The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-06-22

nent this week.
At II m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin -
Cloudy and showers tonight and Saturday.
with light southwest winds.
Mr.. Charles S. Conoway, near Daniel, has
a field of cornstalk wheat that averages four
feet six inches. He found several stalks that
measured five feet six inches.
Charles, son of Samuel Powell, colored, of
this city, last Tuesday stepped on some glass
and severed two arteries in the ball of his foot.
DIR. VIM. d. Wells dressed the wound.
Prof. Leon Sampaix, of the music depart
ment Of Western Maryland College, sailed last
Wednesday in the st. Paul from New York to
spend the summer at his home, Liege, Belgium.
Fires and overcoats were omforiable last
Sunday, June l6, owing TO the continuous rain
and east 10 northeast wind beginning Friday
night and continuing until late hour Sunday
night.
Owing to the extra wages offered by the
contractors on the railroad work at and in the
vicinity of Sykesvile, labor has become SO
scarce that farmers are hampered in their
work.
Four Western Maryland Railroad freight
trainmen have been arrested in Hagerstown
on the charge of breaking into sealed car
whisky.
Rural free delivery will be established on
July l at Woodensbnrg, Baltimore county.
L. R. Clifton will serve the route, which will
be twelve and half miles long and will in
clude $50 persons.
On July IA the rner-stone of the new
Lutheran and Reformed Church at ST. Paul's,
(Dubs') Mannheim township, York county,
will be laid. Services will be held in the
morning and afternoon.
An Exclusive Talk on Bible Lands will be
given in "Onr Walks About Jerusalem and
Environs" next Sunday evening at 7.30
o'clock at the German Baptist Church, West
minister, by Elder W. E. Roop.
Dr. Jacob Rinehart, of Frizellburg, and his
daughter, Mrs. II. T. Wantz, of Pleasant VAL
ley, attended the commencement at Gettys
burg College last Wednesday. 1t was the 10Th
anniversary of the DR.. s graduation.
Mrs. Lizzie Leppo, of near Carrollton,
while leading COW to the barn last Saturday,
slipped on some grass and broke her ankle.
DR.. WIN. D. Wells, of this city, was summoned
and placed the ankle in plaster cast.
The Lumber, Coal and Supply Company of
this city has declared an annual dividend of
six per cent. On the same day the directors
elected Mr.. John D. Roop president, George
w. Albaugh vice president, and N. II. Baum
GARNER secretary and treasurer.
After June Both, inst, no stamps will be
required on bank checks, certificates of de-
posit sight drafts, express receipts, mortgages
or conveyance in trust, power of attorney,
promissory notes, protests, telegraph and tel
ephone messages and United States money
orders.
Insurance companies should double their
oxuha
used A majority of those who use them say
they are not dangerous, but statistics show
they are, and loss of lives and destruction of
properly is almost daily given in the papers
from their use.
Mr.. John P. Epply, chief clerk in the mo-
tive power department of the Western Mary
land Railroad shops at Union Bridge, was
thrown from the rear platform of passenger
train in Hagerstown Thursday and painfully
bruised about the head and arms. His escape
from more serious injuries is regarded as re-
markabe.
Last Thursday there was on exhibition at
Shaw's drug store, this city, a cake of ice,
about foot square, which was as clear as a
crystal in the centre of which was a large
pink rose with leaves. The ice was from the
Ice and Cold Storage Company's works this
city. The block attracted considerable atten.
Comptroller Herring last Saturday made the
quarterly distribution Of the public school tax
Carroll county will receive SIS, 249 SO for white
and 1894 so for colored schools; Baltimore
county $11 ,423 so for white and 81 $1,000 for
colored; Frederick county So, 038.7l for white
and ST, 142. "a for colored, and Howard 81
1886. 10 for white and $685. so for colored.
A correspondent says-''It was in the be-
ginning of barley harvest that Ruth came to
Bethlehem, and went out to CLEAN after the
reapers, and found husband. The present
week has been the beginning of barley harvest
in our neighborhood Some of our masters of
the harvest are wifeless. Ruth, where are
you? Why not try cleaning after the reapers2 ~
Last Monday afternoon, as Emma, aged
seven years, daughter of Mr.. David II. Hahn,
of Tyrone, was coming out of the barn, a mule
colt kicked her, striking her over the right
eye, making cash two inches long. At first
it was thought her skull was fractured. DIR.
Rmehart sewed up the wound, the child not
wincing under the operation. 1t was clean
cut to the skull.
Mr.. Jacob Weimert, we'll known resident
of this city, died suddenly about noon on the
18th instant. Mr.. Weimert was " years old
and leaves widow and one son, Mr. Luther
E.; also two brothers, G. Washington Wei
of Tannery. His funeral took place at Grace
Lutheran Church on Monday, and the inter
iment was at Krider's Cemetery.
Sykesville Bank is expected to begin bust
mess July LIST. It's officers are f.: President,
Wade H. d. War6eld; Vice-P President, Geo.
II. Bevard; Cashier, William M. Chipley;
Executive Committee, johnnie E. Beasman,
Wilmer r. McCardell, William NJ. Chipley;
Directors, Johnnie E. Beasman, Wade H. d.
Warield, Wilmer r. McCardell, William M.
tChipley, George H. Bevard, William II. For
;sythe, Jr., George W. Albaugh.
dispatch from Carlisle, Pa, says it is
considered probable there that as result of
hhe control of the Baltimore x Ohio Railroad
by the Pennsylvania the traffic agreement be-
tween the Baltimore & Ohio and the Western
Maryland and Reading roads, by which freight
from western points is transferred at Cherry
Run, Nd, to the Western Maryland and de-
livered by that road to the Reading at Ship
;,ensburg for transmission to New York and
points in Pennsylvania may be abrogated If
the agreement is cancelled Baltimore Il Ohio
freight for New York would be delivered to
the Cumberland Valley road at Martinsburg,
W. Va, and by that road be handed over to
the Pennsylvania at Harrisburg.