The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-07-15
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1905.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREYITEES.

gIn next week.
The first roasting ears of the season in thi
section were raised by Mrs. Fred. ID. Miller
of Westminster, in her garden, She gathered
some on July 4.
Mr.. James Sentz, aged 20 years. residing
near Warfeldsburg, last Sunday fell down |
stairway aud broke his left leg near the ankle
DIR. Coonan reduced The fracture.
Fourteen freight cars were derailed Satur
day night on the main line of the Baltimore 4
Ohio Railroad near Marriotsville. Ii il
stated the accident was due TO a broken tiange
Arthur Rowland, member of the class o
1905, Male High School, Hagerstowu, hai
been awarded a scholarship by the Board o.
School Commissioners 10 Western Maryland
College.
DIR. John Z. Bolte, of HarrisonviIle, for
merly of Hampstead district, was unanimously
nominated for Register of Wills by the Dem
ocratic convention of Baltimore county las
Tuesday.
Justice G. W. Crapsier on Tuesday com
mitted Martin Grenadine. sou of the late
Martin Grenadine, of Westminster, TO 81
Mary's Industrial School, as incorrigible.
Mr.. John l.. Reifsnider, President of the
First National Bank OF Westminster, aud q
retired merchant and capitalist. is seriously
III at his residence. Terrace Hill, this city
though reported somewhat improved yester
day.
Interest in the approaching Democratic
primaries seems TO centre chiefly in the sher
ifalty Joseph l.. franklin, Elias n. Dsvi:
and John T. Lynch, OF Westminster, and
Oscar NJ Spurrier, of SIT. Airy, are among
the asPirants.
A boxing contest will take place at Al
baughis Casino, this city, on Tuesday evening
next at {. 80 o'clock, between Doc. Ward, Of
Carrollton, and Young Sisto, of New York.
The contest is To be ten rounds. There will
be several local bouts also.
Mary Brown Hughes, aged about ! / months,
died Monday at Alieuhurst, New Jersey,
where her parents are spending the summer.
The child was a daughter OF May Brown
and Gordon I. Hughes, Of New York, and a
granddaughter Of ex- Governor Frank Brown.
Capt. p II. Irwin. OF Westminster, who has
been a member of the engineer corps OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company for
nearly twenty five years, has been appointed
consulting engineer, 10 succeed David Lee,
deceased. He has been assistant chief engi.
neer for some years.
Taueytown Lodge, K Of P. celebrated their
anniversary last Tuesday night. Grand Chan.
eellor Reno s. Harp was the chief speaker OF
the evening. Short addresses were made by
members Of the home lodge and visiting mem
beers from Westminster, Frederick and Union
Bridge. After which banquet followed.
An attempt was made to wreck the en-Mar
train last Sunday evening, near Gettysburg.
By placing a railroad tie on the track and
tying it TO the rails The train was returning
10 Baltimore, and was going by way OF Getiys-
burg. Fortunately freight train had pre-.
ceded il few minutes previously aud removed
tt,e obstruction.
Howard Day, q young man from Pennsyl.
vania. who is visiting his uncle, Harry Bevard.
near Sykesville, met with serious accident
last Monday afternoon while in the harvest
field He fell under mower, having wrist
cut, two small bones broken and an artery
severed. Drs. Norris and Sprecher rendered
medical attention.
President Roosevelt has appointed ID. w.
Baker, of Washington. United States District
Attorney for the District Of Columbia Mr..
Baker was born al New Windsor on October
4. 1867. and is son of the late Andrew Baker,
who founded Calvert College. at New Windsor.
aud later was a professor 1T Mount st. Nary
College, at Emmilsburg.
Mr.. Charles E. Fink, senior attorney for
Mrs Maud Z. Shivers, Of Union Bridge, re
ceived check yesterday from the Western
MarNlhtQ EA1liledu 1OuiRAul ttt RANsN~A-N-s
the amount Of damages aud cost in her suit
against that corporation, for Injuries received
in an accident on the railroad near the Blue
Mountain House in January, 1904.
Frank Rabensiine, w. NJ. r. r. brake.
man, was struck BY an overhead bridge near
Emory Grove about ii p. IN. Sunday, while
riding on top of a box car. which resulted in
his scalp being cut about four inches across
the back OF the head. The young man Was
taken TO Hanover where he received medical
treatment. Mr.. Rabenstine resides at Por-
ter's.
Theodore Nicodemus, the 5 year-old son Of
Clinton W. NieodemHs, well-known farmer
of Unionville, Frederick county, was acci.
dentally shot IN the side. on Tuesday with q
rife in the hands Of bis brother, aged l years.
and so badly injured that he died. The boys
had been earelessly handling the rifle, and
while II was in the hands Of the older one Il
was accidentally discharged, the load taking
effect in the side of the unfortunate lad.
A local storm south OF Westminster did
some damage hast Saturday afternoon. Gu
the farm of g. Alfred Shipley, near Fenby, q
large barraek was blown down and heavy
silo moved from its foundation. Other dam.
age was chiefly to the growing corn in the
path of the storm, which was blown down by
the wind and beaten by rain. Some trees
were uprooted aud shocks Of outstanding
wheat were torn apart and the sheaTes scat
tered.
While driving with her brother, Joshua. and
her cousin, Mrs. William Gist Warner, of Bal.
timore. on Friday evening of last week, the
horse of Miss Mollie Gisi, in passing wagon
on the Washington turnpike, near the Hook
road started 10 run. Mrs. Warner becoming
frightened Jumped from the vehicle aud was
II. L. tar.Iw
Miss Gist and her brother held firmly to the
lines and finally succeeded in stopping the
animal near the blacksmith shop of VIM. ID.
Butler.
William Speake. of Hagerstown. freight
brakeman on the Western Maryland railroad,
was killed about quarter of n mile west OF
New Windsor on Saturday afternoon last.
He was sitting in the doorway OF a box ear IN
a west bound freight train, with his legs hang
ing down, and was caught by an iron bridge
and dragged out. His legs were broken, ribs
crushed and skull fractured. The train was
stopped, the body placed aboard and taken TO
Union Bridge, where it was prepared for
burial by undertaken Shriner. He leaves a
widow and two children.
Wilson l.. Grouse was reappointed tax col
Iector for Middleburg district by the County
Commissioners at their session this week, and
his bona appfOFeu. DiuS luE the cfcCtoh va
an iron bridge over Pipe Greek, near Marker s
Mill, we're opened and the contract awarded
to the York Bridge Company at $l684.OO for
subway and superstructure. The same COM
pamy was awarded a contract for bridge over
the East Branch of the Patapseo, at Shiloh,
at $3.50. The report Of the examiners on the
road petitioned for by Jacob Sharrer and
others was ratified. A number of bills were
passed and ordered paid.
Mrs. Charles f. Bowyers, of Smallwood,
fell down stairway last Wednesday and
broke rib on her right side. She is now
suffering from pleurisy. DIR. Wells is attend
ing her. On July 4 Miss Leila Kittle was
married to Mr.. Charles F. Bowyers, of Nor
ganstown, West Virginia, by her father, Rev.
John A. Kittle, pastor Of Deer Park M. +.
Church. Mr.. Bowyers was graduated from
the West Virginia University, at its recent
commencement, with the degree of B. s., M.
E. Mr. and Mrs. Bowyers will make their
future home at Pitisburg Pa, where Mr..
Bowyers is employed in the Westinghouse
Works.