The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-03-15

At IL m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin
Fair tonight and Saturday.
The drawing for the horse of Harry G. Al
baugh will take place at the First National
Restaurant on March q, at 7.30 o'clock in
the evening.
Two games of basket ball, the last of the
season, will be played st the Gymnasium at
Western Maryland College tonight Saturday
commencing at o'clock.
The Albaugh Bowling team ON Wednesday
evening went down to the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing Park and defeated the Gentlemen's team
three out of five games-the same score by
which the Gentleman's team was defeated by
the Albaugh team here recently.
| On Friday night of last week the Knights
of Pythias, of this city, held banquet in the
lodge room. A goodly number of members
were present, and ice cream, cake, bananas
and cigars were partaken of. 1t is the object
of the order to have an entertainment once
month.
Pat Boylan, of this city. was arrested at the
| instance of his wife on Thursday. Mr.. Boy
Ian, who has been an excellent citizen, has
recently been afflicted with mental disorder
and his wife was afraid of him. The Court
will examine into his mental condition on
Monday.
Charles Cohen, of Westminster, was arrested
on Thursday afternoon, upon warrant issued
by Justice G. w. Crapsier, upon the oath OF
George Lurz, sargent of the Northeast dis
trict Baltimore, charging Cohen with taking
copper wire belonging to the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company. He gave bail
in the sum OF $500, with his father, Isaac
Cohen, and A. e.. Strasburger as sureties, for
| a hearing at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The accused will summon witnesses to show
that he purchased the wire and did not steal it.
Mr.. John Lane, Of Westminster, was offered
horse and buggy at the Union Stockyards,
Baltimore, on Tuesday, for 500, and made
the purchase. He put Arthur Dorsey and
Jack Squirrel, both colored, of this city, in
the buggy to bring the team to Westminster,
and they were arrested and taken TO the
Northwestern Station The team belonged
to Henry Greninger, of Hebbville, Baltimore
county, who had driven to the city to do some
shopping. The team was stolen by some
person. who sold it to Mr.. Lane. The coored
people were dismissed Wednesday. Christian
Hammerbacker, aged 80 years, has been ar
rested and held for court upon the charge OF
stealing the horse and buggy.
Mrs Katherine Oracle and Edward Glenn
Burchard. who left this section two weeks
ago, were arrested at Hagerstown on Friday
of last week. and were brought TO this city the
same evening by Sheriff Crawford. Upon
alighting from the train here Mrs. Oracle s
husband made an assault upon young Burch.
ard, but the Sheriff interfered and stopped
him. There was no charge against Mrs.
| Oracle, but Burchard was charged with the
| larceny of suit of clothes, overcoat and shoes
and fifty cents in money, the property of Mr..
| Oracle, and was lodged in Jail for hearing
on Wednesday afternoon before Justice u.
w. Crapster, who, after hearing the testimony
| held him for the action of the grand jury.
| The store of John Himler, East Main street,
| Westminster, was entered and robbed last
Monday night. Entrance was effected by
pricing open the shutters of window on the
side, near the rear end, and raising the win
dow. The thief came in between two build
| ings on the Barnitz property adjoining. 1t
was narrow passage, and he left his foot
prints in the snow. He was some one, also,
well acquainted with the store. When Mr.
Himler opened the store about clock Tues
day morning he found the window up. He
began looking about to see what was missing,
Grst going to the money drawer, in which was
| left So. SIS in change. The drawer had patent
| locks on it, but the thief hit the combination
of keys and carried off the money, also about
dozen cans of canned goods and twelve
pound packages of coffee. Under the window
through which the thief got in was the safe,
| in which was about $780, 90 in money, but this
was not disturbed.