The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-31
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITlES.

Tuesday morning last.
Saturday last was cool enough to have fires
going; also Monday and Tuesday.
The heaviest thunder storm this year passed
over this city on Monday afternoon.
The new Uniontown Savings Bank building
that is being erected at Uniontown, is pro,
crossing nicely.
Captain P. H. Irwin and wife have returned
70 this city for the summer, after spending the
winter in Baltimore.
Andrew J. Tawney caught large turtle
this week and will serve it to his customers
in soup Saturday night.
The cottage occupied by Rev. II. l.. Elder.
Dice. ut the Western Maryland College, has
been painted. Lippy and Cassell were the
painters.
Mr.. Clarence Zepp and family, of near Car
roIIton, who purchased the Benson property
on Liberty street recently, moved into it last
Saturday.
Mr.. Herbert Essich of Stonersville, pur-
chased lot from Dr. j. II. T. Earhart, Union
Mills. He will erect dwelling house OIL it
shortly for himself.
Mr.. E. Elmer Bennett, of this city, is among
the graduates from ST. Johns College, An
nap0lis Nd, this year. Commencement will
be on June 19.
DIR. James H. Preston, Manchester, has
purchased from Jacob A. Frederick the livery
Stable building and two building lots in Man
chester for 500.
J. Wesley Haines, of New Windsor, while
assisting in getting wagon from a building
of Stouffer 4 Bennett, of the same place, fell
and broke his right arm.
Mr.. Ernest Martin, of this city, manager of
c. f. Engel & Co.'s store in Union Bridge,
fell from step ladder last week while work
ing about the store and spraned his ankle.
DR.. Charles R. Foutz, this city, was ap
nointed physician to the Board of Health of
Carroll County for the term of one year from
Nav l. A number of bills were passed and
paid.
W. Grove Lawyer, of Littlestown, Pa, is
making extensive Improvements to all his farm
bindings He will also erect commodious
tenant house. Harry Ditman, this city, is the
contractor.
The p. O. S. of A. of Harvey will observe
Decoration Day tomorrow at o'clock. The
Ltlestown band will be present, and after the
flowers are strewn a memorial service will be
held in the Lutheran church.
Peter j. Wisner, Patapsco, left several
stocks of rye at this office on Wednesday
morning that were a feet in length. The rye
was ThlSeu III d nOlo luoI SOutaiuOu hO iCiti
Iizer. This is, so far, the champion rye.
At the marble quarries near Union Bridge,
many large blocks of marble have been sawed
and drilled out in the past few months. A
saving plant will soon be placed on the ground
to convert the large blocks into smaller parts.
J. Irwin Burgoon, of Hanover, Pa, son of
John Burgoon, of Union Mills, who, for
number of years, has been employed in the
b.rJuora ctora IF Samual Sbirkfs Some has
accepted a position with the Gettysburg De-
partment Store Of the same place.
Hannah c. Dougherty, of Sykesville, who
was convicted at this court in 1904 Oh two
charges of larceny and sent to the penitentinry,
was pardoned last Friday by Governor War
field. State Senator Beasman applied for the
pardon of the woman, whose term would have
expired by Limitation on October next.
While Henry Kaltreider, of near Bandana,
Pa, was peeling bark, with some other men,
Il large tree showed signs of prematurely fall
ing, and in an effort to withdraw the saw they
were saving with, the tree fell, and large
limb struck Mr.. Kaltreider on the left arm
and fractured it in several places.
Dr. J. Ii. Bilingsea, president of the Bal
tmore and Reisterstown Turnpike Co., with
several of the directors of the road, made a
tour of inspection over the entire line of the
pike recently. They found the large stone
fridge over Big Pipe Creek at Union Mills to
be in need of some repairs, which will at once
be made by supervisor Abraham Bankert.
Mr.. John E. Eckenrode, carriage builder,
George street, sold three runabouts in Balti.
more this week that were the finest taken from
this city to Baltimore for long time, in the
runabout line, and were credit to the builder.
Therunning gears were painted dark blue and
striped in silver color, and the trimmings
we're of blue cloth. One was a stanhope,
one n cut under, and the third an automobile
seat runabout.
The West End Public School, Westminster,
closed its work for the year on May oath.
Those ranking highest in the third and fourth
grades were awarded prizes. Ellen S. Roger
aud Paul NJ. Wimert, of the fourth grade, re
ceived silver medals, and Eta Roger and
Earl Young, of the third grade, received
Bibles. The trip to Mount Vernon, offered
by Mr.. C. C. Gorsuch, was given to Grace
King and Preston Kaufman. The selection
was made upon the basis of studiousness and
department.
A delegation composed of the Mayor and
Council of Manchester and Hampstead and
Lumber of gentlemen along the proposed line
of the Manchester and Hampstead Electric
Railway, were before the County Commits.
sioners on Tuesday last in regard to the right
OF way over the county road running through
to Hampstead and Manchester. The COM
missioners, after hearing the arguments from
the delegation, did not make any decision.
The Frostburg Fire Department has deter
mined to take IS uniformed men and the
Arion Band numbering 35 musicians, to An
napolis during the annual convention of the
Maryland State Firemen's Association, June
IS and IA. The Frostburg delegates are in
srructed to invite the association to meet in
Frostburg next year and to use all honorable
means to secure the next convention for that
pince. This will, no doubt, be good news to
The Westminster Fire Company, as they all
wanted the convention to GO to a Western
Maryland town last year.
The Westminster Fire Company will attend
the Maryland State Firemen's Convention at
Annapolis on Thursday, June Is. The fare
will be 81. so a round trip for uniformed fire.
men, and So. 90 for people in citizens clothes,
from this station. The train will leave this
city on that morning at IL a. M, arriving in
Baltimore at s45. Leave Baltimore over the
Annapolis Short Line from Camden Station
at $50 D. m. and Baltimore at 11.25 p. m.
The fire company invites the public generally
to go along and enjoy day at our State capt.
toll
A town meeting was held at Sykesvile on
May q, for installation of officers and their
new mayor. Mr.. Asa Hepner assumed his
new duties after taking the oath of Office. The
Council is now arranging TO have night
Waterman and they expect to shoulder many
responsibilities during the year. 1t is to be
hoped better roads for the coming winter will
appeal to them so strongly that practical re-
suit for their beterment will be the result. This
is something in which every inhabitant of the
place would take an interest Mr.. Wade ID.
d. Warfeld was made president of the council.
Miss Dora Strine, daughter of Isaac Strine,
OF near Oak Hill. we'll known and greatly
respected young lady, who has for some time
past been employed as a domestic in the home
of Mrs. Anna Smith, in Woodsboro, attempted
suicide Thursday of last week, by taking dose
of strychnine, which she unexpectedly OBJ
famed. Afterward she went into the garden
to do some work, but was compelled to return
to the house and was soon in commissions.
She told what she had taken and DR.. W. 81.
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