The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-12-30
InCAI BREyTTIES.

LUIAI bNENliIES.
Mr.. L. S. Brown, this city, recently killed
two spring pigs that weighed 81 aud S07
pounds each.
The soldier pension of Samuel Angel, at
Bruceville, has been increased from $500 to
$1,000 month.
A light snow began falling at 4. Is Wednes
dav and continued until about o'clock,
reaching depth of about two inches.
Mr.. Ezra D. Powell, of Pleasant Valley,
last week killed twelve hogs that weighed TO,
Il5, $50, 1856, 169, l62, lbs, 100, 267, 205,
208 and 465.
A marriage license was issued in Baltimore,
Nd, on Tuesday last to Preston Ii. Shaver,
Eklo. Baltimore county, and Elsie NJ. New
belle, Carroll county, Nd.
For the first time in the history Of the Cath
ole Church, this city, midnight mass will be
sung on December 3lst, beginning at ll.S0p.
m. On New Years Day the mass will be at
10 a. N.
Next Monday being legal holiday public
Offices and banks and some Of the stores will
be closed The Orphans court will meet
next Tuesday and Wednesday and the County
commissioners on Tuesday.
After Monday next the Westminster post
office will be an international postal money
order Office. This viii enable people to obtain
money orders for England, Germany and all
countries in the postal union.
Mrs. d. n. Henning was awarded the first
prize and Miss Helen Blanchard the BOBBY
prize at the card club on Wednesday after
noon. The club will be guests OF Mrs B. F.
Shriver, at Union Mills, next week.
The Christian Endeavor Societies of the
Grace Lutheran and Methodist Protestant
Churches Of Westminster will hold union
watch meeting from To- 80 TO 1900 on New
Years eve at Grace Lutheran Church
Earnest Stoner, aged years, son of Theo.
Stoner, of Spring Mills, on the 22nd Of De
cember, while feeding a sausage grinder, had
the misfortune TO have the 2nd and Srd fingers
of his left hand caught aud nearly cut of.
DIR. NJ L. Bolt rendered the necessary surgi-
cal aid.
Mr.. VIM. F. Derr. proprietor Of The Great
Model Emporium, this city, presented each OF
his twenty-five employees with handsome
umbrella as a Christmas remembrance, aud
they in return presented him with beautiful
smoking jacket, pair Of hne slippers and
box of Bixler's choice cigars, which was
greatly appreciated by the recipient.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rothe died suddenly Of
heart disease while on a visit to her sister,
Mrs G. W. Crapsier, OF this city, on Sunday
last She was resident of Baltimore. and
leaves two children-Irvin Rothell, OF Balti-
more. and Mrs. Parsons, of Howardsville.
After funeral service here her remains we're
sent to Baltimore for burial.
Mr.. G. W. Harris, of Warieldsburg, on
Friday of last week, while quarrying stone for
Mr.. Jesse Robertson, had a large stone to fall
upon his left leg. He tired 10 avoid i. by
running but was caught and fell, causing
dislocaiion Of the left ankle joint and fracture
Of the bone one inch above the joint. The
disloeation and fracture were adjusted By DR..
NJ. l.. Bot. The injury is Of a serious char
acter.
j. Dixon 0'Dsll, deputy county surveyor Of
Baltimore county, exhibited ON Thursday
old bill against the county for work done on
the county road running from Westminster to
the Patapsco falls. The bill IS for work done
in October. 1901. The charge made for the
work done is in English currency and the total
amount Of the bill is els. The charge made
for laborers is 5s., and for q wagon, four
horses and WAGNER, 81 S. The supervisors
charge is Is. Cd. day.
Mr. Andrew Haines, Of Warren, Eighth
district, Baltimore county, died Sunday night.
after several weeks illness of pleurisy and
other complaints He was about GO years of
age, ami for the past u years had been engi-
neer at the cotton duck mills. He was form
erly of Carroll county. aud was prominent
member of the Dunkard Church. During the
Civil War he enlisted in the l56thPennsyl Yania
Regiment, and then was transferred TO the
First Maryland Infantry. widow, six sons
and six daughters survive him.
The Western Maryland branch Of the Milk
Producers Association held q meeting on
Wednesday at Firemen's Hall, this city.
Addresses we're delivered by W. b. Crow
theirs, president of the association, and by j..
b. Councilman and J. B. Clark. There were
81. 900 subscribed at the meeting to the CAPT
tai stock of the association. Mr. Crothers
states that one-half of the $3.50, 600 capital
stock of the company has been subscribed.
The next meeting Of the association will be
held at Raineis Hall, in Baltimore.
Nos. 8. 10 and IL Of the seventeenth volume
Of the Johns Hopkins historical studies will
appear shortly from the Johns Hopkins press.
These numbers are the first to be published
and comprise scientific monograph by Prot.
George w. Ward, of Western Maryland Col
lege, upon the history of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. In the absence of DIR. Herbert
b. Adams, professor of history al the Johns
Hopkins, the work has been edited by DIR.
John 81. Vincent, associate professor of his
tory.
On Christmas afternoon Rev. J. M. Wing
ling, pastor of the Cumberland NJ. p. Church,
and formerly of this city, married FIVE couples.
They arrived on the same train from PennsYl.
yania, were unknown to each other, stopped
At the same hotel and all wanted to be mar
ried BY him, which he did. The bridal par
ties ali stood in front Of the pastor while he
performed the ceremony for each and all were
introduced to each other. After thanking
and fleeing the minister the happy couples re-
turned on the same train for their homes.
Not for many years has Westminster been
so crowded with vehicles as on Saturday last.
From Court street to Pennsylvania Avenue,
on both sides of Main street, every hltehlng
post had one or more horses fastened to IL,
while on Liberty and John streets vehicles
were equally as thick BY persistent adver-
Using and selling goods at reasonable prices
our merchants have built up an excellent
trade. The weather was generally clear and
both town and country citizens turned out IN
large numbers About o'clock the throngS
left for home with smiling faces and numerous
packages. The small boy was out in great
force 10 receive presents from the Santa
Clauses at Miller Bros, VIM. +. Derr's and
Mrs. Wilson's, and it was not long before
everyone was blowing horns or rafting bones.
Ex.Gov. Frank Brown and his daughter,
Miss Brown, will invite party OF 200 or more
persons, young ladies, debutantes and others,
together with their escorts, to witness the in
anouration of Governor-elect John Walter
Smith at the State House, Annapolis, January
10 next. The party will assemble at the
corner of Charles and Centre streets at 8 a.
m. on the date named and be conveyed in
ears of the United Railways to Charles and
Camden Streets From the latter point the
party will walk to Pier Z, Light street wharf,
where they will embark steamer charter.
ed for the occasion. They will then proceed
to Annapolis. and after Witnessing the eere-
monies attending the Inauguration of the Gov
ernor-elect at II o clock noon, they will re-
turn TO the steamer for luncheon. Music
be in attendance and the guests will amuN
themselves on their return to Baltimore by
informal dancing