The Democratic advocate., 1906-12-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
.0CaI BREVITIES,

continuous rain pre- vailed all day on
Monday last, making it very disagreeable.
The Walter II. Davis Co., W. Main street,
Los ;mnroyed its show windows by fresh coat
of E naint. Chas. E. Bowers did the painting.
The Messrs. Classen, of Taneytown, have
the contract for the plastering of Mr.. Harry
n Harbaugh's new residence.
Daniel Eckard, who purchased the Jacob
~ Holmes property on the Ridge road, one
mile from this city, moved on it last week.
Rev. II. C. Rider read very interesting
,aner. entitled "a Literary Study of the BIZ
ber before the Country Club on Monday
night.
Frank T. Shaeffer, plumber, West Main
street. lust completed putting a hot water
nIant in the new residence recently built by
ex. County Commissioner John Stem. of Win
field.
Mayor Gilbert is improving the property he
rocently purchased from the Krouse estate, on
Gorsuch road, with a new dwelling and neces-
sary outbuildngs. Harry Ditman is the con.
tractor.
William H. Buckingham, near this city,
killed on Monday last the champion hog of
the county. 1t weighed $50 pounds. He also
slaughtered three others that weighed 442,
354 and 800, Il total of l746.
Mr.. George K. Folk sold his farm, near
Genpan's store, about 2 miles west of Merose,
which contains 33 acres of land and improved
with all necessary buildings, to Mr.. Jas. Ii.
James for the sum of $50.
The ADVOCATE received this week very
handsome calendar from the Union National
Bank, and also one from Irwin N. Megargee
& Co., dealers in paper, Philadelphia, Pa;
also one from Wm. N. Keefer, this city
Levi H. Myers and Amos A. Smelser, trus-
ices. sold at public sale on Saturday last the
farm owned by the late Josephus Bankert,
near Stonersville, to Levi H. Myers at $42
per acre Ivan L. Hoff was the attorney.
The regular fast mail train over the Western
MARYLAND Railroad did not reach this city on
Sunday night until 11.30 o'clock. A train
was made up at Union Bridge and resumed
its run, and was hours and 25 minutes late
also.
Mr.. Harry K Oursler, proprietor of the
Eastern Hotel, butchered on Monday two
hogs that weighed 525 pounds each. These
were the champion hogs of this city. Mr.
Samuel Yingling also killed two nice ones
473 and 519.
The Pleasant Hill Baltimore County,
Mechanics attended services Sunday morning
at St. Paus Lutheran Church, at Arcadia.
A special sermon was preached by the pastor,
Rev. J. R. Derr.
Thomas K. Shaw, druggist, w. Main street,
is having all new fixtures placed in his up.to
date pharmacy. After Mr.. Shaw has com
peted the improvements he has under way he
will have one of the finest fitted out pharma.
cies in the State.
Helen, aged 10 months, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Sheeler. of Shippensburg,
Pa, died on December IA, at the above place.
The remains were brought to this city on
Monday and inferred in st. Johns Cemetery.
F. A. Sharrer had charge of the funeral.
Richard Martin, 8-yearold son of Mr.. Eli
Martin, of near Hampstead, fell from loft
over the wagon shed recently while hunting
eggs, and broke both his arms. The fractures
are Just above the wrists. He was also severe
y cut above the right eye. DIR. i. M. Bush
attended the patient.
The red glare seen in the sky on Friday
night by a number of people of this city was
the burning of the large barn on the farm of
Simon j. Kemp, which adjoins the Emory
Grove camp grounds, one mile from Gyndon.
Four horses and ID lot of grain and farming
implements were consumed by the flames.
The Junior Fire Company of Frederick at a
meeting on Monday night decided to buy a
new engine, at a cost of 81 200. The com
pany's present engine has been in service 30
years, having been bought in 1876. During
the firemen's convention in this city in June,
1899, the company gave an exhibition with it
on the Park.
Salem Lodge No. 60, l. o. o. F., of this
city. has elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: N. G., VIM. Weagley; V. G.,
Ed L. Houck; R. Sec, VIM. Ii. Gardner;
F. Sec. w. L. Brown; Treas, James D.
Mitchell; Chap, WIN. FL. Grammer; marshal,
K. d. Bowersox; Rep. to g. Lodge, l.. +.
Wimert; janitor, Jno. Bernstein; trustees,
Jno. J. Reese, VIM. H. McCollum. W. l..
Brown, John Bernstein, Geo. A. Zahn.
On Christmas morning the worship of St.
Paul's Reformed Church will be at half past
six O'Clock The service will consist of the
Scriptural account of our Saviours birth, in
terspersed with the chanting of the Benedic
tus, the Aununci ,tio -Augeli and the Nunce
Dimittis. Mozarts Gloria and Handel's Hal
leiuiah Chorus will be sung with fall orches
tral accompaniment. The Sunday school
service will be held in the evening at half past
six O'Clock.
The Maryland Inter Collegiate Association,
made up of football teams from the several
Maryland colleges. including ST. Johns.
Maryland Agricultural, Western Maryland
and others, held its annual meeting at the
Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, Saturday last, at
which the team having the best percentage
for the season W is officially presented with a
handsome banner given by the association.
Maryland Agricultural, which has made the
best showing of any team in the league, was
awarded the prize for the largest number OF
wins; Western Maryland was second, and st.
Johns third Judge James A. Fechtig is
president of the association; Clarence W..
n nJ Nal
retary.
Chief of Detectives Charles White returned
to York Tuesday last with the team stolen
from Samuel Floyd, of York Township, while
the latter was in York. on Thursday after.
noon of last week. Part of the team was
located in this city, and part in Manchester
Borough, where it had been disposed of by
Chester Cooper, who is lodged in the county
Jail charged with the larceny of the team.
Alderman Aughenbaugh held Cooper under
$1,5OO bail to await the action of the January
grand jury. Cooper has just been released
from serving q five. year term IN the Eastern
Penitentiary. Twenty three months OF his
term were taken off for good behavior. II
convicted at the next term OF court he VIII
have to serve out the % months before his
new term will begin.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Ameri'
can from Middletown, N. T.. December Ia,
saws: "Charles Mason, alias AL Carter, alias
All. Rainey. colored, believed to be the mur,
derer of Thomas NJ. Rinehart, contractor at
Dorseys Run, Howard county, Md, on April
last, was arrested at Otisvile, eight miles
from here, this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Seybolt and lodged in the county jail at
Goshen. The man had been working as a
drill runner at the new Erie tunnel. A pal
called ''The Monk" was arrested at Otisylle
two months ago. The two escaped from
Dorseys Run after the murder of Rirehart.
A reward of 81 ,O50 was offered for the capture
of Mason. He was taken off his guard when
arrested, but made desperate attempt to
escape from Seybolt while on the way to jail.
He was recaptured after a struggle. This is
about the 20th time it has been reported that
Carter was captured, but it always turned out
to be someone else.
The managers of Springfield State Hospital,
at Sykesville, met last Saturday in their city
offices, in the Maryland Telephone building.