The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Cardinal Gibbons confirmed a class
at Sykesville Catholic Church on Sun
day.
The number of registered voters
in this county are 1922 whites and
451 colored.
Mrs. Estelle Kuhn left Monday for
a visit Of several weeks with friends
near Freedom.
On Saturday and Sunday DR.. Bott
yaccinated twenty-five children In
Woolery's district
A rumor is being circulated that
the Western Maryland carshops at
Union Bridge will be moved to Ha-
gerstown.
Western Maryland College football
team was treated to a coat of white
wash Saturday by the Littlestown
eleven, the score being 10 to o.
Jesse Babylon. Spring Mills, is a
progressive farmer. He raised a
crop Of potatoes and corn on one lot
this summer His corn is exception
ally good.
The excursion business OF the w.
NJ. r. r. Co during the past summer
exceeded by $4,000 passengers any
other summer business In the history
of the road.
The ladies OF Centenary NJ T..
Church will have an oyster supper
and bazar Friday and Saturday after
noon and evening November 10 and
20, 1903. at Firemen's Hall.
A carload Of coal was pushed
through the coal shed of the Lumber,
Coal a. Supply Co. on Monday by an
engine which has put several car
loads of coal on the trestle in the shed.
The Y. ~ c. A. football team of
Frederick had something easy last
Saturday when they had for oppon-
ents, on their own grounds. the West
minister Athletic Club. The score was
20 TO 0.
L. Needles Company. large
Shlrt-Manufacturer of Philadelphia,
has purchased the shirt factory OF j.
Ezra Stem, located on John street,
this city. Luther Wimert will con
time as manager.
The Democrats of Silver Run will
hold a mass meeting on Saturday. Oct
%. at 7.30 y. m. The speakers will be
Mark o. Shriver, OF Baltimore, Guy W.
Steele, NJ. f. Walsh and Benz +,
Grouse. Music by the band
Rev. Cyrus j. Cort. d. D., of over
lea, Baltimore, assisted Rev James
B. Stonesifer with the communion
service at Krider's, and preached at
Pleasant Valley last Sunday two very
instructive and interesting sermons.
Lewis Phillips, OF Gambler, aged SO
years. who has been suffering with
typhoid fever since the 9th Of Septem-
Der, is now convalescing He is under
treatment by DR.. NJ. L. Bott. Of this
city. Considering his advanced years.
his recovery is remarkable.
Mrs. Delllah Jordan and Mrs. julia
Horner, of Baltimore. Mrs. Kate VAN
pier, of Wesley Chapel and Mrs. Pat
Stocksdale, of Finksburg, spent last
Saturday with Mrs. Rebecca Caple,
near Finksburg All spent delight
full day.
The following persons exhibited
poultry at the Hagerstown fair this
week Guy w. Babylon, Wakefield I:
w. Z. Frock, Union Mills; Frank
Harbaugh, Middleburg; Charles A.
Mitten and Edgar c. Ylngling. West
minister
Richard A. Harris, Maryland's we'll
known leader In Christian Endeavor
and the nominee of the Prohibition
party for Comptroller of the State
will address meeting at Odd Fellows
Hall, Westminster, Tuesday night
October 19, at s o'clock. All are cor
daily invited.
A meeting In the interest of the lay
mems missionary movement will be
held in the Methodist Protestant
Church of this city Wednesday even
ing, October 27. The meeting, which
will be for men only, will be address,
ed by Joshua Levering and John T.
Stone president Of the Maryland Cas-
ualty Company.
E. C. Zepp, of Eastview, lost valu-
able mare last Monday. The animal
was In the pasture, when 1t had its
ieE brckrn by a Kick from another
horse, and had to be sIlod II was
chloroformed Mr.. and Mrs. Zepp
were visiting relatives in Baltimore
at the time, and the farm was in
charge of VIM. M. Shilling.
One of the big mallet engines OF the
w. NJ r. X. which Is used in pushing
heavy freight trains from Williams
port to Hagerstown, pushed 1900 tons
of coal to Hagerstown last week, with
large 900 in front, which is consid-
cred remarkable haul 1t was esti-
mated that 1t would take three 600 and
two pushers to haul the same load.
The bell buzzard," or the buzzard
with a bell dangling from its neck,
which there has been so much talk
of In different sections, was seen by
James M. Shellman, On his farm, near
Uniontown, ON Saturday last, This
buzzard, with about fifty others, has
been tussling over dead hog for sew
eral days in his meadow. When first
noticed the buzzard was about 20 feet
from him and the bell could be plainly
seen. The sound Of the bell was only
heard when 1t was tapping its
wings.
The comic opera, THE Little Ty-
coOn,D is now being rehearsed and will
be produced In this city at Odd Fell
lows Hall on the evenings of Tues
day and Thursday, November and
IL, by practically the same musical
and dramatic talent which 80 success