The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-11-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Prof. Simpson visited the pubic schools IN
Mt. Airy district this week.
The soldier pension of David Winters, OF
Tnion BRIDGE. has been increased to S14.OO a
month.
AT 1Oa. m. Yesterday, Friday, the Weather
Bureau sent out the following bulletin =
Fair tonight and Saturday.
Guv w. Steele, assignee of mortgage sold
1.st Saturday the house and lot in Mt. Airy of
William O.. Lyles to Lewis f. Hood for Sl0l.
The County Commissioners on Monday di-
,actad tbe clerk, Mr.. Masenhimer, to notify
ali tax collectors in arrears to make immediate
settlement.
The County Commissioners advertise in the
ADVOCATE today for proposals to build bridges
over the PatapscO at Bensons ford ana over
Bio Morgan at Bauman's Ford.
Mr.. Edgar S. jenkins, farming for Elder
William II. Franklin, Sans Creek, raised on
% acres of land this season 434 barrels of
corn, an average Of 49, barrels per acre.
John L. Lester has purchased of George
", Zepp and heirs Of Catharine Znpp, l6
acres of land adjoining his farm abouta mile
from Hampstead, for 100000 cash. The
sale was effected last Saturday.
Harry Corbin. aged years, 8 months and
miller near this city, died last Monday night
with dirhtheria. and several more of his chill
dren are sick with the disease, but are i'm
proving
Some prominent Republicans of Westmin.
ster say they are almost sorry they got 259
majority in Carroll last week, for the big ma
ioritv has already brought to the front a host
Of candidates for every place on the ticket
next year.
Chief Judge George Savage, ofthe Orphans
Court, Baltimore City, was taken seriously Ill
early Thursday morning at his home in that
CITY, Judge Savage is a brother of Mr.. Gar
urrt Savage, a well known civil engineer OF
this CITY, and also has many warm personal
friends here.
Frederick Warner, brother of Rev. l.. F.
Warner of Westminster, who died in Baltl
more ON October 81, in his will, admitted to
probate ON Tuesday, leaves $4,000 to the
Agad Peoples Home in this city and $500. 90
to the Superannuated Fund of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
The beautiful sunset, with rejecting rays,
attracted much attention Thursday. AT first
il seemed as if the reflection was from a large
fire but the change to pink and orange salts
fed all that it was the hazy condition of the
atmosphere There was nearly similar con-
John T. Cassel and Ephraim Haines, trus
tees of David Cassel, sold last Saturday two
wool lots 10 Ezra C. Brown, near Meadow
Branch. at S8l.75 per acre. The lots joined
Mr.. Browns farm. One contained I acres
and 81 square perches and the other acres
and Is square rerches. The home farm, near
Medford as stated last week, was Withdrawn
because of insufficiency of bids.
The Electric Light and Power Company of
this city are strengthening their lines, putting
in new and heavier poles where weak ones
ar found This is being done to avoid trouble
and danger of heavy sleet, like that OF last
February. The Western Maryland Telephone
Company is taking down some wires that have
become useless since the cables were put in
last spring and the lines changed.
Two interesting articles will be found in this
ISSUE of the ADVOCATE. One, on the fourth
page, is a description of the monastery Of the
Order of the Holy Cross, now being built on
the banks of the Hudson The other is an
extract from the annual report of A. w.
Machen. General Superintendent of Free De-
livery System in the United States, on the
Free Rural Delivery System in this county.
The Mayor and Common Council of West
Minister are opening George street, east of the
railroad, and putting in a sewer and crossing
at the railroad. Mr.. Thomas Sinnott section
boss of the Western Maryland Railroad, to
aid the work, has removed a part of the rail-
road bank The work is mainly for the ben
eft of the Standard Oil Company, whose oil
tanks are on the east side of the railroad
The Oil Company contributed $50 toward the
Improvement.
William Cox and Harry Powell. both col
ored, of this city, were arrested on Wednesday
upon warrants issued by Justice j. F. Rinker,
and sent to Jail for hearing next Monday.
They are charged with entering and robbing
the store of Jesse Smith, East Main street,
Westminster, Monday night. They effected
an entrance by taking out window sash, and
took about a dollar and some tobacco and
cigars. Cox had just completed term OF
four months in the House of Correction, and
returned to Westminster last Saturday.
Eleanor, aged two years, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Basler, living near this city,
on the former Lawrence Zepp farm, was Sc,
verey burned last Sunday afternoon. During
short absence of her mother from the kitchen,
it is thought that Eleanor and another little
child got to playing with the fire in the kitchen
stove, and Eleanor's clothes caught on fire.
Her hair was burned off, and face, head,
breast and body were seriously burned. In
addition to her injuries pneumonia has super
vened. DR.. VIM. D. Wells is attending her.
In pursuance of the policy of expansion and
Improvement inaugurated by the present man.
agement of the Western Maryland Railroad
with view to bringing the system in all re-
spects up to the requirements of its enlarged
opportunities at the eastern end of great
trunk line 800 steel hopper coal cars of ca
paciy Of so tons each have been ordered from
the Cambria Steel Company. The cars will
esimilar to the 500 which the Cambria Com
pany has been delivering to the West Virginia
Central and Pittsburg Company during the
past few months, and work on them will be a
virtual continuation Of the larger contract.
They will be marked 'W. Va. c." and will
be numbered in the sequence of the first ord r.
but they will be owned by the Western Mary
I land as the proprietary company of the West
Virginia Central.