefits for his widow Not
long of ter he had joined, and when he had
paid but few assessments. he died under cir
cumstances which were regarded as suspicious.
The order refused to pay the policy, and Bra
shears widow, who lives at Nj. Airy, brought
the suit.