The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
InCAL RREYITIES.

Lent begins next Wednesday.
The Circuit Court met last Monday and ad
journed for two weeks.
At 10 a. m, yesterday, Friday, the wealth
er bureau sent out the following bulletin
Fair tonight aud Saturday.
Tomorrow is Valentine Day, but it falling
on Sunday the comic and love. laden messages
will have to be sent today.
During the second term of the Westminster
High School ended February Sd, the attend
ance was 402-202 boys and 200 girls.
A. T. Geaity, who opened bakery and
confectionery establishment here last fall, re.
moved this week with his family to Baltimore.
The horse which was ratified off at Hotel
Westminster on "Wednesday was won by l. F.
Williams, of Baltimore. The lucky number
was f 81.
Company Fl, First Regiment, Maryland
National Guard, left Westminster on Monday
evening to join the regiment in Baltimore to
do police duty about the burnt district.
H. B. Hoffaeker, deputy register Of wills.
will occupy the Baughmsn property. Willis
and Centre streets, in tn spring. William
Shriver and family will return 10 their home,
near Avondale.
Crowds Of people of Westminster went TO
Baltimore to see the great FIRE and view the
ruins afterwards. Over 800 went down on
Sunday and Monday. aud they have been
going down on every train since.
John NJ. Roberts. President Of the West
minister Fire Department, who did service st
the Baltimore FIRE, came home Monday quite
sick and is confined to bed. The exposure
caused a serere cold and fever, with high
temperature.
The County Commissioners. like all the
public Offices in Westminster, did not do much
business on Monday. There was too much
excitement over the Baltimore FIRE. The
Commissioners allowed Mary Hawk, of fancy
town district, special pension OF $500.
On Friday Of last week Charles +. Fink,
attorney for Geo. T. Msring. of Uniontowu.
fled suit in the Circuit Court for Washing
ton county against the estate Of the late Judge
Edward Stake for &. 64l, balance claimed
to be due for money received by Judge Stake
for the use of Mr.. Mering.
The only church burned ia Baltimore dur
ing the recent FIRE was the Episcopal Church
ofthe Messiah, Gay aud Fayeite streets. Rev.
Peregrine Wroih. well known in Wes,min-
ster, and a brother of the Misses Wroth, of
Winchester Place, was the rector, place he
had filled for thirty years.
Opinion prevails in Westminster that the
dividends of all the Baltimore banks and trust
companies will either be passed this year or
considerably reduced. As the people of Car
roll have over a million dollars invested in
stocks in Baltimore institutions the news viii
not lie very welcome TO our people
The Baltimore branch Office Of New York
brokerage firm, Of which Dr. FranS T. Shaw
was manager. was located in the burned
Equitable Building. The Office Of the law
firm of Arplegarth, Herman X ReltsnIder
(Cbss T. Reissnider) was burned ia the Bal
timore fire, and the 6rm IS nov located on
East Lexington street.
Jno. Milton Reifsnider. as trustee. sold On
Tuesday farm Of PSI acres near Longsille.
in Taneytown district belonging to The late
Thomas j. Keeser. Mrs. Sarah ). keefer.
the widow, owned l24 lerches Of land adjOia
ing, and she let il be sod with the farm. The
purchasers were Charles W. Shriner. Emma
j. Shriner and Henrietta Shriner, and the
price was s., $50
A chimney OF the house Of Il wis Shiplry.
at Gambler, took FIRE last Monday, and large
sparks we're falling on the roof. His son-iu-
law, J. William Sellers. mounted ladder TO
the roof and Was pouring water on the root,
when the ladder fell, precipitaiing him TO the
ground, causing sprained ankle aud other
injuries, but nothing very severe. de has Ia
use crutches to move about. The excitement
over the Datiulpfc hfc NaA>eN iuNtN AANRS
than usual, hence the accident.
A letter from Mrs. NJ " Kendall. of Balti.
more, formerly OF Westminster. to the An
TocArE. says she is travelling 10 all the places
of interest in Southern California. She spent
FIVE weeks at Elsiuare Hot Springs and has
been entirely cured ofrheumaiism. With which
she had been afflicted The past four years. She
said she expected to receive two copies Of the
ADVOCATE, at her next stopping place, which
has kept her well posted on matters in her
old home"
The FIRST snow Of any consequence this WIN
ter fell on January 2d aud sleighs began run
ming. For FIVE weeks the sleighing was ex-
celleni, very unusual occurrence for this
part of the country. Several winters IN sue
eession pass without sufficient depth OF snow
to afford sleighing. Ii has been about twenty
years since there has been sufficient 10 make
sleighing last as long rs the fall Of January
2d. aud some lighter falls since The warn
weather Of February 9Th caused the snow tc
rapidly disappear. Sleighing was good in the
morning, but the few sleighs in Westminster
had to keep close to the slush ia the cutters to
get out in the afiernoea.