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

Mr.. Seymour Brown, OF Sandyviile, ieit AT
this Office lot of fine plums this week.
One good rain within the next ten days will
secure grand crop Of corn in this locality
Corn, grass and gardens are at their best.
They never looked better at this season OF the
year.
Dale Hoblitzel, of Howard county, has re-
ceived the appointment to Western Maryland
College.
The season for imported canteloupes and
watermelons is just at its height, and many
change hands in this market.
Mr.. James Rinker, of this city, has a sun
flower stalk that has forty -four blooms on it,
the smallest Of which measures 6 inches across.
Republican judicial primaries will be held
August "A, and the convention TO select dele
gates TO the nominating convention will be
held on the 26lh.
One hundred and sixty-two men are en-
ployed in the Western Maryland Railroad
shops at Union Bridge. Some of the men
work three nights in a week.
Ground hogs are unusually plenty in Car
roll county this year. In driving along eoun-
try roads il is not uncommon to see several
playing, or crossing from field to field.
Mr.. Charles c. Gorsuch will give his annual
watermelon treat TO the children of Westmin-
ster and vicinity on next Monday night. If
the weather is Indictment it will be given on
Tuesday night. Mr.. Gorsnch wants TO see at
least four hundred Of his little friends on the
occasion.
Some one is hunting trouble. Several
times. recently. the Weather Report Card has
been taken from the holder in front of this
Office The reports are for the benefit OF the
public and we cannot understand what prompts
their removal. If any one is caught defacing
or removing the cards the q. S. Marshal will
be Immediately informed.
Farmers who live along the lines Of rural
free delivery mail routes are to have the adj
vantage of the United States Weather Bureaus
forecasts of the weather. All they will have
to do viii be to watch the mail cart as it goes
by. Arrangements are being made by the
Postoffice Department and the Weather BIZ
reau to have the mail carts equipped with sets
of signals, which will be displayed on the sides
of the carts.
A deed was filed on Tuesday in the Clerks
Office at Towson by which Mr.. Edwin W.
Loucks of York, Pa, as trustee for the Will
liam II. Hoffman estate, conveys ll6O acres
Of land in the Sixth district of Baltimore coun-
ty, near Hoffmanville, and small tract OF 10
acres living on the boundary line between Bal
timore and Carroll counties, TO The Roekdale
Powder Company of Delaware. The purchase
price in the deed is $780,
Last Sunday the Western Maryland Rail-
road ran an excursion 10 Luray Caverns. As
far as the number of passengers was concerned
it was more than success, as there was hardly
standing room. A Hagerstown The train was
divided, consisting of two sections OF seven
cars each, and from there every one was com
Portable. Close observers report that the corn
Wy ;r;., did
not compare with the crop in Carroll. Eigh-
ty-four tickets were sold at this station.
The Lttlestown Independent says 1--WE
don't yet hear the whistle of the engine on
the new Washington Gettysburg Railway,
but our confidence has been enlivened and
somewhat braced up by recent information
of facts The company has expended, so far.
some $4,000, and the survey is in progress
from both ends of the road. President Col
grove has been here this week in consultation
with the Vice President, Hon. G. Il. Duttera,
and Director John A. Shorb, and from the
present status of affairs the outlook is really
encouraging"
The Willis Street Quot Club is lively or
ganization and play almost every evening.
The interest is so great the games are some
times continued until after dark, candles being
placed near the stakes so the players can see
them. The most expert pitchers are repre-
sentatives of the Baltimore County Fire In
surance Company. the Union National Bank
aud the Custom House, with the Supervisor of
Elections and an Elk States Attorney close
seconds Miller Bros and Derr and Lamberd
are in the game aud also the Counsel to the
Supervisors of Elections. The latter is quite
expert
This section was visited last Monday by
II ka fhara pvac a fbnndnf
gust and rain fell rapidly for some time; after
that the fall was gentle and was rapidly alb
sorbed. About p. m. roaring noise was
heard by residents east of the railroad for
fully ten minutes, then came gentle sprinkle.
As the noise increased more rapidly came the
wind and rain, and in very short time the
streets, cutters and alleys were flooded. The
rain continued until a late hour. Roads and
newly plowed fields were badly washed. tits
said that over three inches of rain fell during
the day and night
Mr.. Evan Haines, well known and highly
respected farmer of Uniontown district, made
a deed of trust last Saturday for the benefit of
creditors, William H. Thomas and Charles /.
Reifsnider, Jr., being the trustees. They gave
bond for $4,000, indicating assets OF $50,
600. Mr.. Haines was once member OF the
House of Delegates and is the author OF the
he worked hard and assidionsly to make the
law a success and very materially improved
the roads, His misfortune is due mainly in
endeavoring to rescue others from financial
disaster, and the debts are not his own.
Last Sunday Mrs. Revell, wife of Judge
James Revell. met with a painful accident al
her home in Annapolis. She has been IN
feeble health for some months and was walking
through the lower hall of her home, going
from the dining room to the drawing room,
when she fell heavily upon her side, severely
injuring her hip. She has suffered great pain
from the mishap. 1t is not known whether
any bones are broken, her physical condi-
ton is such as not to permit her taking an
anesthetic preliminary to a thorough examl-
nation. A letter from Judge Revell on Thurs.
day stated that his wife was doing fairly well.
The August term of the Circuit court for
Carroll county began on Monday. John 4.
Buckingham, formerly of New Windsor dis
trict. who was indicted at the May term, 1899,
for forging the names of Andrew Wilson and
Levi Wilson to promissory note for $50,
payable to Buckinghams order, plead guilty
and was sentenced to five years in the peni-
tertiary Buckingham was indicted upon three
other charges OF forgery, and was absent
from the county for two years. He was IN jail
at Gettysburg for swindling hotel at Littles
town. States Attorney Weant heard that
there was man in the Gettysburg Jail who
might be Buckingham, and he went to Gettys-
burg and recognized Buckingham, who came
here without a reqnisltion.
Amanda Buckingham, the eight year old
daughter of George Buckingham, of Hagers
town, was stabbed in the left side just below
the heart Tuesday morning by Lloyd Cost
aged six years, little companion. wound
fully six inches long and about a quarter of IA
inch deep was inflicted, the little girl losing
considerable blood. The children were play
ing on the front porch at the Buckingham
home when dispute arose. The little fellow
more in a spirit of fun than anger, il is thought
drew knife and thrust it into his playmate I
side. While her injury is very painful, it i
not regarded as serious. The knife used wa
a new one, having just been presented to th'
lad as n souvenir from the Buffalo Exposition
The little girl is a niece of Thomas and Johl
Buckingham of this city, aud a daughter Q
Conductor Buckingham on the Western Mary
land Railroad.