The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-03-23

Prof. Simpson visited the schools Myers
district this week.
Miss Agnes Dielman, Of New Windsor, is
visiting in Washington and Annapolis.
George, aged years, son of Samuel Croft,
residing on Bishop street, this city, died FRI
day morning from pneumonia and brain fever.
Pauline, aged ten years, daughter Of Mr..
John Autz. OF Westminster, died on Thursday
night, after an illness Of some days, from
peritonitis.
At II IN. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
err Bureau sent out the following bulletin -
Fair tonight; increasing cloudiness and warmer
Saturday, with light to fresh south winds.
Rev. James Fraser, of Baltimore, has par-
chased New Windsor College, at New Wind
sor. Ii Is said that many Improvements will
be made and the college reopened next Sep
TENDER.
Rev. L. M Zimmerman, pastor of Christ
English Lutheran Church. Baltimore, has been
elected an honorary member of the Society of
Biological Chemistry, London. Mr.. thinner
man received his diploma on Wednesday.
Mr. Zimmerman is q native of Manchester
district, this county.
Miss Pleasant Pearl, daughter of Rev. ID.
Benton Wnstead, who resided several years
ag in Hampstead, was married last Thursday
al The parsonage of Memorial Nj. E. Church,
Baltimore, to Mr. Charles Lee Merriken, a
we'll known attorney Of that city. The eere-
mony was performed by the brides father.
The Carroll FIGURING Mills, of this city,
Roberts, Roop & Co., proprietors, which
closed down on February %, will start again
next Monday. The mill was over stocked
with -four whsn it quit grinding The firm
has sold 1900 barrels of the stock since Feb
ruary g.
Ella, wife of Mr.. Theodore C. Masscot, of
this city, died last Tuesday evening, after a
short illness, aged "a years, 2 months and
days. She was a daughter of Mr. Albert
Chrest, of this city, and was married to Mr..
Massieot about two years ago. Her funeral
took place at St. Johns Church yesterday
morning Her pall-bearers were her five
brothers and her brother-inlaw james NJ.
Stoner funeral director
Chas. A. Little, better known as AL Little,
of this city, chief electrician of the Cumber-
land Valley Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, while working at the telephone exchange
in Chainbersburg, Pa, on the outside of
window, on Friday of last week, fell % feet
to the ground. striking his head against the
wall of Central Presbyterian Church in his
fall. He fell on a pile of stones and was in
jured in arm, hip and side quite severely.
S. A. Downin, of Baltimore, is just COM
pleting the sixth and last of new artesan wells
on the east side of Westminster for the West
minister Water Company. Mr.. Downn dis
covers where to drill by using the branch Of q
peach tree cut in V shape. He says that the
limbs of peach tree near water all droop
down, and when he is exploring for a place
TO bore well he uses the peach tree branch
and he always finds it. When over water the
branch indicates it by culver.
Ellen, wife of Mr.. Richard Brightwell, died
at her residence near this city last Tuesday,
aged IA years, from pneumonia. She was
partly paralyzed several years ago, but was
not confined TO her bed until few days pre-
vious to her death. Besides her husband,
who is confined to bed, she leaves three chill
dren-Frank, at home; Charles, in Dayton,
Ohio, and Mrs. John A. Davis, this county.
Funeral services were conducted at the house
on Thursday by Elder Uriah Bixler, and her
remains were inferred at Meadow Branch.
The pail bearers were Messrs. VIM. Geiman,
John Little, Ezra M. Bish, Oliver Croft, Chas.
Devilbss and James W. Hook. Mr.. Frank
Sharrer was funeral director.