The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-09-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The regular routine Oh "orh was u
by the County Commissioners on Monday.
Mr. Uriah j. Babylon has rented his black.
smith shop, at Fountain Valley, to Mr.. Oliver
Erb.
Mr. David E. Walsh, George street, lost a
vary valuable mare on Sunday afternoon from
colo.
Horatio r. Rohrbaugh, Manchester, sold
his Two story brick house to VIM. 5. Lloyd
for 81, 700.
The Mayor and Common Council will sit
on Santember l6 and II for transfers and
Attachments
The Westminster Deposit and Trust Com
many had on deposit at last call, which was
August %, 1913, 49O.27.
The public sale advertised by Mr. William
Arthur in this paper to take place on Septem'
her IA has been Withdrawn.
I.ouis Sachs will be closed on Monday and
Harry Rosenstock on Monday and Tuesday,
il being the Hebrews New Year.
Governor Warfed issued proclamation
on Wednesday designating September II,
defenders Day, as a legal holiday.
At lOa. m. this morning the Weather Blu
reau sent out the following bulletin: FAIR
and cooler tonight; Saturday fair.
Labor Day passed off quietly in this city.
The only attractions were tennis tournament
and Barlow & Wilson's minstrel parade.
Rev. r. w. Doty announces that Holy
Communion will be held at st. Johns Leis,
ter's) Church on September 10, instead OF
the 9Th.
The Glyndon Fire Company, at Glyndon,
has decided to build an engine house. The
structure will be frame, 20 feet wide, 90 feet
deep with bell tower.
During August 81 deeds, l6 mortgages,
hills of sale and a certificate of Incorporation
we're recorded, and 10 marriage licenses is.
sued by the Clerk of the Court.
The third and last trolley party this summer
of the Aged Peoples Outing Association to
Glyndon took place on Wednesday afternoon.
The old folks number about 100.
Mr.. Chas. f. Swartzbaugh, of this place. has
charge of the cutting room at the IL. ii. FOL.
lock Packing House, at Hanover, Pa, of
which he was manager last season.
Mr.. David E. Walsh has been elected
director of the Changers Mutual Storm In,
surance Company, to ill the vacancy caused
by the death of DR.. Jacob Rinehart.
Rev. P. H. Miller, D. D., pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church, returned to this city this
week from his vacation and will resume regu
lar services at the church on Sunday.
Messrs Fred d. Miller, John N. Roberts,
Jesse C. Sharrer and DR.. Louis X. Woodward,
of this city, are enjoying weeks outing at
Sharman Dale Springs, Charlestown, w. Va,
fishing.
Frank Happets meat store at Blue Ridge
Summit was ruined by fire. thought TO be of
incendiary origin. on Saturday night last.
The building was frame and was completely
Quilted.
F. j. Kelley, passengeragent for the James
town Exposition, called at this office on Fri
day last. He pictures the exposition a
beautiful affair. All the buildings are com
pIeted.
John P. Myers and Sylvester Matthias, act
ing executors of Mary Ann Myers, sold at
public sale on Saturday last several tracts Of
real estate at Union Mills to 7. Herbert
Shriver for $500.
Mr.. John L. Zahn, East Main street. ex
hbited at this Office this morning stalk of
ripe strawberries that he gathered from his
strawberry patch III his garden. This is the
second bearing this year.
&c. Koehler, who for nearly 33 years has
been in the employ of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company, has been appointed gen
eral agent for the company in Hagerstown,
taking effect September l.
Mr.. C. Fisher Wantz, of this city is attend
ing the National Tobacco Show in New York
City. As one of the committee on organiza
ton he will pass on the credentials of more
than FIVE thousand delegates.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of Carroll county will hold its fourteenth an
nua convention at Finksburg, September 20.
Mrs. Effie NJ. Lambert of New York, Nation.
al temperance lecturer and organizer, will
make an address in the evening.
Herr l. Babylon, carriage builders, West
Main street, were again very successful at the
Chromium Fair. Their exhibit consisted of
four vehicles, from which three first prizes
were taken, one on runabOut, one on depot
wagon and one on Germantown.
The picnic held at Deer Park M. P. Church
on Saturday last was grand success. Con
fectionery to the amount of 5 $50 and Is gal Ions
of ice cream were disposed of in IA short
while. The music furnished by the Pleasant
Valley Band delighted the large gathering.
Francis Neal Parke, Benjamin F. Grouse
and John NJ. Roberts, trustees of George p.
Thurman, bankrupt, sold at public sale on
Saturday last, Is acres and l rood of land,
situate near Hampstead, to John Yingling for
l020. This land has no buildings upon it.
Local freight, on the W. NJ. R. r., due in
this city at 2. 80 p. M, WAS delayed at Detour
yesterday afternoon by several cars jumping
the track. The wrecking crew from Union
Bridge was dispatched to the scene of the
accident and soon had the cars on the track
again.
The people of this city and vicinity will no
doubt be glad to hear that the Miller Bros.
Co. has secured the services Of Mrs. G. NJ.
Jarman, of Baltimore, to take charge of their
millinery department this fall. Mrs. Jarman
was in charge of Mrs. E. E. Taylor's millinery
parlors some time ago.
The recent advance in the price of wheat
has drawn the farmers in such large numbers
to town with their wheat that the elevators of
the Roberts, Roop & Co. and N. l. Gorsuch
Son Co. s mills have become so crowded that
notice is given that they will store no more
grain till further notice.
John Flater, of Sandyville. who is pitching
winning ball for the Utica N. Y ball team,
is now creating mild sensation in the New
York State League. Rochester, of the East.
ern League. will do almost anything to secure
Flater for their pitching staff, but the Balti.
more club has an option on him and cannot
secure him.
The Democratic Central Committee and
calQlQateS III w eStuitlStcT ulSlflCI ulct L uuIo'
day evening and agreed to use the Crawford
County system of voting at the primary cleo.
ton 10 be held in this city September IA.
This system of voting is explained elsewhere
in this ISSUE 1t was used in the recent may
orally election in Baltimore, and in many Of
the counties Of this State.
On Sunday the First Regiment Band viii
give another of their popular concerts at the
City Hotel between and 6 p. m. The pro-
gram is as follows:
March, King Radium. .................. Chambers
Overture, Poet and Peasant. .Suppe
Serenade, Cornet Solo................ Schuber
Waltz. Spirit of Love. Hal
Selection, Faust. .GounoC
Mnuet. ..'...I auere"sh
The Catoctin Clarion. weekly newspaper
published at Thurmont, prints the following
complimentary remarks on Miss Caiharint
Sagle, daughter of Rev. and Mrs Calvin 5
Slage of this city, who took part in the Fred
erick Maennerchor concert given at Thurmon'
on Friday night of last week: "Miss Slage
of Westminster, Md, is not unknown ia
Thurmont but she surprised many of us by
the great advance she has made since we last