The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-11-09
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1901.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

At D o CLOCK last w eQueSudy ulOIuiuS thC
mercury registered % degrees.
Mr.. jackson Uhler, aged II years, is in a
very feeble condition at his residence, near
Woodensburg, and his wife Is also IN feeble
health.
At 70 m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin:-
Fair tonight and Saturday; light northwest
winds.
Professor Sommerville, of Johns Hopkins
University, will deliver lecture at New
Windsor College on Colonial History, on Fri
day, November 22d.
Mr. L. H. DielmaD, DR., attended the first
grand concert of the season of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall, Balti-
more, last Tuesday.
On Monday last the County Commissioners
ratified the report on the Garman road in
Manchester district. Some general routine.
business was transacted Also
Prot. Simpson, County Examiner, address.
ed the patrons and pupils of Emory Chapel
school last Wednesday afternoon. During this
term the Examiner has visited eighty schools
in the county.
A dwelling, near Woodbine, Howard coun-
ty. owned by Mr.. James A. Alhaugh, and oc
cupied by tenant, was burned Thursday.
Insured in the Carroll County Fire Insurance
Company for $3.50.
Gen. John Ell. Hood has been reelected
President and General Manager Of the West
ern MARYLAND Railroad. This is a deserving
recognition of his skill as practical railroad
man, and as a thorough manager and organ
izer.
A valuable horse, new buggy and set of
harness were stolen on Friday night of last
week from the barn of Jacob NJ. Fitze, near
this city. Every effort has been made to cap
ture the thief, but nothing has been heard of
him.
Screen Goods men are still sending cir
cuars to this county. We hope none of our
readers will be foolish enough TO invest their
good money in such trash. The postal au-
thorities are taking the matter in hand and
some arrests may be made before long.
At 2.30 o'clock this Saturday afternoon
there will be foot ball game between the
team of st. Johns College and the Western
MARYLAND College team. 1t will be the first
and only game of the Inter Collegiate Series
played in this city, and it will be hot one.
Mr.. George w. Yeiser, of Union Mills EN-
tertained the Teachers Association of Myers
district on October. 25 with his celebrated
lecture and views of his tour of the Holy Land,
Egypt, Rome and other points of interest.
Many patrons and friends were present at the
meeting of the Association, which was held in
Carroll Academy, Union Mills.
Miss Emma Steiner, of Baltimore, who is
well known in this city, is said to have struck
it rich in the Klondike. She is well remem-
bered as being the only lady who ever con-
Quoted an orchestra in this country. She has
staked over 200 claims and some are exceed
ingly rich. Her good fortune is highly APP
preciated by her many friends in this city.
The Baltimore Herald of Friday says -
ssThe appointment of Frank K. Cunningham,
the financial secretary of the Republican State
Committee, as special deputy collector of the
port as a reward of merit for his able work
during the recent campaign, gave universal
satisfaction among the members of the party. !"
Mr.. Cunningham is a son of Mr.. VIM. A.
Cunningham, CT this city.
A game of foot ball was played on the
grounds Of Western Maryland College last
Saturday afternoon by the reserve or second
team of that institution, and the team of the
Polytechnic Institute of Baltimore. The game
was played in two fifteen minute halves, but
was greatly prolonged by taking time and oc.
cupied several hours. The Western Maryland
College boys were victorious, Is to O. l.. B..
Hull, of the College, was umpire.
Rural Free Delivery Service is to be placed
in the classified list, or what is better known
ms the civil service The work Of organizing
this great branch of the Postolhee Department
has been directly in the hands of August w.
Machen, of Ohio who was first assistant
postmaster at Toledo, and then, under Mr.
Cleveland's administration, was made super
inlendent of the free delivery system. his
family spend the summers in this city, ofwhieh
his wife is q native.
The November term of the Circuit Court
nil snao;n on Mop1av nayf 1hara IN
the Docket 166 trials, IA appeals and Is orig
inals. Eight persons are in Jail TO be tried
for small offences. Judge Retsnder has
made the following appointments :-Bailiffs,
Levi Handley and Perry Rumer, of West
minister District VIM. KINNEY, Of Westmin
ster district, messenger; j. Gideon Cook, OF
Westminster district, bailif to petit jury, and
VIM. Harris, of Hampstead district, bailiff TO
grand jury.
Miss Clara Aseherleld, the ell-known
pianist of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore,
gave brilliant piano recital at New Windsor
College on Friday evening of last week. Miss
Ascherfeld is an artist in every sense OF the
word, and her beautiful Interpretation of a
classical program was attested to by the hearty
applause of an appreciative audience. Her
selections were from Chopin. Bach-Shuman,
Grieg, Shubert and Mendelssohn. Miss
Ascherfet viii return in January next accom-
panied by quartet of celebrated musicians.
None should miss this rare musical treat
A dispatch from Norfolk, Virginia, on the
LIST instant, says The enterprise of former
Governor Frank Brown. of Maryland, is APP
parently to unite with STEEL the three cities OF
Portsmouth, Norfolk and Berkeley, where they
have in the past been bound together only by
infrequent ferry trips. The statement is made
on the authority of Mr.. L. C. Tunis, formerly
of Baltimore, that there will be an immediate
move TO consummate this plan on the part Of
the Berkeley Street Railway Company, of which
he is the general manager, that the plans O
the company, of which the former governor il
president for an entrance into Portsmouth,
The Berkeley and Norfolk end having already
been adjusted, are now in shape.