The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

p.trr BiXler. aged about IS years, formerly
4 Manchester district. died at the Aims
Hoq,e last Monday.
Mr. Isaac \. Green has put new roof on
Ii: mill. on Beaver run, near SandyvilIe, and
made other improvements.
IN the fourth page will be found some in
,s-estjng MARYLAND news items, and on both
,bp first and fourth will be found some eX
ceIent reading matter.
base ball team of this city went to Hamp-
stead last Saturday and were defeated by II
,nbor thattown by Il score Of 10 to 10. The
batteries rc-Westminster, Babylon, Fuss
and Smith; hampstead, Abbott and Shugars.
Between and 20 clock on Tuesday morn
iro there was heavy dOwn-pOur of rain at
Union Mills and neighb0rhood. An inch and
sbalf rain fell in three-quarterS of an hour,
and corn fields and roads were badly washed
and the wheat beaten down.
improvements are being made all over
Westminster. Houses are being reprinted,
Old porchcs being removed and replaced by
aey ones the white wash brush is Frightening
fences and outbuldings, and general repair
and improvement is going ON.
May 30. 4cxt Monday, is Decoration Day,
and is legal holiday. Banks and public
Offices will be closed. The County Commits
,ioners will not meet until Monday June 6.
The Orphans Court will meet on Tuesday
and Wednesday Of next week.
Harry X. Shriver. son of Mr. W. Writ
Slriycr of Union Mills, and president of The
Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of Westmim
SER, is u member Of the regiment the District
Of Columbia furnished the government under
the call for l25. 600 men, and is i'll camp at
Chickamauga.
Mr. David n. McQuay, wellknown farmer
Of Franklin district, was thrown from his
wagon on Monday and badly injured, while
hauling milk. The horses were frightened
by an umbrela Mr.. McQuay had his Shout
der bones broken by the fall and sustained
other injuries.
Reports from various parts of Carroll midi
catca bad outlook for the wheat crop. In
the ueighhorhOod of Union Mills it has been
badly damaged by fly; in parts Of Uniontown
district the wheat has run to blade, and every
where the growth is so rank that it is liable to
fall or he beaten down by lains.
Mr. Alfred +. Gore, of Reisterstown, died
last Sunday, of consumption, aged siXty-seven
years. Mr.. Gore was born and raised in
ReiSerStown. He was the son of the late
William Gore. who came to Reisterstown in
the early part of this century. The deceased
leaves one sister. Miss Ruth Gore, and four
brothers. William, Vinton, Lewis and Thos.
Gore.
At the Chassis of the Reformed Church. in
session last and this week at WalkersviIle.
Frederick county. Rev. Calvin s. Slagle. of
Westminster, the treasurer, reported the re-
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expenditures 50, 1868. %. and cash on hand
$670.9l. Edward S. Warner, of Lineboro.
This county, made application TO be taken
under the care of the Chassis as student for
the ministry.
In the intercollegiate games nj Baltimore
last Saturday. Johns Hopkins University
played hog and won twelve Of the fourteen
events, and was first in another, the mile relay
race, which was given to Western Maryland
college on a claim Of Il foul. Western Mary
land was second in the 100 yard DASH second
IN the 22O yard dash, and second in hop. step
and lump. The latter was won by Johns
Hopkins, making 40 feet, inches.
John +. Fair, Of Iongville, in Taneytown
district died suddenly on Thursday of last
week, presumably of apopIeXy or heart dis
ease, while narrowing in Il field on The farm
nl Abram \. Hess. The team which he was
dhFlng continued on to the end and made the
iGFh 20 come back, as ifnO,hing had happened.
Mr. Far WAS a son of George Henry Fair.
iHe OF laneytown. He leaves number Of
children, his wife having died some years ago.
Ralph. aged six years. son of Mr.. John
AaFquart, of Tyrone. met with a severe acct
dent on Monday, at his fathers shop. Some
tI,., l,..1 Al. 1
catch HIM, when he started to turn around and
'uh. lie fell on 4 Scyhe that had just been
'GtatFpcncd and cut cash in the upper thigh
81 81 ms lett lee six inches long and three deep.
pr' Rlnehart who was in Westminster. was
'elephoncd for, and in less than an hour he
w, was on the scene and dressed the wound.
Ihe little boy is doing well.
In another column we publish the law
passed at the recent session of the Legislature
reference to dairymen. The law prescribes
rules for the location and keeping of stables
l!r cows by those supplying milk to the towns,
images and cities of the state. There are
"e%Vy lines for violating the rules, and every
ierSCH so supplying milk should read the law
closely. The Live Stock Sanitary Board are
required to inspect the premises of every per-
son supplying milk TO the public once year,
1 i they must do so without notice to the
n, me Young Mems and Young Women's
CHRISTIAN ~ Associations of Western Maryland
oolIege teid Joint meeting on Sunday after
iT TTm ana had services in memory of the late
""am H. Gladstone. The meeting was
sonuacted by DIR, G. W. Ward, who made the
opening address. Four seniors followed with
a'o minute speeches on Gladstone as college
'"l' as a literary man, as a statesman and as
a CHRISTIAN DIR. Ward closed with d short
nPpsteea, showing the strength of Gladstone'S
o, JIil"'ianty and how it dominated all Of his
olaer lines of activity.
me Flower Mission, which has been so sue
oessIuly carried on in the preceding year, will
Iisa'i resume It's work on Thursday afternoon,
g Te Ind, at the residence of Mrs. Harry
a iiee'ef, St E. Main st. Flowers, and fruits
.n will be received on the rear porch be-
s az the hours of and 5. Be careful that
hho"efS are not sent after 5 O'Clock as the
t DUHes must be packed in time for the evening
T 11%ln' We ask u liberal contribution each
thursday, as this work is a commend lble one
t .,u carries blessing with it. Do not hest
s S'e o. 70 send If you have only few blossoms,
II every little counts. Receivers will be Mrs.
larry heefer and Miss Nan Rinker.
WI James Blizzard died in Baltimore last
WV ~muay night, in his 93d year. Mr.. Blizzard
ra,s; = remarkably well preserved man, and
r o,T'"eH ms mental and physical powers pretty
wea until the last two or three years. He
kno, once a resident of this city and we'll
cIoo1' IN Carroll. For many years he was
ci e.n AZ the old Union Works here, and was
n iSc 70 the County Commissioners from 1856
hoo. nooo' and from 1867 to 1871, period of
ona years altogether. OF his family only
viz; %s son, Joel Blizzard, of Baltimore. sur
m;Ss. Mr.. John A. Macintosh, of West
,na; ;s'er' IS a nephew. Mr.. Billiards. re-
am were 81 inferred in Westminster Gene