The Democratic advocate., 1907-07-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITiES.

The annual Reformed Reunion will be held
Al Pen Mar next Thursday.
MIR. Joshua l.. Smith, FAIR Ground Ill.,
has been very sick this week.
Mr.. Frank Tawney, Manchester avenue, is
erecting a residence at Cranberry.
The street signs put up by the Mayor and
CITY Council last week cost S3o4l.
Mr. Ezra C. Brown West Green street,
has lust finished painting his carriage shop
and stable.
Mr.. Charles E. Fink, East Main street.
purchased a very fine horse from Mr.. Benz.
dorsey. liveryman, John street, this week.
The residence of Mrs. McCollum, West
Main street, has received a fresh coat OF paint
Charles Stouch. painter.
Mr.. ID. N. Henning, East Main street. is
having his house painted. Bankert ana
Warner are the painters.
The annual fete held by st. John, S Catholic
5,burch. this city, will start on July 27 and
continue until August 3.
The narties who purchased S. b. Furry'S
Store. at townsville. few weeks ago. lett Il
few DAYS later after taking possession ana ana
not return
Mr.. j. f. Lambert, agent for the Western
Maryland Railroad at Union Bridge for the
last IL wears, has severed hlS connection win
:
the company.
The Roberts properly, Court street, owned
nv the Really Company of Westminster, Will
he remodeled shortly. The plans have not
been fully determined upon yet.
w w Fraser, of New Windsor, who passed
a civil service examination about SIX weeks
ago for position in the Patent Ofce IN
Washington, received his appointment.
The Photography Weekly.a paper published
in New York, contains very interesting "rIl-
Gle headed 'Open Letter, written by Mr.
James d. Mitchell, photographer East Mai"
street, Westminster.
Miss Margaret Miller, of Cumberland a
graduate of the Western Maryland College,
class of 1906. has been appointed assistant
teacher by the Allegheny School Board 10
the Allegheny High School.
Th. belfry of st. Johns Catholic Church,
East Main street, seems to be II harb"r LOT
pigeons At times during the day there can
,be seen pigeons flying in and out at the open,
ing where the bell is located.
Mr.. Edwin A. Zimmerman, OF rowson' who
was sued for breach of promise by Miss Ethr
$ Mitten, Wakefield, has settled the case
The amount involved in the suit was So,ooo
Mr. f, O. Weant was Miss Miten's attorney.
The marble quarres near Union Bridge
which have been in operation Tor some time
and doing such flourishing business. have
been closed down for an indefinite time. ne
affairs of the company are said to he IN IL
lnudded condition.
The Roberts, Roop & Co. S flour mill, which
has been closed down for several weeks, re,
sumed operations on Monday. The cause OF
the shut down was for general overhaullng
of The machinery, which always takes place
during this time Of the year.
Prof. w. r. Bea. who has been teacher OF
the L;bertytown public school for a number
of wears, left on July 2 for La Plata. Charles
county. TO accept position in the McDonough
Institute. as one of the teachers of the sum-
ner school for the teachers of that county
Mr., John Mehring, formerly of Uniontown,
but now of South Bend, Kansas, is spending
some time with his parents, Thomas Mehnng
and family. Of Uniontown. This Is Mr.
Mehring's first visit TO his native county since
he left for Kansas. which was II years ago
He has his son with him.
Rev. Peregrine Wr0ih. pastor of the Prot
esrant Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Gay
and Fayette streets, Baltimore, was disturbed
eeypral times last Sunday during services by n
man calling out "Oh. cut out the reading and
give us more music" The man WAS arrested
and was found to be intoxicated.
The ministerial and Sunday school meeting
OF The Brethren Church of the Eastern district
of MARYLAND, which was to have been held on
July a and %, at Pipe Creek Church, near
Linwood, on account of the lateness ot the
harvest has been postponed until August Zs
and 10.
The following cases were disposed of by
Police Justice Shriver recently: Minerva
Magruder, colored, disturbing the peace; ilned
$500 and cost. Charles Ia. Willis. disturbing
the peace; fined $500 and cost. In default
OF bail went to gail. Heorge W. Dorsey COZ
ored. assault; fined 81. 90 and cost. number
of people who have dogs in this city were also
arrested and fined.
Frank Sterner, who resides near Spring
Grove, and is employed at the lhomasvlile
stone quarry, attempted an assault upon MISS
iLucy Sweitzer, of West Manchester township,
PA, on the night of July 2. When Sterner
attempted to catch hold of the young lady
near her home she screamed and attracted
her fathers attention, who captured Sterner
AND took him TO York Jail. Sterner was given
hearing on Monday and released
What might have been tragedy occurred
Thursday night about 10 o'clock when Miss
Carrie Trostle, the 17-year old daughter OF
Mr., Lincoln Troste of near Littlesown, was
shot in the thigh The young lady had been
standing in front of the P. 0. s. Of A. build
ing when some careless person fourlshed
revolver in the air but the cartridge did not
explode. In bringing the weapon down to
examine it the cartridge exploded, the ball
passing clear through the right thigh of the
young lady, making an ugly flesh wound AS
soon AS the miscreant saw what he had done he
ran and was pursued by another young man.
Who the guilty party is no one seems to know.
Ghe young lady was led to the office of DIR. ii.
s. Grouse, who dressed the wound.
Our citizens will be interested to know that
the fourth annual tour of the American Auto
mobile Association and contest for the Glidden
and Hover Trophies will pass through West
.aiuster Tuesday, July %, coming from Balti-
more on their way TO Philadelphia. The
automobile tour covers 1870 miles, running
from Cleveland to New York. During a SIM
liar tosr last year, which went through cana
Aa, the inhabitants OF the country through
which the tour passed took holiday. When
on.s stops to think that the enormous amount
of SD 600, 900 is represented in machines on
this tos-, il is no wonder that the public stop
IN witness the procession. There Will be
about 81 automobiles on the trip, passing at
intervals of from one to three minutes.
The State Tuberculosis Commission of In
Gsua. created by the last legislature OF that
state, is preparing to make tour OF lnvesii
cation of tuberculosis sanatoria in the East.
The members of the commission recently
studied the act of the Maryland legislature
creating a state sanatorium, and expressed
interest in its simplicity. and the apparent! low
cost at which the institution will be bnlt IN
this state. The Indiana gentlemen wouid
have been pleased had work on the Maryiahu
institution progressed far enough TO give them
an idea of its finished condition. but they SAID
that they would probably visit the Eudowood
Sanatorium at Towson, as that is semi public
sanatorium.
Ninety two healthy chickens were hatched
from 100 eggs with Bowers incubaorby Dr.
ID. F. Shipley. East Main street, last week.
Str. Charles E. Bowers, Liberty street, Is the
inventor, and has installed number OF hls
dncnfsators in this city. and county, and a
number in Baltimore county, with great salts
faction 10 the purchasers. Mr.. Bowers has
..oao,,od no,,, bar af handoono Offar1 from