The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-02-25

Last Tuesday Edward Key. colored boy
of New Windsor, while shooting crows, the
gun bursted and severely injured his left hand.
Mr.. Herman n. Dinst, ofthis city, on We'd
nesday, while sleighing, was upset and his left
collarbone was broken. DR.. Wells reduced
| the fracture.
Do not forget the meeting at Frizelburg
this Saturday afternoon. Several persons
from the Maryland Agricultural College and
others will be present.
Judge Thomas and Messrs VIM. ID. Lowell
and I. JEFF. Gum, deputy clerks. were in
Baltimore this week to testify in the Naturali.
cation cases before the United States Court.
Messrs. James A. c. Bond and Elias B.
Arnold, as assgnees, last Saturday sold the
farm Of the late Charles w. Arnold, Sr.. con.
tanning rs acres, roods and perches near
Bird Hill, to Ex-Judge Bond for $3,5Sl47.
The Union League of Baltimore expect TO
have 300 men in the Roosevelt inaugural
parade on March 4th. Collector William F.
Stone has been chosen chief marshal, and
among the aids he has appointed is George
L. Sharrer, of Westminster
The passenger department of the Western
Maryland Railroad announces that, beginning
February y, the mail train leaving Baltimore
at g. 10 a. m. daily, except Sunday, and now
running as far as Cherry Run, will be con-
tinued on to Hancock, Nd, arriving at that
point at LILO p. m.
Mr.. Harvey Westaway, formerly of near
Patapsco, but now cashier of The Chafonte,
Atlantic City, N. j., sends us a handsome
Photographic booklet of the hotel. The pho
tograph are of the outside and inside-show-
ing the various Misunderstanding rooms,
library, exchange, parors, &c.
One morning last week the milk train from
Mount Airy for Baltimore stopped at Gathers
to take water. A quantity ofthe wafer splashed
out of the penstock to the rails and locomotive
wheels The water froze where it fell, and
soon the wheels and rails were fast together,
causing a delay of nearly two hours before
help arrived.
Maggie, wife of Edward Mcpherson, of
Hagerstown, Nd, died February % at the
State Hospital for the Insane, at Sykesville,
aged 81 years. She was in perfect health up
to the time her son, Roy Mcpherson, was
convicted in Hagerstown of robbing d. R.
Cummings store and sent to the penitentiary.
The shock of this unbalanced her mind.
The eldest son, about years DID, of Bradley
Owings, residing on the Washington road,
about 3 miles from this city, met with serious
accident while at his grandmother's. Mrs:
Nelson's on Wednesday evening. lie had
three fingers on his left hand cut entirely of
by another small boy while cutting wood.
The fingers have not been found. DIR. Wells
dressed the wound.
John Ramsburg aged SO years, committed
suicide February 81 by hanging himself from
the rafter of a barn on the farm of George
Hanky, near Creagerstown, in Frederick
county, while visiting his brother-in-law, VIM.
G. Kolb. Mr.. Ramsburg was an employe OF
Mr. Frank NJ. Stevens. formerly of this city,
i. al al, Ia
Creagerstown with n load of furniture when
he moved there.
Last Tuesday evening dance was given at
Firemen's Hall, this city, which was largely
attended by citizens and out-of-town guests.
The patronesses were Mesdames George NJ.
Parke, John L. Reifsnider, Joseph T. Herring,
William H. Thomas, John Milton Reifsnider,
James A. c. Bond, Thomas j. Coonan, VIM.
B. Thomas, Charles f. Stewart, f. Oliver
Grimes, Jr, Edgar Z. Thompson, John Rob
erts, John l.. Reifsnider, Jr., Guy w. Steele
and Fred. d. Miller.
The store of Mr.. VIM. l.. Corbin, near the
Albion Hotel, this city, was robbed last Sat
urday night by breaking the G ass i'll the rear
door and lifting the bar that fastened the door
The thief filled about II dozen bottles with
whiskey On Sunday night one of Mr.. Cor
bins sons was on watch in the store, and
about y O'Clock the young man heard some
one trying the same door. Under the excite
ment he fired three times, and the thief de- |
parted without gaining entrance TO the store.
The anniversary entertainment by the Phi |
Iomathean and Irving Literary Societies Of the |
Western Maryland College was held in the
Alumni Hall on Washington birthday, Feb. |
81, at 500 p. ~, before a very large and en-
hlsiasric audience. The entertainment con
sisted of addresses banjo solos, rantomime
lrill, quartet, and farce For Love Or
Money" The entertainment surpassed all of |
he previous ones. The performers did credit
o themselves, and was far above the amateur
lass. The First Regiment Band furnished
,ome select music.