The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-02

The streets OF this city On Satur-
day night were crowded by shoppers.
M. David Crowl, Centre street, lost
young mule on Saturday, by bleed
ing to death
Andrew Broadbeck, Hanover, Pa,
may contest the election of D. r. La
fean, recent Congressman Of the
Twentieth Pennsylvania district.
The directors of the Westminster
Deposit and Trust Company yester-
day declared an extra dividend Of two
per cent. upon their capital stock,
clear of all taxes.
We are sorry to note that a number
OF locals were left out this week Oh
account of the large number of adver-
tisements which came i'm late. They
will appear next week.
Daniel Hartman, Keymar, will pos
sibly have the two champion hogs in
his neighborhood for their age. They
tipped the scales for 52S and SIS lbs,
and were 13 months old
The Western Maryland Railway
shops at Union Bridge and Hagers-
town, were closed down for a week,
owing 1t is understood, to the INSULT
cheney of the appropriation.
Charles B. Eichelberger, who was
indicted by the Washington county
grand jury, for granddaughter, for
causing the wreck ON the w. M. r. r.
at Raven Rock, near Edgemont, last
August, in which five persons lost
their lives, il native of this county.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company announces quicker and
hnf +N TTI~ m
a. m. express and the 5.25 d. m. eX-
press will make connection with the
Northern Central Railroad at Key
mar on Sunday as well as daily. The
Sunday trains are the first to be put
into effect on the N. c. R., for many
years. The time will be shortened Is
minutes from Baltimore to Frederick.
Henrietta King, colored, 50 years
old, was found dead at her home,
near Stone Chapel, on Saturday after
noon, about 4 o'clock by Mrs. Jonas
Utz, who went to visit her. The old
colored lady was last seen by Mrs.
Daniel Hollinger on Tuesday. DIR.
Woodward made the examination and
pronounced her death from exhaus-
ton, and said she was dead As hours.
Justice Shriver viewed the remains
and decided an inquest unnecessary.
The census taken by the police Off
GERS, who were cautioned by the
Board of Police Commissioners to be
absolutely accurate, shows that Balti-
more has population OF SCOOPS, or
an increase of 1852 over the federal
census for Cleveland, O., whose
official figures are 558,4S5, and when
compared with the police census the
total shows that. the police found
nearly 5000 more residents in Balti-
more than counted by the agents of
the Census Bureau.
Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 1918,
aight; Past Worthy President,
Michael e. Walsh; Worthy President,
j. Wesley King; Worthy Vice Presi-
dent, Geo. p. Eckenrode; Chaplain,
Jesse ", Chrest; SECRETARY, James NJ.
Stoner; TfGasuIer, ". vi. Baumgaft=
ner; Inside Guard Clayton Babylon;
Outside Guard, T6tley Reda; Trustees,
c. o. Clemson, III. III. Harbaugh and
VIM. KINNEY; Physician, w. Durbin
Brown, Union Bridge.
In the Baltimore Evening Star of No
vember 25, under the heading of
Men who made the Nation Laugh
Quarter of a Century Ago." are a
number OF title writes, among whom
were Harry ]. Shellman, brother of
Miss Mary B. Shellman, this city, and
Mr.. James M. She1lman, Uniontown.
The article was as follows Few
funmakers of a quarter of century
ago did better work in this line of
short jokes, clever verse matter and
social quarter, half and column work
than Harry J. Shellman-he of the
Buffalo Bill type. Harry was one Of
the bright lights of the great fun
meteor of it's day, the Texas Siftings.
The siftings saw many ups and downs
before IT quit. Other famous humor-
GUS sheets were graced by Shellman's
pen. On the Pacific Coast he was a
great favorite and his work was cop
led far and near. The comic press
lost one of it's stars when Shellman
was grabbed by trade Journalism;
and even i'm it's prosy channels he has
scattered many bright gems along
it's way"