The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-10-12
LOCAL BRHvITIEs.

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tered 3lo. and northeast wind was prevailing.
A large number of our citizens attended the
Frederick fair this week. Next Tuesday the
Hagerstown fair will open.
Prof. Simpson has been invited to deliver
an address before the Teachers Institute OF
Howard county, this month.
Mr.. John Thomson, an accomplished car
penter, and once well-known constable, IS
quite i'll at his home in this city.
Forty Hours Devotion will begin at st.
john Roman Catholic Church, this city, after
High Mass tomorrow, Sunday.
DR.. Jos. 7. Herring is having an addition
built to the rear of his residence, Is by AZ
feet. j. W. Ebangh is doing the work.
At II M yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletln:-
Fair tonight and Saturday; light south winds.
Messrs. B. f. Shriver & Co., packers, had
1856 acres in sweet corn this season--955 acres
near Littlestown, 750 at Union Mills, and
1850 at Westminster.
The Westminster Savings Bank has declared
semi annual dividend Of 4per cent on the
capital stock and 2 per cent on weekly and
monthly deposits.
The Western Maryland College football
team was defeated in Baltimore last Saturday
by the team of the Baltimore Medical College,
by score Of % to in two fifteen minute
halves.
According to the report of Dr. R. M. Price,
State Fire Marshal, from May Z, 1900 to May
I, 1901, there were Is dwellings, barns and
stables, store in dwelling, manufacturing
: plant burned in Carroll county.
Mrs. Chas J. Fl. Ganter, of Manchester,
has white lilac bush in bloom. This is the
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bush blooming twice in a year, and Mrs. Can
ter has never known one to do so.
Prof. w. G. A. Hammel, of the State Nor
NAL School and inspector of state normal
training schools, has sent a certificate of APP
proval TO State Comptroller Herring for the
manual training school at Westminster.
Thirty-two tickets were sold at the Western
Maryland Railroad Station, this city, this
week, to the York Fair, and Sc to the Freder.
lex Fair. The Hagerstown Fair opens next
Tuesday The Westminster Band will furnish
music there on Thursday.
Chairman Fink, of the Democratic County
Central Committee, issues call, published in
another column, for a meeting of Democratic
nominees and members of the Central Com
miftee at the Court House, in this city, on
Monday morning, October u, at 10 o'clock
sharp.
The County Commissioners were engaged
mostly in routine business last Monday.
Pensions of So. each we're granted TO Geo.
W. Fowler, of UnioHtown district and Geo.
A. Fowler, of Westminster district. In the
afternoon the Commissioners visited the Aims
House property.
On Friday night of last week the country
residence Of Miss Mary Hugg, Baltimore,
near Sykesvile, was entered by a burglar,
who stole fine overcoat, quart of whisky
and set of ivory billiard balls. An investi-
CATION disclosed that the burglar had entered
the house through window. The house,
breaker is still at large.
The cigar store of Harvey Stem, Main
street, near Court, this city, was entered on
Saturday night last and robbed of between
So 90 and $500 in small change, and about
S4OO worth of cigarettes. The money drawer
was found in an alley in the rear where 1T was
taken TO be broked into. The thief entered
bv coal hole in front of the front steps into
the cellar and came up into the store through
trap door. The thief was evidently well
acquainted with the premises.
Mr.. Theodore Wilet, of Hanover, Pa, and
Mr.. James Carrot felled a tree on the farm of
Augustus Bankert near Kreidler's school
house, on Wednesday When the tree fell its
course was changed by some bushes and a
limb struck Mr.. Wilet, causing compound
fracture of his left leg between the knee and
ankle. Dir. Zeigler, Of Melrose, rendered
surgical aid, after which Mr.. Willet was taken
30 Hanover.
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. g. Peter Dull, of
Deep Run, this county, had the misfortune OF
falling from ladder by the breaking of a
round. Mr. Dull was making some repairs
on his house and carrying a heavy piece of
timber, the weight of which caused the round
to break, precipitating him to the ground,
lacerating his ear and cheek considerably, be-
sides receiving severe bruises in his side and
fracturing several ribs by the piece of timber
falling on him.
Thomas O. Eckerrode. of Taneytown, was
declared not guilty in the Circuit Court for
Frederick county on Tuesday last. de had
been indicted in the Circuit Court for Carroll
for receiving 400 bushels of stolen clover seed.
Walter Angel, Charles Bowers and Charles
M. Harner, who we're convicted of stealing
the clover seed and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary, were brought from that institution to
testify against the accused.
Mr.. William A. Shipley, of Watersville,
met with quite an unusual accident one night
last week. He started to go to church, which
is but short distance from his house. There
were several Young men at the church, his son
being among the number They decided to
go to an apple butter boiling and Mr.. Ship
leys son started on run to his house fol
something and ran against his father, knock
ing him down. He was picked up and carried
to his - and was unconscious for thres
hours.
While being carried down stairs by his
mother on Friday of last week the three-year
old son Of Herman Albert, Baltimore, struck
match, and a piece of the sulphur set fire te
his clothing. He was horribly burned, ano
while his mother lay PROSTATE at the foot o
the stairs, boy came into the house, and
wrapping his coat around the little fellow, ex
tinguished the flames. The stranger then pu
on his coat. picked up his books and went OF
to school. The rescurer was atterward Learned
to be Edward j. Fenby, son of DR.. E. b
Fenby, formerly Of near Westminster. 1t II
proposed to present young Fenby with purse
of 500, and subscription list has been started
to that end.