The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-03-26
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1904.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

lOmOIEON - dlu OuuNdg.
Good Friday, April 1st, is legal holiday.
Banks and public offices will be closed.
The Levefeast of the German Baptists or
Dunkard congregation at Meadow Branch will
be held on April 2Sd.
Frank Rickle, while at work at Thomas
Erb's ice house, on George street, this city,
last Tuesday, killed Is garter snakes.
The gum coats and boots, purchased by the
Mayor and Common Council for the West
minister Firemen, arrived on Tuesday.
Claude Tilden Smith has removed his law
office from Court street to the insurance office
of his father, corner of Main and Church
streets.
At 10 a. M, yesterday, Friday. the wealth.
err bureau sent out the following bulletin
Rain tonight with rising temperature; Satur-
day fair.
Yesterday, the 25th, was Maryland Day in
the public schools of Maryland. Prof. Simp-
son sent out programs for the exercises to all
the schools of the county.
Jacob Bixler, an aged citizen of Westmin-
ster, slipped on the pavement near his resi-
dence, on Pennsylvania avenue, aud fell,
hurting himself quite severely.
In Towsou, on Wednesday, the case of the
State, use of William Ross, VS.. The Northern
Central Railway Company was removed to
Carroll county upon defendants affidavit.
The track walker 90 the Northern Central
Railroad, near York Road discovered a
broken rail on Thursday morning, and the
passenger train leaving Hanover at sos was
tagged in time to save, perhaps, serious
wreck.
Charles E. Fink, assignee of mortgage,
sold on Saturday last the Samuel J. h. Frazier
farm, at Finksburg to Daniel I. and Milton
A. Frazier at $50 per acre. The farm con
,ains 1854 acres, and the total price was
$5,225.25.
B. F. Shriver 4 Co., the well known can.
ners, are preparing 10 erect a new canning
establishment along the Western Maryland
Railroad. Just east of Westminster. IL will be
240 by CIT feet, and il will be ready for the
canning season.
The meat house Of Milton Chew. near Reese
was broken open one night this week, and
several pieces of meat stolen. A few nights
ago some one entered the chickeuhouse OF
Emanuel Stoner, Westminster, and stole all
of his chickens.
The ticket Office of the Western Maryland
Railroad, at 2l5 East Baltimore street, hav.
ing been buried in the late FIRE the company
will establish another at the northeast corner
Of Charles and Lexington streets about April
LIST. 1t will be in charge of W. A. Albaugh.
Last Saturday Mrs. Grace A. Stone, nee
Yingliug, Of this city, through her attorney,
Joseph ID. Brooks, Esq, was granted an alb
soiute divorce from her husband, William J.
Stone, and also the custody Of their daughter.
Agnes L. Stone, by the Circuit Court for this
county.
Geo. F. Eeksurode, of this city. while
working at his fathers shop, on George
street, last Thursday, met with very severe
accident. He was abou, TO go up ladder
and brick fell from the top striking him
upon the head, cutting cash about four
inches long.
Arthur s. Stevenson, as trustee of Charles
T. Stevenson, deceased, sold on Thursday 8
farm of a acres, roods and ls square
perches of land, near Frizellburg. to John G.
Hiyely at $65.45 per acre. Tae personal
property of the deceased was sold al the same
time and amounted TO about $500.
William G. Rinehari, of Westminster has
always had one Of the finest six-borse teams
in the county. and Of his own raising, and all
bays. We observed his team passing by the
ADVOCATE office on Thursday. They were all
bays, and all were raised by Mr.. Rlnehars,
except one. The team weighs about :, 500
pounds, an average Of over 400.
The County Commissioners were not very
busy last Monday. The weather was disagree
able aud the roads muddy, and not many per.
sons came to town. A special pension Of
$500 was allowed Peter A. Biz card. of Wool
ery's district, and George p. Buckley, col
lector of taxes for Union Bridge district, was
allowed for taxes on s., 295, erroneous assess
ment, for the year 1908.
The public sale of personal property season
is drawing to a close. The most Of the sales
have been well attended and prices have been
n T.1-l.,- A Enrgrsah
Ger. sold the stock and farming utensils of
Lewis II. Stocksdale, near Finksburg. Cows
sold from S27 TO $50 caeh heifers, one and
two years old, brought from SIS to 81; old
horses SIC and $40; bacon II aud III cents 8
pound, and sill other articles sold at good
prices.
Last Monday night the residence Of Calvin
Shaffer, Of Rossvile Baltimore county, was
burned: partly Insured Mr.. Shaffer formerly
resided IN this county. and has large circle
of relatives and friends who will regret to hear
of his loss. Mr.. Shafer is juror at Towson
and did not know that his house was burned
antil he returned home on Tuesday. His wife
is partly paralyzed, but her two daughters
succeeded in removing her safely from the
burning building.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
has announced that Mr.. S. Eanes, division
road between Kansas City and Joplin, Mo-,
has been made superintendent of the Western
Maryland Railroad. His resignation with the
Missouri Pacific takes effect April l, AID he
enters on his duties with the Western Mary
land Railroad April Is. Mr.. Ennes is con
sidered one of the best railroad men in the
West. and has been identified with the Mis-
sour aud Pacific nearly all his railroad life.
He is AZ, and has been division superinten-
dent since 1902.
The first rail on the 60-mile connection be-
tween the Western Maryland Railroad, at Big
Pool, Washington county, and the West Vir-
GINA Contra: Railroad, at Cumberland, was
land at Big Pool Thursday afternoon. During
the afternoon a connection was made with the
tracks of the Western Maryland Railroad.
The work of putting down the tracks will
be pushed with large force of men. Three
miles west of Big Pool the first bridge will be
erected across Licking creek. The plan is to
reach that point as quickly as possible, so that
the bridge material can be hauled on cars in
stead of by wagons. Work is going on at all
points seven days in the week.