The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREyITIEs.

The County Commissioners considered only
routine work last Monday.
Counterfeit $40 notes, series of 1901, are in
circulation. They are readily detected by
close inspection, as the portraits and buffalo
are much blurred.
The heaviest frost of the season occurred
last Wednesday. At a. m. the mercury
registered 80 degrees.
Friday night of next week is Hallow Fen.
and some interesting practices and beliefs con-
corning the occasion will be found on the
fourth page of this issue.
Mr.. A. Stanley Zell, of Baltimore. made
run to this city, on Friday of last week, in his
automobile, in 10 minutes, and the return
trip was made in los minutes.
From Mr.. John w. Mering we have received
a copy of the Barton County Democrat, pub
lished at Great Bend, Kansas. 1t throws red
hot shot into the ranks of the enemy.
We have received from COL VIM. A. Me-
Kellip, o. s. Consul at Magdeburg, Germany,
copy of the Magdeburg Zetung, of October
II. 1t contains very interesting matter, which
we read (?) with pleasure.
John E. Coursey has recently purchased
from Clarence Owings the house and lot on
the corner of Woodbine avenue and Main st.,
in Lisbon, Howard county. He has also
bought the blacksmith shop from Mr.. Bond.
The autumnal garb of forest and shade trees
seem more gorgeous and beautiful than usual.
Every tint is occasionally observed on the same
tree-the deep green, the pale and the bright
red, the yellow and others. The forests pre-
sent panorama of loneliness.
Mr.. Mortimer Dorsey, of this city, brought
to this Office on Tuesday two sugar beets of
mammoth proportions. One was Is inches
long and III inches at its greatest cireumfer-
ence. The other was 10 inches long, 224 in
circumference and weighed l04 pounds.
Sig. Sautelle's circus exhibited to large au-
diences last Monday afternoon and night, after
giving pleasing street parade in the morn
ing. The program was quite varied and very
much like those given forty years ago by Dan.
Rice and Rivers & Darius, and travelled by
wagons.
A mortgage for $50, 1000, 900 was fled for
record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Carroll last Saturday. Il was given
on the Western Maryland railroad and the
proceeds of the sale of the bonds occurred by
the mortgage will be used for betterments,
terminals and to retire outstanding obligations.
A Republican meeting was held at Odd
Fellows Hall, Westminster, last Monday
night, presided over by Charles G. Gorsuch.
The speakers were William Tyler Page, the
Republican nominee for Congress; Congress
man Edward B. Vreeland, of New York, and
ex-Congressman Alexander Mcdowell, of
Pennsylvania.
Abby Ramsburg has sold his farm, contain
ing III acres, adjoining Lisbon, Howard
county, which he recently purchased from
John Patrick, to Winter D. Jones, Of Mount
Airy, for S11, 500 and other considerations.
This is one of the finest farms in Upper How |
z II.
is situated on the Baltimore and Frederick
turnpike, and only two miles from the B. 80. |
Johnzey Easton, of Winfield, died at his |
home in that place last Monday night, in his |
Goth year. He formerly conducted black
smith establishment at Winfield. but retired |
from business several years ago. He leaves |
widow and the following sons and daughters /:
Samuel k. Easton, Mrs. Addie Blair, of Win |
field; Maurice Easton, Mrs. BERTHE Miller, of |
Frederick county, and Edgar Easton, of |
Sykesville.
Remember the Democratic mass meetings |
at Manchester this afternoon, October %, at |
o'clock, and tonight at o'clock. Able |
speakers, including Hon. J. Fred. G. Talbot, |
will address the meetings. Remember the |
Democratic meeting at Odd Fellows Eall |
next Thursday night, October 80. Hon. j. |
Fred G. Talbot and Hon. John s. Williams, |
of Mississippi, will address the meeting. |
Charles &. Fink, ESQ.,, will preside, and make
a short speech.
Samuel ii. Russell, a well known Frederick |
county farmer, died October 10 at his home,
near New Market, aged 68 years. About
three months ago Mr.. Russell fell from tree,
fracturing one of his hips. He appeared to be
getting along well until Saturday last, when he
became suddenly worse and died few hours
later. The attending physician attributed his
death to the formation of clot of blood upon
his hip. Mr.. Russell was prominent member
of the Society of Friends, was well-known in
this county, and was brother of Thomas
Russell, of Union Bridge.
Last Sunday the tenth annual run of the
Century Cycling Club of Maryland to Chase's
Station and Westminster took place. The
entry list was well filed, considering the
amount of road riding that is now being done.
Forty five riders finished. The banner for the
largest number of entries was awarded to the
Patterson Wheemen. One of the features of
the run to Westminster was that Samuel NJ.
Horney stopped a runaway horse, which might
have caused injury to some of the riders.
Horney caught the horse near Westminster
as the riders we're returning to town.
Mrs. Sallie A. Tilton, of Boston, Mass,
died suddenly October Is at 1923 West Fay
cite street. Baltimore, Md. The deceased was
the widow of the late Hon. Warren Tilton. of
Boston, and sister of the late Judge Robert
OuId, of Richmond, Va. The funeral took
place Tuesday from ST. Luke's Protestant
Church and nterment was made in
Mt Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Titon and her son, Lieut. Tilton, of the
United States Army, retired, were guests at
The Westminster, this city, fer nearly year,
whea she moved to Baltimore, and he re-
NAMED here until about the 1st of July.