The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-08-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Dog days ended on Tuesday, August 81.


The canning factories of this city are running
on full time and some times until late into the
night.
David Banner, OF Avondale, is pitching
ball for the Glyndon base bali club this season
and is doing good work.
special pension of $40 was granted tc
Mrs. Charles Christ, of district No. Z, on
Monday by the County Commissioners.
The bailiff of this city has number of men
making hay on the streets and alleys. They
had quite large yield on Center street.
Emanuel Haines has sold the Shearer prop
erty, Shearer's mill, which he purchased re-
Gently, to Mr.. Folk, of near Long Corner.
DIR. Charles R. Foutz, health commissioner
of Carroll county, will visit Sykesville next
week to investigate the health conditions OF
that place.
Next Thursday tournament will be held
near FranklinvilIe. in Rufus Flickinger' s
grove. A mule race and other amusements
are added to make it a grand success.
Mr.. Charles Baumgartner. who was taken
to the Maryland University Hospital, Balti
more, about two weeks ago to be operated on
for appendicitis, returned to this city on last
Friday cured.
Mr.. James d. Mitchell, photographer, of this
city, has received an order from the MARYLAND
Agriculture College for photographs of the
various departments of the B. f. Shriver Co.'S
canning factory while in operation.
George f. Dorsey, Jr., of near Woodbine,
was awarded the contract for the mason work
on the bridge over Pine Run creek, near
Sykesville, by the County Commissioners on
Monday. His bid was the lowest, 1916.
Miss Jessie M. Hahn, of Medford. sold at
public sale on Tuesday last her home in the
above place to Mr.. Jesse Bale for 1886, and
also her personal property. Miss Hahn will
move to Philadelphia in the near future.
A very instructive catalogue is gotten out
by the Kee Mar College, at Hagerstown. The
book contains some very interesting reading
about the different departments and also con
tains great many illustrations of the buildings
and grounds.
A patch of millet. one. quarter acre in size,
on the farm of James Martin, in Bachman's
Valley, near Melrose, stands six feet four
inches in height and is not yet full grown.
This is considered by farmers 10 he the best
ever raised in this section.
Z. G. Sterner, of Harvey, came near hav
ing an ugly fire on Friday of last week The
chimney caught fire and burnt so fiercely that
it came through the chimney and set fire to
the roof, but by party of people tearing
away shingles on the roofthe house was saved.
A colored man about 35 years of age,
known as No. 103 of the employees of John
Robinson's circus, was found dead on the
track of the w. M. railroad, about one mile
east of Spring Grove, shortly after six O'Clock
last Thursday morning by track walker Kess.
Ter, of Nashville.
On last Monday night chicken thieves WIS.,
tied the hennery of Mrs. Josephine Bush, OF
Sandyvlle, and relieved her of Is of her finest
fowls. This is the third time in the last few
months that chickens have been stolen from
her. The thieves on their next visit will re.
ceive dose of lead.
The trouble on the Baltimore and Harris
burg Division of the Western MARYLAND Rail.
road between the engineers and firemen and
the railroad company has been adjusted. Fiji.
teen engineers and iremen quit work for
higher wages. The railroad company, it is
stated, has agreed to pay the engineers $3.3
per day and the firemen $l.85. The Engi-
neers were getting q and the fremen 81. %.
Henry Arnst, a laborer, living near West.
minister, was found lying by the railroad tracks
near Green Spring Junction, on the Western
Maryland railroad. Sunday afternoon in an
unconscious condition. He was picked up by
the crew of one of the trains, taken to Balti
more and removed to the Maryland General
Hospital. He is said to be suffering from a
stroke of apoplexy, and to be in a serious
condition.
Suit was brought in the Court of Common
Pleas Saturday against the Western Maryland
Railroad Company by Mr.. Malcolm c. Hold
en-, through Attorney William Cotton, for
Sc, 900 damages. The plaintiff alleges that
he was put off train at New Windsor on
August 2. He was compelled to spend several
hours in heavy downpour of rain, he com
plains, and returned to Baltimore few hours
later suffering from the exposure.
A number of our citizens who take the early
train on the w. M. r. R. TO Baltimore, had
quite an exciting experience one day last
week. Near St. Georges station, while the
train was running at n high rate of speed, the
front truck of the coach they were riding in
caught in the switch points of IL siding. turning
the truck crossways on the track, and was
dragged in that position about GO yards. Some
jumped, while others rushed out to get off as
the train was stopped.
Elias G., George Alfred and Lloyd B.
Shipley, trustees of the late Grove A: Ship
lev. sold the following five tracts of land al
Gambler at public sale last Saturday: LIST, 34
acres, improved with a dwelling. to Albert +.
Criswell for $625; Ind, 2acres. improved with
a dwelling, to ex Judge Calvin Jordan for
1927; 3rd, acre, improved with dwelling.
to r.. Wesley Barnes for $3.50; 4th. a house
and lot TO Nicholas Benson for 1925, and a
house and lot to Clinton Sireaker for 1865.
James W. Branzell proprietor of the First
National Restaurant, East Main street, swore
out warrant for the arrest of young man
living near Westminster recently, for trying
TO buy liquor when a minor, and who persisted
that he was of age and was going TO have it il
he had to fight for it, He had a hearing be-
fore Police Justice Edwin W. Shriver on
Tuesday and was fined S.. 90 and costs. This
should be warning to all minors who have
been practicing the same on others. The
saloonkeepers are getting desperate and are
going TO prosecute all minors hereafter.
AS the result of injuries sustained by being
run over by his buggy while endeavoring to
extract a stone which had become lodged in
the frog of the hoof of the right foreleg of-his
horse, Rev. Thos. Wood, aged 62 years,
pastor in charge of the Great Falls Circuit of
the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Confer.
ence, died Sunday morning shortly after l
o'clock. DIR. Wood had left his home, on the
Hartford pike, shortly after 9 O'Clock to drive
to the Methodist Episcopal church at Carney,
and had proceeded but short distance when
the accident which resulted in his death oc-
Cured. Rev. Mr.. Wood is we'll known in
this city aud county.
The State Geological Survey that is being
made in this state is still progressing slowly.
Mr.. ]. s. B. Daingerfeld, of Washington. has
charge of this section. He is assisted ny
Messrs. Ross Sutton, G. s. Buckley and M.
C. Lewis. This party is now mapping the
quadrangle which includes Laurel. 1t covers
an area of about 225 square miles. lmmedi'
ately upon The completion of this work they
will proceed to Rockville aud map an area OF
equal extent that lies between Rockville and
Mount Airy. The maps resulting from these
surveys will be engraved and published in due
time by the Federal survey. Later, when
geologic studies of the region have been com
pleted, the State survey will publish them IN
atlas form by counties.
A rear end collision of two westbound
freight trains on the Western Maryland II. II.
occurred Thursday night about l1.3O o'clock
between Smithsburg and Edgemont. Engi..
neer Roy X. Stouffer, of Hagerstown, and
Fireman w. C. Clapp, Of Baltimore. were
slightly injured. Both jumped to save their
lives. Engineer Siouffer landed on pile OF
timber and nail caused bad puncture IN
his foot. Fireman Clapp was hurt about the
head and face and one ankle was sprained.
The caboose of the front train was almost
demolished. Two steel cars were wrecked
and several others damaged. Engine oos;