The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITiES.

0U JoLcH Va CS6o.
Mrs. Rosa Zimmerman, of near this city,
presented the ADVOCATE with basket OF tlne
apples last week. Thanks.
Joseph Brown, Sykesvile, was thrown from
his horse last week to the ground with such
force as to break rib and strain his back.
The fifty. fourth annual Montgomery Fair
will take place on August 27, %, 29 and 80
The directors of the fair have added some new
attractions this year.
w. A. McCleary, general day yardmaster
Of the Western MARYLAND Railroad in Hagers
town has resigned. Charles R. Beasley.
NIGHT yardmaster, will succeed him.
Maurice Jones, of near Silver Run, purchased
u tract of land containing 2 acres and lZ2
perches, for $l10, from the Mary X. Mowery
estate. of Adams county, Pa, last week.
Al the 10. 80 O'Clock service at Ascension
Church. on Sunday morning. the sermon will
he preached by the Rev. Peregrine Wroth,
rector of the Church of the Messiah, Baltimore.
James Shaffer, the l3 year. old son of VIM.
Fl. Shaffer, near Arcadia. was operated on
for appendiciris. The operation was success
full, and bright hopes for his recovery are en-
tertained.
Harvey Babylon, son of Uriah Babylon,
Fountain Valley, was operated on at hos
ni,al in Baltimore this week for appendicitis.
Mr.. Babylon is barber and is employed III
Baltimore.
The public schools of Littlestown will open
on September 2 By order of the board chill
dreu who will be six years of age before Jan
s,ary !, 1908, will be admitted at the beginning
of school.
James Hengst, demented man about So
Years of age, formerly of Glen Rock, Pa,
committed suicide in the York county aims.
house on August IA by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver.
Miss Ella Zent, milliner, of Union Bridge,
met with a serious accident on August ii,
while attending the colored campmeetlng near
New Windsor, by being thrown from buggy
of a runaway team.
Chicken thieves have been quite active
around Sykesyille the past week. Miss Katie
McDonald's hennery was relieved OF about "A
nice springers, and number OF others are
experiencing trouble.
The County Commissioners of this county
met the Howard County Commissioners al
Gorsuch on Wednesday, on the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad, to consider building bridge
over the Patapsco river at that point.
The County Commissioners received notice
that Contract No. 80, awarded TO b. +. Poole,
for the construction of the road through Gam
her under the Shoemaker act, has been ap-
proved by the State Geological Survey Com
mission.
Baylus Boyer, of Philadelphia, Pa, called
on the ADVOCATE on Monday to pay his re-
spects. He says he is in the lunch business
and is making good. He contemplates re-
turning to this city shortly TO live. lie owns
several houses and lots on Charles street.
The filth under the platform at the railroad
station was cleaned out on Monday 1t was
about four feet deep at places. The culvert
from Main street, that empties into the stream
under the platform. was completely filled up
with stone. sand and debris that washed from
Main street.
Fire broke out August 13 in the building
owned by the Taneytown Creamery Company,
and completely destroyed both building aud
contents The building was formerly occupied
by the Taneytowu Creamery Co., but tor some
years past has been occupied as branch OF
The Hanover Creamery Company. The origin
of the fire is not known.
On August 13 Engineman &. w. Seilman,
of the Western Maryland Railroad. fell under
the cars at Hagerstown and had one arm
mashed off and WAS otherwise badly injured.
He tried to jump on the moving train and
slipped. He ran the fast mail from Hagers-
town to Cumberland.
William P. Mausby, of Frederick, was
nominated for State Senator at the Democratic
Convention which met in Frederick on Satur-
day. The convention was the largest and the
most enthusiastic held in that county for a
number of years. Mr.. Mausby is a son of the
late Col. VIM. P. Maulsby, of this city.
John Wirley, 85 years old, farmer, of
Whitehall, Baltimore county, was taken to
the Maryland General Hospital Baltimore,
Friday night with his left foot almost COM
pletely severed. According to his story, he
was engaged in cutting field OF grass, and
had stopped to rest, when the horses, which
were drawing the mower, suddenly started.
Mr.. Dickover, who succeeded MIR. Lindsay
as foreman of the Union Bridge carpenter
department of the Western Maryland Railroad
carshops at Union Bridge, several weeks ago,
has resigned Mr.. Kelbach. who succeeded
Mr.. Holtz as master mechanic year or more
ago, has also resigned. He is succeeded by
VIM. Miller. The latter position has been
filed three times within year.
For the protection of lives from falling from
Green street bridge to the Western Maryland
railroad track below, the corporation has
strung heavy wire netting from one end of the
iron pipe to the other, which crosses the
bridge on both sides, as a protection. The
mesh is so small that a small chicken cannot
penetrate 1t.
At a special meeting of the Sykesvile
Council on August 8, Mr.. Wade Fl. d. War
field was elected Mayor, vice Asa Hepner,
resigned. Mr.. Hepner is postmaster at Sykes
Vile, and was directed by the Postoffice De
partment to give up either one or the Other
positions he occupied. Dr. j. Fred. Waesche
was elected to fiji the vacancy in the town
council caused by Mr.. Wade Fl. D. Warfeld
who was a councilman, being made mayor.
The Sykesvile Perpetual Building Associa
ton. on account of expiration of charter, ha.
been succeeded by the Sykesville Building
Association, which is chartered for forty
wears AT a meeting of the directors anG
Stockholders held August 9, the following
officers were chosen: President, Georg'
Schrade; vice president, William Melville
secretary. Walter l.. Hawkins; treasurer, E
NJ. Melior. The Association took over th'
entire assets of the old association and simpl.
continues where it left Oft.
Game wardens in Frederick county are ol
the lookout for violators OF the Fishing ant
Hunting law. Tuesday Messrs. Elmer Birely
F. q. Birely, David Hildebrand, Josepl
Flickinger, B. o. Biehl, Lewis Birely ant
Harry Lugenbeel, of Ladiesburg, were arreste,
on the charge of seining in Pipe creek, nea
Detour, and were taken to Frederick for
hearing. The prisoners were arraigned befor
Juslice Eckstein, who dismissed them, tn
evidence not being sufficient to convict. Tn
game wardens say that they intend to prose
cnte ali persons violating the fishing and gam
laws.
Autois,s must cease speeding on the avenue
of The Gettysburg Battlefield. at Gettysburg
As an outcome of many complaints made t
the Gettysburg National Park Commission a
to the high rate of speed of users of automo
biles over the avenues in the park. Secretar
of War Taft has fixed the limit of speed at 81;
miles an hour, with fines ranging from 81
$500. The park commission has purchased
motorcycle for the battlefield, and Charlie
Koch has been appointed TO operate the same
He will act as a policeman. and will see tha
automobile drivers adhere to the speed law il
the future.
IT was ordered by the County Commissioner
on Monday that the road petitioned for by F
4. Crawford, David E. Stem and 160 others
the examiners report on which was fled Jan
nary %. be and the same is hereby accepted
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