The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
IOcAL BREyrrIHS.


Hicks forecast for March will be found ON
the first page.
Cattle, horses and farming implements are
bringing good prices at public sales
Mrs. r. Owines, of Morgan's Valley, hiss a
red lily which has seven perfect flowers on II.
Richard Harris, Of Fowhlesburg, Baltimore
county, has been granted U. ). pension OF
s. per month.
Mr.. Charles Lippy. of Westminster, has
gone 10 Warrenpoint, Va, to operate shin
gle mill for A. NJ. Kalbach.
The Union National Bank Of Westminster
has sold for 1000. TO Charles Z. Fink, for
client, the late residence Of Francis K. Oren-
dorff, this city.
A gun club has been organized at Mt. Airy,
with DIR. William ID. Hopkins president. Geo.
Clary captain, Marion Runkles secretary aud
Poole Jones treasurer.
Mr.. J. Frank Long, who recently purchased
the Julia A. Smith property, East Main street,
Westminster, for $1,000, is having extensive
alterations and repairs made TO the house.
Persons interested in the proposed change
in the Myers Mill road, near this city, will
find the examiners notice on the first page,
giving notice of time when they viii view the
proposed road
several meetings, preliminary to organizing a
bnsiuess mems association, aud will meet
Monday night to form a permanent organiZa-
aion. II is contemplated 20 include the bust
ness men of the county in the organization.
Sergt. Harry L. Baumgar'iner, Of the 18th
II. S. Infantry, returned 10 his home, near
Tanaytown, on the 18th ultimo, from Manila.
Sergt. Ranmgardner served six years ia the
regular army. aud went through The entire
Cuban and Philippine campaigns. His term
nf enlistment expired Dee. "a last
Persons desiring the address of their paper
chanced will state the Office where IT had been
received. Thus, write as follows Change
,v naner from to - filing in
he frst blank the office where the paper is
now going. and m the second the office. wagon
or carrier to which you want it changed.
Mr. Henry Yingling, aged % years,
months aud 30 DAYS, of Penn township, York
county. Pa, died on Friday of last week.
He leaves wife, two sons and daughter
CYRUS. of Indiana; George, of Westminster,
and Mrs. Susannah Shelly, of Baltimore.
His funeral took place last Monday.
]. H. Straughn, r. F. Day and H. II. Price
represented Western Maryland College at the
Young Mems Christian Association for Mary
land. Delaware, West Virginia aud the Dis
trief of Columbia, IN session at Washington,
d. c., from last Friday until Sunday evening.
Each OF the young men gave brief talk Sun
day night
Shortly before p. IN. last Saturday rain
began falling and by $50 it turned to snow
A strong northwest wind accompanied the
snow, which continued all night On Sunday
the wind continued and the snow drifted very
much, but fortunately the snow was not OF sufh-
eient depth to close the roads The searching
wind made it very difficult 10 heat residences
and churches.
Mrs. Ann Melinda Gruber died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs John B, Sayior. this
eitv. on Friday night of last week, in her 18th
year. She was the widow of the late John
George Gruber, of Hagerstown, but had
lived here for some years past. Besides Mrs.
Savior she leaves the following children
Mrs. William II. Turner, Benjamin +. aad
William p Gruber, of Baltimore; George NJ.
and Victor f. Gruber, Of Hagerstown.
The family of George A. Bell, of this city,
narrowly escaped asphyxiation by coal gas at
their residence, on Green street, before five
O'Clock Tuesday morning Fortunately. Mr..
Bell himself was not as seriously affected as
the other members of the family and was able
to summon medical assistance. Mrs. Bell ana
the five children were all entirely helpless and
quite i'll. A twelve year-old daughter, ia at
tempting to rise, fell aud lacerated her mouth
and knocked ont one of her teeth. The gas
penetrated the sleeping apartments from the
furnace, located in the basement OF the house.