The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-06-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Tomorrow, the list, Is the longest day oil
the year.
Heavy clothing and fires were comfortable
from June 10 To the l7th. The weather was
cool, cloudy and rainy.
At 10 a. M, yesterday, Friday, the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin -
Showers tonight and Saturday.
A beautiful new iron and wire fence com
bined has been placed around the graveyard
at Messiah Lutheran Church, near Berreit, by
j. W. Eyler, of Middleburg.
At the university of Virginia on Monday
W. Nc. James, of Reisterstown, was awarded
a medal for the best magazine slory-''A
Strange Case.
We had another rainy Suuday-the third in
succession. There are four more To expect.
1t rained on WhitSunday. which is said 10
indicate seven rainy Sundays in a string.
The business of n l. Gorsuch & Son, Of
Westminster, is to be taken over on July lst
by a company that will be Incorporated under
the name of n !. Gorsucb's Son Company.
The largest and finest strawberries and cher.
ries we have seen this season were presented
10 the ADVOCATE on Friday of last week by
Miss Cora Miller, near Saudyyille. Thanks
Mr.. John Bernstein on Thursday took from
his garden two heads of cabbage that weighed
IL pounds each when prepared for cooking.
The plants we're set out about the Isl Of April.
The baccslaureate sermon at Loyola Col
ege, Baltimore, was preached ou Tuesday
evening by Rev Edward p. McAdams, Of
Sykesville, who graduated from The college in
1896.
A FIVE -year-old daughter of Calvin Starner,
of Fountain Valley, fell down stairs last SUIT
day and sustained fracture Of the right arm,
close TO the wrist Dr. NJ l.. Bolt reduced
the fracture.
Many persons from this county attended
the large sale of stock and farm implements
at Delight, Baltimore county. last Nednes
day, By George A. klinefeher. The sale was
advertised in The ADvecArE.
The sweet girl graduate, released from the
irksome duties Of the recitation room Is GOV
at liberty to assure every admirer thar he Is
the apple of her eye and 10 accept all his in
vitations TO take ice cream and soda water.
At the commencement exercises at ST Jos
eph's Academy. Emmitsburg. on Thursday,
Miss NJ. Julia Wells, daughter OF the late Or.
Ed. W. Wells, of Westminster. vas awarded
a gold medal and diploma 10 the academic
department
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
announces that the run Of the Blue Mountain
Express will commence on Saturday, June
20. leaving Hillen Station daily, except sun.
day. at S.22 P. NJ, and stopping "a, aii city
stations except Pennsylvania aserur.
A friend writes from Hampstead thai Mr..
Daaiel Null, OF that place, is ~ bis 95rd year,
I Roda Deal, of Snydersbnrg Is in her 92nd
wear, and Miss Kemp. Of Arcajia, IS 10 her
aIst year. All are enjoying fairly good health
Carroll county is noted for the longevity 81
its citizens.
Stuart Kearaey. formerly Of Sykesville. Ell
tered the employ Of the Canton Company,
Baltimore, iwenty-ihree years ago as ojice
boy. He developed ability aud sound judg
ment and arose 10 the position of treasurer
Last week be was elected secretary, and nos
fills both positions-treasurer and secretary
Comptroller Herring has made another qaar.
terly app0TiionineRI OF the school fund Car
roll will receive S5.075.Tl for 9hiie schools
and $I,O42, "a for eolored; Frederick s1,sl0
81 for white and 81 ,603. ~ for caior..i; How
ard s., So 60 for white and S530.Sl; for
eoloredBaltimore county SIS. 90. 81 for white
and 81, 10. 20 for celored.
The United Telephone and Telegraph Com
psny have orders to put VA telephones rs iai.
lows-pilot Office. Uaiou Bridge; Lautz Bros.
New windsor; Edward Richardson. Mediord:
DIR. Nelson A. Hitchcock, Tapeytown; John
Few, Frizelburg, aud Samuel Harris and DR..
George +. Hitchcock, Westminster ues
directory Of subscribers IS soon 70 he issued.
Bishop Paret last Saturday. Al al Saints
Church, ReisferSt0wn. ordained John Edward
Ewell and Roger Brock fancy Anderson. ot
Baltimore, and William Il. Pooie, Of Reisters-
Town, as priests Of the Episcopal Church, Mr.
Poole has been assigned a. Holy Trinity
Church, at SykesviIle, aud Mr.. Ewell 20 81.
Tbornasf Hhurah Eraaanut district
The Owl Train on the Western Maryland
railroad, we learn, Is 10 be continued. The
patronage during the summer Is likely to be
much greater than il has been. Many per
sons Ike TO 20 to Electric Park aud lake ex-
cursions down The Chesapeake bay. With me
Owl running all these can he eHjoyed and
those who 60 can return al night Without the
Owl persons wanting TO 60 10 Electric Park OK
down the bay would have 20 stay IN Baltimore
all night.
Jesse Smith, on Main street, this city. east
of Court a few days ago FOUND q tlni stone ~
his garden. with a root Of weed through il.
The stone is about by inches and one zach
thick. and the hole through which the root
grew was just large enough for the foot. Il
Il almost inconceivable that the root forced
It's way through the hard sIone yet appear
anees indicate that it did. The sioue is solid.
and the place where the root penetrated IS an
inch from one end.
The commencement exercises OF Rock Hill
College were held on Thursday at Ford
Opera House. Baltimore. Among the grad
yates was j. Brooke Fink. son Of Charles +.
Fink, Esq, of Westminster, with the degree
of bachelor of arts His Grafton was on
'.Some Modern Tendencies. The degree OF
master of arts was conferred on Guy W. Steele,
IL - skr tod
the college in 1892. Mr. Steele delivered the
masters Grafton at the commencement, his
subject being ''The People and the Pubic
The wheat crop of Carroll does not promise
to be as large as it did earlier IN the season
In some sections the straw IS short aud the
heads small In other sections. notably ~
Woolery's district. the crop will he very good
Henry Fringer, whose farm lies partly in Car
roll and partly in Baltimore county, VIII
realize about 80 bushels to the acre from corn
stalk ground. The grass crop is almost
total failure. Owing to the long continued
vet weather corn fields are grown up in weeds
and grass.
New Windsor is to have two canning fac
tories in operation this summer. Miller Il
Moore, of Hartford county. will operate the
cannery formerly conducted by Bale Stout
fer. They have 125 acres oftomatoes planted
for their use. B. Z. Shriver Il Co., Of Union
Mills aud Westminster. are putting up pro
cess and packing establishment aud she'd BOB
by 40 feet. and a warehouse 100 by 30 feet.
They will can corn and lima beans. and have
about $50 acres planted out by the farmers IN
the neigborhood.
On Thursday John r. Proctor, President
of the Civil Service Commission showed a list
of Illegal appointments in the Treasury De-
partmeut. Government Printing Office, Pen
sion Bureau and Postoiiice Department. In
Mr. Proctar's list, according to u Washington
dispatch to the New York Herald of yes,er-
day, appear the names of Mrs. f. l.. Der,
rett and Alexander r. Reid. both transferred
from the Westminster Nd. } office, the for
mer to the Boston aud the other TO the New
York postoffiee.
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