The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-04-19
LOCAL BREvITIES.

fine The farmers are looking forward 10
large yield.
Rev. George Trostle, of Woodbne. will
rreacb at the Lutheran Church, near Small
wood, on Sunday, April q, at $50 a. m.
The County Commissioners on Monday and
Tuesday sat for transfers and attachments for
Districts Nos. 4, 5, and 6, and also passed a
number of bills.
Miss Lille Bemiller who has been sick for
some time is rapidly improving under the
skiIIful treatment of DR.. j. j. Stewart, Penn
sylvania avenue.
Prof Mcdaniel shipped to the jamestown
Exposition on Tuesday, set OF live large
nictures of the College Buildings, which are
10 be hung in the Maryland Building.
It is rumored that the Western Maryland
Railroad Company has sold some OF their
small engines to Southern railroad company.
A Western railroad has also purchased several.
Miss Anna Myers, Centre street. has been
amounted chief operator of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Exchange, this city,
in pace of Miss Alice Smith, who resigned.
The Western Maryland College Base Ball
team defeated the Patapsco club on Monday
Inv a score of 7 to 5. The lack of practice OF
the Patapsco boys was the cause of their
defeat.
The annual meeting of the Maryland State
Teachers Association will take place at
Jamestown June 25 to 20, inclusive. The
program of the meeting has not yet been
formulated.
Mr.. j. Alexis Shriver, of the Olney farm,
near wilma, Nd, has a profitable flock of
sheen. His flock consists of II ewes and OF
this number 10 have lambs by their sides,
numbering %.
Farmers are preparing to market the West
ern cattle fattened by them during the past
winter Some of the farmers are little nerV,
Gus over the market price, as it has declined
considerably in the past two weeks.
Mr.. NJ. H. Fahey, as City Tax Collector at
Havre de Grace, on April 8, at the City Hall.
sold lots Nos. 6, and in square l67, as
sessed to the Lawder Can Company, to Mr..
George W. Albaugh, of this city, for $245.
Mrs Joseph B. Shipley, near Gist, was ad
vsed by DR.. Norris, her physician. to take
one months treatment at Baltimore hos
pital. Mrs. Shipley was taken Wednesday,
April 10. She is recovering very slowly from
last reports.
Ifthe fruit is not injured by this time from
the cold weather we have experienced in the
last two weeks, it is not because it is not cold
enough. On Monday morning the thermome.
Ter registered 80 degrees and a thin skim OF
ice formed on still water.
Mr.. Herman Dinst, Church street. who
purchased part of the DR.. Frank L. Shaw
propery. Main street, is building an addition
to it. Mr.. Dinst is remodeling the house for
a store room, in which he expects to open
store, as soon as completed.
Alta recent meeting of the consstory of st.
Paul's Reformed Church, this city, y. u.
Gilbert was elected primarius and W. ii. ID.
Zepp, secundus, to the annual meeting OF
MARYLAND Chassis of the Reformed Church,
which will convene in this city on May %.
Five down cast looking people. four men
and woman passed through TINS city on
Sunday morning in an automobile drawn by
a horse and mule. Its the same old story,
the machine wouldn't run and they wouldn't
walk One of the party said "Ain't we sporty.
The Western Maryland College base ball
team is playing in hard streak of luck. On
Friday last they were defeated by Delaware
College by score of to 8 in this city. Wet
grounds made the fielding very difficult. which
IS the cause of the bad showing by Western
Maryland.
Mr. George w. Magin, fur dealer of this
county, purchased and sold the following turs
this year: Skunks 562, minks SO, raccoons
100, opossums $50, brown muskrats 2,5O7,
black muskrats $50, O63, red foxes 16, house
cats 9, brown weases 8. white weasels 2.
Purchasing price So, SOO.9O.
The Western Maryland College baseball
team defeated the Maryland School for the
Deaf club on the school grounds In Frederick
Saturday by to l. The game, notwthstand-
ing the cold weather, was witnessed by large
crowd. The Western Maryland team won by
better all around playing, especially at the
bat.
Herbert Trone, of Spring Grove, Pa, was
arrested April on a warrant issued by Squire
Sell, of Hanover, Pa, charging him. on oath
of Lewis Noel, of the same place, with burg
larry. Trone was taken before Charles 81.
Sprenkle, Esq, where he entered bail for a
hearing before Squire Sell.
A wholesale raid has been made upon the
hen roost of Mr.. August Humbert, Steward of
the almshouse. since the holidays. Mr.. Hum
bert places his loss at 100 chickens since the
above time On Tuesday or Wednesday
night of last week, the party or parties stole to
the extent of about forty five pullets. But
he is prepared for all corners now.
Lisbon was in quite an alarming condition
one night recently when one of the inhabitants
of the town had her chicken roost robbed OF
several fine chickens, and it is alleged the
same robber entered house in broad daylight
and took with him a small sum of money.
During the intermissions there was some fierce
shooting done.
The section hands of Detour division OF
the w. M. R. r. had narrow escape on
April S. They were going East with their
handcar when engine No. 603 was coming
West The men jumped from the car and by
that time the eng inc was upon 1t. Dinner
pals water buckets and car were damaged,
but all the men escaped injury.
The remains of Mrs. Mary A. Welk. OF
Woodberry, were brought to Carrollton over
the Western Maryland Railroad on Sunday
and taken to Bethel Church, where services
we're held by Rev. Victor Belts, and afterward
inferred in the cemetery adjoining. She was
formerly from Carroll county and leaves 8
number of children. She was in her 55tt
year. Geo. E. Hughes acted as undertaken
Clarence II. Forrest, former secretary o.
the Merchants and Manufacturers Associa
ton, of Baltimore, who has been in the City
Jail charged with the embezzlement of nearly
$4,000. was released on bail Tuesday after
noon. The amount in which Mr.. Forrest was
held was $4,000, and this was guaranteed by
Mr. James E. Ingram, ST., who has taken al
interest in the accused man.
Joshua M. Davis, aged So years, a car in
spector of the Western Maryland Railroad
died April IL at the Washington County
Hospital, dagerstoWu, as tue reSui' vi o1ios
squeezed between two cars in the yards III
Hagerstown. He crawled between the cars
to repair an angle cock when shifting loco
motive pushed a car against the two cars or
which he was at work.
At a meeting of the citizens of Sykesvile
April 4. the following nominations for mayor
and council were made For mayor, l.. d.
Schultz, Asa Hepner and James 4: Weer;
for council. John Harris. W. 81. D. Warfeld
E. M. Mellor, R. W. Vanhorn, j. b. Fawble
Henry Thiee, R. W. Carter. William II
Bennett, Frank Brown. George Linton, Ihos.
P. Hatfield, DR.. D. B. Spreecher, W. L.
Hawkins.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has de-
cded to build the cutoff from Sewell station
Howard county, to point called Gorsuch II
Carroll county. The proposed cutoff is de-
signed to greatly relieve the congested con
dillon of the company at Baltimore and will
vastly benefit the company in handling freight
and passenger traffic between New York and