The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-08-17

The Westminster canning factories started
| yesterday, putting mp corn.
| ST. Paul's Reformed Church Sunday school,
this city, held their picnic in grove at
Meadow Branch on Wednesday,
Between g. so aud 5 D. M last Thursday,
this city and vicinity was visited by several
heavy showers, accompanied with heavy ihun-
der.
Democratic primaries will be held Septem-
Der II, and the convention to nominate can
didates for the Legislature and local Offices on
the 10Th.
Mrs. Harry Black, near this city. died on
Thursday morning last. A husband and three
children survive her. Her funeral takes
place today, at 10 a. m.
At IL m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin
Rain, and cooler tonight and Saturday; winds
becoming north TO east and increasing.
Rev Josiah ]. Settle, who once served the
Sandy Mount NJ. Z. Church, this county, died
ut Rustburg, Campbell county, Virginia, on
Monday, in hisS5th year.
DIR. j. Rnehart, OF Frizelburg, taking the
advantage of the furry in the wheat market,
sold on Tuesday to n. /. Gorsuch & Son, 400
bushels of new wheat at u cents per bushel.
1elen, aSeu III InOHLnS anu I'D udYSy
Ter of Mr. and Mrs William Fuhrman, of
Hanover. Pa, died Sunday Her remains
we're taken to Manchester Tuesday and in
TERED in the Reformed cemetery.
Mrs. Laura A. Taylor, wife of Mr.. George
Harry Gist, formerly of this city, died at her
home in Walbrook, near Baltimore, on the
18th instant. Her funeral will take place this
Saturday morning at O'Clock.
Mrs. Caroline S., widow of DIR. A. f.
Dulin, of Baltimore, died on Wednesday at
Narragansett Pier. She once lived al Avon
dale, this county, and was an aunt of Mr.. d.
Keener Shriver and Mrs. John l.. Reifsnider,
of Westminster.
Mr. Joseph D. Brooks, Register of Wills,
and a candidate for Associate Judge of the
Fifth Judicial District, has withdrawn from
the contest in the interest of harmony. This
leaves the field now to Judge Reifsnider and
Mr. George l.. Stocksdale.
Contributors TO the Flower Mission this
week we're Mrs. Fl. C. Keefer, Mrs. t. j.
Kaufman, Mrs. J. F. Rinker, Mrs. S. A.
DiehI, Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. G. Cassell,
Mrs. Geo. Baughman, Mrs. Chas. Baughman;
Misses Florence Brown, Lille Woodward,
Sarah Price, Della Bale, Lucy Greenwood,
h. B. GladhiIl and GLADYS Stem. Receivers
for next week Mrs. Chas. Cassel and Mrs. Ed.
Mobley.
John RYAN. AGED 35 wears, was beaten TO
death by George Riley, near Mt. Airy, on
Thursday. The men got into a fight and Riley
got RYAN down and beat his brains out with
the bntt IF pnn. The men were engaged on
the Baltimore q Ohio railroad improvements.
4 crown of NEGROES terrorized Mt. Airy the
same dav. The officers of Frederick county
were semi for. hut most of the negroes left the
town before they arrived.
The real estate of the late Ephraim Myers,
near to and adjoining Littlestown, Pa, was
sold on Wednesday. The home farm, 121
acres and 10 perches, was bought by DIR. G.
w. Stoner, of Brooklyn. N. y, at $95 per
acre: a farm of 166 acres and 156 perches to
George W. Hilterbrick, of Littlestown, at SIG
ner acre. and a farm of 70 acres to Augustus
Stndv Of I,;ttlestown. Mt SIS. so per acre. The
total amount being S27 .694. 46.
Rav Ioseob IT I,;ttla AGED about 30 wears.
d;ad ON nc 1Iti meta nj ;o Hamnstead He
wss q min; star of The limited Brethren Church.
and a retired farmer. He was twice married.
his SECOND wife surviving him. he leaves one
son Josenb n. Little. Jr.. of Baltimore. and
two daughters by his first marriage and three
daughters-Mrs. William r. Abbott, of Ralti-
more: Mrs. e. M. Bush and Miss Grace Little,
of Hampstead-by his second marriage.
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