The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-10-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
InCAI, BREVITIES.


,,or.I Hnrks of wild geese passed over this
civ this week on their annual trip South.
Lrsr number of fine walnut logs are be-
skinned from this section TO dealers III the
cities.
H.. f,rmed Sunday night to the thickness
r., Silver dollar Vegetation in many places
was killed.
ore hundred and seventy tickets
said At the railroad station here for the
Frederick Fair this week.
N1O a. M, yesterday, Friday, the wealth
90 Rurpau sent out the following bulletin
Fair and cooler tonight; Saturday far.
A house and lot in Hampstead, owned by
the heirs of the late Joseph Little, WAS sold at
nnblic sale last Saturday to y. H. Lppy for
$lj43.
The Hagerslown Fair Association gave the
animal BANQUET TO live stock exhibitors Fri
day. Of last week. NJ Yohn, of Winfield, re-
,lpd to the toast ''swine.
The official list of the nominations will be
tound on the fourth page Of this issue. On
the first page will be found an interesting ar
ncIe in reference to Hallow f en-.
Charles b. Roberts and Harry d. Harvey,
Of Baltimore. were at Berkeley Springs, W.
Va. last week negotiating for the purchase Of
shovel factory and it is understood the deal
is about completed.
AT = meeting of the stock holders of the
Western Maryland railroad and subsidiary
lines in Baltimore on Wednesday, George K.
Gehr. Of Westminster, was elected il director
Of the Baltimore and Cumberland Valley
Railroad.
The County Commissioners last Monday
granted Il special pension of five dollars to
Ann Marian Bowens, Of Union Bridge dis
trict, and directed that David +. kceier he
committed to Springfield State Hospital AT
the expense Of the county.
While the ballot will be large this year, any
Democrat will be able to vote one. All that
is necessary to do is to make q crosS.mark in
the square opposite the word Democratic. Be
careful to not let the croSs-inark extend be
youd the square. Take all the time neces-
sary.
Mrs. Irene T. Flemming, said to belong to
prominent Carroll county family, is under
arrest in Baltimore, charged with getting jew
elry to the amount of $ll00 and a considera-
bic amount Of furniture, &C., under false pre-
lenses. She was proprietor of The Stewart,
:. boarding house at 112l Madison avenue,
Baltimore.
joseph Paul Little, of Westminster, Nd,
and Paul J. Yingling, Robert Jones and En-
colbert Wagcnbatt, of Reading, Pa, all four
of whom were committed to jail last week in
Baltimore, were taken to York on Thursday,
where they will answer the charge of stealing
two horses, a runahout and buggy, the prop
erty of }. II. Brant, of that city, October |.
". l.. w. Seabrook, editor of the Sentinel,
was called to Baltimore on Monday by the
illness of his son Clarence. The latter is still
i'll, and his physicians have no hope OF his re-
coyrry. Clarence married Il daughter OF the
late John Marsh, and her mother died Tues
day and her remains were inferred III West
minister cemetery on yesterday.
A large Democratic meeting WAS held at the
hall in Silver Run Thursday night. /. Her
bert Shrivcr presided and The Carroll County
Reed Band added to enthusiasm by dlScourS-
ing excellent music Speeches were made by
B. F. Grouse George .. Brilliant. .jno. Mil
ton Rrilsnidrr, Guy w. Steele, Michael +.
Walsh and Charles f. Fink, in the order
named.
The body of an unknown white man was
found ON the .ks of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad near Mount Airy Junction, last Mon
day morning about daylight by CIaud Sprgs,
a Swilchman on his way to work at the june
ton. The body was badly mangled. The
man had evidently fallen from Il freight train.
There was nothing found ON his person 10
identify him.
"He who steals my purse steals trash.
Somebody stole Senator McComas dress suit
case containing among other things the Sen
ator's campaign material, and no doubt got
lot Of trash. The Senator was on his way to
Frederick on Thursday evening of last week,
and the case was stolen at Brucevile. where
he had to change cars. The case was found
several days later i'll a woods about two miles
away.
Miss Ailsa Craig. daughter of the late Prof
Thomas Craig, of Johns Hopkins University,
and well known in Westminster, where she
spent two summers, and where she was gen
sral tavortr, has become n member OF the
George Fawcett Company at Chase 5 Thea
tre Baltimore and made her debut there last
Monday night, as Lady Crandoser in the emo
tional drama of modern society life, ''The
Masqueraders." The Sun says she ''showed
remarkable grace and sef-posseSsio1.' She
will attract many persons to Chase during
her engagement this season.
Persons familiar with thai section Of Wash
mston City, near where the Washington Mon
ument stands, know that is low and flat.
Well, there is the place, amid water and mud
lnot Syndey) and a downpour of rain, The
football team of Western Maryland College
walloped the Columbian University eleven
last Saturday, by score 6 to 0. This after
noon, October Oath, on the college grounds
here, the Western Maryland College team
will wipe up The earth with Mount St. Mary's
College team. The operation will begin at
$50 clock
An application has been filed at the office
OF the Adiutant General to transfer II Com
pany, of the First Regiment, Maryland Ma
honal Guard, from Frizelburg, to Westmin-
ser, and it is expected it will likely to be
acted upon favorably. The company is com
posed of residents of both of the above men,
toned towns and the surrounding country,
but has become considerably depleted in mum
bers: Both Captain Auer and First Lieuten,
ant Babylon, who are residents of Frizellburg,
have resigned, and it is thought that the com
pany will be on more solid footing if re-
moved to the county town, and allowed to
draw only from that vicinity. Second Lieu
tenant Claude T. Smith, who is a resident OF
Westminster, is now in command of the com:
pany, and it is likely that he will be elected
captain.