The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-08-31
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.

See additional Local News on the fourth
page of this issue.
Democratic primaries will be held two
weeks from today The call appears at tine
top Of the editorial page.
The correspondent at Hinkle should sign
his name 10 his letter. We cannot publish
letters unless we know the writer name.
At IL m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
err Bureau sent out the following bulletin:-
Fair tonight and Saturday; light east to south
east winds
The Westminster Band was employed TO
play in the parade in Baltimore last Monday
in honor of the return of Cardinal Gibbons
from Europe.
John J. Zentgraf, aged 10 years, left the
home of his mother, Mrs. Vincent Yingling,
near this city, on Tuesday, and has not been
heard from since.
Mr.. Manro Yohn. of Dennings, shipped
car load Of pigs, turkeys, geese, &c., from
New Windsor on Saturday last, on their way
TO the county fairs.
Mr.. Samuel X. Yingling has finished paint
ing the residence of Mr. James Lockard and
is now at work on the Methodist Protestant
Church parsonage.
Mr.. Henry Gunther living in Cranberry
Valley, about two miles from Westminster,
has "a cucumber IA inches long and II inches
in circumference 1t is a buster.
Caterpillars have taken possession of all
fruit trees and attacked shade and other trees.
The potato bugs after destroying many potato
vines are now destroying tomatoes.
The yield of sweet corn this year is the
largest ever known in this county. Messrs.
B. f. Shriver & Co., it is said, received l47
IL e.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Bauserman, aged 80 years,
7 months and 10 days, died in Hanover, Pa,
last Tuesday, from consumption. She was
sister of Mrs. Il. W. Warner, of Lineboro
The lace handkerchief on rattle at ST. Johns
fair, this city, was ratified on Saturday night,
at A. Fl. VENTS jewelry store, and was won
BY Miss Elsie Marsh, of Warwick, Md, whose
ticket was No. 125.
Next year is Locust Year, and Mr. Henry
Pool, Westminster's weather prophet, says
wet summer and plenty of caterpilars may
always be expected the year previous to the
coming of the loeusts.
Mr.. VIM. o. Monshaur, who died in Liher-
fytown, Frederick county, last week, was the
father of Miss Daisy Monshaur OF Union
Bridge. He was in his seth year and leaves
a wife and six children.
DIR. JOln -. fuitOn, secretary III tic otuto
Board of Health, was notified Monday of
case of colored man suffering from confluent
smallpox in Howard county, near Hoods
Mills. Dr. Fulton will cooperate with the
local authorities TO prevent the disease from
spreading.
The Frederick County Commissioners have
appointed Harry Dieter special deputy sher-
if, with authority to summon as many aides
as required to preserve order among the work
men of the Baltimore and Ohio tunnel, near
Mount Airy.
Tobias Butler, a colored man from Mt
Airy. was released from Jail on Wednesday
last on bail in the sum of $50 for the action of
the Circuit Court Butler is charged with
stealing lot of corn from Justice |. Frank
Lewis, of Mt. Airy.
Messrs. Nelson Brown and Isaac Killer
shipped from New Windsor on Thursday 81
tons of lima beans, for which they paid 90
cents per pound. This is getting to be quite
an Industry Nearly $1,000 was paid out in
few hours for the beans.
A certificate of incorporation has been
signed by Judge Burke, of Baltimore county.
for the Baltimore and Liberty Turnpike Elec
trio Railroad Company, after amending the
certificate so as not to raise the question as to
the turnpike being corporation. Il there IS
any difficulty about acquiring the right to run
the road over this turnpike then 1t will be nee
essary to institute condemnation proceedings
There were AZ wrecks on the Baltimore x
Ohio Railroad between Frederick junction
and Baltimore, pn the main stem IN July, and
this months record may even surpass that.
There were two freight wrecks on this division
Wednesday, caused by the breaking OF an axle
on a freight car on an eastbound train at
Sykesville. The other occurred three hours
later and was caused by car jumping the
track at Bartholows and derailing five other
cars.
The annual statement of the finances of the
city of Westminster for the year ended May
20, 1901, was issued last Monday. The total
receipts were ST., 572. % and the expenditures
l7.473.7l, leaving III bank $98.5l. The
bonded debt, 81 per cent. interest, is $22,-
GOO. 90 and the floating debt $6,600.00. The
assets include steam roller 81, 10000, street
sprinkler 1896. 90, 81, 400 90 uncolected taxes.
$800.O0 road tax due from the county, and
$685. in bank, making total of $6, 36l.
Miss Ada Oursler, of Baltimore, died at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. Edgar Caple, this
city, last Saturday afternoon. She was
daughter of Mr. Tobias Oursler, near Bish s
mill. and came home to spend her vacation
about six weeks ago. Shortly after reaching
here she was taken sick with typhoid fever, and
though the best medical attention and nursing
was given she died as above stated. Her re-
mains were inferred in Westminster Cemetery
Tuesday, Rev. DIR. Graham, of the NJ. +.
Church, officiating.
A number of young folks from Westminster
took advantage of the lovely moonlight We'd
nesday evening and drove to Manchester to
visit Misses Bessie 0ber and LaRne Herr, who
are spending several weeks with their Hunts,
the Misses Trump. They were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rinehart, Jr, Miss Carrie Byers, of
Miriam Lewis, Jewell Simpson, Eva Rinker
and Lille Woodward, and Messrs. William
Mather, Frank Mather, Pearre Wantz, James
Baer, and Fl. Wooden, of Hampstead.
Charles I. Reifsnider, Jr., and VIM. H.
Thomas. trustees of Edward E. Roop and
wife, sold on Wednesday last the following
property: Augustus Ensor farm, l454 acres
and Is perches, to Annie G. Shaw, daughter
of Marshall G. Shaw, at $40 per acre, aggre-
gate 1914; New Windsor property TO John
C. Buckley for 1865; Fresh property to Geo.
r. Staub for $500; and 10 acres AMI perches
of land to same party at $50 per acre, at pri-
vate sale All the rest of the property to
William B. Thomas and E. Oliver Grimes,
for $4,000
Dabney White and William Buckner, two
of the colored men committed to Jail last week
from Mt. Airy, on the charge of melting
riot, were released on writs of habeus corpus
because of defective commitments, and were
again arrested on warrants issued by Justice
VIM. Moore, on the oath and information of
Harry Dieter, Deputy Sheriff of Frederick
county, charging them with disturbing the
public peace After trial and examination
Of witnesses the accused parties were declared
not guilty and discharged from custody by
Justice Moore.
Leon Route, aged 40 years, of Union Bridge,
this e0nnty, was arrested in Connellsville, Pa,
on Thursday and taken to Frederick Thursday
might by ex-Sheriff Ohio J. Gaver, and COM
.milted to Jail for hearing, charged with
stealing a dogcart and brown mare from John
sGrabil, farmer, near townsville, Frederick
county, on the night of August 10. Route
was seen passing through Frederick early the
following morning with the outfit. and as soon
as the authorities were apprised of the loss
they started in pursuit. The cart and mare
have not been recovered and Route refused tC
sneak of the matter at all. The Frederick
County Commissioners have standing re
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction Of
anyone in case of this kind.