The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-03-08

At IL m. yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin
Increasing cloudiness tonight; Saturday rain
or snow.
Mrs. John PurnelI died near New Windsor
on Sunday last aged 40 years. Her remains
were Inferred at Pipe Creek Dunkard Gene
terry on Tuesday.
Harry B. Hoffacker, son of Mr. j. w. Hof-
facker, of Manchester, was appointed court
stenographer by Judge VIM. II. Thomas on
Thursday The salary is $500 year.
A Baltimore subscriber to the ADvocArE,in
renewing bis subscription, ssys-s'1t is a val
liable paper for ME, on account of publishing
the news from my old home, CARROLL"
Vim. V. d. Wettern, Jr, and brother, of
Baltimore, champion cooked hat rollers of
Maryland, will roll two of the best rollers in
this city, in Albaugh's Alleys, on March 18th,
at 7.30 p. m.
Benjamin Forty, of Lipeboro, has 100 fine
steers in his stables which he has been fatten-
ing this winter. Vincent O'Bold, who owns
several farms near Hanover, fattens about 200
steers every year.
Owing to the late hour that several legal
advertisements were received last week. some
of our Local Letters, together with Hicks
Forecasts for March, were crowded out.
They will be found on the fourth page Of this
issue.
DIR. Joseph NJ. Weller, of Cumberland, Nd,
formerly of this city, has received a cable
gram announcing that his son, Mr.. William
Weller, and the latter's wife have arrived in
Bombay, en- route to Burmah, where Mr.
Weller has gone on a three years mission AS
civil engineer for the Standard Oil Cogpan%
Mr.. John w. Crawmer, of this city, met
with fatal accident on Tuesday last He
was trimming tree in the yard of the Misses
Cassell, at the West End, near his home,
when he fell distance of 80 or 40 feet to the
ground, breaking his back. Death resulted
few hours after. He was 60 years of age, and
leaves widow and five children.
Charles Koontz, of CarroIIton Station, on
Wednesday caught with dip-net carp
weighing pounds ounces. 1t was without
eyes and no mark to indicate that it ever had
any. It was caught below the break in the
dam. II is said that at least ten barrels Of
fish of all kinds have been caughtin the mead
ows and low lands since the break in the mill
dam.
Mr.. Howard I. Shipley, of Westminster,
Nd, and Miss Emma K Geiman, of Balti-
more, Nd, were married March 5, at 8 p. m,
at the parsonage, by Elder j. A. Bricker,
2135 Walbrook Avenue. The bride wore a
pan velvet, with bonnet and gloves to match,
and the groom wore a black suit. After the
ceremony they left for n wedding trip north.
The merchants of Westminster, as well as
those of Hagerstown and Frederick, have been
discussing the raise in insurance rates of Is
per cent. The increase of rates here has been
only by the stock companies, neither OF the
local mutual insurance companies having done
so. The Westminster merchants believe il an
unnecessary increase, considering the unusual
security against fire here-abundant water and
an excellent fire department For over year
there has not been even an alarm OF fire, and
no FIRE of consequence has occurred here for
fully FIVE years.
The heavy rain of Saturday night and Sun
day last caused bad washouts in fields and
roads. Some wheat fields have 80 many
gulies that it will be impossible tie cut the
grain with reaper, even if seasonable weather
should bring on a crop worth harvesting. So
far the average wheat fields of Carroll are very
unproniising. The county roads are much
washed and in bad condition, the heavy snow
of Tuesday and Wednesday aiding in making
travel heavy and tedious. Many small bridges
have been carried away, others damaged and
abutments of larger bridges damaged to some
extent. The loss in Carroll, public and pri-
vate, amounts TO many thousands of dollars.
The Chicago Evening Post, of March 4, in
speaking of Prince Henry's, of Germany, visit
to that city, says later in the evening
Prince Henry visited the mayors box, where
he talked for half an hour with its occupants,
Mayor and Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Heaton Owsley and Miss Nina Gillett Then
he moved across the hall to the box reserved
for Governor Yates where he spent some time
in conversation with Mrs. Yates, Mrs. j. c.
Shaffer, Miss Sarah Lolita Emery of Boston,
Miss jeanette Decker of Memphis and Miss
Alta D. Miller" Mrs. Schatfer is the wife of
Mr.. j. C. Shaffer, formerly of Westminster,
aud nephew of Mr.. Nathan l. Gorsueh.