The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-10-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
IOCAL BREVITIES.

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The Western Maryland: Railroad will put a
nav train schedule into effect on October IL.
Tho Westminster Electric Lig hit and Power
ComnanV are erecting new ana heavier pores
on Main street.
D,r;,g the thunder gust last Sunday alter
,bere was a considerable fall OF hail IN
the lower part Of this county.
An account of the great notification and
,t;soot;on meeting at Mt. Airy on September
~ will be found on the first page OF this issue.
Next Tuesday, October 6, is the last day OF
-;stration this year. The sittings OF the
ro';Strars on October Is are for revision only.
Theodore Derr and John 7. Derr, of West
,,,;,ster will enter the merchandise business
"nsin. At the old stand of Theodore Derr
Son. ll -.
tho clerk 5 office 81 deeds, - mortgages and
IN hills of sale, and l6 marriage licenses were
Charles p. Babylon has sold his farm in
Westminster district, containing 81 acres, 10
,Iobn Iippy, of Frederick county, on private
terms.
ALTO a. M, Yesterday, Friday, the wealth
or Rnrpau sent out the following bulletin
Partly cloudy and not So warm tonight and
Saturday.
George A. Blizzard, dealer in horses and
mules at Eldersburg, has sold a pair of fine
Kentucky sorrel horses to w. II. Anderson.
The price was 5000.
D. j. Hesson, who has been with the
Westminster Hardware Company for some
lime. will next week commence merchandise
ing in TaneytOwn.
Susan and George Ii. Diehl, Of Taneytown
district have sold house and lot in Hanover,
Pa. to Amos j. Sell, of Penn township, York
county, Pa, for $500.
A seyen.year old son of Joseph Taylor, of
Reese, had collar bone fractured by Il fall
on Friday of last week. DR.. NJ. l.. Bot. OF
Westminster reduced the fracture.
Prof. and Mrs. Clinton II. Spurrier, form
erly of this city, and Mr.. Charles R. Woods,
of Fnksburg, will take part in concert at
Glyndon NJ +. Church on the evening OF the
gth instant
Hon. Edwin Warfeld, DIR. Gordon L. At
kinson and William Shepard Bryan, the
Democratic nominees, will address meeting
at Westminster on Saturday night, October
H. at 80 O clock.
George H. Gist, formerly of this city, and
for the past ten years with the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Baltimore, has been APP
pointed by Mayor McLane one of the visitors
to the Baltimore City Jail.
The bazaar of the Hampstead firemen melted
over $500. Among those contributing artl-
cles for the bazaar were Mrs. Mollie Wheeler,
Miller Bros. Co., Gilbert g. Gehr and Miss
Sarah Weeks, of Westminster; A. kurtz
Myers and wife. Frizellburg; and DIR. ). j.
Stewart. Union Mills.
The rural free delivery has so reduced the
business at Morgan postofiice the position OF
postmaster is not worth having. The present
postmaster wants to resign, but cannot give up
the place until successor is found and the
POstotice Department cannot find anyone
willing to take the office.
An examination for a male teacher to go to
the Philippines will be held at the postotfice,
Westminster October 18th and 10th. The
salaries of the teachers range from $500 to
$1,000 The appointees are eligible tor pro
motion TO places paying salaries up TO ~, 500.
The age limit is from 20 to 40 years.
The County Commissioners were engaged
in routine business principally last Monday.
Bids for a heating apparatus for the Court
House were opened. The bid of the West.
minister Hardware Company was "a SO, and
the contract was awarded to il. The other
bid was for 800, from Gilbert 4 Gehr.
Chicken thieves are very industrious in
Westminster and vicinity. Charles f. Miller,
DR., of East Green street, this city, recently
had forty two fine Plymouth Rock fowls taken
from his chicken house. Several chicken
houses are guarded by electricity and others
will shortly be wired so that intruders will re-
celve strong, electrically speaking, welcome.
Much complaint is made about the gather
ing on street corners and the steps and porches
atnight of dsorderly persous. Their language
and conduct is very offensive, not only to
those in the houses but also to persons who
are passing. On Sundays and Mondays many
pavements and steps have to be scrubbed in
order to be used by the occupants of the
buildings.
Comptroller Herring on Thursday made an
apportonment of the public school tax. Car
roll will receive So, 52l.08 for white schools
and 81, 042. "A for colored; Baltimore county
$3.50. 73 for white and 81, 1861 for colored; ;
Howard 81, 79l. So for white and S530.31 for
colored, and Frederick $5,4l8.27 for white
and 81, SOB. 81 for colored. There about 1000
students enrolled in the schools in Carroll.
The Republican County Central Committee
and Republican candidates met in WeStmln-
ster on Thursday. One of those present as
Sured the ADVOCATE that nothing political was
considered, and the meeting was something
OF religious gathering. Waller lined out the
44ymes, there was prayer by George and the
Doctor took up a collection for foreign
missions and general Improvement TO church
property
The fast mail train to Baltimore on the
Western Maryland Railroad last Saturday
evening ran into a freight train, near Green
wood Station, about II miles from Baltimore.
Inc freight was on switch, and the engine of
Inc fast mail struck the rear ears sidewise and
Knocked four of them from the track. The
cars were badly wrecked and the engine of
the fast mail considerably damaged. The
passengers were pretty well shaken up, but
none were injured.
County Commissioners Dehoff and Hesson
Of Carroll and Hess, O'Neill and Werner of
Howard met at Henryton on Friday of last
week to consult upon the building of a joint
bridge at that place. The Commissioners met
al the same place some months ago to con-
sluer repairs to the abutments of the bridge
H men spanning the Patapsco at that point.
once then the bridge has been washed away,
ana the Commissioners last Friday agreed to
oulId an iron bridge, which is to be erected as
soon as possible.
n nc teachers danu BOOK, 1851, by
froi. Simpson, School Examiner, has just
ceen issned. 1t is full of hints and sugges-
.iohs looking 10 the full cooperation and
me highest efficiency in applying the system
~ W, general education in Carroll county"
"nie all the suggestions and directions to
ieachers are good, one of the best is the fol-
",o~lng-"Be careful to teach neatness, po-
,i'ehess, refinement and good manners all the
a nIa 1t cost nothing to be neat and polite,
"nne slovenness, rudeness and ill-manners
VII, always be drawback to those who aspire
10 be something in life.
Miller's Items.