The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-05-04

as mail carrier between the railroad station
and postoffice, this city.
At u m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
| er Bureau sent out the following bulletin -
Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight,
with brisk northwest winds.
Mt Airy is going ahead quite rapidly
Messrs. Morgan Clary, Ira Cline and Arthur
Davis are erecting new dwellings, and others
are contemplating building.
While shifting cars ON Wednesday TO the
| yards of the Lumber, Coal and Supply Co.,
this city, a car was backed against one OF the
buildings, damaging it somewhat.
The tenth annual convention of the Carroll
| County Christian Endeavor Union will open
| in Westminster next Thursday. program
of the convention will be found on the fourth
page.
Mr.. John f. Weyler was reelected Warden
of the Maryland Penitentiary on Wednesday
| for the fourteenth consecutive term. The
same day he re -appointed Mr.. +. A. Dieffen-
bach, formerly of this city, Deputy Warden.
Drs. Jos. T. Herring and w. ID. Wells, of
Westminster, attended the banquet by the
Alumni of the University of Maryland, School
of Medicine, in Baltimore, on Thursday night.
Dir. Herring delivered very interesting adj
| dress on the occasion.
A carrier pigeon on Wednesday stopped on
the premises Of Mr.. W. FL. Buckingham, on
the Washington road, about three and half
miles from this city. The tag on it bore the
| following-"B. l.. E.; 119; 49," The bird
made itself at home, and is very tame.
Between 10 and II p. m. last Thursday
night violent northeast wind sent clouds of
dust whirliug through this city. The sky was
covered with black and angry looking clouds,
and towards York county there was vivid
lightning. Rain fell for several hours.
Mr.. Clinton Z. Vansant and Miss Amy
Taylor KugIer, of Mt. Airy, were married
Wednesday afternoon at A o'clock, in the
Episcopal Church at Mt. Airy, by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. May. After the ceremony they left
for trip TO Philadelphia and other places.
The wife of Mr.. William Fl. Bixler, of Ha-
gerstown, formerly of this city, was injured on
Wednesday evening by falling from street
car near the corner of 9th and + streets, Wash
ingtou, ID. c. Her head was cut somewhat
severely, but her injuries are not regarded as
serious.
The report of the purchasing of coffin with
money appropriated by the County Commits
sioners for the late G. Washington Durbin,
who died in this city last October, was lncor-
rect. The family paid all bis funeral expenses,
amounting to nearly $4,000, and the bills for
medicine, &c.
While blasting rock on Green street, near
Madison, yesterday morning, preparatory to
laying pipe of the Citizens Water Company,
a gas main was broken and the arc light above
was shattered. The residents of the neigh
borhood say their houses shook when the ex-
plosion occurred.
The census enumerators began work on
Wednesday, and must finish their work in fif-
teen days To facilitate the matter people
should answer promptly the few questions the
enumerators are required TO ask. The emu
merators must report to the State Superin-
tendent by June LIST.
The Western Maryland College base ball
club defeated the club of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College here last Saturday afternoon,
in we'll played game, by score of 8 to 3.
This Saturday afternoon the Western Mary
land club will play the Mt. St. Joseph's Col
lege club in Baltimore.
Messrs. Derr & Lamberd, merchants of
Westminster, are enlarging again. They have
secured the adjoining building on the west
side of their stores, and are having it convert
ed into a show room for furniture, carpets and
mating. The room will be 16 by 16 feet, and
have glass front, corresponding to their
present stores.
The Westminster postoffice has received a
supply of Pan American postage stamps, is
sued by the government in honor of the Pan
American Exposition just opened at Buffalo,
New York. Postmaster Schaeffer yesterday
presented the ADVOCATE with full set of the
stamps. in denominations of cent, cent,
cent. cent, cent and 10 cent. The stamps
are very handsome, and are illustrated with
Ships railroad train, automobile, canal and
bridge.
At an early hour last Sunday morning, at
Parkvie, on the Hartford road, near Bali-
more, a desperate fight took place in which
William Willinghan had his skull fractured by
blow from a sedgehammer, and his sonin
law. Lewis Gill, received load of shot from
shotgun in his eyes and the upper part of his
body. The shot was fired by Willinghan'
son, who went TO the assistance of his father.
Gill is a sou Of the late Jetson Gill, of Hamp
stead, and left that place about IL years ago.
The Hampstead Supply Company has been
incorporated with capital stock of $4,000
for the purpose principally of dealing in We
hicles and farming implements by Wholesale
and retail The incorporators are g.. o.
Weant, J. Thomas Zile, DR.. Thomas J.
Coonan. Walter Frazier and Alexus E. Wells.
They have purchased from Mr.. Alpheus STAINS
bury a lot adjacentto r. f. Wells drug store,
Hampstead, fronting rs feet on Main street
and 800 feet deep, on which it is proposed to
erect store and warehouse, and be ready for
business at an early date.
A fire which is thought to have been started
by careless handling of cigarettes, destroyed
the barn. dwelling and every building, except
the hog house, on the farm of Mrs. William
Fl. Ensor, near Oak Orchard, in Frederick
county, last Sunday afternoon. The fire
was first discovered in the barn, from which
it spread successfully to the wagonshed,
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of which were destroyed. The loss is vari
ously estimated, but must be between 81 900
and SIS, 900. The buildings were all erected
within the last few years, ami were III first
class condition. The only insurance is 81 200
on the barn and wagonshed.
The Count Commissioners on Tuesday re-
fused to grant the request for the opening OF
a road through the Aims House farm. The
Commissioners decided THAT the public con-
venience does not require that the said road
be opened. and that the said road would or
might seriously interfere and be inconsistent
with the use of the Carroll County Farm, COM
monty known as the Aims House Farm as a
place where the poor and the pauper insane of
the county are and may be taken care of.
On Monday and Tuesday the Commissioners
were engaged in making transfers and abate-
ments. A special pension of five dollars was
granted to Dennis Dorsey, of New Windsor
district.
Mr.. George Appold, aged 80 years and 4
months, died at the residence of his son-in-law,
Mr. Martin l.. Fogle, in Double Pipe Creek,
on April a. For over so years Mr.. Appold
was member of the NJ. E. Church. His
suffering was intense, he being afflicted with
cancer in the lower jaw. which was COM
pletelv eaten out in front. Mr.. Appold leaves
| five daughters-Mrs. Jane Fogle and Miss
Catharine Appold, of Double Pipe Creek;
Mrs. Georgeanna Moser, Baltimore; Mrs.
Louisa Long, diminishing. and Mrs. Caroline
! Melchoir. He was born in Baltimore, married
Miss Powley in 1913, and moved to Rocky
Ridge in 1856, where he carried on farming
and blacksmithiug until the death of his wife.
A few days ago small hawk flew into the
| chicken yard of Mr.. Austin D. Dutterer, near
| Union Mills, and was about to seize and carry
off a little chicken for his dinner. The mother
hen, however, was close by, and seized the
hawk. II the struggle the hawk was about to
get away, when Mrs. Dutterer, attracted by
the racket, appeared and seized the hawk.
Its legs were tied and then the hawk was given
to her sons, Charles and Maurice, aged IL and
10 years, to try their skill as marksmen with
an air rifle. The boys succeeded in hitting
the hawk, but did not do MIN any damage.
The hawk only baited his eyes when struck.
After the boys had demonstrated that an all
rife was not good weapon with which to
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