The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-08-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

l.nce near Hoods Mills, on Sunday last,
aged Al years
Miss Ida Hall, of Centreville, Queen Anne's
.o,nt, has been awarded the scholarship in
Western Maryland College.
The Westminster Fire Department and the
carroll County Band have accepted invitations
tn the Tancytown fremen's picnic on We'd
ueSday next.
Especial attention is called to the articles
IN The first page of this issue. On the fourth
nage will be found Maryland Affairs and News
Of the Week.
There was a boxing match in Westminster
M Thursday night. A Hampstead sport
Lnocked out one of Westminster's clever
boxers in four rounds.
Mr.. r. CLYDE Routson, of tniontown, was
among the Su, cessful guessers as to the Balti.
more American circulation during July, and
received a prize Of s..
Among the referees in bankruptcy under
rbr new awappointed by Judge Morris of the
United States District Court is Mr.. Charles
r Reifsuider. .Ir., of Westminster.
Typhoid fever is reported to be prevalent
in the vicinity of Sykesville, both in Howard
and Carroll counties Mr.. Robert Carter,
merchant of SykesviIe, is i'll with the disease.
Theannual picnic of the German Lutheran
Church. near Smallwood, was held last Sat
urlay. and the attendance was very large,
some persons driving as far as twenty and
twenty-five miles to attend it.
The green grocery store in the new building
of Mr. Michael f. Walsh, East Main street,
this city. not having proved profitable, has
been closed. and the room will shortly be oc
cupied by James Boylan, barber.
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passenger conductor on the Western Maryland
Railroad, and Miss Bessie Wentz, of Union
Bridge. were married at Hagerstown on Mon
day at Zion Reformed parsonage by Rev. DIR.
!. Spangler Keier, the pastor.
DR.. Luther Kemp, of Uniontown, presided
over the third annual session of the State
Camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America
in Baltimore on Tuesday. p. Il. Engar was
elected secretary Of the State Camp. The
session was continued on Wednesday.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday school
room. this city, having been thoroughly re-
fitted. will be reopened tomorrow, Sunday
morning, at the usual time for the meeting Of
Sunday school, 9.15. An appropriate pro-
gram has been prepared for the occasion.
The August term, non jury. of the Circuit
Court for Carroll, began on Monday. The
docket contained 60 trials, l3 appeals and 10
originals All the cases were continued, and
court adjourned. Henry Pool, Abraham
Hesson and William T. Horner were bailitfs.
Miss Jennie Smith, the Rail Road Evange-
list. who conducted such successful revival
in the NJ +. Church at New Windsor last
winter, was present again last Saturday night
and Sunday and assisted in receiving sc pro
hationers into full membership in the church.
Mrs. Mary r. Ridgcy, widow Of David
Rdgey and mother of the late Mrs. Brown,
wife of Ex- Governor Frank Brown, died on
Friday of last week Mrs. Brown was her
only child, and her only heirs are May and
Frank Brown, who are in Europe with their
father
The County Commissioners were in session
on Monday and released the Tax Collector of
Mt Airy district from $1,000 erroneous assess
ment. The rest of the session was routine
business. except for the visit to the Aims
House, report of which will be found in
another column.
Mr.. Joseph Lindsay, farmer near Long,
in this county, died at six o clock Wednesday
morning of paralysis, aged about forty five
years. He was the youngest son of the late
Ephraim Lindsay, and leaves a widow, who is
Il daughter Of Mr.. David c. Bale, near Med
ford, and seven children.
There were two runaways in this city on
Wednesday and three on Thursday, all the re
suit Of leaving horses unhitched on the streets.
For leaving horses unattended or unhitched
on the streets of Westminster is a Unable Of
fence, and those who would avoid being fined
should remember this fact.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.. Oscar NJ
Spurrier, near Mt Airy, raised bank barn
4OX10 feet and 90 feet to the square. A large
number of persons were present and every
thing passed off without hitch. a generous
dinner was given, after which refreshments
were served i'll abundance.
Joseph A. Leppo and Jesse W. Leppo, act
ing executors of Elijah Leppo, sold the rea
estate of the said Elijah LeppO, situated neal
CarrolltOn Station, on Saturday last, farm
of about y acres, at 1913 % per acre. to Eliz
abeth Leppo, and farm of about S35 acres
at S2940 per acre, to Benjamin Croft. Tota
SaleS-S4, 485. II.
Contributors to the Flower Mission thi:
week were Mrs S. A. Diehl, Mrs. VIM. Gun
bingham, Mrs. II. c. Keefer, Mrs. H. Hoppe
Miss Mary Reaver, Miss Lillian Brown, Mis-:
Mamie Zepp, Mrs Charles Cassell, Miss Lot
BiAler, DIR. Foutz, Mrs. J. F. Rinker, Mis-:
Lillian Iahn, Mrs. Hollenberry. receiver:
for next week Mrs. U. l.. Reaver and Mrs
Fila Baughman.
Republican primaries in Carroll will be held
August 20 and a county convention on Mon
day, the 22d, to select delegates to the I'd dis
trlct congressional convention. Charles /,
ReltSnider, Esq, of Westminster, and DIR. j
j. Weaver, of Uniontown, have both beer
mentioned for the congressional nomination
VIM. B. Baker, the present incumbent, how
ever, will get the nomination.
The guests at Winchester Place were treated
to an entertainment on Friday night which
caused a great deal of pleasure to everybody
there. The principal event was q parlor
drama, written by Miss Dashiell in which the
parts were cast as follows :-Serdphlne, &
sentimental school girl, Miss Helen Jerome
Cetestine, her adoring friend, Miss Ethelyl
Evans; Nan and Kate, two joke-loVIng girls
Miss Dashiell and Miss Annie Lee Baldwin
Jack, Seraphine's brother, Mr.. Kennedy
lableaux preceded the performance.
Mr.. Levi B. Hoff, of Melrose, died sud
denly of heart trouble about noon on wed
nesday, aged about SO years. He was wei
known in all the country about MelrOse, and
was a man of energy and enterprise, notwlth'
standing he was a large man, weighing nearly
800 pounds. Latterly he had confined hlmsel
TO farming and keeping hotel, but lie"
years ago he operated saw mills, threshins
machines and distillery. A wife survive!
him, and his only child is Mr.. Ivan L.. Holt
OF the Westminster bar. His funeral took
place yesterday friday and was largely at
tended
A special meeting of the City Council was
held on Monday, at which an ordinance wa
passed taxing all dogs in this city at one dol
lar, and bitches at three dollars, per annum
to take effect August %. contract wa
made with L. R. Coates & Co., of Baltimore
Tor the necessary amount of crushed stone fol
the improvement of Main street according to
the plans and specifications of the engineer
The work will be commenced next week an'
pushed to rapid completion. The improve
ments CONTEMPLATED cover a distance of abou
one mile and a quarter, and on one or two
cross streets.