The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREyIrIES.


Sneak thieves are at work in the upper part
of this county.
Mr.. S. K. YingIing is painting the outside
ofThe Union National Bank. this city.
Mr. Lewis Shipley, of Gambler, has had his
soldier pension increased to $14 per month.
Corn that was cut too green is reported to
be moulding and the fodder is turning black.
From Mr.. Louis Dielman, of New Windsor,
we have received late San Francisco papers.
Miss Susan Hesson, aged SO years, 6 months
and days, died in Littlesiown, Pa, Oct. 8.
Frederick fair will begin next Tuesday.
Many persons from this county will attend 1t.
AT $50 a. M, on October Is, the mercury
was down to "a degrees, and there was heavy
frost.
Owing to the continuous wet weather many
farmers have been delayed in sowing wheat
and rye.
Mr.. Vim. j. Rinehart is making rapid pro-
gress with his new barn which will replace the
one burned last May.
Keiffer pears have produced well this sea-
son, and are retailing at from forty TO fifty
cents per bushel for selects.
Prof. Simpson visited the schools in Mid
dleburg district last week, and this week he
AT lOa. m. yesterday, Friday, the Weather
Bureau sent out the following bulletin =
Cloudy tonight and Saturday, with occasional
rain.
Mr.. George r. Gehr, cashierof the First
National Bank, this city, has been reelected
director in the Baltimore and Cumberland
Valley Railway.
The County Commissioners last Monday
were engaged in considering bills apd general
routine work. The constable bond of Elias
N. Davis was approved
Mr.. Franklin B. Warren, as agent, sold last
Saturday a blacksmith aud wheelwright shop,
with two acres of land, near Roop's mill, to
Mr.. J. Daniel Young for $536.50.
The annual convention of the Adams Coun-
ty Pa Christian Endeavor Union will be
held in st. Paul's Lutheran Church, Harvey,
this county, October 18th and 10Th.
Mr.. Absalom Asper, aged 80 years and %
days, died at his residence in Adams county,
Pa, on The 18th instant He was the father of
Rev. John U. Asper, formerly of this city.
On Wednesday 152 tickets were sold at this
station for the Hagerstown fair, and on Thurs
day and Friday 374 were sold. From New
Windsor there were 214 sold during the week.
The George W. Albaugh Real Estate and
Brokerage Company have sold the John kast-
ner farm Of q acres, near this city, to Mr..
Frank E. Logue, of Baltimore county, for
$1,000, cash.
The Methodist Protestant Church at Union
Bridge will begin tomorrow Sunday to cell
citrate its twentieth anniversary, and the ex-
ercses will be continued throughout the week.
Former pastors have been invited to partc-
pate.
The total eclipse of the moon last Thursday
night was witnessed by many of our citizens.
In the early part of the evening the indications
were that It would be cloudy, but about 1l.S0
the clouds passed and the progress of the
eclipse was plain to all.
From Mr.. w. Riley Myers, agent of The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York, we have received q beautiful calendar
for 1908. The illustration is the head of
Chippewa Indian Chief We can supply a
few of them to our friends.
Last Tuesday Mr.. J. Thomas Roop, as
auctioneer, sold the land of the late Joseph
N. Bowers for Edward A. Cassell, agent.
The home property, containing Il acres, near
Wakefield, was purchased by James Bowers
for 5000, and a lot containing q acres, near
Medford to Arthur Wagner for $2l6.
James l.. Cox died suddenly at his home
near Union Bridge, October Z, of heart fail
his family, and was unmarried In his younger
days he was the most popular musician of the
neighborhood and with banjo and vocalism
pleasantly entertained at many farmers
home at night for miles around him. His
funeral took place on the 10th, and interment
was made in the Friends cemetery near Union
Bridge
The Blue Ridge Zephyr. of Waynesboro,
Pa, of Thursday last, says: Or j. t. Her
ing, prominent young physician of West
minister, and John NJ. Roberts, an able young
lawyer and election supervisor of the same
city, spent last night and part of today in
Waynesboro. They attended the Hagerstown
fair yesterday, but we're unable to obtain
lodging place in the city and came here for
the night DIR. Herring is brother-in-law of
Edwin H. Shriver, West Fifth street. Both
men are affable and clever and representative
citizens of the busy little Maryland city and
made number of friends here.'
Mr.. Jesse II. Nussear, well-known car
penter of Emmitsburg Nd, accidentally fell
from the roof of p story house, on the 10th
instant, in that place, and sustained injuries
which resulted fatally on Saturday morning.
Mr.. Nussear was about 20 years old and is
survived by a widow and FIVE sons, as follows
Charles W. and Edward A., Of Washington,
ID. c.; j. Harry, of Haeerstown; George s.,
of Norfolk. Va, and j. Maurice, of Emmits-
burg. He was the Democratic register of
voters and Judge of election in the second pre-
cinct of Emmitsburg district, and his unex-
pected death left vacancy which it was
necessary to fill. For number Of years he
was the Master Carpenter in the railroad shops
ut Union Bridge, and was highly esteemed by
all the employees.