The Democratic advocate., 1905-09-02
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ?, 1905
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

awarded schOlafShlp ln western MaTyiaht
College.
B. f. Shriver Il Co., of this city. received
POT head of cattle last week to be distrib uted
among their farms for fattening.
Some one carried off the entire stock oi
chickens of John Polsler, near Shipley, last
Monday night, nineteen very ine ones.
In August 80 deeds, l5 mortgages and 8
bills of sale were recorded al the Clerk S
office and Is marriage licenses were issued.
The receipts from the boxing contest on
Tuesday night at Albaugh's Casino, for the
benefit of Harry t. Petry, amounted to SIS.
Howard Ruhl, of Walbrook, has been ap
pointed superintendent of the geographical
survey at Sykesville. He is recent graduate
of the Tome Institute.
Mr.. Charles E. Rupert, residing on the
Washington road, presented this office with q
basket of fine eating apples, and Mr.. Harrison
Davis, near Bird Hill, some choice peaches.
Mr.. Frank I. MaBahau, formerly of near
Westminster, is candidate for county com
missioner in Adams county, Pa. subject 10
the decision of the Democratic nominating
convention.
John E. Eckenrode Son, coach builders,
this city, delivered two very fine wagons to
c. C. Lang and Walter Stevens, Baltimore,
on Monday, which were credit TO the build
ers and to Westminster.
The partial eclipse of the sun on Wednes-
day morning was observed by many persons
here, though clouds occasionally obseureJ the
scene. The eclipse began at 5.29 and lasted
nearly two hours
Harry C. Alhaugh has sold his hotel bnsi.
ness, near the railroad, Westminster, to Jonas
Leopold, of Philadelphia. Mr.. Albaugh will
remove 10 Hanover, Pa, where he recently
purchased hotel property.
Next Monday is Labor Day Banks and
public offices will be closed and there will be
no delivery of mail by rural carriers. The
County Commissioners will meet on Tuesday,
and the Orphans Court on Tuesday and Wed
nesday.
At 10 a. M, yesterday. Friday, the wealth
er bureau sent cut the following bulletin
Partly CLOUDY tonight and Saturday. probably
showers Saturday afternoon or night. Ae.
cumulated deficiency in temperature since
January list, A.
fire in an clubhouse on the premises of
Wesley Yingling, on Liberty street, at $40
O'Clock Thursday night, caused fire alarm TO
be sounded, to which the Fire Department
quickly responded. The bucket brigade
extinguished the FIRE.
Miss Katharine Dorsey Warfed, of Lisbon,
Howard county, has purchased the farm OF
200 acres owned by Mrs. Katharine Dorsey
Davis, known as Oak Grove, Two miles south
of Mt Airy, Carroll county, where she will
shortly begin modern improvements.
The sale of the stock and farming utensils
of john NJ. Roberts. on Wednesday, on the
farm at Avondae be recently sold to the b.
F. Shriyer L Co. was not largely attended,
but those present we're nearly all bidders
Good prices were obtained and the sales
totaled $2563. 35.
The Hampstead ball club defeated the Man.
chester club last Saturday by a score Of % TO
II. On Monday the New Windsor club went
to Liberty and was defeated by The home club
by score of % TO II. These scores are
something like those of thirty years ago, when
clubs did not think they playing good
ball if they did not pile up 20 TO 30 runs
Mr.. William Henry Haines Of Jordans
Retreat, New Windsor district, from one po.
taiO about the size of hen egg, given TO hlrn
by a neghbor. raised 20l pounds. He says
the lima bean crop Of his ueighborhOod was 8
failure this year, and the potato crop much
below that of last year, bat the corn crop will
be very large. The Democrats, he saws, are
all right for the ticket and the amendment.
The leather firm Of Cover & Drayiou. Of
Winchester, Chicago aud Philadelphia, which
is 10 become a part of the United States
Leather Company, will be reorganized and
Incorporated under the name of the Cover
Cover, Sr., head of the old firm, and formerly
of this county, will be general superintendent
Of the four tanneries located at Narrows, Va
Lost City, Capon Bridge and Mooreheld, w.
Va, together with others 10 be acquired. aud
that Loring A. Cover will be An assistant.
Last Monday and Tuesday were busy days
at the canning factories OF b. F. Shriver L
Co. and Smith. Yiugling / Co., this city.
On Tuesday the first firm received $50 toas of
corn. aud at p. m. there were AZ wagons
waiting to unload Some Of the men let their
wagons stay all night and took their horses
home. Smith, Yingling L Co. on Monday
received 1870 tons and on Tuesday lI5 tons Of
corn here, and at their Hampstead factory on
Monday and Tuesday about $50 tons of corn.
All the factories are running from l6 to Is
hours daily
At the close of business on August %. the
national. savings and other banking institutions
Of Carroll county had on deposit the following
amounts:
Union National. Westminster S263, $40. 02
First National Mestmluster........ 290, 960. OF
Ears & Mechanics Westminster. 155. 20S. 80
Westminster Savings BAnk.......... 49,. S65. so
Westminster Deposit d Trust Co.. $40, SS4. 81
First National, New Windsor. so, 47S. -
Manchester rBank..............-......2 2O4, 45l. II
Hampstead Bank lS3.341.5l
Sykesyille ~, 333. II
Union Bridge Bank...............-... 264.572. u
The managers of the Hanover Fair are pre-.
pairing for big exhibition from September
ll.l5 II is believed large field of good
horses will be present. ensuring good races for
the liberal purses offered. Fine free atirnc-
tions have been engaged, all the performers
among the best in their lines. The Camara
Sisters are acrobais of the highest European
reputation. making the first season in this
country; May Leon and her trick dog aud
rooster will surely please the ladies and chill
dren NJ lie Dar performs many aerial novel
ties; and George and Harrington are at the
head of the list as comedy bar actors. The
premium list is liberal. and exhibits are in
vited from all parts of this section.
Rev. A. Norman Ward, formerly pastor of
Christ and also Mount Royal Avenue Meth
odist Protestant Churches Baltimore, and
now pastor of North Carolina Avenue Church,
in Washington, D. c., has decided to accept
call to the Methodist Protestant Church at
Seattle. Washington State. Rev. Mr.. Ward
will leave for his new charge within the next
two months, just soon President 4. T.
Little, of the Maryland Annual Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church. makes ar
rangements to fill the vacant pulpit until the
next session of the Conference. Rev. Mr..
Ward is graduate of Western Maryland Col
lege, and also of the Westminster Theo-
Annual Conference about 10 years ago. The
church at Seattle has been vacant since last
spring, owing to the fact that its minister left
TO practice law. This clergyman was Rev. T.
p ReVeIe, OF Somerset county this state,
and he was at one time member of The Mary
land Conference. Rev. Mr.. Ward is from
Hartford county, aud is considered one of the
brightest young men in the Conference.
Boxing.
The big boxing contest given for the bene
fl of Harry Petra. August 10Th. was well
patronized.
Young Ssto met and defeated two men.
The first was young Dorsey, who lasted three
rounds The second was the game Roy
Young. who was defeated by Sisto in .
rounds, by soler plexus blow.
Mr.. Sisto is willing to give Doc Ward
another trial, as he understands that while he
(SisIo) was boxing in the South, Doc Ward
was then willing to meet him.
Now that young Sisto is in Westminster he
would like to hear from Ward, as he has de-
layed his bout with young Hart, the feather
weight champion of the South, in order to
ytv NJ Ward anathar ohaneo