The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-08

Several horses have run off this week wit
, sleigh attached to them but no serious dam
7 age was done.
Let everyone having a sale advertise it i
the ADVOCATE, which has the largest circula
:; ton of any paper in the county.
William Curry, butcher, of Medford. cleo
: trifed the people around Pine Hill by KILN
and dressing beef in minutes and 40 sec
onds.
During the snow storm ON Monday nigh
the 5.O7 p. 10. express train struck hors
and buggy at Logs station, killing the hors
and demolishing the buggy.
The Westminster Fire Company on We'd
nesday night ordered white gum coat for it
chief, Mr.. Frank 7. Shaeffer. This is t.
designate him from the other officers
Police Justice Edwin W. Shriver's cour
opened on Monday with fighting case from
Union Bridge After hearing the evidenc,
in the case, he held the guilty one for court
w. Frank Thomas, real estate agent, re
ports Joseph O'Farrell, of Pennsylvania, a!
having bought the farm owned by DR.. W. J
Selby, near this city. The price paid wa
$4,000.
The Westminster Fire Company on Wed
nesday night accepted the invitation rendered
them by the Annapolis Fire Companies to at
tend the State Firemen's Convention to be
held here in June.
Sleighing is very fine everywhere and peo-
pie of our county are making use of it. There
are sleighing parties every night. and the chill
dren are making use of it, too, by jumping on
sleighs.
The Second Regiment Band, X. of p, OF
Hanover, Pa, which attended the Pythian
bazaar in Frederick, Wednesday night, sere-
naded bride and groom from Taneytown on
their return on the Northern Central train.
who boarded the train at that place.
| VIM. L. Hammond, of Hoods Mill, is said
| to have the finest herd of milk cows in Carroll
county. He shipped during the month OF
| December 27OO gallons of milk from 80 cows
and the month of January shipped over $500
gallons.
Report of examiners to lay out road in
leading from the public road from Taneytown
| to Baltimore pike to point in road leading
! from Harvey TO LittlestowH was filed and
confirmed.
The question is "Did the Ground Hog see
his shadow There are differences AS to time.
The sun shone about 8 a. M, but some OF the
supersiitious people say the time is between
~ m. and p. IN. At that time he could not
possibly have seen ii.
Mrs. Ruth Ann Slade, n years old, widow
of Abram Slade, died suddenly Thursday
morning at the home of Mr.. Stanley p. AL
mony, of Whitehall. She had walked from
her home 10 visit the Almony family and
shortly after her arrival Was stricken and died.
The mill at Hoods Mill will be equipped
with new up.to.date machinery within the
next sixty days and be ready 10 supply up-to
date flour, cornmeal and feed of all kinds.
The mill is running all the time, now buying
wheat and all kinds Of grain.
Mr. Charles f. Fink rendered the County
Commissioners Il reception at his hosptable
home, on East Main street, on Monday noon.
Mr.. Fink is the attorney to the County Com.
missioners. The Commissioners, County
Treasurer and few other officials were
present.
On Thursday Mrs John T. Reaver while
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. John Copen-
haver, of near Kump, was accidentally pois.
oned by the bursting of a package of powdered
strychnine, which flew up in her face, and in
some manner quite quantity of the powder
entered her system, making her quite ill.
The office occupied by Mr.. David Holtz as
master mechanic of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company has been abolished, and
he has been appointed chief car inspector.
Mr. Holtzs office was at Union Bridge and
he held the above position for long time.
He is very capable man.
Miss Sue E. Ware. Owings' Mills, has re.
signed from the school at Oakland Mills and
accepted position at Whitehall On We'd
nesday evening she was given a surprise party
in honor of her eighteenth birthday by her
friends. One of the attractions at the refresh.
ment table was large cake with Is burning
candles.
The new engines recently delivered to the
Western Maryland Railroad Company from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Philadelphia
weigh ITS tons. The company had two en-.
gines destroyed in the recent fire that occurred
IN the Baldwin Works. These engines will be
divided up between the main line and Cum
berland division. They will receive twenty
FIVE.
General Manager Robertson. of the w. M.
R. r., has issued an order that hereafter the
wives of employees of the road, other than
officials, will be allowed one pass only each
year. Heretofore they were allowed one
every three months. The new order requires
the applicant to make requisition four days
before it is desired to use the pass.
Frank Davidson, the comedian, and his
very capable company returned to the Odd
Fellows Hall, on Monday, for three nights
after an absence of about five years. Over
flow audiences greeted him each night. On
Wednesday night standing room was at a
premium. Tickets were sold for the same
seat about half dozen times in the reserved
class This show has exhibited here IL
times in rs years.
David Myers, of Pleasant Valley, has a
ground hog den on the farm where he lives,
and on Saturday about II O'Clock he visited
the hole to ascertain whether the ground hog
would come from his den. On arriving at
the place he found that the animal had been
out and had only travelled about 20 feet from
its den when it returned. Did he see his
shadow? About II o'clock it was very cloudy
Frank Grimes. his son Albert Grimes and
James Dolan, of Sykesville, were given n pre-
liminary hearing Tuesday before United States
Commissioner Rogers, of Baltimore, on the
charge of breaking into the Sykesville Post
office on the night of January ID and taking
about $3.50 worth of stamps and stamped en-
velopes and about $500 in money Frank
Grimes and James Dolan were released and
Albert Grimes was held for the action of the
Federal grand jury.
George Eiseuhart, 80 years old. was crushed
to death under lumber wagon near East
Berlin, Pa, Saturday. While descending
owing to the ice and snow on the roadhed
and young Eisenhart lost control of the brake.
The driver, Charles Better, tried to stop the
team, but in vain, and a sudden jolt of the
wagon threw the lumber 10 one side, over
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