The Democratic advocate., 1904-04-30
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.

office the mercury registered 80 degrees in the
sun.
Matthews 4 Myers are paperng the Central
Hotel, this city. Other needed improvements
are also being made.
Al 10 a. M, yesterday, Friday, the wealth
er bureau sent out the following bulletin:-
Fair; warmer tonight; Saturday fair.
The election for Mayor and Common Coun-
ell of Westminster will take place on Monday
between the hours of u noon and p. IN.
The building of the Westminster Hardware
Company and the harness store of c. Irving
Lindsay have been improved by new coats OF
paint.
j. Brooke Fink, son of Charles (. Fink,
Esq, has been appointed stenographer in the
legal department of the Fidelity and Deposit
Company, Baltimore.
The ball team of Western Maryland College
was defeated at Frederick last SATURDAY. by
the club of the Maryland School for the Deaf.
The score was S to l.
A gentleman who has driven all over New
Windsor and Unioutown districts lately, says
the finest field of wheat he has seen is on the
farm of James NJ. Shellman, near Uniontown.
Many inquiries are being received at this
office in regard 10 Mr.. Peter Barnes. OF Texas,
and Mr.. VIM. Gist. Of Florida. Write some
thing, so as 10 lei your friends know that both
of yOn are in 'the land of the living.
John r. Martin, clerk in the freigh, de-
partmeat of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Office. Baltimore, formerly Gf Westminster,
made application in the United States Court
on Monday (or the benefit of the bankrupt
law. He owes S2.4Gl.50, and has no assets.
The commissions for justices Of the peace
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commissioners and others were received by
the Clerk of the Circuit Court on Thursday.
Appo'ntees must take out their commissions
in thirty DAYS or their places will be deemed
vacant.
Ethel. aged years, daughter Of John
Rhodes, of Rachman Valley, fell from board
walk on "Wednesday and sustained serious in
Jury TO her left arm. which was fractured be.
tween The elbow and the shoulder and a fract
ure al the elbow. d. w. ID. Wells is attend
ing her.
On Monday last Elias o. Grimes and Chas
l.. Thomson, administrators of the late Jacob
Thomson, sold the dwelling and livery stable
of the deceased. iu Westminster. to Walter
II. Davis. for S., 600. and lot aud a small
stable to Thomas Er5, for $751; This was all
leasehold property.
The festival for the benefit OF the Westmin.
ster Fire Department opens At the FIremen' 5
Building next Wednesday evening, May 4,
and continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings. On Wednesday evening there will
be parade of the Firemen, Company II and
the First Regiment Band.
Sheriff William H. Wilson sold last Satur.
,lay, under wriis of 6eri faeias. at the suit OF
the Union Bridge Banking Company, the
property Of Harry L. Stem and wife, TO G.
Meade Patterson, of Frederick county, for
800. subject 10 mortgages. The property
consisted of 81 acres Of land near Union
Bridge, aud house and lot in the town.
Daniel G. Shivers and wife. Of Union
Bridge, through their counsel, Charles Z.
Fink. have Instituted suit in the Circuit Court
for Carroll against the Western Maryland
Railway Company. claiming SIS. eco damages
for injuries received in ap accident TO the
Fast Mail on Sunday afternoon, January 3D.,
last, between Edgemont and the Blue Noun
tain House.
II Is said that a ll.known farmer Of Free
dom district was in Sykesville last week, aud
was anxious TO have magistrate issue
search warrant for his wheat. which was sowed
last fall He had made close examination
himself, but was unable 10 see any growing,
and thought that If he secured an official
paper. with the assistance Of his neighbors. he
might be able to see It growing.
The agricultural exhibit Of Maryland at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition al St. Louis
Is now displayed in the Agricultural Palace.
occupying space 20 by 30 feet. Among the
contributors TO the exhibit are George W.
AIbaugh, Westminster, homiuy: John T. Cas-
sell, Westminster. corn; David Englar, Jr..
Medford, rye; Judge l.. p. Siinglutf aud I. C.
Slingluff. New Windsor, corn; George II.
Waltz, LinwoOd, hominy. William l.. Amoss.
of the Department of Farmers Institutes, is
in charge of the exhibit.
A number Of persons gathered at Bixler's
United Brethren Church, Bachman Valley.
last Monday, and degan dismantlng the old
church preparatory to the erection OF n new
edifce. Valentine Menehey, of Manchester,
is The contractor for the building. The new
church will be of brick, with an annex for
Sunday school purposes; both audi.oriums
will be so arranged that they can be trans.
formed into one large chamber. The cost of
the new church will be between $1,000 and
$1,000. and it will be completed about Sep
tember lst
Bayliss Bower, colored. Of Philadelphia,
was in Westminster, his former home. this
week. Bayliss was n good citizen and highly
respected in Westminster. About twelve
wears ago he went to Philadelphia. and BY his
upright conduct has commanded the same re
spect there as he enjoyed here. He is in the
lunch business, has four men running carts
for him, and is prospering. The past year he
has invested over S400 of his savings in West.
minister. Bayiss is an example of the colOred
man. who is respectful and upright and who
can command respect and succeed.
The buildings owned and occupied by VIM.
Diehl, Familiarity known as Bud Diehl, at
Newport, in Frederick county, a short dis
tsnce from the Carroll county line, except a
small blacksmith shop, were destroyed by FIRE
on Friday night of last week Mr.. Diehl is q
farmer and also carried on a coach repair
shop, which was burned, with his dwelling
house, barn and number of small outbuild-
incs. The dwelling was two-story stone
house. with a frame back building. All the
contents of the buildings we're destroyed, and
a horse, COW and 10 shoats perished in the
flames. The loss is 81, 500, with an insurance
of 81, 500.
Companies + and G, Second Battalion,
United States Engineering Corps, marched
through Westminster on Monday en- route TO
Mount Gretna. Pa. The companies numbered
1870 men, commanded by Captain Mclndoe.
They camped for the night in the meadow of
B. +. Shrfver & Co., at Union Mills. The
march on Monday was from Porter's cross
roads to Union Mills, distance of 20 miles.
The companies were composed generally of
young men. strong and healthy looking. A
provisional squadron of the Fifteenth Cavalry.
in command of Capt. II. r. Hickok, also
passed through this city Thursday en- route to
Mt Gretna.
The exhibit of the students of the Westmin
ster High School and the Department OF
Manual Training, open TO the public on Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday, was very
creditable 10 Prof Everett A. Hidey, the IN
structor in manual work, and to the teachers
of the High School, Prof George F. More
lock. principal In the manual training ex-
hibit the york displayed showed the various
stems in the work, from pasteboard designs to
the construction of bookcases and wriliHg
desks. Basket work was an interesting feature
of the exhibit and the work in typography
was also interesting. The exhibit Of free hand
drawing and map work by the students in the
High School was creditable, and some OF the
work showed considerable talent
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